“When I was 12, [a] big muscular guy, a high school senior… [who] rode the bus with me every day to school… invited me to his house. The dude raped me. It was quick, not pleasant. I was too scared to tell anyone. ‘Tell anyone,’ he warned, ‘and you’ll never have another friend in this school. I’ll ruin your fuckin’ reputation.’ … This is a memory I suppressed until only a few years ago when, in rehab, it came flooding back. Therapy will do that to you.”

This? Is totally why I’d never want to do therapy for anything, I don’t think. All those repressed memories; that’s some scary business. I mean, nothing scarringly bad has ever happened to me (thankfully, and to my knowledge, anyway), and if I’m a well-adjusted person that just does not remember these kind of horrors, trust me when I say: I do not want to, thanks.

Scott Weiland opens up in a new book, Not Dead and Not For Sale, where he recounts his childhood abuse, talks STP, what it was like being a part of Velvet Revolver, and how he adamantly DID NOT SLEEP WITH COURTNEY LOVE.

I generally don’t read celebrity memoirs, because I think most of them are overblown, self-righteous BS, but I think I’d be interested in checking out Scott’s. So, yo, Scott’s PR team – if you’re reading this, hook a sister up and send me a copy. I’ll do a review or something. If it doesn’t totally suck, anyway.

Yeah, he’s out.

Says Slash in a press release issued Tuesday:

“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 behavior and personal problems have forced us to move on.”

If this is an April Fool’s joke — and I don’t think it is — it’s a really stupid one.

Because, come on, you’d dump Scott Weiland, too. Heroin addicts are only cute for so long.

Velvet Revolver plans to replace Weiland with a new vocalist; they are not splitting up. Weiland will still be hitting the road with STP this summer.

Scott Weiland was formally charged today with driving under the influence of drugs and refusing a chemical test that is required by law.

Weiland faces a “maximum penalty of one year county jail and a $1,000 fine, and a minimum penalty eight days in jail,” in light of his prior conviction and refusal to take a drug test,” Los Angeles City Attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan said in a statement.

Scott will be in court tomorrow for the arraignment.

Old alcoholic rockers getting DUIs is so boring.

How long until Miley Cyrus gets her drivers license?