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Scott Weiland - Found Dead On Tour Bus


Scott Weiland, former frontman of the U.S. rock band Stone Temple Pilots and hard rockers Velvet Revolver, has died at the age of 48. The singer's manager, Tom Vitorino, confirmed his death on Thursday night. TMZ is reporting Weiland's body was discovered on his tour bus outside a motel, near the venue where his band Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts were due to play in Minnesota. Weiland had a history of drug problems but it's unclear right now what caused his death.

In 1995, the singer was convicted of buying crack cocaine and sentenced to probation. He was jailed in 1999 for violating his probation after being convicted of heroin possession in 1998, and four years later, in 2003, sentenced to three years' probation for drug possession.

Velvet Revolver frequently had to alter its schedules to accommodate Weiland's court appearances and spells in rehab and the band's 2007 release, Libertad, was the last to feature Weiland on vocals. They parted ways with Weiland the following year, blaming the singer's "erratic behaviour".

He later returned to the reformed Stone Temple Pilots - but in 2013 they, too, ejected him from the band, claiming he had been "misappropriating" their name to further his solo career.



@ Reuters


Source: bbc.com
Band profile: Velvet Revolver
Posted: 04.12.2015 by Bad English


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04.12.2015 - 12:57
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
RIP
No surprise, he was a drug addict and same time, I like todays metal, not that overated rock n roll life style, from that I take women ,,, today not all bands go to stage like Jim Morrison, many just drink after it a bit, try be in a shape, and rare do drugs, 90% bands knows fans are money makers and good show brings money
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04.12.2015 - 23:12
Diverge

I'm a little more sad about this than I thought I'd be. It wasn't a surprise, as Bad English said, but his voice was very prominent and it reminded me of how little credit I gave STP's Core album. Thanks for everything, Scott.
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05.12.2015 - 06:04
Ocean Sage

R.I.P. Scott Weiland. I wasn't his biggest fan, but this feels so sad and mellow. "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" will always be an amazing song to me.
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