“The story’s not finished,” Weiland told The Associated Press at the time. Weiland departed Velvet Revolver in 2008 to join the reunited Stone Temple Pilots.
And his arrests for drug possession and stints in rehab led the Stone Temple Pilots to cancel tour dates and contributed to their 2003 breakup.Īfter the band split, Weiland joined former Guns N’ Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum and former Wasted Youth guitarist Dave Kushner to form the supergroup Velvet Revolver. He pleaded guilty to felony heroin possession in 1998.
DID STONE TEMPLE PILOTS SINGER DIED CRACK
In 1995, he was arrested after deputies found him carrying crack and heroin. Their hits include Vasoline, Interstate Love Song and Plush, which won a Grammy in 1993 for best hard rock performance with vocal.Īmid the successes, Weiland had a long string of drug and alcohol related arrests and stints in rehab. Stone Temple Pilots’ 1992 debut, Core, has sold more than 8 million units in the United States. Weiland fronted one of the most successful grunge bands of the 1990s in Stone Temple Pilots, but was also dogged by problems with substance abuse throughout his career. In the tape, the first responders state Weiland was dead upon their arrival. TMZ obtained an audio tape of first responders reporting to the scene of Weiland’s death. Weiland’s manager, Tom Vitorino, told the Associated Press he had learned of Weiland’s death from the singer’s tour manager, but did not provide further details. The venue’s website showed the concert had been canceled. The Associated Press reported the band was scheduled to play a concert in nearby Medina Thursday. while on tour a tour stop with his latest band, Scott Weiland and The Wildabouts.
He was 48.Ī message on Weiland’s official Facebook page said he had died in Bloomington, Minn. This story has been corrected to show that Jamie Weiland commented to the Los Angeles Times, not the Los Angeles Tribune.Scott Weiland, the former lead singer of a number of rock bands, including Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, died in his sleep Thursday night. Carolyn Marinan, a county spokeswoman, said she had no information on when that would be announced. The Hennepin County medical examiner confirmed Weiland's death in a news release Friday but didn't list a cause. And his arrests for drug possession and stints in rehab led the Stone Temple Pilots to cancel tour dates and contributed to their 2003 breakup.
Weiland had a long string of drug- and alcohol-related arrests and stints in rehab. "There's more to be revealed and more to be told." "The story's not finished," Weiland told the AP at the time. The Stone Temple Pilots eventually reunited in 2008. Among that group's hits was "Fall to Pieces." The band broke up in 2003, and Weiland went on to front Velvet Revolver, the super group that featured former members of Guns N' Roses, including guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan. The singer rose to fame as the frontman of the Grammy Award-winning Stone Temple Pilots, whose hits include "Interstate Love Song," ''Plush," and "Vasoline." "I can't deal with this right now," she said, sobbing. See the notable celebrities and public figures we have lost in 2015.