Scott Weiland Dead at 48

[DigitalDrifter]

Amazing he lasted this long.

Scott Weiland, the instantly recognizable, iconic voice behind Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, has died. He was 48. Weiland’s manager confirmed the news to Rolling Stone. The details surrounding the singer’s death will be released Friday.

TMZ is reporting that Weiland was found dead on his tour bus in Minnesota at around 9 p.m. Thursday night, while touring with his current group the Wildabouts. They were scheduled to perform at the Medina Entertainment Center in Medina, Minnesota Thursday night. The show was canceled before they were to hit the stage.

Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro tweeted out the news shortly after midnight EST. “Just learned our friend Scott Weiland has died,” he wrote. “So gutted, I am thinking of his family tonight.”

Weiland’s Velvet Revolver bandmate, guitarist Dave Kushner, tweeted shortly after Navarro “RIP Scott Weiland.”

Scott Weiland was born Scott Richard Kline on October 27th, 1967 in San Jose, California. His mother, Sharon Williams, and father, Kent Kline, divorced two years later. A stepfather, Dave Weiland, adopted him at age 5 and changed his last name.

He rose to prominence in the early Nineties as the frontman for Stone Temple Pilots, who scored big hits with songs like “Plush,” “Creep,” “Big Empty,” “Vasoline” and “Interstate Love Song.” In the 2000s, he fronted Velvet Revolver, a group which, in addition to Kushner, featured former Guns N’ Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum. They released two gold-selling singles, “Slither” and “Fall to Pieces,” on their debut Contraband LP.

The singer, who had a long and well-publicized battle with drugs and addiction, also put out four solo albums, including Blaster, his first with the Wildabouts, which came out earlier this year.

This is a developing story and will be updated as news breaks.

Scott Weiland Dead at 48

 

[AvgGuyIA]

Amazing he lasted this long.

Scott Weiland, the instantly recognizable, iconic voice behind Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, has died. He was 48. Weiland’s manager confirmed the news to Rolling Stone. The details surrounding the singer’s death will be released Friday.

TMZ is reporting that Weiland was found dead on his tour bus in Minnesota at around 9 p.m. Thursday night, while touring with his current group the Wildabouts. They were scheduled to perform at the Medina Entertainment Center in Medina, Minnesota Thursday night. The show was canceled before they were to hit the stage.

Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro tweeted out the news shortly after midnight EST. “Just learned our friend Scott Weiland has died,” he wrote. “So gutted, I am thinking of his family tonight.”

Weiland’s Velvet Revolver bandmate, guitarist Dave Kushner, tweeted shortly after Navarro “RIP Scott Weiland.”

Scott Weiland was born Scott Richard Kline on October 27th, 1967 in San Jose, California. His mother, Sharon Williams, and father, Kent Kline, divorced two years later. A stepfather, Dave Weiland, adopted him at age 5 and changed his last name.

He rose to prominence in the early Nineties as the frontman for Stone Temple Pilots, who scored big hits with songs like “Plush,” “Creep,” “Big Empty,” “Vasoline” and “Interstate Love Song.” In the 2000s, he fronted Velvet Revolver, a group which, in addition to Kushner, featured former Guns N’ Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum. They released two gold-selling singles, “Slither” and “Fall to Pieces,” on their debut Contraband LP.

The singer, who had a long and well-publicized battle with drugs and addiction, also put out four solo albums, including Blaster, his first with the Wildabouts, which came out earlier this year.

This is a developing story and will be updated as news breaks.

Scott Weiland Dead at 48

Never heard of him.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Amazing he lasted this long.

Scott Weiland, the instantly recognizable, iconic voice behind Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, has died. He was 48. Weiland’s manager confirmed the news to Rolling Stone. The details surrounding the singer’s death will be released Friday.

TMZ is reporting that Weiland was found dead on his tour bus in Minnesota at around 9 p.m. Thursday night, while touring with his current group the Wildabouts. They were scheduled to perform at the Medina Entertainment Center in Medina, Minnesota Thursday night. The show was canceled before they were to hit the stage.

Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro tweeted out the news shortly after midnight EST. “Just learned our friend Scott Weiland has died,” he wrote. “So gutted, I am thinking of his family tonight.”

Weiland’s Velvet Revolver bandmate, guitarist Dave Kushner, tweeted shortly after Navarro “RIP Scott Weiland.”

Scott Weiland was born Scott Richard Kline on October 27th, 1967 in San Jose, California. His mother, Sharon Williams, and father, Kent Kline, divorced two years later. A stepfather, Dave Weiland, adopted him at age 5 and changed his last name.

He rose to prominence in the early Nineties as the frontman for Stone Temple Pilots, who scored big hits with songs like “Plush,” “Creep,” “Big Empty,” “Vasoline” and “Interstate Love Song.” In the 2000s, he fronted Velvet Revolver, a group which, in addition to Kushner, featured former Guns N’ Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum. They released two gold-selling singles, “Slither” and “Fall to Pieces,” on their debut Contraband LP.

The singer, who had a long and well-publicized battle with drugs and addiction, also put out four solo albums, including Blaster, his first with the Wildabouts, which came out earlier this year.

This is a developing story and will be updated as news breaks.

Scott Weiland Dead at 48

Never heard of him.

Rocker, singer, heroin addict.

 

[Two Thumbs]

Lived hard, died young and probably left a good looking corpse.


Don't feel sorry for him, he chose the wild life and lived it.

 

[Mac1958]

Hate to see it, not surprised at all, of course.

Great frontman.

STP was a great, great, band.
.

 

[tinydancer]

I don't understand why so many choose heroin. It's like signing your own death warrant. Slow form of suicide.

Pity. Prayers for his family.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

If ever there was a guy who should have been a member of the 27 club it was this guy.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

The guy who sounded almost exactly like Eddie Vedder

 

[DigitalDrifter]

The guy who sounded almost exactly like Eddie Vedder

Hmmmmm, not sure about that.

 

[aaronleland]

My brother and I were just talking about him a couple days ago. Not only was he a mess as far as addiction goes, but he was also known to be a conceited prick. Still sucks that he died. He was definitely a very talented vocalist. Condolences to his family and friends.

 

[Vastator]

Godspeed Mr. Weiland...

 

[theDoctorisIn]

RIP. He put on a live show like no one else.

I certainly wouldn't say that I'm surprised though - if anything, I'm surprised he lasted this long.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

The guy who sounded almost exactly like Eddie Vedder

He was a more technical vocalist than Vedder is, but they certainly had similar styles.

 

[Valerie]

aww i love my STP CDs... may he rest in peace...

 

[Iron Head]

Really? Holy shit. I had not heard, but is really no surprise since he has had a SERIOUS heroin addiction for years.

 

[ChrisL]

I don't think Eddie Vedder and Scott Weiland sound anything alike. You people aren't real grunge fans.

Yeah, lol, they had the same "style" . . . grunge. That's where the similarities end.

 

[ChrisL]

 

[ChrisL]

Here is one of Scott's last performances. Something is definitely wrong with him. He looks like a zombie, and he is so out of tune.

 

[ChrisL]

Here is Scott performing the same song, Dead and Bloated, a few years earlier. As someone said in the comments section, drugs are bad, mmkay?

 

[ChrisL]

RIP Scott!