He started the band with bassist Robert DeLeo in 1986, when the two supposedly met at a concert in Long Beach and realized they were dating the same woman. Weiland first shot to fame and is still best known as the lead singer with the Southern California band, who achieved success when they released their debut album Core in 1992. Weiland grew up in Ohio and California before forming Stone Temple Pilots in the mid-1980s. 'I'm still on the verge all the time,' he said.ĭuring an interview with a Canadian radio host last week, Weiland answered questions only in short sentences and seemed lethargic. He told USA Today in 2011: 'I swore, of course, never to go back to heroin but I never thought that alcohol would be the real nightmare that it actually is.
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In 1995, he was convicted of buying crack cocaine and sentenced to probation. He was also arrested for driving under the influence In 20. He is one of my best friends, a truest friend and one of the most gifted guitar players that I’ve ever known'.ĭespite saying he kicked the deadly drug, other substances have also given him troubles over the years. It is a terrible loss that goes beyond words. 'I am in shock right now, everyone that knows him is devastated. The Wildabout's guitarist Jeremy Brown died of an accidental 'multiple drug' overdose in March of this year, right before the band released its first album Blaster. His brother Michael died of a drug overdose in 2007 and he said 'that's something that will always stay with me'. This picture was also posted by Weiland and shows him singing with his first band in high school, Soi-dissant 'Overcoming my addiction to heroin was the hardest thing I've ever done, and I'm damn proud of the fact that the time in my life when drugs were stronger than my commitment to my health is so far behind me, and always will be'. However, he told Blabbermouth earlier this year that he hasn't 'had a needle in my arm in thirteen years. In 1999 he was sent to jail after being hospitalized with a heroin overdose and violating his probation for possession of the drug the year before. Weiland was known to have struggled with substance abuse, including heroin. Sara Michelle Gellar, who was featured in the Stone Temple Pilots video Sour Girl, said ' your music will live and your demons will leave'. Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx said, 'I hope it wasn't drugs.The saddest part of the story is his kids and family being left behind'. Some worried about the possible cause of the death. My thoughts are with his family and friends.' Writer and director Judd Apatow tweeted: 'I saw Scott Weiland perform many times and those were some of my favorite concerts of all time. RIP Scott Weiland' and shared a photo of the frontman on stage. Velvet Revolver and former Guns n Roses guitarist Slash, tweeted 'Sad day.
After a long time apart, the group reunited in 2008 for a tour and released a swan song/comeback album in 2010.Aerosmith's Joe Perry expressed his feelings in this tweet after learning of the death of the 'gifted performer' Two years later, a 6x platinum followup, “Purple,” did nearly as well. Stone Temple Pilots’ 1993 debut album, “Core,” got the group off to a heady start, being certified for 8 million in U.S. Williams told THR the filmmakers plan to be in contact “with those closest to Scott to get the details right,” and that they have access to previously unreleased music for the film.
“We’ve been approached many times about Scott’s story,” David Vigliano, founder-CEO of Vigliano Associates, which handles Weiland’s estate, said in a statement to THR, “and when this team came to us with their vision for a film, it felt right.”
His childhood had a big effect on his struggles with addiction,” Dark Pictures co-founder Anne Beagan said in a statement. “Scott was glamorous, complicated and wounded. In December of 2015, the rocker - who’d also gone on to co-found another popular group, the all-star Velvet Revolver - was on tour with his latest outfit, Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts, when he died of what was declared to be a mixed drug toxicity, exacerbated by other health conditions. Implicit among all those accolades about the late rocker is that he repeatedly made headlines over the year for the more troubled aspects of his life, which included well-known bouts with heroin before he cleaned up for some time later in his career.