"I think of some of the tours we were on, and they were a little rambunctious," Weiland told CNN in 2011, three years after a huge reunion tour. Sure, there were short reunions, and everybody said all the right things. Stone Temple Pilots stuttered on through two more albums, but the audience had moved on. Weiland is on the road to killing himself," said Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Norm Montrose at the sentencing. He later served time in jail for violating probation in a 1998 heroin conviction. He was apparently enjoying sobriety at the time - the magazine said he'd been clean for six months - but it didn't last. "It got to the point where I didn't feel like I got a good enough rush unless I had one hand on the needle and one hand dialing 911," he told the magazine. In a 1997 Rolling Stone interview, Weiland acknowledged his addiction problems. He is currently under a doctor's care in a medical facility." Weiland, it said in a statement, "has become unable to rehearse or appear for these shows due to his dependency on drugs. Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop," which sold 2 million copies and was widely praised. Stone Temple Pilots was forced to go on hiatus after the release of its 1996 album, "Tiny Music. His wife posted bond and was driving him home when he leaped out of their moving car and went to his dealer's house. In 1995, Weiland was arrested in Pasadena, California, and charged with possession of heroin and cocaine. The band had all the trappings of success - headlining tours, appearances on "Saturday Night Live," platinum sales - but an unstable frontman.
A flamboyant personality helped, which he played to the hilt during live shows. STP won a Grammy in 1994 for the song "Plush" and had monster hits with "Vasoline" and "Interstate Love Song."Ī big part of its success was Weiland's powerful baritone that he effortlessly contorted into a raspy growl when needed. "Core" and its 1994 follow-up, "Purple," sold more than 10 million copies. Critics were unkind, accusing them of being poseurs riding the coattails of Nirvana and Pearl Jam.īut it didn't matter. The Stone Temple Pilots came on the scene at the height of the grunge movement, releasing its first album, "Core," in 1992. With deep sorrow for you and your family, we are saddened to see you go. Part of that gift was part of your curse. They continued, "You were gifted beyond words, Scott. The memories are many, and they run deep for us." 'Together we crafted a legacy of music that has given so many people happiness and great memories. "Let us start by saying thank you for sharing your life with us," Stone Temple Pilots members Dean DeLeo, Robert DeLeo and Eric Kretz wrote. "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," a statement on his Facebook page said. Weiland was found dead while on tour with his latest band. His manager Tom Vitorino confirmed his death, but he didn't disclose the cause. (CNN) - Scott Weiland, whose extraordinary career as the lead singer of the Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver was overshadowed by his unending battle with drug addiction, has died.
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