Scott Richard Weiland (, ; né Kline; October 27, 1967 – December 3, 2015) was an American singer and songwriter. He was best known as the lead vocalist of the
rock
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band
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots, commonly abbreviated as STP, is an American Rock music, rock band formed in San Diego, California, in 1989. Originally consisting of lead vocalist Scott Weiland, guitarist Dean DeLeo, bassist Robert DeLeo, and drummer :Songs ...
from 1989 to 2003 and again from 2008 to 2013, recording six albums with them. Weiland is also known for being the lead vocalist of the rock supergroup
Velvet Revolver
Velvet Revolver was an American hard rock supergroup consisting of Guns N' Roses members Slash (lead guitar), Duff McKagan (bass, backing vocals) and Matt Sorum (drums, backing vocals), alongside Dave Kushner (rhythm guitar) formerly of pu ...
from 2003 to 2008. He also released one album with rock supergroup
Art of Anarchy in 2015, as well as four solo studio albums and several collaborations with other musicians throughout his career.
Weiland was noted for his
flamboyant
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and chaotic onstage persona, his consistently changing appearance, and his versatile vocal style. He also became known for his use of a
megaphone
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for a unique vocal effect during concerts. He sold over 50 million albums with his various projects and collaborations.
Weiland's career was plagued by substance abuse issues, leading to various high-profile arrests and his firings from Velvet Revolver and Stone Temple Pilots. On December 3, 2015, at the age of 48, he was found dead on his tour bus in
Bloomington, Minnesota
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, due to an accidental drug overdose.
Early life
Weiland was born Scott Richard Kline
at Kaiser Hospital in
San Jose, California
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, on October 27, 1967, the son of Sharon (née Williams) and Kent Kline. His father had German ancestry.
He was raised
Catholic
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. At the age of five, he was legally adopted by his stepfather David Weiland and subsequently took his surname. Around the same time, he moved to
Bainbridge Township, Ohio, where he attended
Kenston High School.
According to
Robert DeLeo, when he was younger, Scott was in choir. At the age of 12, while living in Ohio, he was raped by an older male who invited him to his house; he wrote in his autobiography ''Not Dead & Not For Sale'' that he repressed the memory until it returned to him in therapy decades later.
Weiland moved back to California as a teenager and attended
Edison High School
in
Huntington Beach
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and
Orange Coast College
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in
Costa Mesa
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* Costa (coral), a stony rib, part of the skeleton of a coral
* Costa (entomology), the leading edge o ...
. Before fully devoting himself to a music career, he worked as a
paste up
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artist for the ''
Los Angeles Daily Journal
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'' legal newspaper.
Career
Stone Temple Pilots
In 1985, Scott Weiland and his friends in their band Soi Disant – guitarist Corey Hicock and drummer David Allin – first encountered Robert Deleo playing live at various gigs, deciding to track him down after witnessing his shows. Hicock and Allin would soon be replaced by Eric Kretz and DeLeo's brother Dean. They took the name Stone Temple Pilots because of their fondness for the initials "STP". Robert DeLeo said that, while he was working at Mesa Boogie, in Sunset Boulevard, Scott was working "across catty-corner" from him and would come to show musical ideas. In one of the band's first opening performances under the name Mighty Joe Young, they opened for
Electric Love Hogs, whose guitarist
Dave Kushner
Dave Kushner (born November 16, 1966) is an American musician best known as the rhythm guitarist for the hard rock supergroup Velvet Revolver. Kushner has also been a member of Wasted Youth, Electric Love Hogs, Loaded, Danzig, Jane's Addi ...
would one day co-found Weiland's later band
Velvet Revolver
Velvet Revolver was an American hard rock supergroup consisting of Guns N' Roses members Slash (lead guitar), Duff McKagan (bass, backing vocals) and Matt Sorum (drums, backing vocals), alongside Dave Kushner (rhythm guitar) formerly of pu ...
. In 1992, they released their first album, ''
Core
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* Core (laboratory), a highly specialized shared research resource
* Core (manufacturing), used in casting and molding
* Core (optical fiber ...
'', spawning four hits ("
Sex Type Thing", "
Wicked Garden", "
Creep", and "
Plush".)

In 1994, STP released their second record, ''
Purple
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'', which saw the development of a more distinctive identity for the band. Like ''Core'', ''Purple'' was a big success for the band, spawning three hit singles ("
Big Empty", "
Vasoline
"Vasoline" is a song by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots from their second album, ''Purple (Stone Temple Pilots album), Purple''. The song was the second single of the album, reaching number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot Mainstream Rock Tra ...
", and "
Interstate Love Song") and selling more than six million copies. The critical response to ''Purple'' was more favorable, with ''
Spin
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'' calling it a "quantum leap" from the band's previous album.
In 1995, Weiland formed the
alternative rock
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s w ...
band the Magnificent Bastards with session drummer
Victor Indrizzo in
San Diego
San Diego ( , ) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a population of over 1.4 million, it is the List of United States cities by population, eighth-most populous city in t ...
.
The band included
Zander Schloss and Jeff Nolan on guitars and Bob Thompson on bass.
Only two songs were recorded by the Magnificent Bastards, "Mockingbird Girl", composed by Nolan, Schloss, and Weiland,
appeared in the film ''
Tank Girl
Tank Girl is a British comic created by Alan Martin (writer), Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett. It first appeared in print in 1988 in the British comics magazine ''Deadline (magazine), Deadline'', and then in the solo comic book series ''Tank Girl' ...
'' and on its
soundtrack
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, and a cover of
John Lennon
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's "
How Do You Sleep?" was recorded for the tribute album, ''
Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon''.
Weiland rejoined Stone Temple Pilots in the fall of 1995, but STP was forced to cancel most of their 1996–1997 tour in support of their third release, ''
Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop'', which sold about two million albums. Weiland encountered problems with drug addiction at this time as well, which inspired some of his songs in the late-1990s and resulted in prison time.
In 1999, STP regrouped once again and released ''
No. 4.'' The album contained the hit single "
Sour Girl", promoted by a surreal music video with
Sarah Michelle Gellar. That same year, Weiland also recorded two songs with the short-lived supergroup
the Wondergirls
The Wondergirls was a short-lived American rock supergroup and side project formed in 1999. In its initial, short lived incarnation, the band featured Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland, Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray, Ian Astbury of Th ...
. During this time period Weiland spent five months in jail for drug possession.

In November 2000, Weiland was invited to perform on the show
VH1 ''Storytellers'' with the surviving members of
the Doors
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. Weiland performed vocals on two Doors songs, "
Break On Through (To the Other Side)" and "
Five to One". That same month Stone Temple Pilots appeared on the Doors tribute CD, ''
Stoned Immaculate'' with their own rendition of "Break on Through" as the lead track. On June 19, 2001, STP released its fifth album, ''
Shangri-La Dee Da
''Shangri-La Dee Da'' is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Stone Temple Pilots. It was released on June 19, 2001, through Atlantic Records. Recording took place throughout the winter and spring of 2001 in a Malibu villa. It was th ...
.'' That same year the band headlined the
Family Values Tour along with
Linkin Park
Linkin Park is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Agoura Hills, California, in 1996. The band's current lineup consists of vocalist/rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda, lead guitarist Brad Delson, DJ/turntablist Joe Hahn, bass ...
,
Staind
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and
Static-X
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. In late 2002, significant backstage altercations between the DeLeo brothers and Weiland precipitated the band's break-up.
In 2008, Stone Temple Pilots announced a
73-date U.S. tour on April 7 and performed together for the first time since 2002. The reunion tour kicked off at the
Rock on the Range festival on May 17, 2008. According to
Dean DeLeo
Dean DeLeo (born August 23, 1961) is an American guitarist known for his work with rock band Stone Temple Pilots. DeLeo is also known for his role in the short-lived bands Talk Show and Army of Anyone. He is the older brother of Robert DeLeo ...
, steps toward a Stone Temple Pilots reunion started with a simple phone call from Weiland's wife. She invited the DeLeo brothers to play at a private beach party, which led to the reconciliation of Weiland and the DeLeo brothers.
[Harris, Chris]
Stone Temple Pilots Reunite To Continue 'Legacy', Thanks To Scott Weiland's Wife
." MTV.com. April 8, 2008. Retrieved on June 19, 2008.
STP's reunion tour was a success, and the band continued to tour throughout 2009 and began recording its sixth studio album. STP's first album since 2001, ''
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots, commonly abbreviated as STP, is an American Rock music, rock band formed in San Diego, California, in 1989. Originally consisting of lead vocalist Scott Weiland, guitarist Dean DeLeo, bassist Robert DeLeo, and drummer :Songs ...
'', was released on May 25, 2010.
STP toured Southeast Asia for the first time in 2011, playing in
Philippines
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(
Manila
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),
Singapore
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and
Indonesia
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(
Jakarta
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). Following this, the band played successful shows in Australia, including sell-out performances in
Sydney
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and
Melbourne
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.
The band expressed interest in a 20th anniversary tour to celebrate the release of ''Core'' with Scott commenting on January 2, 2012, "Well, we're doing a lot of special things.
here'sa lot of archival footage that we're putting together, a coffee table book, hopefully a brand new album – so many ideas. A box set and then a tour, of course."

STP began to experience problems in 2012 that were said to have been caused by tensions between Weiland and the rest of the band. Despite the band's claims that their fall tour would be celebrating the 20th anniversary of ''Core'', this did not happen. On February 27, 2013, shortly before his solo tour was set to commence, Stone Temple Pilots announced Weiland's termination from the band on their website.
Weiland criticized the band after they hired
Linkin Park
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singer
Chester Bennington
Chester Charles Bennington (March 20, 1976 – July 20, 2017) was an American singer who was the lead vocalist of the rock band Linkin Park. He was also the lead vocalist of Grey Daze, Dead by Sunrise, and Stone Temple Pilots at various po ...
as his replacement, claiming he was still a member and they shouldn't be calling themselves Stone Temple Pilots without him.
Velvet Revolver

In 2002, former
Guns N' Roses
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members – guitarist
Slash
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* Slash (Marvel Comics)
* Slash (''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'')
Music
* Harry Slash & The Slashtones, an American rock band
* Nash th ...
, bassist
Duff McKagan
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and drummer
Matt Sorum
Matthew William Sorum (born November 19, 1960) is an American drummer. He is best known as both a former member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he recorded three studio albums, and as a member of the supergroup Velvet Revolver. ...
– as well as former
Wasted Youth guitarist
Dave Kushner
Dave Kushner (born November 16, 1966) is an American musician best known as the rhythm guitarist for the hard rock supergroup Velvet Revolver. Kushner has also been a member of Wasted Youth, Electric Love Hogs, Loaded, Danzig, Jane's Addi ...
were looking for a singer to help form a new band. Throughout his career, Weiland had become acquainted with the four musicians; he became friends with McKagan after attending the same gym,
was in rehab at the same time as Sorum and once played on the same bill as Kushner.
Weiland was sent two discs of material to work with but felt that the first disc "sounded like
Bad Company
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gone wrong".
Weiland was more positive when he was sent the second disc, comparing it to ''
Core
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Science and technology
* Core (anatomy), everything except the appendages
* Core (laboratory), a highly specialized shared research resource
* Core (manufacturing), used in casting and molding
* Core (optical fiber ...
''-era Stone Temple Pilots,
though he turned them down because Stone Temple Pilots had not yet separated.
When Stone Temple Pilots disbanded in 2003,
the band sent Weiland new music, which he took into his studio and added vocals. This music eventually became the song "
Set Me Free".
Although he delivered the music to the band himself, Weiland was still unsure whether or not he wanted to join them,
despite performing at an industry showcase at Mates. They recorded two songs with producer
Nick Raskulinecz
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Production career
Raskulinecz is from the Bearden area of Knoxville, Tennessee. He first produced and recorded bands in Knoxville ...
,
a recorded version of "Set Me Free" and a cover of
Pink Floyd
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's "
Money
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", for the soundtracks to the movies ''
The Hulk
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'' and ''
The Italian Job
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'', respectively.
Weiland joined the band soon after,
and "Set Me Free" managed to peak at number 17 on the
Mainstream Rock chart
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without any radio promotion or a record label. It was prior to a screening of ''The Hulk'' at
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that the band chose a name. After seeing a movie by
Revolution Studios
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, Slash liked the beginning of the word, eventually thinking of Revolver because of its multiple meanings: the name of a gun, subtext of a revolving door, which suited the band, as well as the name of a
Beatles album.
When he suggested Revolver to the band, Weiland suggested 'Black Velvet' Revolver, liking the idea of "something intimate like velvet juxtaposed with something deadly like a gun." They eventually arrived at Velvet Revolver, announcing it at a press conference and performance showcase at the
El Rey Theatre while also performing the songs "Set Me Free" and "Slither" as well as covers of
Nirvana
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's "
Negative Creep
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Early history
"Negative Creep" was written by Cobain ...
",
Sex Pistols
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' "
Bodies", and Guns N' Roses' "
It's So Easy".
Velvet Revolver's debut album ''
Contraband
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'' was released in June 2004 to much success. It debuted at number one on the
''Billboard'' 200 and has sold over three million copies worldwide to date. Two of the album's songs, "
Slither" and "
Fall to Pieces", reached number one on the ''
Billboard
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''
Modern Rock Tracks
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chart. The song "Slither" also won a Grammy Award for
Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal in 2005, an award Weiland had won previously with STP for the song "
Plush" in 1994. At the
2005 Grammy Awards, Weiland (along with the rest of Velvet Revolver) performed the
Beatles
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song "
Across the Universe
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", along with
Bono
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,
Brian Wilson
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,
Norah Jones
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,
Stevie Wonder
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,
Steven Tyler
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,
Billie Joe Armstrong
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,
Alison Krauss
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, and
Alicia Keys
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. On July 2, 2005, Weiland and Velvet Revolver performed at
Live 8
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in London, in which Weiland was condemned for using strong language before the UK watershed during the performance.

Velvet Revolver released their second album, ''
Libertad'', on July 3, 2007,
peaking at number five on the ''Billboard'' 200.
The album's first single "
She Builds Quick Machines" peaked at 74 on the
Hot Canadian Digital Singles.
The second and third singles, "
The Last Fight" and "
Get Out the Door", both peaked at number 16 and 34 on the Mainstream Rock Chart, respectively.
Critical reception to the album was mixed. Though some critics praised the album
and felt that ''Libertad'' gave the band an identity of their own,
outside of the Guns N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots comparisons, others described the album as "bland"
and noted that the band seem to be "play
ngto their strengths instead of finding a collective sound."
After several flares on their personal blogs and in interviews, it was announced on April 1, 2008 that Weiland would no longer be a member of Velvet Revolver.
Velvet Revolver reunited for a one-off performance with Weiland at a benefit concert for the late John O'Brien, on January 12, 2012.
Art of Anarchy
The project started in 2011, with guitarist
Bumblefoot recording parts for the debut album in between touring with
Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985 as a merger of local bands L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band's "classic" line-up consisted of vocalist Axl R ...
.
Weiland wrote and recorded the vocals after sharing the song files back and forth with Bumblefoot from 2012 to 2013. Weiland also took part in promotional photo shoots and music videos in October 2014.
Their
self-titled debut album was released in June 2015. On January 21, 2015, they released a 2:06 teaser of the new album. Bumblefoot is the producer and engineer on the album. The first single to be released from the album was "'Til the Dust Is Gone". The album contains 11 tracks. However, Weiland distanced himself from the project, stating "It was a project I did where I was just supposed to have written the lyrics and melodies, and I was paid to do it. I did some production work on it, and the next thing I knew there were press releases that I was in the band. ... I'm not in the band."
In a January 2015 ''
Rolling Stone
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The magazine was first known fo ...
'' interview, both Weiland and the Votta brothers from Anarchy stated it was a studio project that Weiland was never meant to tour with and that Anarchy would have to find a lead singer outside of the tracks Weiland had already contributed. Following Weiland's death, the lead vocalist position in Art of Anarchy was filled by former
Creed
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Many Christian denominations use three creeds ...
vocalist
Scott Stapp.
Solo career and the Wildabouts
While STP went on hiatus after the release of ''Tiny Music ...'', Weiland released a solo album called ''
12 Bar Blues
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'' (1998). Weiland wrote most of the songs on the album and collaborated with several artists, notably
Daniel Lanois
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He has produced albums by artists including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Robbie Robertson, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, and Harold Budd ...
,
Sheryl Crow
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,
Brad Mehldau
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Mehldau studied music at The New School, touring and recording while still a student. He was a member of saxophonist Joshua Redman's quar ...
, and Jeff Nolan.
On November 25, 2008, Weiland released his second solo album, ''
"Happy" in Galoshes'', produced by Weiland and songwriting-producing partner
Doug Grean. Weiland went on tour in early 2009 to promote the album.
On August 30, 2011, Weiland released a covers album, ''
A Compilation of Scott Weiland Cover Songs'', exclusively through his website. The album was originally to be released along with Weiland's autobiography until he decided to release it separately, stating, "
tactually turned out so well that we're going to release a single and put it out on its own, 'cause I think it's ... it's sort of my ''
Pin Ups
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'', I guess you'd say."
On October 4, 2011, Weiland released ''
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year'', an album consisting entirely of
Christmas music
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. Weiland supported the album with a US club tour. Two
promotional recording
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s were taken from the album, cover versions of "
Winter Wonderland
"Winter Wonderland" is a song written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and lyricist Richard Bernhard Smith. Due to its seasonal theme, it is often regarded as a Christmas song in the Northern Hemisphere. Since its original recording by Richard Himb ...
" and "
I'll Be Home for Christmas" with their respective music videos.
Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts' Purple at the Core tour commenced in March 2013 with pop/rock band
MIGGS as the opening act.
In an interview with San Diego radio station
KBZT
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in June 2014, Weiland stated that his debut album with the Wildabouts, titled ''Blaster'', would be released in November that year. However, it was pushed back and eventually released on March 31, 2015. Guitarist Jeremy Brown died the day before the album's release. The cause of death was determined to be multiple drug intoxication, with coronary atherosclerosis and cardiomegaly being significant contributing factors. Nick Maybury replaced Brown in April 2015.
Business ventures
In 2006, Weiland launched his own record label,
Softdrive Records, with his songwriting partner
Doug Grean. Later, Weiland announced that his label signed the up-and-coming rock band Something to Burn.
On December 19, 2008, Weiland signed a publishing deal with
Bug Music, allowing Weiland to "receive funding to pursue the development of creative projects and writers for Bug Music through his co-founded label, Softdrive Records." The deal included Weiland's share of the Stone Temple Pilots catalog and any solo work produced thereafter.
On January 21, 2009, Weiland announced the launch of his clothing line, Weiland for English Laundry, in partnership with designer Christopher Wicks.
Artistry
Weiland's vocal and musical style proved to be versatile, evolving constantly throughout his career. At the peak of Stone Temple Pilots' success in the early to mid-1990s, Weiland displayed a deep,
baritone
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vocal style that was compared to that of
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. One of the key bands in the grunge, grunge movement of the early 1990s, Pearl Jam has outsold and outlasted many of its contemporaries from the early 1990s, ...
singer
Eddie Vedder
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. However, as STP continued to branch out throughout its career, so did Weiland's vocal style. The band's third album, ''
Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop'', had Weiland singing in a much higher, raspier tone to complement the band's more
60's rock-influenced sound. Later albums showcased Weiland's influences ranging from
bossa nova on ''
Shangri-La Dee Da
''Shangri-La Dee Da'' is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Stone Temple Pilots. It was released on June 19, 2001, through Atlantic Records. Recording took place throughout the winter and spring of 2001 in a Malibu villa. It was th ...
'' to
blues rock
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and
classic rock
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on the band's 2010
self-titled album.
Weiland's first solo record, ''
12 Bar Blues
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'' (1998), represented a huge shift in Weiland's style, as the album featured a sound "rooted in glam rock, filtered through psychedelia and
trip-hop
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". With Velvet Revolver, Weiland's vocals ranged from his classic baritone to a rawer style to complement the band's
hard rock
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sound. A ''
New York Post
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daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published in New York City. The ''Post'' also operates three online sites: NYPost. ...
'' review of Velvet Revolver's 2007 album ''
Libertad'' commented that "Weiland's vocals are crisp and controlled, yet passionate."
Weiland's second solo album, 2008's ''
"Happy" in Galoshes'', featured a wide variety of musical genres, such as bossa nova, country, neo-psychedelia and
indie rock
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. Weiland's 2011 solo effort, the Christmas album ''
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year'' consisted entirely of
Christmas music
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in a crooning style similar to that of
David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, pa ...
and
Frank Sinatra
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, as well as some
reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its Jamaican diaspora, diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay", was the first ...
and
bossa nova.
Personal life
Relationships and family
Weiland married Janina Castaneda on September 17, 1994, and they divorced in 2000. He married Mary Forsberg on May 20, 2000, and they had a son named Noah (born 2000) and a daughter named Lucy (born 2002) before divorcing in 2007.
In 2005, Weiland and his son Noah were featured on comedian
David Spade
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's ''
The Showbiz Show with David Spade'' during a comedy sketch about discouraging music
file sharing
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. Noah has a line during the sketch in which he tells a little girl, "Please buy my daddy's album so I can have food to eat."
Mary Forsberg's autobiography ''Fall to Pieces'' was co-written with Larkin Warren and released in 2009. Weiland's autobiography ''Not Dead & Not for Sale'' was co-written with
David Ritz and released May 17, 2011.
In a November 2012 interview with ''Rolling Stone'', Weiland revealed that he was engaged to Jamie Wachtel, whom he met during the 2011 filming of his music video for "I'll Be Home for Christmas". They married at their
Los Angeles
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home on June 22, 2013.
In late 2020, Weiland's son Noah Weiland debuted his new band Suspect208, which also featured
Slash
Slash may refer to:
* Slash (punctuation), the "/" character
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters
* Slash (Marvel Comics)
* Slash (''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'')
Music
* Harry Slash & The Slashtones, an American rock band
* Nash th ...
's son London on drums and
Robert Trujillo
Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Trujillo Veracruz (; born October 23, 1964) is an American musician who has been the bassist for heavy metal band Metallica since 2003. He first rose to prominence as the bassist of crossover thrash band ...
's son Tye on bass. Their debut song "Long Awaited" was described by ''Wall of Sound'' as being reminiscent of ''
Purple
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-''era
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots, commonly abbreviated as STP, is an American Rock music, rock band formed in San Diego, California, in 1989. Originally consisting of lead vocalist Scott Weiland, guitarist Dean DeLeo, bassist Robert DeLeo, and drummer :Songs ...
. In early 2021, Noah was fired from the band for drug use, and the rest of the band dissolved by May of the same year.
Substance use and health problems
In 1995, Weiland was convicted of buying
crack cocaine
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and sentenced to one year of
probation
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. His drug use did not end after his sentence but rather increased, and he moved into a hotel room for two months; in the room next door was
Courtney Love
Courtney Michelle Love (née Harrison; born July 9, 1964) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and actress. A figure in the alternative and grunge scenes of the 1990s, Love has had a career spanning four decades. She rose to promi ...
, and the pair "shot drugs the whole time" together.
Weiland revealed in 2001 that he was diagnosed with
bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder (BD), previously known as manic depression, is a mental disorder characterized by periods of Depression (mood), depression and periods of abnormally elevated Mood (psychology), mood that each last from days to weeks, and in ...
.
In a 2005 interview with ''
Esquire
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'', Weiland said that while performing in his first bands as a teenager, his drinking "escalated" and he began using
cocaine
Cocaine is a tropane alkaloid and central nervous system stimulant, derived primarily from the leaves of two South American coca plants, ''Erythroxylum coca'' and ''Erythroxylum novogranatense, E. novogranatense'', which are cultivated a ...
for the first time, which he referred to as a "sexual" experience. In December 2007, he was arrested and charged with
driving under the influence
Driving under the influence (DUI) is the crime of driving, operating, or being in control of a vehicle while one is impaired from doing so safely by the effect of either alcohol (drug), alcohol (see drunk driving) or some other drug, whether re ...
, his first arrest in over four years. On February 7, 2008, he checked into rehab and left in early March.
Weiland's younger brother Michael died of
cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy is a group of primary diseases of the heart muscle. Early on there may be few or no symptoms. As the disease worsens, shortness of breath, feeling tired, and swelling of the legs may occur, due to the onset of heart failure. A ...
in early 2007. The Velvet Revolver songs "For a Brother" and "Pills, Demons, & Etc" from the album ''
Libertad'' are about him. Weiland said in an interview with
MTV News
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in November 2008 that several songs on ''
"Happy" in Galoshes'' were inspired by the death of his brother and his separation from Mary Forsberg. In the same article, MTV News reported that Weiland had not done heroin since December 5, 2002. Weiland admitted that he went through a "very short" cocaine binge in late 2007.
In April 2015, online footage from a concert raised questions about Weiland's health, as he appeared unsteady and was singing markedly out of tune and in a slurred voice. A representative for Weiland asserted that lack of sleep, several drinks and a faulty earpiece were to blame, not drugs. In June 2015, Weiland claimed that he had been off drugs for 13 years. His response was directed towards comments made by
Filter's frontman
Richard Patrick, who claimed Weiland was using drugs and that his fans were pushing him closer to death by "sticking up for" him.
After Weiland's death, the Wildabouts' tour manager Aaron Mohler said, "A lot of times I've seen Scott do coke so he could drink more."
Shortly after his death, Weiland's widow Jamie acknowledged that her husband was drinking heavily before he left on his band's last tour, but that he promised her that he would "get it together". She accompanied him on the tour for a week in November and said that he was "just killing it" onstage and "taking it up a notch" every night.
Weiland had
hepatitis C
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, which he may have acquired from intravenous drug use.
Death
Weiland was found dead on his tour bus in
Bloomington, Minnesota
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, on December 3, 2015. He was 48 years old and had been on tour with the Wildabouts. The band's scheduled gig that evening in nearby
Medina
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had been cancelled several days earlier, though they were still planning to play the next night in
Rochester.
Police searched the tour bus and confirmed there were small amounts of
cocaine
Cocaine is a tropane alkaloid and central nervous system stimulant, derived primarily from the leaves of two South American coca plants, ''Erythroxylum coca'' and ''Erythroxylum novogranatense, E. novogranatense'', which are cultivated a ...
in the bedroom where Weiland was discovered dead.
Police also found prescription drugs, including
Xanax
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,
Buprenorphine,
Ziprasidone
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,
Viagra
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, and
hypnotics
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Th ...
on the tour bus. Additionally, two bags of cocaine and a bag of marijuana were found. Tommy Black, bassist for the Wildabouts, was arrested on suspicion of possession of cocaine, although the charges against him were later dropped.
Despite the discovery of drugs, no underlying cause of death was immediately given.
The medical examiner later determined Weiland's death was the result of an accidental overdose of
cocaine
Cocaine is a tropane alkaloid and central nervous system stimulant, derived primarily from the leaves of two South American coca plants, ''Erythroxylum coca'' and ''Erythroxylum novogranatense, E. novogranatense'', which are cultivated a ...
,
alcohol
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* Alcohol (chemistry), a class of compounds
* Ethanol, one of several alcohols, commonly known as alcohol in everyday life
** Alcohol (drug), intoxicant found in alcoholic beverages
** Alcoholic beverage, an alco ...
, and
methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA). In its report, the examiner's office also noted Weiland's
atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
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, history of
asthma
Asthma is a common long-term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs. It is characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and easily triggered bronchospasms. Symptoms include episodes of wh ...
, and prolonged substance abuse.
News of Weiland's death quickly spread throughout the Internet, with many of his musical peers, including his former band members, along with fans and music critics throughout the world, sharing their condolences, tributes, and memories. A day following his death, his former bandmates in Stone Temple Pilots issued a statement saying that he was "gifted beyond words" but acknowledging his struggle with substance abuse, calling it "part of
iscurse."
He was remembered by media outlets as "the American musician whose mercurial vocal style was a signature of the rock band he helped start, Stone Temple Pilots, and later Velvet Revolver" and "a powerful voice."
A private funeral for Weiland was held at
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
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on December 11, 2015, in Los Angeles. Members of both Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver attended. Mary Forsberg and the two children were not in attendance,
later having a private ceremony in honor of Weiland.
Legacy
In the wake of Weiland's death, many critics and peers offered re-evaluations of Weiland's life and career, including
David Fricke
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of ''
Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason.
The magazine was first known fo ...
''. Several other artists paid tribute to the singer by covering Stone Temple Pilots tunes in concert, including
Life of Agony
Life of Agony is an American alternative metal band from Brooklyn, New York City, formed in 1989 by singer Keith Caputo, bassist Alan Robert and guitarist Joey Z. The band has released six studio albums to date, most notably their 1993 debut '' ...
,
Saint Asonia,
Umphrey's McGee
Umphrey's McGee, sometimes stylized as UM, is an American rock band originally from South Bend, Indiana. The band experiments with many musical styles, including rock, metal, funk, jazz, blues, reggae, electronic, bluegrass, country, and ...
,
Candlebox
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Candlebox found immediate success with the release ...
,
Halestorm
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, and
Pop Evil
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, among others, while
Chris Cornell
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dedicated a performance of "Say Hello 2 Heaven" by
Temple of the Dog
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to the singer.
On
the Smashing Pumpkins
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' website,
Billy Corgan
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praised Weiland, saying: "It was STP's third album (''
Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop),'' that had got me hooked, a wizardly mix of
glam
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Glam or GLAM may also refer to:
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Institutions
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and
post-punk
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, and I confessed to Scott, as well as the band many times, how wrong I'd been in assessing their native brilliance. And like Bowie can and does, it was Scott's
phrasing that pushed his music into a unique, and hard to pin down, aesthetic sonicsphere. Lastly, I'd like to share a thought which, though clumsy, I hope would please Scott In Hominum. And that is if you asked me who I truly believed were the great voices of our generation, I'd say it were he,
Layne Layne is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
* Alfredo Layne (1959–1999), Panamanian boxer
* Aubrey Layne (born 1956), American businessman and politician
* Barry Layne (born 1965), American racing d ...
, and
Kurt."
In 2018,
Guns N' Roses
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with
Slash
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* Slash (punctuation), the "/" character
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters
* Slash (Marvel Comics)
* Slash (''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'')
Music
* Harry Slash & The Slashtones, an American rock band
* Nash th ...
and
Duff, honored Weiland during the
Not in This Lifetime... Tour by covering the
Velvet Revolver
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hit song "
Slither". The band has continued to regularly cover the song live ever since.
Discography
Solo
Studio albums
Cover albums
* ''
A Compilation of Scott Weiland Cover Songs'' (2011)
Charted singles
with Stone Temple Pilots
with Velvet Revolver
with Art of Anarchy
* ''
Art of Anarchy'' (2015)
References
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Bibliography
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