Softdrive Records

Softdrive Records is documented as a small record-label imprint connected with Scott Weiland, whose principal public career was as a vocalist and songwriter. Unlike a major label with a well-documented corporate history, Softdrive Records has limited independently available information about its formation, management, distribution, and catalogue. The label's identity is consequently best understood through Weiland's solo activity. Weiland first became prominent with Stone Temple Pilots, which released its debut album Core in 1992 and went on to become one of the major American alternative-rock acts of the 1990s. After Stone Temple Pilots entered a period of inactivity, Weiland developed a solo career. His first solo studio album, 12 Bar Blues, appeared in 1998 and incorporated a broader palette than his band work, with contributions from musicians and producers including Daniel Lanois, Sheryl Crow, Brad Mehldau, and Jeff Nolan. This artist-led body of work forms the main context in which Softdrive Records is referenced. Weiland later returned to Stone Temple Pilots and also became the vocalist of Velvet Revolver, a supergroup formed with former Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum, alongside Dave Kushner. Velvet Revolver released Contraband in 2004 and Libertad in 2007. Weiland continued to maintain solo interests during and after these group projects. In 2008 he released Happy in Galoshes, produced by Weiland and Doug Grean, and toured in support of it in early 2009. Later releases included a covers album made available through Weiland's website in 2011 and The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, an album of Christmas music released the same year. These projects show the range of release formats and repertoire associated with Weiland's independent work, but the supplied sources do not establish that Softdrive Records was the credited label for every title. Nor do they provide enough evidence to reconstruct a definitive label discography. Weiland's death in 2015 is the last clear chronological point in the supplied material relevant to the label's public history. There is no confirmed information here about later ownership, catalogue administration, or dissolution. Softdrive Records should therefore be treated as a historically associated artist imprint with an uncertain current status.

• 2015

  Scott Weiland dies

  [1]Scott Weilanden.wikipedia.org

  Weiland died on December 3, 2015. The supplied sources do not establish the subsequent status of Softdrive Records.

• 2011

  Independent cover and holiday projects issued

  [1]Scott Weilanden.wikipedia.org

  Weiland released a covers compilation through his website and issued The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, a Christmas album.

• 2008

  Happy in Galoshes released

  [1]Scott Weilanden.wikipedia.org

  Weiland released his second solo studio album, produced by Weiland and Doug Grean, and subsequently toured to support it.

• 1998

  Scott Weiland begins his documented solo-album career

  [1]Scott Weilanden.wikipedia.org

  Weiland released 12 Bar Blues, establishing the solo recording activity most closely associated with the Softdrive Records identity.

An independent, artist-centered record-label imprint associated with Scott Weiland's solo and self-directed recording projects.

• Solo recordings · 1998

  Scott Weiland solo albums

  The label is associated with Weiland's artist-led solo output, including 12 Bar Blues and Happy in Galoshes. These records differ stylistically from his principal band projects and reflect his interest in experimental arrangements, collaborations, reinterpretations, and more personal songwriting. The available references do not provide a complete label-credit history for each release.

• Cover album · 2011

  A Compilation of Scott Weiland Cover Songs

  A collection of cover performances released by Weiland through his website in 2011. It was initially considered for release alongside his autobiography but was issued separately. The compilation illustrates the direct-to-audience and artist-controlled distribution approach associated with his later solo activity.

• Holiday album · 2011

  The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

  A 2011 album consisting of Christmas music. Weiland supported the project with a United States club tour, and promotional recordings included versions of Winter Wonderland and I'll Be Home for Christmas.

1. 1Scott Weilanden.wikipedia.org
2. 2Softdrive Records official websitesoftdriverecords.com