Stereophonics' fifth studio album Language. Sex. Violence. Other?. He described learning the band's back catalogue ready for touring as "More challenging than difficult," and his favourite songs from the band's first four albums are "Local Boy in the Photograph", "The Bartender and the Thief" and "Mr. Writer". Weyler recorded a solo album, Lagrima (meaning 'Tear'), under the persona of Capitan Melao, which was released on April 2, 2007. The project includes contributions from Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music and Natalia Lafourcade, with Weyler describing it as having "dreamy and poetic" lyrics and Latin rhythms. Weyler's alter-ego translates as 'Capitan' being Spanish for 'Captain' and 'Melao' Latin American slang for "swing, rhythm or soul". In July 2012, it was announced that Weyler had left Stereophonics,<ref>"Stereophonics drummer Javier Weyler splits from band"WalesOnline.co.uk 19 July 2012 Retrieved 21 July 2012</ref> ending an 8-year long collaboration. The band released a statement saying "Hi folks. We wanted to let you know Javier and the band will no longer be working together. The band enjoyed playing with Javier over the last 8 years and his company was enjoyed by everyone in the Stereophonics family. We wish Javier every success going forward in his new creative endeavours and personal life. (Filling in temporarily for Javier on these next shows will be our friend Sam). We look forward to seeing you at the shows." Despite his departure, recordings featuring Weyler continued to be released on studio albums released after including; all of Graffiti on the Train, tracks featured on bonus track editions of Keep the Village Alive and Scream Above the Sounds and four tracks on Oochya!. Current equipment Slingerland Drums - 24x14" kick, 14x12" tom, 18x16" floor tom. Brady - 14x6½" block snare. Zildjian cymbals - 15" A rock hi-hats, 19" K Medium crash, 20" A Medium crash (x2), 22" A Medium ride & 20" 1970's pang. Slingerland hardware. Remo heads. Vater 5A sticks. DW 9000 pedal. During the world tour to promote the release of Stereophonics' sixth album Pull the Pin'' Javier switched from Slingerland to using Ludwig Custom Maple drums out on the road (though he still uses his Slingerland in the studio). He uses a 22x14 bass drum, 14x10 tom, 16x16, and 18x16 floor toms, and a 14x61/2 Brady Jarrah block snare with all Ludwig hardware apart from a DW 9000 kick pedal and hi-hat stand. His cymbals are all Zildjian, with a 15"