Scott Weiland

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    Stone Temple Pilots on critical breakthrough 'Tiny Music': 'People in this world catching on to what we did — that's pretty amazing'

    “There's something that doesn't feel quite right to sit here and talk about Scott. … It's heartbreaking that he's not here to celebrate this.”

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    Stone Temple Pilots reflect on Scott Weiland's death: 'It's heartbreaking that he's not here'

    “There's something that doesn't feel quite right to sit here and talk about Scott. It saddens me that he's not able to be here and do it himself," says Stone Temple Pilots guitarist Dean DeLeo.

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    What Chris Cornell Has Said About Depression and Addiction

    Chris Cornell was found dead on the bathroom floor of his hotel room at the MGM Grand Detroit shortly after a Soundgarden show on Wednesday night.

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    Scott Stapp Says Scott Weiland's Ghost Visited Him on the Tour Bus He Died In

    Creed’s ex-lead singer Scott Stapp has had his fair share of battling personal demons and enduring multiple stints in rehab for drug and alcohol addiction. Stapp and his new band, Art of Anarchy, rented a tour bus that was the same one the Stone Temple Pilots lead singer Scott Weiland died in. The vocalist, who was also the former Velvet Revolver frontman, died of an accidental overdose of cocaine, ethanol, and MDA on Dec. 3, 2015, in his sleep during a tour stop in Bloomington, Minn.

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    Exclusive: Tommy Black Recalls His Bond With Late Friend and Bandmate Scott Weiland

    Bassist Tommy Black (left) and singer Scott Weiland of Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts perform during day 1 of the Carolina Rebellion at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 2, 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina. It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since Stone Temple Pilots frontman and ‘90s alt-rock legend Scott Weiland was found dead on his tour bus in Bloomington, Minn., at age 48. Tommy Black, Weiland’s close friend and bandmate for 10 years, in particular finds that fact difficult to grasp —

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    Fall to Pieces: Remembering Scott Weiland’s Best Musical Moments

    Core brought Stone Temple Pilots the sort of vicious criticism usually reserved now for Nickelback or pre-Purpose Justin Bieber, but the tides slowly started to turn with the release of their sophomore album, Purple — thanks to heavy but undeniably catchy anthems like this one and “Vasoline” (along with the underrated Core songs “Wicked Garden” and “Creep,” which sort of got the revisionist-history treatment and are now considered alt-rock radio classics). Weiland really began to find his voice

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    Stone Temple Pilots Will Officially Search for a New Singer

    According to some sleuthing by the folks over at Alternative Nation, Stone Temple Pilots will soon announce the search for a new lead singer. Following the death of former STP frontman Scott Weiland and the November 2015 departure of his touring replacement, Linkin Park's Chester Bennington, the band has listed the following message on their homepage:…