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On the heels of Stone Temple Pilots' much buzzed about live appearance at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas, last week, let us now turn our attention to STP's upcoming self-titled album, prepped for a May release. Scott Weiland seems to have pulled himself together and gotten on the straight and narrow. But despite getting clean, the notorious bad boy is still infatuated with singing about the darkside.

Stone Temple Pilots' lead single is "Between The Lines," a slithery hard-rock number that recalls both early '90s Aerosmith (Weiland definitely has some Steven Tyler in his voice on this one) as well as classic STP.

With the headline-grabbing chorus, "You were always my favorite drug/Even when we used to do drugs," Weiland is still flirting with his demons. Here's hoping he keeps a safe distance and keeps making classic Pilots anthems like this one.

Stone Temple Pilots is out May 25.

+ Listen to Stone Temple Pilots' "Between The Lines" here, and watch some of our all-time favorite Stone Temple Pilots videos below.

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Tags Aerosmith, Scott Weiland, Song You Need To Know, Steven Tyler, stone temple pilots, video

+ Yesterday we talked about the blatant and subliminal product placement in Lady Gaga's epic "Telephone" video. But the Beyoncé-aided clip isn't just one big commercial; it's also drawn a lot of attention for its brazen displays of female sexuality and violence. But for Gaga, those themes are old hat. So why the outcry? "Hearing people say the video is sadomasochistic or that the video promotes murder for young people ... I’ve done those themes in many of my videos but it's because it's with Beyoncé and it’s because there are so many homosexual themes." (I'm Not Obsessed)

+ The South By Southwest Conference and Festival is usually an opportunity for up-and-coming bands to make a name for themselves. But last night it served as a platform for an old, established and occasionally forgotten band to announce their return. Stone Temple Pilots rocked the Austin Music Hall, with troubled lead singer Scott Weiland making a triumphant return to the stage. (MTV News)

+ Yesterday, we playfully mocked a Taylor Swift Wikipedia photo, saying it looked like the country pop star was made of wax in the shot. Today, we bring you a photo gallery of pop stars and their actual wax counterparts, including Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus and Britney Spears. (Idolator)

+ If AC/DC is going to cancel a show, you know it's with good reason. Well, this is an awesome reason. The legendary hard-rock band had to put the kibosh on a recent gig at an Austrian airfield due to the discovery of unexploded WWII-era bombs! (Spinner)

+ When Alicia Keys played Madison Square Garden last night she did not bring out Jay-Z, as some fans might have hoped, to perform their anthem, "Empire State Of Mind." But Beyoncé is not a bad consolation prize, right? Hova's lady joined Keys onstage to perform their duet, "Put It In A Love Song." (That Grape Juice)

Tags AC/DC, Alicia Keys, Beyonce, Britney Spears, Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Scott Weiland, Selena Gomez, stone temple pilots, Taylor Swift

In preparation for what will no doubt be a sumptuous main course of a video, we humbly offer this appetizer to Rise Against's video for their third single from their Appeal To Reason album, "Savior." Little can be gathered from this brief glimpse. The video, directed by alt-rock auteur Kevin Kerslake (Stone Temple Pilots, Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins) is divided into two parts: a performance by Rise Against lit merely by flares, and sub-plot featuring someone dressed as a polar bear.

We can only hope that the video culminates with the polar bear man meeting up with the guy dressed as the disco mutt from Daft Punk's "Da Funk" video. The full video for "Savior" premieres Monday.

Tags Daft Punk, Green Day, Rise Against, Smashing Pumpkins, stone temple pilots, video

Pearl Jam is one of those bands that is so distinct -- with a sound so defined -- that, while it doesn't take a huge amount of courage to cover them, it does take a huge amount of talent to do it well. In fact, being able to approximate Pearl Jam without sounding like a loser is a legitimate basis for starting a new band. Look at Staind. Stone Temple Pilots. The list goes on.

William Beckett doesn't sound like Eddie Vedder, and he doesn't try to either. He doesn't make evil faces or scary hands or pantomime pottery with his eyes closed as he sings. He just sings "Jeremy" plainly, "Clearly I remember, picking on the boy," like earnest karaoke on an overnight choir trip. And I actually mean that as a huge compliment. He sings it as himself and sings it well, just like any deep down fan would. Only William Beckett's actually got a great voice.

P.O.S. isn't trying to do any impersonations either, although he is in flannel. The Minneapolis hardcore-kid-turned-Rhymesayer howls the lyrics to "Why Go," punctuated by the occasional hypeman's "Wooo," over a programmed beat, adding keyboard flourishes when appropriate. It's more a metamorphosis than it is a cover. Aside from the melody (P.O.S. apologizes for lack of auto-tuner -- ha!), the old "Why Go" is all but unrecognizable in the new.

Something tells me Pearl Jam would be way into that. Something tells me you will be, too. Watch William Beckett covering "Jeremy" below, and P.O.S. covering "Why Go," after the jump.

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Tags P.O.S., Pearl Jam, staind, stone temple pilots, The Academy Is, William Beckett