Lead Singer Fired by Stone Temple Pilots

Rahav Segev for The New York Times Scott Weiland, center, with Stone Temple Pilots in 2008.

The Stone Temple Pilots have parted ways with their longtime lead singer Scott Weiland. The group put out a single-sentence news release on Wednesday: “Stone Temple Pilots have announced they have officially terminated Scott Weiland.”

The San Diego hard-rock and grunge band, which came to prominence in the early 1990s, reformed in 2008 after a five-year break and toured heavily last year.

Mr. Weiland, one of the founding members, plans to do a solo tour beginning next month, mining material from the group’s first two albums. He told Rolling Stone in an interview earlier this week that the band had been going through a rocky period.

“My personal feeling is that we need some new blood in the band,” he said. “We’ve been playing the same greatest hits set since we got back together. I’d like to make a new record. It will breathe new life into the group.”

He added his views had created some tension in the group: “There were some hurt egos. But that’s the way it is.”