It seems that Scott Weiland has left rock supergroup Velvet Revolver, ostensibly to return to his role as frontman of Stone Temple Pilots. To be honest, you'd need to have been extremely blinkered not to see this coming, what with the increased stories about separate dressing rooms, off-stage spats, and general grumblings between the singer and the rest of the band.

Guitar Lord Slash has released the following statement:

"This band is all about its fans and its music and Scott Weiland isn't 100% committed to either. Among other things, his increasingly erratic onstage behaviour and personal problems have forced us to move on"

There is no word as yet to who will replace Weiland, as Velvet Revolver have stated they intend to continue as a band. It seems wherever they go, Slash and Duff find themselves with lead-singer troubles...

UPDATE: Bitchy ol' Scott Weiland has said the following in response:

"After reading the comment by Duff, Matt, Dave and the illustrious 'GUITAR HERO' Saul Hudson, a.k.a Slash, I find it humorous that the so called four 'founding members' of Velvet Revolver, better known to themselves as 'The Project' before I officially named the band, would decide to move on without me after I had already claimed the group dead in the water on March 20 in Glasgow.

"In response to Slash's comment regarding my commitment, I have to say it is a blatant and tired excuse to cover up the truth. The truth of the matter is that the band had not gotten along on multiple levels for some time. On a musical level, there were moments of joy, inspiration, fun...at times, but let's not forget the multiple trips to rehab every member of the band had taken (with the exception of one member, no need to mention his name).

"Personally speaking, I choose to look forward to the future and performing with a group of friends I have known my entire life, people who have always had my back. This also speaks to my commitment to my music and my fellow band mates in STP and to the fans who I feel would much rather watch a group of musicians who enjoy being together as opposed to a handful of discontents who at one time used to call themselves a gang.

"P.S. Don't be fooled by veiled trickery.

"P.P.S. Good hunting lads, I think Sebastian Bach would be a fantastic choice."