Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland is found dead on tour bus

Scott Weiland, the instantly recognizable voice behind Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, has died. The 48-year-old, who had a history of drug problems, was found dead on his tour bus outside a motel in Minnesota on Thursday night. He was touring with his group the Wildabouts, who were scheduled to perform at the Medina Entertainment Center. The show was cancelled. Among the first to tweet about his death was Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro, who tweeted: “Just learned our friend Scott Weiland has died. So gutted, I am thinking of his family tonight.”

We opened for @STPBand in 2000. I watched them side stage and Scott Weiland destroyed me, he was the real thing. Seeing him changed me forever.

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Weiland, who was born Scott Richard Kline in San Jose, California, rose to prominence in the early Nineties as the frontman for Stone Temple Pilots, who scored big hits with songs like Plush, Creep, Big Empty, Vasoline and Interstate Love Song. In the 2000s, he fronted Velvet Revolver, a group which featured former Guns N’ Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum. They released two gold-selling singles, Slither and Fall to Pieces. Actress Juliette Lewis was among those to pay tribute, tweeting: “Sad to hear about Scott Weiland passing. He was a once of a kind epic force onstage. Thoughts are w[ith] his family.”.

You can either let it break you or you can find some source of strength inside of yourself like a belief in a higher power

Scott Weiland talks of his battle with heroin addiction in 2012

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