Matt Pinfield DecemExtremely saddened to have read Scott Weiland passed. Nirvana DecemI am so sad at the loss of my friend who reached out through To me here the other day. Krist Novoselić DecemThanks for the great music Scott Weiland. Tom Morello DecemReally sorry to hear about Scott Weiland. May you be at peace and thank you for your music, Scott. thoughts are w his family #RIPScottWeiland He was a once of a kind epic force onstage. Weiland struggled with bipolar disorder and turned to heroin, running into many problems with the law. The STP singer infamously suffered from substance abuse issues off and on over the years. The fourth album was with his band The Wildabouts. The singer also released four solo albums. Scott co-founded Velvet Revolver with former Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum in 2002 after STP broke up. The band broke up in 2002, reunited in 2008, but broke up again in 2013. With infighting among band members, STP ended up taking several hiatuses.
3 spot on the Billboard 200, and their second album, Purple, was No. Multiple sources cite Weiland's distinctive lower register singing style as part of STP's success in the 1990s. The band was originally called Mighty Joe Young until a blues musician who went by the same moniker had them change their name. In the late 1980s, Scott Weiland formed the Stone Temple Pilots with brothers Robert and Dean DeLeo. So gutted, I am thinking of his family tonight," Navarro tweeted.
"Just learned our friend Scott Weiland has died. Many music fans first learned of the STP singer's death late Thursday night, after Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro broke the news on Twitter at 9:01 p.m. At this time we ask that the privacy of Scott's family be respected." "Scott Weiland, best known as the lead singer for Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, passed away in his sleep while on a tour stop in Bloomington, Minnesota, with his band The Wildabouts. News of the 48-year-old singer's death was confirmed by his manager on his Facebook page, as well as his Instagram account, early Friday morning (December 4).
Weiland's death will be investigated further. "Officers arrived and determined the adult male was deceased," the statement read.īBC News reports the address Weiland was found at may correspond to a local Country Inn & Suites hotel. The band also had shows scheduled for Reno, Nevada, on December 18 and City Winery in Napa on December 19.Īccording to a statement released by the Bloomington, Minnesota, Police Department, officers responded to a report of an unresponsive adult male on December 3 at 8:22 p.m. The ex-STP singer had just turned 48 on October 27.Ī source who claimed to be connected to the Wildabouts told TMZ Weiland was found unresponsive on the tour bus Thursday night around 9 p.m. Scott and his band the Wildabouts were to perform in nearby Medina, at the Medina Ballroom, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The singer reportedly died in his sleep on a tour bus in Bloomington, Minnesota. Scott Weiland, former frontman for the bands Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, has died at the age of 48.
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