During our revisit of the one and only Talk Show album featuring the three guys not named Scott Weiland from Stone Temple Pilots during their infamous 1997 hiatus, we remarked how the music remained steady but the vocals and melodies were less interesting. Now we get to examine the other side of that temporary split with Weiland's 1998 solo debut 12 Bar Blues. Would the lack of the DeLeo brothers inventive riffing similarly hamper the lead singers creative output? The simple answer is no, thanks to Weiland's willingness to experiment, filling the record with interesting sounds and surrounding himself with accomplished musicians. It is an admirable, if occasionally messy, attempt to shatter the perceptions of what it meant to be "the lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots," but more often than not, the influences start to show. Sadly, this left us wondering if the lukewarm critical reception, albums sales and radio play pushed Weiland back into the easy embrace of Stone Temple Pilots too quickly, who churned out successive radio friendly if bland riffage that palled to their primer-era output. Weiland never pushed the envelope like he did on this record, and we try to figure out why.
Intro - Barbarella
13:20 - Mockingbird Girl
18:05 - About Nothing
29:28 - Son
Outro - Lady, Your Roof Brings Me Down
#071: The Shape of Punk to Come by Refused
#070: Fever In Fever Out by Luscious Jackson
#069: Famous Past Lives by Pretty Mighty Mighty
#068b - More Interview Clips with Miles of For Love Not Lisa
#068: Merge by For Love Not Lisa
#067: The Dandy Warhols Come Down by The Dandy Warhols
#066: Blind by The Sundays
#065: Detroit Folly by Edsel
#064: You'd Prefer An Astronaut by Hum
#63: The Pink Album by Tuscadero
#062: Mephisto by Capsize 7
#61: Deep Six Compilation with Author Mark Yarm
#60b: Plexi Bonus Episode
#060: Cheer Up by Plexi
#059: Interview with Alain Johannes of Eleven, Part 2
#058: Interview with Alain Johannes of Eleven, Part 1
#057: Gobbledygook by The Wendys
#056: EDC by Satchel with special guest Shawn Smith
#055: Happens Twice by Hoarse
#054: Mission: Control! by Burning Airlines
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