WTOP remembers Scott Weiland with a collection of photos and videos.
Introduction
Scott Weiland, former frontman of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, was found dead Thursday night on his tour bus. He was 48.
We’re remembering Weiland’s career in a collection of photos, music and videos.
(Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP
Scott Weiland, vocalist of the re-formed Stone Temple Pilots rock band, arrives with his girlfriend, Mary Frosberg, at the grand re-opening of the Viper Room club in West Hollywood, California, Saturday, Jan. 9, 1998. The event featured a performance by the rock band Hole.
(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
AP Photo/Chris Pizzello
From left, Tim McGraw, Scott Weiland, Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder and Bono perform for tsunami relief at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards Sunday, Feb. 13, 2005, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
(AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian
Scott Weiland, Slash and Duff McKagan of Velvet Revolver perform during the 2004 KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas at the Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 12, 2004.
(AP Photo/Chris Polk)
AP Photo/Chris Polk
Velvet Revolver’s Slash, left, and Scott Weiland perform at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park, London, Saturday July 2, 2005. The concert is part of a series of free concertls being held around the world designed to press leaders of the rich G8 countries to help impoverished African nations.
(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis
Scott Weiland, left, presents Carrie Underwood with the T-Mobile text in award in the background at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007. Slash is in the background.
(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
Members of the rock band Stone Temple Pilots Robert DeLeo, left, Scott Weiland, center, Eric Kretz, bottom and Dean DeLeo perform during a concert as part of Rock on the Range in Columbus, Ohio Saturday, May 17, 2008. The group, which broke up in 2003, kicked off a 65-date reunion tour at the show.
(AP Photo/Paul Vernon)
AP Photo/Paul Vernon
Scott Weiland, of the band Velvet Revolver, performs with the band at the 944 Magazine Super Bowl party in Scottsdale, Ariz. on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008.
(AP Photo/ Matt Sayles)
AP Photo/ Matt Sayles
Scott Weiland, singer for the rock band Stone Temple Pilots, right, and bass player Robert DeLeo perform during their concert as part of Rock on the Range in Columbus, Ohio Saturday, May 17, 2008. The group, which broke up in 2003, kicked off a 65-date reunion tour at the show.
(AP Photo/Paul Vernon)
AP Photo/Paul Vernon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzx26V4WDlA
Scott Weiland, right, and Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots perform at a special private performance in Los Angeles, April 7, 2008. The band announced that they will be reuniting and will launch their first national tour in almost eight years.
(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
AP Photo/Chris Pizzello
Scott Weiland, left, and Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots perform at a special private performance in Los Angeles, Monday, April 7, 2008. The band announced that they will be reuniting and will launch their first national tour in almost eight years.
(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
AP Photo/Chris Pizzello
The Stone Temple Pilots drop by WHFS in Bethesda, Maryland.
(Courtesy Bob Waugh)
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Scott Weiland, the former frontman for the Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, has died. He was 48.
The singer’s manager, Tom Vitorino, confirmed the death to The Associated Press early Friday morning. Vitorino said he learned of Weiland’s death from his tour manager. He did not provide further details but referenced a statement on Weiland’s Facebook page.
The statement said Weiland, who was dogged by substance abuse problems throughout his career, passed away in his sleep while on a tour stop in Bloomington, Minnesota. The local coroner confirmed the death Friday but didn’t cite a cause.
Weiland’s current band, Scott Weiland & the Wildabouts, had been scheduled to play a show in nearby Medina, Minnesota, according to a local venue’s website. The website showed the event was canceled but didn’t give a reason.
Weiland’s wife, Jamie Weiland, also confirmed his death to the Los Angeles Times.
“I can’t deal with this right now,” she said, sobbing. “It’s true.”
The singer rose to fame as the frontman of the Grammy Award-winning Stone Temple Pilots, whose hits include “Interstate Love Song,” ”Plush,” and “Vasoline.”
The band broke up in 2003, and Weiland went on to front Velvet Revolver, the super group that featured former members of Guns N’ Roses, including guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan. Among that group’s hits was “Fall to Pieces.”
The Stone Temple Pilots eventually reunited in 2008.
“The story’s not finished,” Weiland told the AP at the time. “There’s more to be revealed and more to be told.”
But the group split again in 2013.
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.
The Hennepin County medical examiner confirmed Weiland’s death in a news release Friday but didn’t list a cause. Carolyn Marinan, a county spokeswoman, said she had no information on when that would be announced.
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This story has been corrected to show that Jamie Weiland commented to the Los Angeles Times, not the Los Angeles Tribune.
Hailed by The Washington Post for “his savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history," Jason Fraley began at WTOP as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, film critic in 2011 and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.
