Scott Weiland R.I.P.

[Xray Kimono]

So sad this great talent is gone.

Core and Purple are two of my top 10 favorite albums of all time.

Still Remains and Lounge Fly..... pure lyrical and musical genius.

RIP sir, you influenced more than you were aware of, and many loved you without leeching or coat tail riding you. You were a pioneer of the wonderfully weird.

Peace

 

[Al Botross]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/...eiland-died-from-toxic-mix-of-drugs/77560878/


MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland died of a toxic mix of drugs that included cocaine, according to a medical examiner's office in Minnesota where he was found dead on his tour bus in early December.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office said Friday that the 48-year-old Weiland had cocaine, ethanol and the amphetamine MDA in his system. The medical examiner also noted a history of cardiovascular disease, asthma and multi-substance dependence.

Weiland was found dead on his tour bus in the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington on Dec. 3. The report said the time of death was 8:27 p.m. and that the death was accidental.

Weiland's three-decade career in music also included solo albums and a spot in the supergroup Velvet Revolver.

He rose to fame with Stone Temple Pilots, which became one of the most commercially successful bands to come out of the early 1990s grunge rock movement. The band's 1992 debut album, Core, sold 8 million units. Stone Temple Pilots broke up in 2003, and Weiland went on to front Velvet Revolver, alongside rock luminaries Slash, Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses and Dave Kushner of Wasted Youth.

The Stone Temple Pilots reunited in 2008 and split again in 2013.

Weiland's current band, Scott Weiland & the Wildabouts, had been scheduled to play a show in Medina, Minnesota, on Dec. 3, but it had been canceled a week earlier due to poor ticket sales.

Police said they found a small amount of cocaine in Weiland's bedroom and elsewhere on the tour bus, and arrested a California man who was traveling with Weiland on tentative drug possession charges. The man has been released.

Weiland had a long string of drug- and alcohol-related arrests and stints in rehab. In 1995, he was arrested after deputies found him carrying crack and heroin. He pleaded guilty to felony heroin possession in 1998. And his arrests for drug possession and stints in rehab led the Stone Temple Pilots to cancel tour dates and contributed to their 2003 breakup.

Musician Scott Weiland, formerly of the bands Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, was found dead Thursday. He was 48. We look back on his life and career through photos, like this one from a 2000 concert. Rick Diamond/WireImage

 

[Gry]

RIP