Velvet Revolver man Scott Weiland has apparently had a go at Axl Rose over that previously reported statement in which Axl explained that he was launching a countersuit against former GnR members Slash and Duff McKagan, accusing Slash in particular of playing the media for his own ends.
Now the former Stone Temple Pilot has leapt to the defence of his once-GnR-now-Velvet Revolver bandmates in a message posted the band's official website, thus: "Get in the ring. Go to the gym motherfucker, or if you prefer, get a new wig motherfucker. I think I'll resist the urge to stoop to your level. Oh shit, here it comes, you fat, botox faced, wig wearin fuck! OK I feel better now. Don't think for a second we don't know where those words came from. Your unoriginal, uncreative little mind. The same mind that had to rely on its bandmates to write melodies and lyrics. Who's the fraud now bitch?"
He continues: "Damn, I couldn't imagine people writing for me. How many albums have you put out man and how long did it take the current configuration of this so-called band to make this album? How long? And without the only guys that validated the name. How dare you! Shame on you! How dare you call our bass player [McKagan] spineless? We toured our album over a year and a half. How many shows have you played over the last ten years? Oh, that's right - you bailed out on your long awaited comeback tour, leaving your remaining fans feeling shall we say a trifle miffed?! I won't even list what I've accomplished because I don't need to. What we're talking about here is a frightened little man who once thought he was king, but unfortunately this king without his court is nothing but a memory of the asshole he once was."