Weiland disclosed that he had been sexually abused when he was 12 years old by a “muscular” high school senior. The family moved to Ohio, and in his 2011 memoir, “Not Dead & Not for Sale,” Mr. His parents divorced when he was 2 years old, and his mother, Sharon, married David Weiland, who formally adopted him. Weiland was born Scott Richard Kline on Oct. In 2008, the band dismissed him, releasing a statement that said his “increasingly erratic onstage behavior and personal problems” were partly to blame.
Weiland’s time in Velvet Revolver also ended in chaos. 1 on the Billboard album chart and included two gold-selling singles, “Slither” and “Fall to Pieces.” “Slither” also received a Grammy for best hard rock performance in 2005.īut Mr. The group’s 2004 debut, “Contraband,” reached No. Weiland’s greatest fame outside the Stone Temple Pilots was found with Velvet Revolver, a band consisting of three former members of Guns N’ Roses - Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum - and the guitarist Dave Kushner. Weiland, posting a brief message on its website that said he had been “officially terminated.”īut Mr. Three years later, the group parted ways with Mr. The band released three more albums before going on hiatus in 2001 it reunited and released an album titled simply “Stone Temple Pilots” in 2010. Together, the two records sold 14 million copies in the United States, and “Plush” earned a Grammy for best hard rock performance in 1994. In September of that year the group released its first studio album, “Core,” which included the hits “ Plush” and “ Creep.” The second Stone Temple Pilots album, “Purple,” which included the songs “ Vasoline” and “ Interstate Love Song,” was released two years later.
Weiland’s band to Atlantic Records in 1992. Danny Goldberg, former manager of another Seattle group, Nirvana, signed Mr. It was later credited with introducing to grunge the stadium-rock ambitions of ’70s bands. The group was initially dismissed by critics as a knockoff of popular Seattle-based acts like Pearl Jam, but it found a large fan base with broody melodies and memorable riffs. Weiland the brothers Dean and Robert DeLeo, on guitar and bass and the drummer Eric Kretz. The Stone Temple Pilots were formed in California in the late 1980s by Mr. One of his signature moves was shouting lyrics through a megaphone held up to his microphone. But at the height of the Stone Temple Pilots’ fame in the 1990s, he was known for commanding large stages. Weiland released one album with the Wildabouts, “Blaster,” this year, and the band was near the end of a fall tour of clubs and small theaters. The Wildabouts had been scheduled to perform on Thursday night in Medina, Minn., at the Medina Entertainment Center. The police said they found “a small quantity” of cocaine during a search of the band’s tour bus.
The cause of death had not been determined as of late Friday. Weiland’s Facebook and Instagram pages said he died in his sleep while on a tour stop with his current band, Scott Weiland & the Wildabouts. His manager, Tom Vitorino, confirmed the death. Scott Weiland, whose mercurial vocal style was a signature of the rock band he helped start, the Stone Temple Pilots, and later of the band Velvet Revolver, died on Thursday in Bloomington, Minn.
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