People have often wondered what Velvet Revolver would be like without an annoying skinny turd dressed as a Nazi twonking around at the front of the stage.

And now they'll get to find out, because Velvet Revolver have sacked singer Scott Weiland being he's such a monumental douchebag all the time. We're paraphrasing slightly.

In fact, Scott Weiland has been dismissed from Velvet Revolver because of his "increasing erratic" behaviour. Given that Scott Weiland is basically a whiny bipolar heroin addict with a Nazi hat who's been arrested for buying crack cocaine, beating up women and driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, it's hard to imagine what Weiland could have done to up his level of erracticness. What? He's reformed Stone Temple Pilots? Ohhhhhh.

The non-singing element of Velvet Revolver can't half pick their singers. As Guns N' Roses they decided to be the backing band for a podgy ginger bloke who can't stop fiddling about with his already-dead album even when he's offered some fizzy drinks in return for a release date. And then, after he disappeared up his bottom, they chose Scott Weiland.

Scott Weiland, for christ's sake, lead singer with Stone Temple Pilots. Lord alone knows why Velvet Revolver picked Scott Weiland as their singer, but we imagine that they figured that a recovering heroin addict with well-known mental issues, a history of domestic violence and a CV that includes a stint in one of the 10 worst bands of all time must have just complimented their widdly-woo wankfests quite well.

But as much as every band wants a skinny drug addict dressed as a German war criminal singing whiny poor-me lyrics over their music, Scott Weiland was perhaps Velvet Revolver's biggest drawback. After all, Velvet Revolver was banned from Japan because of Weiland's drug history, plus it's difficult to concentrate on your job when you're crashing your car on drugs and watching your wife burn all of your clothes.

So the other members of Velvet Revolver have done the decent thing and given Scott Weiland the boot. Reuters reports:

Four founding members of the rock band Velvet Revolver said on Tuesday they were splitting with the group's troubled singer, Scott Weiland, citing his "increasingly erratic" behavior. The announcement came in a terse statement from the group's management company as Weiland, 40, and his recently reunited original band, Stone Temple Pilots, were set next week to announce plans for a highly anticipated summer tour. "This band is all about its fans and its music, and Scott Weiland isn't 100% committed to either," Slash was quoted as saying. "Among other things, his increasingly erratic on-stage behavior and personal problems have forced us to move on."

If you're worried about what the future holds for Scott Weiland and Velvet Revolver, then don't be. Unless he winds up in jail or rehab for his car crash, Scott Weiland will get to travel the world with Stone Temple Pilots once again, delighting the three or four remaining fools who actually still listen to their records, while Velvet Revolver will be on the look out for a suitable replacement vocalist.

But that shouldn't take too long, because there's one candidate head and shoulder above the others. Bipolar? Terrible at driving? Dreadful wardrobe? Useless personal life? Yep, we're sure that Britney Spears will be inducted into the band before the week is out.

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Velvet Revolver splits with rocker Scott Weiland - Reuters