Scott Weiland, Stone Temple Pilots sue each other

Just days after three members of Stone Temple Pilots sued former lead singer Scott Weiland to block him singing STP songs, he has countersued saying they shouldn't be allowed to perform with a new lead singer.

Weiland filed suit Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking $5 million US in damages, saying his bandmates had no right to expel him and were damaging his solo career.

Weiland and the band parted ways in February, with brothers Dean and Robert DeLeo and drummer Eric Kretz claiming Weiland was late for concerts and giving poor performances. Stone Temple Pilots has since performed with Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington.

"How do you expel a man from a band that he started, named, sang lead on every song, wrote the lyrics, and was the face of for 20 years, and then try to grab the name and goodwill for yourselves," Weiland says in his filing.  "You don't, but three of the instrumentalists from the band Stone Temple Pilots tried."

Weiland claims he learned he had been fired through the press. He says the reconstituted band has no right to call itself Stone Temple Pilots.

The band sued Weiland days before to prevent him singing their hits, including Vasoline, Interstate Love Song and Grammy-winner Plush. The DeLeos and  Kretz claim in their lawsuit that Weiland isn't entitled to call himself a former member of the group and is using its songs without proper permission in his solo act.

Weiland rejoined Stone Temple Pilots in 2008, but the band’s dynamics have been rocky ever since.