bQ58KFHQiJ - kevin smith December 2, 2015Īfter spending five months in prison for possession of heroin in 1998, he was later charged with domestic abuse for assaulting his wife. Their music still plays in heavy rotation on alternative rock stations alongside '90s acts like Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam.īut it was Weiland's rock star ways that often got him in trouble and The Wildabouts. Wielding a megaphone alongside his bandmates for sound effect, the fiery-haired frontman led the Southern California-based Stone Temple Pilots for two decades.Īlso referred to as "STP" by their fans, the quartet stormed the grunge scene in 1992 with their hit single "Creep" before going on to become one of the most popular rock bands of the 1990s and 2000s with power ballads like "Plush," "Big Empty" and "Interstate Love Song." MORE COVERAGE: Tributes pour in for Scott Weiland Weiland, who battled heroin and cocaine addiction over the years, was known for his flamboyant and unpredictable persona onstage. "Sadly our production manager who worked for STP for a long time just confirmed. Zach Myers, lead singer and guitarist for The Fairwell, corroborated the news on Twitter. Weiland was found unresponsive on his tour bus in Minnesota, where he and his current band the Wildabouts were scheduled to perform at the Medina Ballroom, but the show was cancelled, according to TMZ.
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So gutted, I am thinking of his family tonight," Navarro said. "Just learned our friend Scott Weiland has died. Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro tweeted the news. The Weilands filed for divorce last September.LOS ANGELES - Rocker Scott Weiland, ex-frontman of the Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver who battled substance abuse over the years, was found dead on Thursday. After his release, Weiland tried to go clean, but was arrested in Las Vegas in 2001 after an argument with his wife Mary over a prescription turned into a domestic violence charge. He was also busted in New York in 1998, and the next year served prison time in Los Angeles after a heroin overdose that a judge found violated his probation. Weiland, who recently cut two songs with three former members of GUNS N' ROSES and was widely believed to be the top candidate to land the lead singer slot in what's currently dubbed " THE PROJECT," has been arrested on drug charges twice before in California, in 19.
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He is scheduled to be arraigned on June 2. A spokesperson for the district attorney's office told MTV that his prior convictions on drug charges in California could "more or less preclude him from being diverted" into a drug program to avoid jail time.
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Weiland, who was charged with cocaine and heroin possession in Los Angeles earlier this week, faces up to a year in county jail if convicted. In addition to his struggle with addiction, Weiland suffers from bipolar disorder, a serious mental illness (also known as manic depressive disorder) for which he said he refuses to take medication due to its dulling effects on his personality. He needs to be somewhere for quite some time so they can address what's wrong with him psychologically." "The last time I saw him," Arnold told MTV.com, "I couldn't get him to sit down or look at anything, he's so wired all the time. STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland had entered a rehab facility within the past two weeks but left early after failing a drug test, according to Buddy Arnold, co-founder of the Musicians' Assistance Program, which helps provide treatment for musicians addicted to drugs and alcohol.