Those days of my dope abuse, and use, are long since by me.” “I mean, I guess Keith Richards gets asked about, so why shouldn’t I? But it’s not something that I think about, ever. “Past demons are past demons that’s stuff that I dealt with 14 years ago,” he said. Speaking to a Canadian reporter last year, Weiland denied that his drug use was still a major factor as he continued to tour with The Wildabouts. Weiland had a short stint in Bumblefoot’s band Art of Anarchy as well as his own outfit Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts while STP recruited a new front man, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, and released one critically acclaimed EP, “High Rise”. The band had previously been on hiatus since 2002, and before that from 1997 to 1999, primarily due to the singer’s struggles with drugs and alcohol.
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Stone Temple Pilots fired Weiland in February 2013 after reuniting with him in 2010 for a series of tours and one self-titled album. He entered rehab yet again following a DUI arrest in November 2007. In 1999, the singer was ordered to spend a year in a county-jail recovery center due to a probation violation.
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He was arrested in 1995 for attempting to buy crack cocaine before being arrested again in 1997 for heroin possession. Weiland had a history of drug and alcohol abuse. Posted by Scott Weiland on Thursday, December 3, 2015 Scott Weiland, best known as the lead singer for Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, passed away in his sleep while… At this time we ask that the privacy of Scott’s family be respected.” “Scott Weiland, best known as the lead singer for Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolvers, passed away in his sleep while on a tour stop in Bloomington, Minnesota, with his band Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts. He was 48 years old.Īccording to TMZ, he was found unconscious and unresponsive on The Wildabouts tour bus on Thursday night around 9PM just before the band was to play at the Medina Entertainment Center in Medina, Minnesota.Ī post on his official facebook page states: Scott Weiland, former lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver, Art of Anarchy, and Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts, has sadly passed away in his sleep on his tour bus in Minnesota. The same substance was also found in bassist Tommy Black’s room and he has since been arrested and is being held by local police in Bloomington, Minn., for possession of a controlled substance. The substance found in Weiland’s tour bus bedroom underwent a field test and yielded a positive result for cocaine. According to Loudwire, Wildabouts bassist Tommy Black has been arrested for cocaine possession.
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