Scott Weiland has died

Azza · 4 Dec 2015 at 06:48

Passed away in his sleep on the tour bus on the way to a gig.

Obviously had a poor history of drug abuse which could well be the cause but for such a talented person to die so young is very sad. I have an STP in the CD player right now so I'll be listening to that on the way to work I think.

Munky1080 · 4 Dec 2015 at 08:26

I saw this when I woke up and I'm sad. One of the best lead singers ever. Let's be honest though, with his addiction issues, he's been living on borrowed time for awhile now.

RIP to a legend :-(

Andybtsn · 4 Dec 2015 at 08:33

My Dad liked Velvet Revolver so I've told him, he won't be surprised.
I didn't mind STP in my youth!

clockwork.satan · 4 Dec 2015 at 08:55

I'm actually surprised that he lasted as long as he did. It's obviously sad however to hear of the passing of another rock hero.

floatindolphin · 4 Dec 2015 at 09:04

clockwork.satan said:
I'm actually surprised that he lasted as long as he did. It's obviously sad however to hear of the passing of another rock hero.

This ^^^

I saw Velvet Revolver back in the early 00's and was all "ooo, Slash is gonna be sooooo awesome". Scott totally filled the stage, it was lke there was no one else there. He was such an amazing front man

McBain · 4 Dec 2015 at 09:36

Liked Velvet Revolver, this is sad news

Ysmalari · 4 Dec 2015 at 09:41

I loved STP during the nineties/noughties and went to several of their gigs at Brixton academy; he was a hell of front man and great singer, sad news.

So that's three of the four big voices of grunge gone - Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley and Scott Weiland. Let's hope Chris Cornell is a bit healthier...

aardvark · 4 Dec 2015 at 09:52

damn, i really like STP (velvet revolver not so much).

drug problems i assume.

point decay · 4 Dec 2015 at 13:46

rip, one of my favorite vocalists. unfortunately it always looked likely he would leave us at a relatively young age.

Ayahuasca · 4 Dec 2015 at 14:07

48 is a good innings for someone who abused drugs as much as he did.

RIP

planty · 4 Dec 2015 at 14:29

Big fan of STP and VR, sad news.

Putty · 4 Dec 2015 at 14:59

He was a lot younger than I thought - damned shame. It just feels like yesterday when I was out buying Purple back when it came out!

Sliver · 4 Dec 2015 at 15:05

Ysmalari said:
So that's three of the four big voices of grunge gone - Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley and Scott Weiland. Let's hope Chris Cornell is a bit healthier...

I'd include Pearl Jam in that line up.

Sad to hear of his death. STP were part of my soundtrack as I was stumbling through the 90s.

Muban · 4 Dec 2015 at 17:33

Too young

el_dazza · 4 Dec 2015 at 18:20

Absolutely loved VR back in the day, weirdly added Contraband to my Spotify playlist last night and then this happens

kayomani · 4 Dec 2015 at 18:22

ShakenNstirred · 5 Dec 2015 at 07:40

RIP Scott, Only just found out, Gutted
took these back in 08 at a velvet revolver gig