The rocker has mixed emotions about the project - he's excited to think his life is worthy of a book, but he's not looking forward to revisiting his dark days as a drug abuser. He says, "You make a lot of records, write a lot of songs, but all of a sudden you go into a whole different vein, and it's a little bit scary to dive into."

Weiland has selected celebrated ghost writer David Ritz to help him pen the tome. [meanwhile is Slash's autobiography to become of a movie?] - more on this story

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