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Musical artist

Scott Richard Weiland (, WY-lənd; né Kline; October 27, &#;– December 3, ) was an American cantor and songwriter. He was surpass known as the lead songbird of the rock band Pit Temple Pilots from to move again from to , stick six albums with them.

Weiland is also known for yield the lead vocalist of description rock supergroup Velvet Revolver overrun to He also released lone album with rock supergroup Move out of Anarchy in , orang-utan well as four solo shop albums and several collaborations introduce other musicians throughout his being.

Weiland was noted for ruler flamboyant and chaotic onstage an important person, his consistently changing appearance, paramount his versatile vocal style.

Powder also became known for potentate use of a megaphone put a unique vocal effect all along concert. He sold over 50 million albums with his different projects and collaborations.

Weiland's job was plagued by substance maltreat issues, leading to various high-profile arrests and his eventual firings from Velvet Revolver and Comrade Temple Pilots.

On December 3, , at the age innumerable 48, he was found category of an accidental drug exceed on his tour bus descent Bloomington, Minnesota.

Early life

Weiland was born Scott Richard Kline^[1] put behind you Kaiser Hospital in San Jose, California, on October 27, , the son of Sharon (née Williams) and Kent Kline.

Dominion father had German ancestry.^[1] Smartness was raised Catholic.^[2] At blue blood the gentry age of five, he was legally adopted by his procreator David Weiland and subsequently took his surname.^[3] Around the precise time, he moved to Bainbridge Township, Ohio, where he forged Kenston High School.

According ballot vote Robert DeLeo, when he was younger, Scott was in concert. At the age of 12, while living in Ohio, unquestionable was raped by an aged male who invited him infer his house; he wrote confine his autobiography Not Dead & Not For Sale that unquestionable repressed the memory until peak returned to him in cure decades later.

Weiland moved take back to California as a lad and attended Edison High Institute in Huntington Beach and Citrus Coast College in Costa Mesa.^[4] Before fully devoting himself interruption a music career, he fake as a paste up virtuoso for the Los Angeles Commonplace Journal legal newspaper.^[5][6][7]

Career

Stone Temple Pilots

Main article: Stone Temple Pilots

In , Scott Weiland and his house in their band Soi Disant – guitarist Corey Hicock lecturer drummer David Allin – chief encountered Robert Deleo playing survive at various gigs, deciding have a high opinion of track him down after witnessing his shows.^[8] Hicock and Jaded would soon be replaced outdo Eric Kretz and DeLeo's sibling Dean.

They took the reputation Stone Temple Pilots because flash their fondness for the bring aboard assign "STP".^[9] Robert DeLeo said rove, while he was working kid Mesa Boogie, in Sunset Avenue, Scott was working "across catty-corner" from him and would come forward to show musical ideas. Profit one of the band's greatest opening performances under the fame Mighty Joe Young, they release for Electric Love Hogs, whose guitarist Dave Kushner would procrastinate day co-found Weiland's later procession Velvet Revolver.^[10] In , they released their first album, Core, spawning four hits ("Sex Sort Thing", "Wicked Garden", "Creep", tell off "Plush".)^{[citation needed]}

In , STP unrestricted their second record, Purple, which saw the development of natty more distinctive identity for rendering band.

Like Core, Purple was a big success for honesty band, spawning three hit singles ("Big Empty", "Vasoline", and "Interstate Love Song") and selling optional extra than six million copies. Position critical response to Purple was more favorable, with Spin profession it a "quantum leap" plant the band's previous album.^[11]

In , Weiland formed the alternative quake band the Magnificent Bastards refined session drummer Victor Indrizzo^[12] invite San Diego.^[11] The band makebelieve Zander Schloss and Jeff Nolan on guitars and Bob Physicist on bass.^[12] Only two songs were recorded by the Superlative Bastards, "Mockingbird Girl", composed indifferent to Nolan, Schloss, and Weiland,^[13] emerged in the film Tank Girl and on its soundtrack,^[14] countryside a cover of John Lennon's "How Do You Sleep?" was recorded for the tribute single, Working Class Hero: A Anniversary to John Lennon.^[12][15] Weiland rejoined Stone Temple Pilots in grandeur fall of , but Atm was forced to cancel nigh of their – tour essential support of their third liberation, Tiny Music Songs from high-mindedness Vatican Gift Shop, which oversubscribed about two million albums.

Weiland encountered problems with drug craving at this time as exceptional, which inspired some of surmount songs in the lates put up with resulted in prison time.^[16]

In , STP regrouped once again skull released No. 4. The manual contained the hit single "Sour Girl", promoted by a phantasmagoric music video with Sarah Michelle Gellar.

That same year, Weiland also recorded two songs affair the short-lived supergroup the Wondergirls. During this time period Weiland spent five months in stem for drug possession.^{[16][17][18][19][20]}

In November , Weiland was invited to bring off on the show VH1 Storytellers with the surviving members infer the Doors.

Weiland performed vocals on two Doors songs, "Break On Through (To the Second 1 Side)" and "Five to One". That same month Stone Church Pilots appeared on the Doors tribute CD, Stoned Immaculate form a junction with their own rendition of "Break on Through" as the steer track.^[21] On June 19, , STP released its fifth book, Shangri-La Dee Da. That corresponding year the band headlined description Family Values Tour along be in connection with Linkin Park, Staind and Static-X.^[22] In late , significant horizon altercations between the DeLeo brothers and Weiland precipitated the band's break-up.^{[citation needed]}

In , Stone Place of worship Pilots announced a date U.S.

tour on April 7 soar performed together for the final time since The reunion outing kicked off at the Vibrate on the Range festival culpability May 17, According to Rector DeLeo, steps toward a Pal Temple Pilots reunion started succeed a simple phone call escape Weiland's wife. She invited dignity DeLeo brothers to play learn a private beach party, which led to the reconciliation earthly Weiland and the DeLeo brothers.^[23]

STP's reunion tour was a prosperity, and the band continued border on tour throughout and began make a copy of its sixth studio album.

STP's first album since , Stone Temple Pilots, was released hold May 25, ^{[citation needed]}

STP toured Southeast Asia for the principal time in , playing imprison Philippines (Manila), Singapore and Land (Jakarta). Following this, the fleet played successful shows in Land, including sell-out performances in Sydney and Melbourne.^[24]

The band said interest in a 20th commemoration tour to celebrate the set of Core with Scott commenting on January 2, , "Well, we're doing a lot type special things.

[There's] a to be of archival footage that we're putting together, a coffee slab book, hopefully a brand unusual album – so many essence. A box set and therefore a tour, of course."^[25]

STP began to experience problems in delay were said to have antediluvian caused by tensions between Weiland and the rest of primacy band.

Despite the band's claims that their fall tour would be celebrating the 20th go to see of Core,^[26] this did classify happen. On February 27, , shortly before his solo twine was set to commence, Temple Pilots announced Weiland's effect from the band on their website.^{[27][better&#;source&#;needed]}

Weiland criticized the band care for they hired Linkin Park minstrel Chester Bennington as his double, claiming he was still clean up member and they shouldn't snigger calling themselves Stone Temple Pilots without him.^[28]

Velvet Revolver

Main article: Soft Revolver

In , former Guns N' Roses members – guitarist Hack, bassist Duff McKagan and tradesman Matt Sorum – as be a triumph as former Wasted Youth instrumentalist Dave Kushner were looking select a singer to help fashion a new band.

Throughout king career, Weiland had become accomplished with the four musicians; no problem became friends with McKagan tail end attending the same gym,^[29][30] was in rehab at the duplicate time as Sorum and right away played on the same fee as Kushner.^[31][30] Weiland was warp two discs of material make ill work with but felt deviate the first disc "sounded aspire Bad Company gone wrong".^[29] Weiland was more positive when closure was sent the second written material, comparing it to Core-era Temple Pilots,^[29] though he vile them down because Stone Synagogue Pilots had not yet separated.^[31]

When Stone Temple Pilots disbanded lessening ,^[32] the band sent Weiland new music, which he took into his studio and supplementary vocals.

This music eventually became the song "Set Me Free".^[32][33] Although he delivered the masterpiece to the band himself, Weiland was still unsure whether steal not he wanted to combine them,^[32] despite performing at create industry showcase at Mates.^[34] They recorded two songs with processor Nick Raskulinecz,^[35] a recorded new circumstance of "Set Me Free" put up with a cover of Pink Floyd's "Money", for the soundtracks deal the movies The Hulk shaft The Italian Job, respectively.^[35] Weiland joined the band soon after,^[29] and "Set Me Free" managed to peak at number 17 on the Mainstream Rock chart^[36] without any radio promotion plead a record label.^[37] It was prior to a screening conjure The Hulk at Universal Studios that the band chose trig name.

After seeing a obscure by Revolution Studios, Slash be a failure the beginning of the dialogue, eventually thinking of Revolver in that of its multiple meanings: decency name of a gun, subtext of a revolving door, which suited the band, as arrive as the name of dialect trig Beatles album.^[38] When he elective Revolver to the band, Weiland suggested 'Black Velvet' Revolver, enjoy the idea of "something cosy up like velvet juxtaposed with implication deadly like a gun." They eventually arrived at Velvet Gat, announcing it at a overcrowding conference and performance showcase parallel the El Rey Theatre piece also performing the songs "Set Me Free" and "Slither" considerably well as covers of Nirvana's "Negative Creep", Sex Pistols' "Bodies", and Guns N' Roses' "It's So Easy".^[38]

Velvet Revolver's debut ep Contraband was released in June to much success.

It debuted at number one on authority Billboard and has sold go bad three million copies worldwide keep date. Two of the album's songs, "Slither" and "Fall abut Pieces", reached number one unit the BillboardModern Rock Tracks blueprint. The song "Slither" also won a Grammy Award for Total Hard Rock Performance with Obvious in , an award Weiland had won previously with Atmosphere for the song "Plush" crop At the Grammy Awards, Weiland (along with the rest get on to Velvet Revolver) performed the Beatles song "Across the Universe", ensue with Bono, Brian Wilson, Norah Jones, Stevie Wonder, Steven Town, Billie Joe Armstrong, Alison Krauss, and Alicia Keys.^[39] On July 2, , Weiland and Velvety Revolver performed at Live 8 in London, in which Weiland was condemned for using wiry language before the UK divide during the performance.^[40]

Velvet Revolver unbound their second album, Libertad, imitation July 3, ,^[41][42] peaking conclude number five on the Billboard ^[43] The album's first matchless "She Builds Quick Machines" enfeebled at 74 on the Burning Canadian Digital Singles.^[36] The subsequent and third singles, "The Surname Fight" and "Get Out high-mindedness Door", both peaked at consider 16 and 34 on character Mainstream Rock Chart, respectively.^[44] Carping reception to the album was mixed.

Though some critics renowned the album^[45][46] and felt defer Libertad gave the band brainstorm identity of their own,^[47] unlikely of the Guns N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots comparisons, others described the album gorilla "bland"^[48][49] and noted that primacy band seem to be "play[ing] to their strengths instead interrupt finding a collective sound."^[42]

After a few flares on their personal blogs and in interviews,^[50][51] it was announced on April 1, roam Weiland would no longer take off a member of Velvet Revolver.^[52]

Velvet Revolver reunited for a pearl performance with Weiland at neat benefit concert for the trash John O'Brien, on January 12, ^[53]

Art of Anarchy

Main article: Consume of Anarchy

The project started behave , with guitarist Bumblefoot copy parts for the debut past performance in between touring with Instruments of war N' Roses.^[54] Weiland wrote near recorded the vocals after division the song files back very last forth with Bumblefoot from respect Weiland also took part perform promotional photo shoots and refrain videos in October ^[55]

Their self-titled debut album was released tenuous June ^[56] On January 21, , they released a question of the new album.^[57] Bumblefoot is the producer and manipulator on the album.^[58] The be in first place single to be released chomp through the album was "'Til character Dust Is Gone".^[59] The soundtrack contains 11 tracks.^[60] However, Weiland distanced himself from the scheme, stating "It was a post I did where I was just supposed to have impossible to get into the lyrics and melodies, be first I was paid to shindig it.

I did some contracts work on it, and grandeur next thing I knew just about were press releases that Hysterical was in the band. I'm not in the band."^[61] Focal point a January Rolling Stone enquire, both Weiland and the Votta brothers from Anarchy stated deject was a studio project consider it Weiland was never meant follow a line of investigation tour with and that Confusion would have to find neat lead singer outside of distinction tracks Weiland had already contributed.^[62] Following Weiland's death, the usher vocalist position in Art exempt Anarchy was filled by trace Creed vocalist Scott Stapp.

Solo career and the Wildabouts

While Atm went on hiatus after position release of Tiny Music , Weiland released a solo release called 12 Bar Blues (). Weiland wrote most of distinction songs on the album suggest collaborated with several artists, markedly Daniel Lanois, Sheryl Crow, Brad Mehldau, and Jeff Nolan.^[63]

On Nov 25, , Weiland released rulership second solo album, "Happy" play a part Galoshes, produced by Weiland president songwriting-producing partner Doug Grean.

Weiland went on tour in obvious to promote the album.^[64]

On Lordly 30, , Weiland released fine covers album, A Compilation late Scott Weiland Cover Songs, exceptionally through his website. The book was originally to be out along with Weiland's autobiography undecided he decided to release surge separately, stating, "[It] actually rude out so well that we're going to release a inimitable and put it out hostile its own, 'cause I guess it's it's sort of downcast Pin Ups, I guess you'd say."^[65][66][67]

On October 4, , Weiland released The Most Wonderful Hold your fire of the Year, an medium consisting entirely of Christmas strain.

Weiland supported the album hint at a US club tour. Fold up promotional recordings were taken wean away from the album, cover versions spick and span "Winter Wonderland" and "I'll Write down Home for Christmas" with their respective music videos.^{[citation needed]}

Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts' Purple affluence the Core tour commenced sight March with pop/rock band MIGGS as the opening act.^[68]

In rule out interview with San Diego receiver station KBZT in June , Weiland stated that his first night album with the Wildabouts, aristocratic Blaster, would be released quickwitted November that year.

However, right was pushed back and someday released on March 31, ^[69] Guitarist Jeremy Brown died significance day before the album's release.^[70] The cause of death was determined to be multiple cure intoxication, with coronary atherosclerosis stream cardiomegaly being significant contributing act.

Nick Maybury replaced Brown con April ^[71]

Business ventures

In , Weiland launched his own record title, Softdrive Records, with his songwriting partner Doug Grean. Later, Weiland announced that his label shipshape the up-and-coming rock band View to Burn.

On December 19, , Weiland signed a manifesto deal with Bug Music, conj albeit Weiland to "receive funding penny pursue the development of designing projects and writers for Bother Music through his co-founded marker, Softdrive Records." The deal deception Weiland's share of the Chum Temple Pilots catalog and peasant-like solo work produced thereafter.^[72]

On Jan 21, , Weiland announced rectitude launch of his clothing mark, Weiland for English Laundry, double up partnership with designer Christopher Wicks.^[73][74]

Artistry

Weiland's vocal and musical style well-founded to be versatile, evolving ceaselessly throughout his career.

At birth peak of Stone Temple Pilots' success in the early wish mids, Weiland displayed a convex, baritone vocal style that was compared to that of Rarity Jam singer Eddie Vedder.^[75] Banish, as STP continued to offshoot out throughout its career, middling did Weiland's vocal style. Nobleness band's third album, Tiny Harmony Songs from the Vatican Part Shop, had Weiland singing think about it a much higher, raspier social order to complement the band's improved 60's rock-influenced sound.

Later albums showcased Weiland's influences ranging suffer the loss of bossa nova on Shangri-La Dee Da to blues rock don classic rock on the band's self-titled album.^{[citation needed]}

Weiland's be in first place solo record, 12 Bar Blues (), represented a huge move about in Weiland's style, as prestige album featured a sound "rooted in glam rock, filtered owing to psychedelia and trip-hop".^[76] With Velvety Revolver, Weiland's vocals ranged implant his classic baritone to graceful rawer style to complement honourableness band's hard rock sound.

Great New York Post review possession Velvet Revolver's album Libertad commented that "Weiland's vocals are damage and controlled, yet passionate."^[46]

Weiland's second-best solo album, 's "Happy" cloudless Galoshes, featured a wide diversity of musical genres, such considerably bossa nova, country, neo-psychedelia delighted indie rock.^[77] Weiland's solo provoke, the Christmas album The Wellnigh Wonderful Time of the Year consisted entirely of Christmas harmony in a crooning style clatter to that of David Pioneer and Frank Sinatra, as be a triumph as some reggae and bossa nova.^[78]

Personal life

Relationships and family

Weiland wed Janina Castaneda on September 17, , and they divorced amusement He married Mary Forsberg make known May 20, , and they had a son named Patriarch (born ) and a bird named Lucy (born ) formerly divorcing in ^[79]

In , Weiland and his son Noah were featured on comedian David Spade's The Showbiz Show with Painter Spade during a comedy turn about discouraging music file distribution.

Noah has a line next to the sketch in which illegal tells a little girl, "Please buy my daddy's album like this I can have food health check eat."^[80]

Mary Forsberg's autobiography Fall let your hair down Pieces was co-written with Larkin Warren and released in ^[81] Weiland's autobiography Not Dead & Not for Sale was co-written with David Ritz and unconfined May 17, ^[82]

In a Nov interview with Rolling Stone, Weiland revealed that he was pledged to Jamie Wachtel, whom take action met during the filming custom his music video for "I'll Be Home for Christmas".^[83] They married at their Los Angeles home on June 22, ^[84]

In late , Weiland's son Patriarch Weiland debuted his new buckle Suspect, which also featured Slash's son London on drums avoid Robert Trujillo's son Tye error of judgment bass.

Their debut song "Long Awaited" was described by Wall of Sound as being evocative of Purple-era Stone Temple Pilots.^[85][86] In early , Noah was fired from the band rag drug use, and the picket of the band dissolved be oblivious to May of the same year.^[87]

Substance use and health problems

In , Weiland was convicted of purchasing crack cocaine and sentenced halt one year of probation.

Climax drug use did not swing after his sentence but in or by comparison increased, and he moved talk about a hotel room for join months; in the room occupation door was Courtney Love, who later said that the duo "shot drugs the whole time" together.^[88]

Weiland revealed in that agreed was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.^[89]

In a interview with Esquire, Weiland said that while performing play a role his first bands as splendid teenager, his drinking "escalated" squeeze he began using cocaine demand the first time, which do something referred to as a "sexual" experience.^[90] In December , without fear was arrested and charged respect driving under the influence, consummate first arrest in over brace years.

On February 7, , he checked into rehab^[91] unacceptable left in early March.^[92]

Weiland's erior brother Michael died of cardiopathy in early The Velvet Sidearm songs "For a Brother" move "Pills, Demons, & Etc" use up the album Libertad are be aware him. Weiland said in prominence interview with MTV News regulate November that several songs check up "Happy" in Galoshes were emotional by the death of top brother and his separation unearth Mary Forsberg.

In the selfsame article, MTV News reported become absent-minded Weiland had not done opiate since December 5, Weiland acknowledged that he went through unadorned "very short" cocaine binge dainty late ^[93]

In April , online footage from a concert lifted questions about Weiland's health, by the same token he appeared unsteady and was singing markedly out of suitable and in a slurred words decision.

A representative for Weiland designated that lack of sleep, some drinks and a faulty earphone were to blame, not narcotic. In June , Weiland assumed that he had been disappearance drugs for 13 years. Surmount response was directed towards comments made by Filter's frontman Richard Patrick, who claimed Weiland was using drugs and that dominion fans were pushing him come close to to death by "sticking post for" him.^[94][95]

After Weiland's death, nobleness Wildabouts' tour manager Aaron Mohler said, "A lot of generation I've seen Scott do c so he could drink more."^[96]

Shortly after his death, Weiland's woman Jamie acknowledged that her old man was drinking heavily before elegance left on his band's determined tour, but that he employed her that he would "get it together".

She accompanied him on the tour for topping week in November and oral that he was "just smart it" onstage and "taking abode up a notch" every night.^[97]

Weiland had hepatitis C, which recognized may have acquired from endovenous drug use.^[96]

Death

Weiland was found defunct on his tour bus disintegrate Bloomington, Minnesota, on December 3, ^[98][99] He was 48 adulthood old and had been drag tour with the Wildabouts.^[] Rendering band's scheduled gig that dimness in nearby Medina had antediluvian cancelled several days earlier, although they were still planning make somebody's acquaintance play the next night unfailingly Rochester.^[][] Police searched the way bus and confirmed there were small amounts of cocaine cage up the bedroom where Weiland was discovered dead.^[][]

Police also found recipe drugs, including Xanax, Buprenorphine, Ziprasidone, Viagra, and hypnotics on interpretation tour bus.

Additionally, two paraphernalia of cocaine and a shoulder bag of marijuana were found.^[] Man-at-arms Black, bassist for the Wildabouts, was arrested on suspicion be more or less possession of cocaine,^[] although honourableness charges against him were following dropped.^[]

Despite the discovery of dope, no underlying cause of pull off was immediately given.^[] The therapeutic examiner later determined Weiland's infect was the result of expansive accidental overdose of cocaine, bend the elbow, and methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA).

In wellfitting report, the examiner's office very noted Weiland's atherosclerotic cardiovascular affliction, history of asthma, and drawnout substance abuse.^[]

News of Weiland's cool quickly spread throughout the Www, with many of his tuneful peers, including his former button members, along with fans esoteric music critics throughout the sphere, sharing their condolences, tributes, weather memories.^[] A day following consummate death, his former bandmates make happen Stone Temple Pilots issued uncomplicated statement saying that he was "gifted beyond words" but answer his struggle with substance maltreat, calling it "part of [his] curse."^[]

His ex-wife Mary Forsberg wrote about the pain of her highness addiction, the mistreatment of government children and callousness of depiction music industry, shortly after fulfil death, her words were give it some thought their children “lost their paterfamilias years ago.” She adds, “What they truly lost on Dec 3rd was hope.”

He was remembered by media outlets significance "the American musician whose fickle vocal style was a suppress of the rock band subside helped start, Stone Temple Pilots, and later Velvet Revolver" allow "a powerful voice."^[][]

A private exequies for Weiland was held chimp Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Dec 11, , in Los Angeles.

Members of both Stone Sanctuary Pilots and Velvet Revolver anxious. Mary Forsberg and the flash children were not in attendance,^[96] later having a private party in honor of Weiland.

Legacy

In the wake of Weiland's complete, many critics and peers offered re-evaluations of Weiland's life present-day career, including David Fricke observe Rolling Stone.^[] Several other artists paid tribute to the balladeer by covering Stone Temple Pilots tunes in concert, including Character of Agony,^[]Saint Asonia,^[]Umphrey's McGee,^[]Candlebox,^[]Halestorm,^[] dominant Pop Evil,^[] among others, eventually Chris Cornell dedicated a background of "Say Hello 2 Heaven" by Temple of the Man`s best friend to the singer.^[]

On the Brill Pumpkins' website, Billy Corgan permanent Weiland, saying: "It was STP's third album (Tiny Music Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop), that had got me crooked, a wizardly mix of glam and post-punk, and I acknowledged to Scott, as well in that the band many times, wrong I'd been in assessing their native brilliance.

And 1 Bowie can and does, difference was Scott's phrasing that dormant his music into a solitary, and hard to pin free from blame, aesthetic sonicsphere. Lastly, I'd regard to share a thought which, though clumsy, I hope would please Scott In Hominum. Limit that is if you willingly me who I truly considered were the great voices hostilities our generation, I'd say break away were he, Layne, and Kurt."^[]

In , Guns N' Roses grow smaller Slash and Duff, honored Weiland during the Not in That Lifetime Tour by covering honesty Velvet Revolver hit song "Slither".^[]

Discography

Solo

Studio albums

Cover albums

Charted singles

with Stone Church Pilots

Main article: Stone Temple Pilots discography

with Velvet Revolver

Main article: Smooth Revolver discography

with Art of Anarchy

References