Grunge rocker Scott Weiland Dies At 48, via his agent Tom Vitorino. Scott was best known as the frontman for Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver.
CelebNMusic247.com has the breaking news that Scott Weiland has passed away….
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CelebNMusic247.com learned of the news which was confirmed early Friday morning (Dec 4), 2015 via Weiland’s Facebook page:
“Scott Weiland, best known as the lead singer for Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, passed away in his sleep while on a tour stop in Bloomington, Minnesota, with his band The Wildabouts. 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 Revolver, passed away in his sleep while…
Posted by Scott Weiland on Thursday, December 3, 2015
Dave Navarro, guitarist and member of Jane’s Addiction, first tweeted the news at 9:01 p.m. PT on Thursday night:
“Our friend Scott Weiland has died.”
The Jane’s Addiction lead guitarist added:
“Just learned our friend Scott Weiland has died. So gutted, I am thinking of his family tonight.”
Shortly after the tweet’s Navarro deleted the them and replaced the tweets with this final word:
The “Creep” singer turned 48 on Oct. 27. Weiland long suffered from substance abuse issues.
A California native, Weiland was the frontman for the Grammy-award winning rock band Stone Temple Pilots that formed in 1986. He and his brothers Robert and Dean DeLeo formed the band Stone Temple Pilots which saw huge commercial success in the 1990s.
In 1993, the band’s debut album Core peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 followed by an even bigger achievement a year later in 1994, when STP released the album Purple, which contained several radio hits including the songs “Big Empty,” “Vasoline” and “Interstate Love Song,” at it reached No. 1.
The “20th Century Boy” singer and his latest band, Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts, are scheduled to tour this month with upcoming dates at Reno, NV on Dec. 18 and City Winery in Napa on Dec. 19.
The tour has been cancelled.
Our Condolences goes to ALL of Scott’s friends, band mates and family. Scott was truly a one of a kind, it was a pleasure to meet him this year. We will miss his greatness and musical talents.
RIP Mr. Weiland.
Earlier this year Scott Weiland’s Guitarist Jeremy Brown Dead at 34, the Wildabouts member passes away day before release of band’s debut album, ‘Blaster’
If you rememeber, Jeremy Brown, guitarist for Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts, died on Monday at the age of 34 of undisclosed causes, just one day before the release of the group’s debut album Blaster. Weiland broke the news to fans on Facebook, writing that the band grew anxious when the guitarist, who had performed with the Stone Temple Pilots singer for seven years, failed to show up for rehearsals before their album release show Monday, CelebNMusic247.com learned via RollingStone.
Weiland wrote:
“We received a call today about my friend Jeremy Brown that has shaken me to the core. We were all concerned this afternoon when Jeremy didn’t show up for a long-scheduled rehearsal for tonight’s album release show at School Night.”
“An hour later, Jeremy’s family called us to say that he had passed away. I am in shock right now; everyone that knows him is devastated. It is a terrible loss that goes beyond words. He is one of my best friends, a truest friend and one of the most gifted guitar players that I’ve ever known. A true genius.”
