Scott Weiland dead?

[MegaBlue05]

It's been blowing up on Twitter and TMZ is reporting that former STP and Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland was found dead on a tour bus.,

Not surprising but still sad if true.

EDIT: It's true. Confirmed multiple places.

http://www.tmz.com/2015/12/03/scott-weiland-dead/

 

[GrandePdre]

Damn. Stone Temple Pilots were awesome.

 

[Crawfords Corner]

Could be an OD, but I also read that he may have passed in his sleep. I guess details won't for sure be known for a day or two. RIP Scott

 

[School boy]

Wow I hope this isn't true.

 

[420grover]

One of my favorite, all-time rock singers. RIP.

 

[funKYcat75]

RIP. You were a sweet, sweet teen spirit, in chains.

 

[UKserialkiller]

Amazes me that at 48 years of age, someone thinks they can withstand the drug use like they were 20 something.

If you're over 40 doing hard drugs, then best of luck. You're gonna need it.

 

[wildcat1973_rivals160373]

TBH, I thought he died a long time ago.

 

[domino79]

Good. One less druggie on the streets.

 

[Get Buckets]

Good. One less druggie on the streets.

:flushed:

 

[420grover]

Good. One less druggie on the streets.

F you too.

 

[TortElvisII]

A great singer.

 

[ktbug]

It was only a matter of time. Another heroin success story.

 

[wildcatsboston1984_rivals]

Statement on his official instagram saying he died in his sleep, so not an OD I reckon.

 

[BBdK]

TBH, I thought he died a long time ago.

How can you be a child of 90s and not know Scott Weiland was still alive?

 

[JeffGoodmansVestigialTwin]

Scott was my idol growing up (not the drug part) but singing, inclined the way I play. Sad to see all the talent going to waste.

 

[argubs2]

He was a good singer but let's not blow him too hard here.

STP was mediocre, Velvet Revolver was poop city. He was also a huge dick by most accounts, drug fueled or not.

 

[Mojocat_rivals48469]

I'm confusing him with someone else.....who was another Grunge lead singer, from Seattle naturally, died on a couch and no one found him for a couple of weeks? Weighed about 80 pounds as I recall the story....

 

[argubs2]

That would be Layne Staley from AIC.

 

[Mojocat_rivals48469]

ah, yes, that's it - thanks.

 

[DaBossIsBack]

Weiland had been

He was a good singer but let's not blow him too hard here.

STP was mediocre, Velvet Revolver was poop city. He was also a huge dick by most accounts, drug fueled or not.

Stp was ok. Mostly commercial grunge hanger-ons. Their songs Plush, Creep, Interstate Love Song are decent and synonymous with the era. His legacy? Would you consider Creed, Staind, and any other crappy post grunge alternative band a legacy? I wouldn't.

 

[UKserialkiller]

maybe not an OD, but it's a stone cold lock guarantee that drugs contributed to him "dying in his sleep". Only other explanation is Freddy Krueger.

[laughing]

 

[domino79]

We have come not to celebrate Scott, but to bury him deep down in the cold ground, where he belongs...

 

[argubs2]

People are saying Steve Irwin died in the water, so not a stab through the heart by a stingray barb, I reckon.

 

[argubs2]

People are saying Freddy Mercury died peacefully in his sleep so it wasn't the full blown AIDS, I reckon.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Could be an OD, but I also read that he may have passed in his sleep. I guess details won't for sure be known for a day or two. RIP Scott

I love when they say a celeb died in their sleep. No, they passed out from ingesting so many drugs, then died.

He ODed.

 

[TortElvisII]

What amazes me is Lemmy is a diabetic that drinks a fifth a day and he is alive. And Keith Richards is still going. Genetics I guess.

 

[GhostVol]

What amazes me is Lemmy is a diabetic that drinks a fifth a day and he is alive. And Keith Richards is still going. Genetics I guess.

I tell myself that if I ever hit the lottery, I'm going to buy an entire barrel of Jack Daniels, go out to LA and find Lemmy if he's at home, and see how long it takes for him to go thru the barrel (I know JD can't sell the actual barrel, just bottle up a barrel).

 

[420grover]

Yes, you can buy a barrel. But it won't do you any good. Lemmy quit drinking Jack. He swapped to vodka.

 

[LadyCaytIL]

A few months ago Wayne Static and now Scott Weiland..... Add the lead singer of Alice chains 15 or more years ago .... man , drugs are taking the lead singers of all my favorite bands. ... drugs might as well claim Metallica too the way they've fallen off the map.

 

[Get Buckets]

People are saying Steve Irwin died in the water, so not a stab through the heart by a stingray barb, I reckon.

I don't think this analogy works.

 

[argubs2]

Can't win 'em all, Bucket$.

Just wanted to mention that Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray barb.

 

[TortElvisII]

Yes, you can buy a barrel. But it won't do you any good. Lemmy quit drinking Jack. He swapped to vodka.

I doubt he is picky.

 

[tammefan]

Dead and bloated I guess you could say.

 

[CrittendenWildcat]

"I am I am I said I'm not myself, but I'm not dead and I'm not for sale"

On the contrary, Scott.

 

[Kooky Kats]

That would be Layne Staley from AIC.

Twice the talent than Weiland.

 

[VT/UK Rondo]

So where ya going to tommorrow....Uh, Im guessing the morgue?

 

[DaBossIsBack]

Twice the talent than Weiland.

Didn't Cantrell write the majority of their songs? Unless you're saying vocally.

 

[MegaBlue05]

STP was a big part of my teen years. They weren't my favorite and they didn't suck. I was more of a thrash kid who thought grunge was too slow and mopey at first but eventually embraced it. Post-grunge, however, can DIAF.

I know I'm in the minority, but I really liked the first Velvet Revolver album for what it was - a straight forward rock record with some mainstream radio stuff mixed in. (Full disclosure: I'm an original Guns N' Roses fanboy because in 1988 Appetite For Destruction blew my 8-year-old mind like nothing else could.)

 

[Rex Kwon Do]

Loved STP and that whole era although they were squarely behind AiC and Pearl Jam for me. Still, feel like the musical comparison to Pearl Jam a lot of people often made was pretty unfair, I thought they were in their own lanes by a decent enough margin.