Scott Weiland, Former Stone Temple Pilots Singer, Dead at 48

Rolling Stone ^ | 12/04/15 | Kory Grow

[Enlightened1]

Scott Weiland, the instantly recognizable voice behind Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver who was known for his dynamic stage presence, has died. He was 48. Weiland's manager confirmed the news to Rolling Stone.

Weiland passed away in his sleep on a tour stop in Bloomington, Minnesota, according to an official Instagram post. In addition to sharing the news of his death, it read, "At this time we ask that the privacy of Scott's family be respected."

TMZ reported that Weiland was found dead on his tour bus in Minnesota at around 9 p.m. Thursday night while touring with his current group the Wildabouts. The group was scheduled to perform at the Medina Entertainment Center in Medina, Minnesota Thursday night.

Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro announced the news of Weiland's passing in a since-deleted tweet shortly after midnight EST. "Just learned our friend Scott Weiland has died," he wrote. "So gutted, I am thinking of his family tonight."

Weiland's Velvet Revolver bandmate, guitarist Dave Kushner, tweeted shortly after Navarro "RIP Scott Weiland."

Weiland was born Scott Richard Kline on October 27th, 1967 in San Jose, California. His mother, Sharon Williams, and father, Kent Kline, divorced two years later. His stepfather, Dave Weiland, adopted him at age five. He moved with his family to Ohio for a number of years and returned to California with his family when he was 14.

[One_American]

Too bad he couldn’t overcome it. I was always hoping for an STP comeback an be like the old days again. STP was at the top of the hard rock heap there for a while.

[SoothingDave]

That was the joke on an episode of Beavis and Butt-head, where they’re watching an STP video and Beavis says “what the hell did Eddie Vedder do to his hair?”

[dfwgator]

STP had a lot of range, they covered different styles.

[subterfuge]

RIP Scott. Very depressing in light of all the recent circumstances especially.

[subterfuge]

Duck off wanker!

[ETL]

Probably best to stick to other topics you have more understanding of, STP had a very signature sound right up there with AIC, Sound Garden, Nirvana etc...epic bands

In short, I think they suck. I was trying to be nice for the misguided souls who actually like crap like this, given all the truly great music out there.

[gwgn02]

Get lost you just sound like an old grumpy fuck with a stick up his ass.

[ETL]

Don’t get mad at me cause you don’t have a clue what good music is. You’re probably too dumb and unsophisticated to know the difference.

[ETL]

RE: I had no idea what songs they did, not liking much of anything since the 80s. So I just gave a listen. As expected, I didn’t really care for it. To me, they sounded very similar to Hooty and the Blowfish, who’s music I could also live without.

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I just listened again and now realize their style of music is not very much like Hootie and the Blowfish’s, who I’m not much familiar with either. What I should have said, knowing what I know now, is that the lead singer’s voice, IMO, sounds a little like the lead singer’s of HATBF, at least on this song...

Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5UOC0C0x8Q&list=PLsxYvYZcH5eX2UhXBF0OD9907JHqxWmB-

Hootie And The Blowfish - Hold My Hand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoW3bqnr7tw