Stone Temple Pilots have been on-and-off beefing with on-and-off frontman Scott Weiland since the Clinton Administration — Weiland was first kicked out of the band in 1997. (But before you go blaming the democrats, be fair: Weiland was booted again in 2002, at which point Dubya had been in office for more than a year.) But in February 2013, the DeLeo Brothers officially axed their singer via press release, which read, simply, “Stone Temple Pilots have announced they have officially terminated Scott Weiland.” The severance reportedly surprised Weiland as much (and in fact, presumably more) than it did the rest of us. Said Weiland afterward: “I learned of my supposed ‘termination’ from Stone Temple Pilots this morning by reading about it in the press. Not sure how I can be ‘terminated’ from a band that I founded, fronted and co-wrote many of its biggest hits, but that’s something for the lawyers to figure out.” STP replaced Weiland with Chester Bennington, of Linkin Park — a move that vexed Weiland, who responded, “First of all they don’t have the legal right to call themselves STP because I’m still a member of the band. And more importantly, they don’t have the ethical right to call themselves Stone Temple Pilots because it’s misleading and dishonest to the millions of fans that have followed us for so many years.” Soon afterward, STP sued their ex-singer, claiming to have lost millions of dollars on the Stone Temple Pilots 20th anniversary tour because Weiland was late for shows and promotional events. “Enough is enough,” said band’s lawsuit. “Without relief from the court, Weiland will continue violating STP’s rights, misappropriating STP assets and interfering with the band’s livelihood.” As of 12/16, “legal things are [still] pending.”