Not Dead & Not for Sale

The instant New York Times bestseller: Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland delivers an exhilarating rock memoir of scaling the pinnacle of stardom, plunging into addiction and incarceration, and clawing his way back again and again.

In the early 1990s, Stone Temple Pilots—not U2, not Nirvana, not Pearl Jam—was the hottest band in the world. STP toppled such megabands as Aerosmith and Guns N’ Roses on MTV and the Billboard charts. Lead singer Scott Weiland became an iconic frontman in the tradition of Mick Jagger, David Bowie, and Robert Plant. Then, when STP imploded, it was Weiland who emerged as the emblem of rock star excess, with his well-publicized drug busts and trips to rehab.

Weiland went on to make a series of remarkable comebacks, fronting the supergroup Velvet Revolver, releasing solo work, and reuniting with Stone Temple Pilots. Along the way, he reflects on addiction, recovery, family, creativity, and the experiences behind his music and lyrics. Not Dead & Not for Sale is a hard rock memoir to be reckoned with—a passionate, insightful, and at times humorous book that reads with extraordinary narrative force.