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{{Short description|American singer (1967–2015)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Scott Weiland
| image             = Scott Weiland onstage with a mic--2009-07.jpg
| caption           = Weiland performing with [[Stone Temple Pilots]] in July 2009
| background        = solo_singer, lead singer
| birth_name        = Scott Richard Kline
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1967|10|27}}
| birth_place       = [[San Jose, California]], U.S.
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|2015|12|03|1967|10|27}}
| death_place       = [[Bloomington, Minnesota]], U.S.
| occupation        = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter}}
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Alternative rock]]|[[hard rock]]|[[alternative metal]]|[[grunge]]|[[neo-psychedelia]]}}
| origin            = [[San Diego, California]], U.S.
| years_active      = 1985–2015
| spouse            = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Janina Castaneda|September 17, 1994|2000|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Mary Forsberg|May 20, 2000|2007|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Jamie Wachtel|June 22, 2013}}  
}}
{{Infobox person
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| children = 2
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| label             = {{hlist|Softdrive|[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]|[[RCA Records|RCA]]}}
| past_member_of    = {{hlist|[[Stone Temple Pilots]]|[[Velvet Revolver]]|[[Camp Freddy]]|The Magnificent Bastards|[[The Wondergirls]]|[[Art of Anarchy]]|Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts}}
| website           = {{URL|scottweiland.com}}
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'''Scott Richard Weiland''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|aɪ|l|ə|n|d}}, {{respell|WY|lənd}}; né '''Kline'''; October 27, 1967&nbsp;– December 3, 2015) was an American singer and songwriter. He was best known as the lead vocalist of the [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Stone Temple Pilots]] from 1989 to 2003 and again from 2008 to 2013, recording six albums with them. Weiland is also known for being the lead vocalist of the rock [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] [[Velvet Revolver]] from 2003 to 2008. He also released one album with rock supergroup [[Art of Anarchy]] in 2015, as well as four solo studio albums and several collaborations with other musicians throughout his career.

Weiland was noted for his [[flamboyant]] and chaotic onstage persona, his consistently changing appearance, and his versatile vocal style. He also became known for his use of a [[megaphone]] for a unique vocal effect during concerts. He sold over 50 million albums with his various projects and collaborations. 

Weiland's career was plagued by substance abuse issues, leading to various high-profile arrests and his firings from Velvet Revolver and Stone Temple Pilots. On December 3, 2015, at the age of 48, he was found dead on his tour bus in [[Bloomington, Minnesota]], due to an accidental drug overdose.

== Early life ==
Weiland was born Scott Richard Kline<ref name="RS" /> at Kaiser Hospital in [[San Jose, California]], on October 27, 1967, the son of Sharon (née Williams) and Kent Kline. His father had German ancestry.<ref name="RS">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/scott-weiland-dead-at-48-20151204|title=Scott Weiland, Former Stone Temple Pilots Singer, Dead at 48|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=December 4, 2015|access-date=December 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204192337/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/scott-weiland-dead-at-48-20151204|archive-date=December 4, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> He was raised [[Catholicism|Catholic]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/68802/scott-weiland.html/ |title=Question: "What songs do you remember from your time as a choirboy?" |publisher=Blender.com |access-date=October 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006075417/http://www.blender.com/guide/68802/scott-weiland.html |archive-date=October 6, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> At the age of five, he was legally adopted by his stepfather David Weiland and subsequently took his surname.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |url=http://www.velvet-revolver.com/bandinfo_scott.php |title=Band Info: Scott Weiland |publisher=Velvet-revolver.com |access-date=October 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813184944/http://www.velvet-revolver.com/bandinfo_scott.php |archive-date=August 13, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Around the same time, he moved to [[Bainbridge Township, Geauga County, Ohio|Bainbridge Township, Ohio]], where he attended [[Kenston High School]]. 
According to [[Robert DeLeo]], when he was younger, Scott was in choir. At the age of 12, while living in Ohio, he was raped by an older male who invited him to his house; he wrote in his autobiography ''Not Dead & Not For Sale'' that he repressed the memory until it returned to him in therapy decades later. 

Weiland moved back to California as a teenager and attended [[Edison High School (Huntington Beach, California)|Edison High School]]
in [[Huntington Beach]] and [[Orange Coast College]] in [[Costa Mesa, California|Costa Mesa]].<ref>Weiland, p. 51.</ref> Before fully devoting himself to a music career, he worked as a [[paste up]] artist for the ''[[Daily Journal Corporation|Los Angeles Daily Journal]]'' legal newspaper.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Aron |first1=Hillel |title=When Scott Weiland Was a Newspaperman |url=http://www.laweekly.com/news/when-scott-weiland-was-a-newspaperman-6349585 |website=[[LA Weekly]] |date=2015-12-07 |access-date=2015-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208202001/http://www.laweekly.com/news/when-scott-weiland-was-a-newspaperman-6349585 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Goodman |first1=William |title=Scott Weiland on Rape, Heroin, and Courtney Love |url=https://www.spin.com/2011/05/scott-weiland-rape-heroin-and-courtney-love/ |access-date=September 3, 2018 |work=Spin |date=May 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052354/https://www.spin.com/2011/05/scott-weiland-rape-heroin-and-courtney-love/ |archive-date=September 4, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Ex-Velvet Revolver singer Scott Weiland: 'I was raped as a child' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/velvet-revolver-8-1289029 |access-date=September 3, 2018 |work=NME |date=May 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052435/https://www.nme.com/news/music/velvet-revolver-8-1289029 |archive-date=September 4, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Career ==
=== Stone Temple Pilots ===
{{Main|Stone Temple Pilots}}
In 1985, Scott Weiland and his friends in their band Soi Disant – guitarist Corey Hicock and drummer David Allin – first encountered Robert Deleo playing live at various gigs, deciding to track him down after witnessing his shows.<ref>{{cite book|last=Weiland|first=Scott|title=Not Dead & Not for Sale: A Memoir|publisher=Scribner|year=2011|isbn=978-0743297165}}</ref> Hicock and Allin would soon be replaced by Eric Kretz and DeLeo's brother Dean. They took the name Stone Temple Pilots because of their fondness for the initials "STP".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-250485960 |title=Rock Band STP to Perform at Araneta Center |publisher=Manila Bulletin |date=March 3, 2011 |access-date=July 29, 2014 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Robert DeLeo said that, while he was working at Mesa Boogie, in Sunset Boulevard, Scott was working "across catty-corner" from him and would come to show musical ideas.                 In one of the band's first opening performances under the name Mighty Joe Young, they opened for [[Electric Love Hogs]], whose guitarist [[Dave Kushner]] would one day co-found Weiland's later band [[Velvet Revolver]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-124229532.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329103814/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-124229532.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 29, 2015 |title=Big guns; Scott Weiland and star-studded Velvet Revolver take aim at sonic tour |publisher=Boston Herald |access-date=July 29, 2014 |date=November 6, 2004 |author=Linda Laban}}</ref> In 1992, they released their first album, ''[[Core (Stone Temple Pilots album)|Core]]'', spawning four hits ("[[Sex Type Thing]]", "[[Wicked Garden]]", "[[Creep (Stone Temple Pilots song)|Creep]]", and "[[Plush (song)|Plush]]".){{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}
[[File:Scott Weiland in Highland Park Los Angeles 1994 by Ithaka Darin Pappas.jpg|thumb|265x265px|Weiland in 1994]]
In 1994, STP released their second record, ''[[Purple (Stone Temple Pilots album)|Purple]]'', which saw the development of a more distinctive identity for the band. Like ''Core'', ''Purple'' was a big success for the band, spawning three hit singles ("[[Big Empty]]", "[[Vasoline]]", and "[[Interstate Love Song]]") and selling more than six million copies. The critical response to ''Purple'' was more favorable, with ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' calling it a "quantum leap" from the band's previous album.<ref name="Spin">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqjQUZoqfawC&q=Scott+Weiland+purple&pg=PA57 |title=Purple Love and Understanding |publisher=Spin Magazine |access-date=July 29, 2014 |author=Michael Azerrad |date=August 1995 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106034348/https://books.google.com/books?id=iqjQUZoqfawC&pg=PA57&dq=Scott+Weiland+purple&hl=en&sa=X&ei=w_GYU5DEM8-PyATS6YGoCA&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Scott%20Weiland%20purple&f=false |archive-date=January 6, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1995, Weiland formed the [[alternative rock]] band the Magnificent Bastards with session drummer [[Victor Indrizzo]]<ref name="vrmagnificent">{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://velvet-revolver.com/encyclopedia_mnop.php |title=The Magnificent Bastards |encyclopedia=VR Encyclopedia |publisher=Velvet Revolver.com |access-date=January 24, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020221548/http://www.velvet-revolver.com/encyclopedia_mnop.php |archive-date=October 20, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> in [[San Diego]].<ref name="Spin" /> The band included [[Zander Schloss]] and Jeff Nolan on guitars and Bob Thompson on bass.<ref name="vrmagnificent" /> Only two songs were recorded by the Magnificent Bastards, "Mockingbird Girl", composed by Nolan, Schloss, and Weiland,<ref name="allmusicblues">{{Cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r341225|pure_url=yes}} |title=12 Bar Blues Review |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=January 24, 2010}}</ref> appeared in the film ''[[Tank Girl (film)|Tank Girl]]'' and on its [[Tank Girl (film)#Soundtrack|soundtrack]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rosen |first=Craig |magazine=Billboard |title=''Tank Girl'' Set Shoots From Hip |date=March 25, 1995}}</ref> and a cover of [[John Lennon]]'s "[[How Do You Sleep? (John Lennon song)|How Do You Sleep?]]" was recorded for the tribute album, ''[[Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon]]''.<ref name="vrmagnificent" /><ref name="amazonmagnificent">{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000000OE4 |title=Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon |website=Amazon |access-date=January 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915233936/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000000OE4 |archive-date=September 15, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Weiland rejoined Stone Temple Pilots in the fall of 1995, but STP was forced to cancel most of their 1996–1997 tour in support of their third release, ''[[Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop]]'', which sold about two million albums. Weiland encountered problems with drug addiction at this time as well, which inspired some of his songs in the late-1990s and resulted in prison time.<ref name="Bill">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fQ0EAAAAMBAJ&q=Scott+Weiland+Tiny+Music&pg=PA20 |title=Scott Weiland |access-date=July 29, 2014 |publisher=Billboard Magazine |date=February 7, 1998 |page=20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106034348/https://books.google.com/books?id=fQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20&dq=Scott+Weiland+Tiny+Music&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SvSYU62AFcmSyAS-7oLwCw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Scott%20Weiland%20Tiny%20Music&f=false |archive-date=January 6, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1999, STP regrouped once again and released ''[[No. 4 (album)|No. 4]].'' The album contained the hit single "[[Sour Girl]]", promoted by a surreal music video with [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]. That same year, Weiland also recorded two songs with the short-lived supergroup [[the Wondergirls]]. During this time period Weiland spent five months in jail for drug possession.<ref name="Bill" /><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4w4EAAAAMBAJ&q=Scott+Weiland+Sarah+Michelle+Gellar&pg=PA25 |page=25 |title=Stone Temple Pilots Review |publisher=Billboard |date=April 15, 2000 |access-date=December 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106034348/https://books.google.com/books?id=4w4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA25&dq=Scott+Weiland+Sarah+Michelle+Gellar&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MfWYU6cRwpXIBML7gOgO&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Scott%20Weiland%20Sarah%20Michelle%20Gellar&f=false |archive-date=January 6, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Step in the Arena |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tikEAAAAMBAJ&q=Scott+Weiland+The+Wondergirls&pg=PA16 |publisher=CMJ New Music Monthly |date=January 2000 |access-date=December 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106034348/https://books.google.com/books?id=tikEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16&dq=Scott+Weiland+The+Wondergirls&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bP2YU97rOYOPyATs9YLYDQ&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Scott%20Weiland%20The%20Wondergirls&f=false |archive-date=January 6, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bBnAziT9WzkC&q=Scott+Weiland+Sour+Girl+Gellar&pg=PA242 |page=242 |title=The Pocket DJ |first=Sarah |last=Lewitinn |date=May 11, 2010 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-4169-4787-5 |access-date=December 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106034348/https://books.google.com/books?id=bBnAziT9WzkC&pg=PA242&lpg=PA242&dq=Scott+Weiland+Sour+Girl+Gellar&source=bl&ots=4YFkyBpW5X&sig=HBAyQZ9MJMmnqKP71qNqjbmlvmg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nf2YU5vXAo-TyATniYHoBg&ved=0CE0Q6AEwCg#v=onepage&q=Scott%20Weiland%20Sour%20Girl%20Gellar&f=false |archive-date=January 6, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="bgy">{{Cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/scott-weiland-21224527#awesm=~oGZkEjILvZo3pm |title=Biography: Scott Weiland |access-date=July 29, 2014 |publisher=Biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729200121/http://www.biography.com/people/scott-weiland-21224527#awesm=~oGZkEjILvZo3pm |archive-date=July 29, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:Scott Weiland on stage with Stone Temple Pilots--2008-08.jpeg|thumb|upright|Weiland onstage with Stone Temple Pilots, 2008]]In November 2000, Weiland was invited to perform on the show [[VH1 Storytellers|VH1 ''Storytellers'']] with the surviving members of [[the Doors]]. Weiland performed vocals on two Doors songs, "[[Break On Through (To the Other Side)]]" and "[[Five to One]]". That same month Stone Temple Pilots appeared on the Doors tribute CD, ''[[Stoned Immaculate: The Music of The Doors|Stoned Immaculate]]'' with their own rendition of "Break on Through" as the lead track.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1428331/stps-weiland-talks-doors-influence-storytellers/ |title=STPs Weiland Talks Doors Influence |publisher=MTV |access-date=July 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808213949/http://www.mtv.com/news/1428331/stps-weiland-talks-doors-influence-storytellers/ |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On June 19, 2001, STP released its fifth album, ''[[Shangri-La Dee Da]].'' That same year the band headlined the [[Family Values Tour]] along with [[Linkin Park]], [[Staind]] and [[Static-X]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1452810/aaron-lewis-assists-stp-linkin-park-on-family-values-cd/ |title=Aaron Lewis Assists STP |access-date=July 29, 2014 |publisher=MTV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808212332/http://www.mtv.com/news/1452810/aaron-lewis-assists-stp-linkin-park-on-family-values-cd/ |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In late 2002, significant backstage altercations between the DeLeo brothers and Weiland precipitated the band's break-up.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

In 2008, Stone Temple Pilots announced a [[2008 Stone Temple Pilots Reunion Tour|73-date U.S. tour]] on April 7 and performed together for the first time since 2002. The reunion tour kicked off at the [[Rock on the Range]] festival on May 17, 2008. According to [[Dean DeLeo]], steps toward a Stone Temple Pilots reunion started with a simple phone call from Weiland's wife. She invited the DeLeo brothers to play at a private beach party, which led to the reconciliation of Weiland and the DeLeo brothers.<ref name="mtvlegacy">Harris, Chris."[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1585012/20080408/stone_temple_pilots.jhtml Stone Temple Pilots Reunite To Continue 'Legacy', Thanks To Scott Weiland's Wife] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311020822/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1585012/20080408/stone_temple_pilots.jhtml |date=March 11, 2010 }}." MTV.com. April 8, 2008. Retrieved on June 19, 2008.</ref>

STP's reunion tour was a success, and the band continued to tour throughout 2009 and began recording its sixth studio album. STP's first album since 2001, ''[[Stone Temple Pilots (2010 album)|Stone Temple Pilots]]'', was released on May 25, 2010.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

STP toured Southeast Asia for the first time in 2011, playing in [[Philippines]] ([[Manila]]), [[Singapore]] and [[Indonesia]] ([[Jakarta]]). Following this, the band played successful shows in Australia, including sell-out performances in [[Sydney]] and [[Melbourne]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stonetemplepilots.com/tour |title=Stone * Temple * Pilots – STP Tour |publisher=Stonetemplepilots.com |access-date=October 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015055803/http://www.stonetemplepilots.com/tour |archive-date=October 15, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The band expressed interest in a 20th anniversary tour to celebrate the release of ''Core'' with Scott commenting on January 2, 2012, "Well, we're doing a lot of special things. [There's] a lot of archival footage that we're putting together, a coffee table book, hopefully a brand new album – so many ideas. A box set and then a tour, of course."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rttnews.com/Story.aspx?type=ent&Id=1789729&Category=Entertainment%20News&SimRec=1&Node= |title=Scott Weiland Talks 20th Anniversary of STP's Core |publisher=Rttnews.com |access-date=March 3, 2012}}</ref>[[File:Stone Temple Pilots band in Manila.jpg|alt=Stone Temple Pilots in 2011|thumb|Stone Temple Pilots in 2011]]STP began to experience problems in 2012 that were said to have been caused by tensions between Weiland and the rest of the band. Despite the band's claims that their fall tour would be celebrating the 20th anniversary of ''Core'',<ref>{{Cite web |first=Greg |last=Prato |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/scott-weiland-talks-avengers-tune-stp-anniversary-tour-20120501 |title=Scott Weiland Talks 'Avengers' Tune, STP Anniversary Tour &#124; Music News |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=May 1, 2012 |access-date=March 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202011831/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/scott-weiland-talks-avengers-tune-stp-anniversary-tour-20120501 |archive-date=February 2, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> this did not happen. On February 27, 2013, shortly before his solo tour was set to commence, Stone Temple Pilots announced Weiland's termination from the band on their website.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stonetemplepilots.com/ |title=Stone Temple Pilots |publisher=Stone Temple Pilots |access-date=May 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501113744/http://stonetemplepilots.com/ |archive-date=May 1, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{better source needed|date=August 2021}}

Weiland criticized the band after they hired [[Linkin Park]] singer [[Chester Bennington]] as his replacement, claiming he was still a member and they shouldn't be calling themselves Stone Temple Pilots without him.<ref>{{Cite news| url= http://www.3news.co.nz/Scott-Weiland-slams-former-band/tabid/418/articleID/299217/Default.aspx| work= 3 News NZ| title= Scott Weiland slams former band| date= May 27, 2013| access-date= May 27, 2013| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215454/http://www.3news.co.nz/Scott-Weiland-slams-former-band/tabid/418/articleID/299217/Default.aspx| archive-date= October 4, 2013| url-status= live}}</ref>

=== Velvet Revolver ===
{{Main|Velvet Revolver}}
[[File:Velvet Revolver live in London 5 June 2007 04.jpg|thumb|250px|Weiland performing with Velvet Revolver in London]]
In 2002, former [[Guns N' Roses]] members – guitarist [[Slash (musician)|Slash]], bassist [[Duff McKagan]] and drummer [[Matt Sorum]] – as well as former [[Wasted Youth (American band)|Wasted Youth]] guitarist [[Dave Kushner]] were looking for a singer to help form a new band. Throughout his career, Weiland had become acquainted with the four musicians; he became friends with McKagan after attending the same gym,<ref name="Weiland Washington Post">{{Cite news|last=Freedom du Lac |first=J |title=Velvet Revolver, A Legal Substance |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=August 2007 |url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/virgin-festival/2007/08/post_1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913042749/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/virgin-festival/2007/08/post_1.html |archive-date=September 13, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="Weiland Details">{{Cite web | last = Hendrickson | first = Matt | title = Scott Weiland Sobers Up ... Again | work = [[Details (magazine)|Details]] | date = April 2010 | url = http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/music-and-books/201004/scott-weiland-stone-temple-pilots-singer?currentPage=2 | access-date = May 16, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120814004946/http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/music-and-books/201004/scott-weiland-stone-temple-pilots-singer?currentPage=2 | archive-date = August 14, 2012 | url-status = live }}</ref> was in rehab at the same time as Sorum and once played on the same bill as Kushner.<ref name="Slash p.432">{{Cite book | author = Slash |author2=Bozza, Anthony |author-link2=Anthony Bozza | title = [[Slash (autobiography)|Slash]] | publisher = HarperCollins | year = 2007 | page = 432 | isbn = 978-0 00-725775-1 }}</ref><ref name="Weiland Details" /> Weiland was sent two discs of material to work with but felt that the first disc "sounded like [[Bad Company]] gone wrong".<ref name="Weiland Washington Post" /> Weiland was more positive when he was sent the second disc, comparing it to ''[[Core (Stone Temple Pilots album)|Core]]''-era Stone Temple Pilots,<ref name="Weiland Washington Post" /> though he turned them down because Stone Temple Pilots had not yet separated.<ref name="Slash p.432" />

When Stone Temple Pilots disbanded in 2003,<ref name="Slash p.433">{{Cite book | author = Slash |author2=Bozza, Anthony |author-link2=Anthony Bozza | title = [[Slash (autobiography)|Slash]] | publisher = HarperCollins | year = 2007 | page = 433 | isbn = 978-0-00-725775-1 }}</ref> the band sent Weiland new music, which he took into his studio and added vocals. This music eventually became the song "[[Set Me Free (Velvet Revolver song)|Set Me Free]]".<ref name="Slash p.433" /><ref name="Dave Kushner KNAC">{{Cite web|last=Stingley |first=Mick |title=Exclusive! Interview With Velvet Revolver Guitarist Dave Kushner |publisher=[[KNAC]] |date=July 14, 2004 |url=http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=3136 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614033438/http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=3136 |archive-date=June 14, 2011 }}</ref> Although he delivered the music to the band himself, Weiland was still unsure whether or not he wanted to join them,<ref name="Slash p.433" /> despite performing at an industry showcase at Mates.<ref>{{Cite book | author = Slash |author2=Bozza, Anthony |author-link2=Anthony Bozza | title = [[Slash (autobiography)|Slash]] | publisher = HarperCollins | year = 2007 | page = 434 | isbn = 978-0-00-725775-1 }}</ref> They recorded two songs with producer [[Nick Raskulinecz]],<ref name="Slash p.436">{{Cite book | author = Slash |author2=Bozza, Anthony |author-link2=Anthony Bozza | title = [[Slash (autobiography)|Slash]] | publisher = HarperCollins | year = 2007 | page = 436 | isbn = 978-0-00-725775-1 }}</ref> a recorded version of "Set Me Free" and a cover of [[Pink Floyd]]'s "[[Money (Pink Floyd song)|Money]]", for the soundtracks to the movies ''[[Hulk (film)|The Hulk]]'' and ''[[The Italian Job (2003 film)|The Italian Job]]'', respectively.<ref name="Slash p.436" /> Weiland joined the band soon after,<ref name="Weiland Washington Post" /> and "Set Me Free" managed to peak at number 17 on the [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock chart]]<ref name="AMG Singles">{{Cite web | title = Velvet Revolver Singles Charts | publisher = [[AllMusic]] | access-date = July 20, 2010 | url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=velvet-revolver-p651389/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}}}</ref> without any radio promotion or a record label.<ref>{{Cite web | last = Steele | first = Laurie | title = Exclusive! Interview With Velvet Revolver Drummer Matt Sorum | publisher = [[KNAC]] | date = July 26, 2004 | url = http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=3152 | access-date = May 16, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120305202822/http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=3152 | archive-date = March 5, 2012 | url-status = live }}</ref> It was prior to a screening of ''The Hulk'' at [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]] that the band chose a name. After seeing a movie by [[Revolution Studios]], Slash liked the beginning of the word, eventually thinking of Revolver because of its multiple meanings: the name of a gun, subtext of a revolving door, which suited the band, as well as the name of a [[Revolver (Beatles album)|Beatles album]].<ref name="Slash p.437">{{Cite book|author=Slash|title=[[Slash (autobiography)|Slash]]|author2=Bozza, Anthony|publisher=HarperCollins|year=2007|isbn=978-0-00-725775-1|page=437|author-link2=Anthony Bozza}}</ref> When he suggested Revolver to the band, Weiland suggested 'Black Velvet' Revolver, liking the idea of "something intimate like velvet juxtaposed with something deadly like a gun." They eventually arrived at Velvet Revolver, announcing it at a press conference and performance showcase at the [[El Rey Theatre (Los Angeles)|El Rey Theatre]] while also performing the songs "Set Me Free" and "Slither" as well as covers of [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]'s "[[Negative Creep]]", [[Sex Pistols]]' "[[Bodies (Sex Pistols song)|Bodies]]", and Guns N' Roses' "[[It's So Easy (Guns N' Roses song)|It's So Easy]]".<ref name="Slash p.437" />

Velvet Revolver's debut album ''[[Contraband (Velvet Revolver album)|Contraband]]'' was released in June 2004 to much success. It debuted at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and has sold over three million copies worldwide to date. Two of the album's songs, "[[Slither (song)|Slither]]" and "[[Fall to Pieces (Velvet Revolver song)|Fall to Pieces]]", reached number one on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock Tracks]] chart. The song "Slither" also won a Grammy Award for [[Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance|Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal]] in 2005, an award Weiland had won previously with STP for the song "[[Plush (song)|Plush]]" in 1994. At the [[47th Annual Grammy Awards|2005 Grammy Awards]], Weiland (along with the rest of Velvet Revolver) performed the [[The Beatles|Beatles]] song "[[Across the Universe]]", along with [[Bono]], [[Brian Wilson]], [[Norah Jones]], [[Stevie Wonder]], [[Steven Tyler]], [[Billie Joe Armstrong]], [[Alison Krauss]], and [[Alicia Keys]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpHnbE3ljag |title=Across the universe – Grammy awards |publisher=YouTube |access-date=October 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028005246/http://www.youtube.com//watch?v=OpHnbE3ljag |archive-date=October 28, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> On July 2, 2005, Weiland and Velvet Revolver performed at [[Live 8]] in London, in which Weiland was condemned for using strong language before the UK watershed during the performance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=User-submitted review of "Live 8" |url=https://www.imdb.com/review/rw1278933/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=IMDb |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Scott Weiland of Velvet Revolver--2007-06.jpg|thumb|160px|Weiland performing at Provinssirock festival in Seinäjoki, Finland, June 2007]]
Velvet Revolver released their second album, ''[[Libertad (Velvet Revolver album)|Libertad]]'', on July 3, 2007,<ref name="AMG Bio">{{Cite web | last = Loftus | first = Johnny | title = Velvet Revolver Biography | publisher = [[AllMusic]] | access-date = July 20, 2010 | url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p651389/biography|pure_url=yes}}}}</ref><ref name="Libertad AMG review">{{Cite web | last= Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas | title = Libertad Review | publisher = [[AllMusic]] | access-date = July 20, 2010 | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=libertad-r1059225/review|pure_url=yes}} | author-link = Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref> peaking at number five on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name="AMG Albums">{{Cite web | title = Velvet Revolver Album Charts | publisher = [[AllMusic]] | access-date = July 20, 2010 | url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=velvet-revolver-p651389/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}}}}</ref> The album's first single "[[She Builds Quick Machines]]" peaked at 74 on the [[Billboard charts#Canadian charts|Hot Canadian Digital Singles]].<ref name="AMG Singles" /> The second and third singles, "[[The Last Fight (Velvet Revolver song)|The Last Fight]]" and "[[Get Out the Door]]", both peaked at number 16 and 34 on the Mainstream Rock Chart, respectively.<ref name="Libertad AMG Singles">{{Cite web | title = Libertad Singles Charts | publisher = [[AllMusic]] | access-date = July 20, 2010 | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=libertad-r1059225/charts-awards/billboard-single|pure_url=yes}}}}</ref> Critical reception to the album was mixed. Though some critics praised the album<ref name="Libertad ew review">{{Cite magazine | last = Sinclair | first = Tom | title = Libertad (2007) | magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]] | date = June 22, 2007 | url = https://ew.com/article/2007/06/22/libertad/ | access-date = June 28, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120509232942/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20043357,00.html | archive-date = May 9, 2012 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Libertad NYP review">{{Cite web|last=Aquilante |first=Dan |title=Velvet Revolver "Libertad" |work=[[New York Post]] |date=July 1, 2007 |url=http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/music/item_0uXzv8F1WQtAKHS0rPu0JL;jsessionid=EAFB5857EEF093FF3AF1A596B41A84CB |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021134641/http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/music/item_0uXzv8F1WQtAKHS0rPu0JL%3Bjsessionid%3DEAFB5857EEF093FF3AF1A596B41A84CB |archive-date=October 21, 2012 }}</ref> and felt that ''Libertad'' gave the band an identity of their own,<ref name="Libertad SFC review">{{Cite web | last = Uhelszki | first = Jaan | title = Liberted Review | work = [[San Francisco Chronicle]] | date = July 1, 2007 | url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/01/PKGT1P40MN1.DTL&type=music | access-date = November 26, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110805004806/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2007%2F07%2F01%2FPKGT1P40MN1.DTL&type=music | archive-date = August 5, 2011 | url-status = live }}</ref> outside of the Guns N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots comparisons, others described the album as "bland"<ref name="Libertad TAC review">{{Cite web | last = Hernandez | first = Raoul | title = Phases & Stages | work = [[The Austin Chronicle]] | date = July 20, 2007 | url = http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A505117}}</ref><ref name="Libertad Blabbermouth review">{{Cite web | last = Kaye | first = Don | title = Velvet Revolver Libertad (RCA) | website= [[Blabbermouth.net]] | date = July 20, 2007 | url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=1173 | access-date = June 28, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070824235813/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=1173 | archive-date = August 24, 2007 | url-status = live }}</ref> and noted that the band seem to be "play[ing] to their strengths instead of finding a collective sound."<ref name="Libertad AMG review" />

After several flares on their personal blogs and in interviews,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=93414 |title=Scott Weiland Fires Back at Matt Sorum: 'Ego And Jealousy Can Get The Better Of Anyone' |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |access-date=October 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413042749/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=93414 |archive-date=April 13, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/page/classicrock?entry=there_will_be_a_velvet |title=Slash discusses Velvet Revolver's future |publisher=Classicrockmagazine.com |access-date=October 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405173254/http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/page/classicrock?entry=there_will_be_a_velvet |archive-date=April 5, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> it was announced on April 1, 2008 that Weiland would no longer be a member of Velvet Revolver.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gorman |first=Steve |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN0131840320080401 |title=Velvet Revolver splits with rocker Scott Weiland |publisher=Reuters.com |date=April 1, 2008 |access-date=October 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110192553/http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN0131840320080401 |archive-date=January 10, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Velvet Revolver reunited for a one-off performance with Weiland at a benefit concert for the late John O'Brien, on January 12, 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Leonard |first=Michael |title=Velvet Revolver Reunite! |publisher=Gibson.com |date=December 30, 2011 |url=http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/Velvet-Revolver-0101-2012/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108061807/http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Lifestyle/News/Velvet%2DRevolver%2D0101%2D2012/ |archive-date=January 8, 2012 }}</ref>

=== Art of Anarchy ===
{{Main|Art of Anarchy}}
The project started in 2011, with guitarist [[Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal|Bumblefoot]] recording parts for the debut album in between touring with [[Guns N' Roses]].<ref name="Tm">{{Cite web |url=http://talkingmetal.com/digital/2015/06/04/talking-metal-529-featuring-mike-orlando-bumblefoot-dan-bryant-and-dez-fafara/ |title=Talking Metal Digital " Talking Metal 529 Featuring Mike Orlando, Bumblefoot, Dan Bryant and Dez Fafara |website=Talkingmetal.com |date=June 4, 2015 |access-date=2016-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819022146/http://talkingmetal.com/digital/2015/06/04/talking-metal-529-featuring-mike-orlando-bumblefoot-dan-bryant-and-dez-fafara/ |archive-date=August 19, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Weiland wrote and recorded the vocals after sharing the song files back and forth with Bumblefoot from 2012 to 2013. Weiland also took part in promotional photo shoots and music videos in October 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schallau |first=Bob |url=http://rock.about.com/od/Interviews/fl/bumblefoot-interview.htm |title=Interview: Bumblefoot on Guns N' Roses and Scott Weiland |website=Rock.about.com |access-date=2016-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011302/http://rock.about.com/od/Interviews/fl/bumblefoot-interview.htm |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Their [[Art of Anarchy (album)|self-titled]] debut album was released in June 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/new-supergroup-art-of-anarchy-scott-weiland-disturbed-guns-n-roses/|title=New Supergroup Art of Anarchy Features Scott Weiland + Members of Disturbed and Guns N' Roses|last=Bowar|first=Chad|date=January 21, 2015|publisher=loudwire.com|access-date=January 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122004803/http://loudwire.com/new-supergroup-art-of-anarchy-scott-weiland-disturbed-guns-n-roses/|archive-date=January 22, 2015 }}</ref> On January 21, 2015, they released a 2:06 teaser of the new album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL8CJfkLBo0|title=Art of Anarchy – Full Album Spring 2015|date=January 21, 2015|work=YouTube|access-date=February 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123013740/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL8CJfkLBo0|archive-date=January 23, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Bumblefoot is the producer and engineer on the album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/ArtOfAnarchyBand/info?tab=page_info|title=Art of Anarchy|work=Facebook|access-date=February 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122010401/https://www.facebook.com/ArtOfAnarchyBand/info?tab=page_info|archive-date=January 22, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The first single to be released from the album was "'Til the Dust Is Gone".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artofanarchyband.com/debut-album-june-8th/|title=Debut Album June 8th!|date=March 19, 2015|publisher=ArtofAnarchy.com|access-date=March 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321161017/http://www.artofanarchyband.com/debut-album-june-8th/|archive-date=March 21, 2015}}</ref> The album contains 11 tracks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artofanarchyband.com/music/ |title=Music |date=March 21, 2015 |access-date=2016-03-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321161724/http://www.artofanarchyband.com/music/ |archive-date=March 21, 2015 }}</ref> However, Weiland distanced himself from the project, stating "It was a project I did where I was just supposed to have written the lyrics and melodies, and I was paid to do it. I did some production work on it, and the next thing I knew there were press releases that I was in the band. ... I'm not in the band."<ref name="Daily Beast">{{Cite news|last1=Joiner|first1=James|title=Scott Weiland on Rock, a New Band, and Getting Burned by Fashion|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/05/scott-weiland-on-rock-a-new-band-and-getting-burned-by-fashion.html|website=The Daily Beast|date=February 5, 2015|access-date=February 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209033113/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/05/scott-weiland-on-rock-a-new-band-and-getting-burned-by-fashion.html|archive-date=February 9, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In a January 2015 ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' interview, both Weiland and the Votta brothers from Anarchy stated it was a studio project that Weiland was never meant to tour with and that Anarchy would have to find a lead singer outside of the tracks Weiland had already contributed.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/scott-weiland-does-not-seem-happy-to-be-in-new-supergroup-240649/|title=Scott Weiland Does Not Seem Happy to Be in New Supergroup|last1=Newman|first1=Jason|date=2015-01-22|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721175447/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/scott-weiland-does-not-seem-happy-to-be-in-new-supergroup-240649/|archive-date=July 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Following Weiland's death, the lead vocalist position in Art of Anarchy was filled by former [[Creed (band)|Creed]] vocalist [[Scott Stapp]].
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=== Solo career and the Wildabouts ===
While STP went on hiatus after the release of ''Tiny Music ...'', Weiland released a solo album called ''[[12 Bar Blues (album)|12 Bar Blues]]'' (1998). Weiland wrote most of the songs on the album and collaborated with several artists, notably [[Daniel Lanois]], [[Sheryl Crow]], [[Brad Mehldau]], and Jeff Nolan.<ref>{{Citation |title=Scott Weiland - 12 Bar Blues Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/12-bar-blues-mw0000031305 |language=en |access-date=2022-11-29}}</ref>
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* Tommy Black – bass guitar, backing vocals <small>(2012–2015)</small>
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On November 25, 2008, Weiland released his second solo album, ''[["Happy" in Galoshes]]'', produced by Weiland and songwriting-producing partner [[Doug Grean]]. Weiland went on tour in early 2009 to promote the album.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044287/new-scott-weiland-solo-disc-on-the-way |title=New Scott Weiland Solo Disc on the Way |date=September 2, 2008 |publisher=Billboard.com |access-date=October 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912203302/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044287/new-scott-weiland-solo-disc-on-the-way |archive-date=September 12, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts--2013-03-11--TheHowardTheatreDC01.jpg|thumb|left|Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts perform at the [[Howard Theatre]] in Washington, D.C., on March 11, 2013, as part of the Purple at the Core Tour]]
On August 30, 2011, Weiland released a covers album, ''[[A Compilation of Scott Weiland Cover Songs]]'', exclusively through his website. The album was originally to be released along with Weiland's autobiography until he decided to release it separately, stating, "[It] actually turned out so well that we're going to release a single and put it out on its own, 'cause I think it's ... it's sort of my ''[[Pin Ups]]'', I guess you'd say."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://popdose.com/popdose-at-kirkus-reviews-an-interview-with-scott-weiland/ |title=at Kirkus Reviews: An Interview with Scott Weiland |publisher=Popdose |date=May 17, 2011 |access-date=May 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302003052/http://popdose.com/popdose-at-kirkus-reviews-an-interview-with-scott-weiland/ |archive-date=March 2, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/scott-weiland-covers-album/ |title=Scott Weiland Covers Bowie and Rolling Stones on New Album |publisher=Ultimateclassicrock.com |date=September 1, 2011 |access-date=May 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109224916/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/scott-weiland-covers-album/ |archive-date=November 9, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="scottweiland.fanfire.com">{{Cite web |url=http://scottweiland.fanfire.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Store.woa/wa/product?sourceCode=SWEWEB&sku=SWEDS001 |title=Scott Weiland Official Store &#124; All Products |publisher=Scottweiland.fanfire.com |access-date=May 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112144547/http://scottweiland.fanfire.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Store.woa/wa/product?sourceCode=SWEWEB&sku=SWEDS001 |archive-date=November 12, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On October 4, 2011, Weiland released ''[[The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Scott Weiland album)|The Most Wonderful Time of the Year]]'', an album consisting entirely of [[Christmas music]]. Weiland supported the album with a US club tour. Two [[promotional recording]]s were taken from the album, cover versions of "[[Winter Wonderland]]" and "[[I'll Be Home for Christmas]]" with their respective music videos.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts' Purple at the Core tour commenced in March 2013 with pop/rock band [[MIGGS]] as the opening act.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.antimusic.com/news/13/February/ts15Scott_Weiland_Plans_Purple_at_the_Core_Tour.shtml |title=Scott Weiland Plans Purple at the Core Tour (a top story)::Scott Weiland News |publisher=antiMusic.com |access-date=May 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222031952/http://www.antimusic.com/news/13/February/ts15Scott_Weiland_Plans_Purple_at_the_Core_Tour.shtml |archive-date=February 22, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In an interview with San Diego radio station [[KBZT]] in June 2014, Weiland stated that his debut album with the Wildabouts, titled ''Blaster'', would be released in November that year. However, it was pushed back and eventually released on March 31, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/blaster/957686568 |title=iTunes – Music – Blaster by Scott Weiland |date=March 27, 2015 |publisher=[[iTunes]] |access-date=April 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424211114/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/blaster/id957686568 |archive-date=April 24, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Guitarist Jeremy Brown died the day before the album's release.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/scott-weilands-guitarist-jeremy-brown-dead-at-34-20150331 |title=Scott Weiland's Guitarist Jeremy Brown Dead at 34 |date=March 31, 2015 |publisher=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=December 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222091337/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/scott-weilands-guitarist-jeremy-brown-dead-at-34-20150331 |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> The cause of death was determined to be multiple drug intoxication, with coronary atherosclerosis and cardiomegaly being significant contributing factors. Nick Maybury replaced Brown in April 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/scott-weiland-and-the-wildabouts-new-guitarist/|title=Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts Reveal New Guitarist|date=April 23, 2015 |publisher=[[Loudwire]]|access-date=December 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222084751/http://loudwire.com/scott-weiland-and-the-wildabouts-new-guitarist/|archive-date=December 22, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Business ventures ==
In 2006, Weiland launched his own record label, [[Softdrive Records]], with his songwriting partner [[Doug Grean]]. Later, Weiland announced that his label signed the up-and-coming rock band Something to Burn.

On December 19, 2008, Weiland signed a publishing deal with [[Bug Music]], allowing Weiland to "receive funding to pursue the development of creative projects and writers for Bug Music through his co-founded label, Softdrive Records." The deal included Weiland's share of the Stone Temple Pilots catalog and any solo work produced thereafter.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Shelley |url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1036511&c=1 |title=Stone Temple Pilot inks Bug deal |publisher=Music Week |date=December 19, 2008 |access-date=October 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616094611/http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1036511&c=1 |archive-date=June 16, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On January 21, 2009, Weiland announced the launch of his clothing line, Weiland for English Laundry, in partnership with designer Christopher Wicks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-weiland/musician-scott-weiland-preps-clothing-line-idUSTRE50N0KJ20090126|title=Musician Scott Weiland preps clothing line|publisher=reuters|date=January 26, 2009|access-date=January 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806115640/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-weiland/musician-scott-weiland-preps-clothing-line-idUSTRE50N0KJ20090126|archive-date=August 6, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idiomag.com/peek/65305/scott_weiland|title=Scott Weiland Launches Fashion Line|access-date=February 19, 2009|date=February 17, 2009|publisher=[[idiomag]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429152026/http://www.idiomag.com/peek/65305/scott_weiland|archive-date=April 29, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Artistry ==
Weiland's vocal and musical style proved to be versatile, evolving constantly throughout his career. At the peak of Stone Temple Pilots' success in the early to mid-1990s, Weiland displayed a deep, [[baritone]] vocal style that was compared to that of [[Pearl Jam]] singer [[Eddie Vedder]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.therangeplace.forummotions.com/t165-scott-weiland?|title=Scott Weiland|access-date=August 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719130729/http://therangeplace.forummotions.com/t165-scott-weiland|archive-date=July 19, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> However, as STP continued to branch out throughout its career, so did Weiland's vocal style. The band's third album, ''[[Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop]]'', had Weiland singing in a much higher, raspier tone to complement the band's more [[1960s in music|60's rock]]-influenced sound. Later albums showcased Weiland's influences ranging from [[bossa nova]] on ''[[Shangri-La Dee Da]]'' to [[blues rock]] and [[classic rock]] on the band's 2010 [[Stone Temple Pilots (2010 album)|self-titled album]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}
{{Quote box|width=28%|align=right|quote=I just thought he was a great singer, and he'd always been on my mind for [Velvet Revolver]. He was the one vocalist that I knew had the kind of voice that would serve what we were going to do: he had a [[John Lennon]]-ish quality, a little bit of [[Jim Morrison]], and a touch of almost [[David Bowie]]. He was the best singer to come out in a long time in my opinion.<ref name="Slash p.432" /> |source=—[[Slash (musician)|Slash]] on Scott Weiland}}
Weiland's first solo record, ''[[12 Bar Blues (album)|12 Bar Blues]]'' (1998), represented a huge shift in Weiland's style, as the album featured a sound "rooted in glam rock, filtered through psychedelia and [[trip hop|trip-hop]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Stephen |url=https://allmusic.com/album/12-bar-blues-r341225/review |title=12 Bar Blues – Scott Weiland : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=March 17, 1998 |access-date=May 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827144117/http://www.allmusic.com/album/12-bar-blues-r341225/review |archive-date=August 27, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> With Velvet Revolver, Weiland's vocals ranged from his classic baritone to a rawer style to complement the band's [[hard rock]] sound. A ''[[New York Post]]'' review of Velvet Revolver's 2007 album ''[[Libertad (Velvet Revolver album)|Libertad]]'' commented that "Weiland's vocals are crisp and controlled, yet passionate."<ref name="Libertad NYP review" />

Weiland's second solo album, 2008's ''[["Happy" in Galoshes]]'', featured a wide variety of musical genres, such as bossa nova, country, neo-psychedelia and [[indie rock]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thomas |first=Stephen |url=https://allmusic.com/album/happy-in-galoshes-r1444325/review |title=Happy in Galoshes – Scott Weiland : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=November 25, 2008 |access-date=May 10, 2013}}</ref> Weiland's 2011 solo effort, the Christmas album ''[[The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Scott Weiland album)|The Most Wonderful Time of the Year]]'' consisted entirely of [[Christmas music]] in a crooning style similar to that of [[David Bowie]] and [[Frank Sinatra]], as well as some [[reggae]] and [[bossa nova]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Stephen |url=https://allmusic.com/album/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year-r2271944/review |title=The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Scott Weiland : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=October 4, 2011 |access-date=May 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231041035/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year-r2271944/review |archive-date=December 31, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
=== Relationships and family ===
Weiland married Janina Castaneda on September 17, 1994, and they divorced in 2000. He married Mary Forsberg on May 20, 2000, and they had a son named Noah (born 2000) and a daughter named Lucy (born 2002) before divorcing in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/scott-weilands-ex-takes-legal-action-to-be-named-executor-of-will/|title=Scott Weiland's Second Wife Mary Forsberg Takes Legal Action to be Named Executor of Late Rocker's Will|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]|first=Karen|last=Mizoguchi|date=January 5, 2016|access-date=June 3, 2023}}</ref>

In 2005, Weiland and his son Noah were featured on comedian [[David Spade]]'s ''[[The Showbiz Show with David Spade]]'' during a comedy sketch about discouraging music [[file sharing]]. Noah has a line during the sketch in which he tells a little girl, "Please buy my daddy's album so I can have food to eat."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Akhtar|first=Kabir|author-link=Kabir Akhtar|date=October 2005|title=File Sharing Is Wrong|url=https://vimeo.com/12680854|publisher=Vimeo}}</ref>

Mary Forsberg's autobiography ''Fall to Pieces'' was co-written with Larkin Warren and released in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061959424|title=Fall to Pieces|work=HarperCollins US|access-date=December 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208130607/http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061959424|archive-date=December 8, 2015}}</ref> Weiland's autobiography ''Not Dead & Not for Sale'' was co-written with [[David Ritz]] and released May 17, 2011.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Not Dead & Not for Sale|author1=Scott Weiland|author2=David Ritz|author-link=David Ritz|date=May 17, 2011|publisher=[[Canongate Books]]|isbn=978-1-84195-990-0}}</ref>

In a November 2012 interview with ''Rolling Stone'', Weiland revealed that he was engaged to Jamie Wachtel, whom he met during the 2011 filming of his music video for "I'll Be Home for Christmas".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/scott-weiland-engaged-to-photographer-jamie-wachtel-20121119 |title=Scott Weiland Engaged to Photographer Jamie Wachtel &#124; Music News |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=November 19, 2012 |access-date=May 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626054815/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/scott-weiland-engaged-to-photographer-jamie-wachtel-20121119 |archive-date=June 26, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> They married at their [[Los Angeles]] home on June 22, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Margaret |first=Mary |url=https://people.com/celebrity/scott-weiland-married-to-jamie-wachtel-former-stone-temple-pilots-singer-weds/ |title=Scott Weiland Married to Jamie Wachtel, Former Stone Temple Pilots Singer Weds |publisher=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=June 22, 2013 |access-date=April 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214104542/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20711495,00.html |archive-date=December 14, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In late 2020, Weiland's son Noah Weiland debuted his new band Suspect208, which also featured [[Slash (musician)|Slash]]'s son London on drums and [[Robert Trujillo]]'s son Tye on bass. Their debut song "Long Awaited" was described by ''Wall of Sound'' as being reminiscent of ''[[Purple (Stone Temple Pilots album)|Purple]]-''era [[Stone Temple Pilots]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-09|title=Who Are Suspect208 And Why Should You Be Frothing Their Debut Song 'Long Awaited'|url=https://wallofsoundau.com/2020/11/10/who-are-suspect208/|access-date=2020-11-10|website=Wall Of Sound|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-16|title=Niko Tsangaris & Tye Trujillo – Suspect208 'Way More Holy Sh!t Moments To Go'|url=https://wallofsoundau.com/2020/11/16/suspect208-interview-2020/|access-date=2020-11-16|website=Wall Of Sound|language=en-US}}</ref> In early 2021, Noah was fired from the band for drug use, and the rest of the band dissolved by May of the same year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Suspect208 Calls It Quits |url=https://www.iheartradio.ca/en/music-news/suspect208-calls-it-quits-1.15277608.html |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=www.iheartradio.ca |language=en}}</ref>

=== Substance use and health problems ===
In 1995, Weiland was convicted of buying [[crack cocaine]] and sentenced to one year of [[probation]]. His drug use did not end after his sentence but rather increased, and he moved into a hotel room for two months; in the room next door was [[Courtney Love]], and the pair "shot drugs the whole time" together.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/velvet-revolver-singer-says-family-life-has-kept-him-off-drugs/ |title=VELVET REVOLVER Singer Says Family Life Has Kept Him Off Drugs |date=March 9, 2005 |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |access-date=October 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226141200/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/velvet-revolver-singer-says-family-life-has-kept-him-off-drugs/ |archive-date=December 26, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Weiland revealed in 2001 that he was diagnosed with [[bipolar disorder]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=vanHorn |first=Teri |url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1444582/06182001/stone_temple_pilots.jhtml |title=Stone Temple Pilots: Long Way Home |publisher=VH1.com |date=June 18, 2001 |access-date=October 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017000218/http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1444582/06182001/stone_temple_pilots.jhtml |archive-date=October 17, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In a 2005 interview with ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', Weiland said that while performing in his first bands as a teenager, his drinking "escalated" and he began using [[cocaine]] for the first time, which he referred to as a "sexual" experience.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.belowempty.com/articles.php?s=story&id=114 |title=Stone Temple Pilots |publisher=Below Empty |access-date=October 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919172619/http://www.belowempty.com/articles.php?s=story&id=114 |archive-date=September 19, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2007, he was arrested and charged with [[driving under the influence]], his first arrest in over four years. On February 7, 2008, he checked into rehab<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=90268 |title=Velvet Revolver'S Scott Weiland Back in Rehab |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |access-date=October 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925055249/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=90268 |archive-date=September 25, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> and left in early March.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tmz.com/2008/03/03/scott-weiland-out-of-rehab/ |title=Scott Weiland Out of Rehab |publisher=TMZ.com |date=March 3, 2008 |access-date=October 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018024335/http://www.tmz.com/2008/03/03/scott-weiland-out-of-rehab/ |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Weiland's younger brother Michael died of [[cardiomyopathy]] in early 2007. The Velvet Revolver songs "For a Brother" and "Pills, Demons, & Etc" from the album ''[[Libertad (Velvet Revolver album)|Libertad]]'' are about him. Weiland said in an interview with [[MTV News]] in November 2008 that several songs on ''[["Happy" in Galoshes]]'' were inspired by the death of his brother and his separation from Mary Forsberg. In the same article, MTV News reported that Weiland had not done heroin since December 5, 2002. Weiland admitted that he went through a "very short" cocaine binge in late 2007.<ref name="mtv.com">{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Chris |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1599025/20081110/weiland_scott.jhtml |title=Scott Weiland's New Solo LP Is A 'Hodgepodge' Inspired By Marital Woes And Brother's Death |publisher=Mtv.com |date=November 11, 2008 |access-date=October 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831161505/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1599025/20081110/weiland_scott.jhtml |archive-date=August 31, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In April 2015, online footage from a concert raised questions about Weiland's health, as he appeared unsteady and was singing markedly out of tune and in a slurred voice. A representative for Weiland asserted that lack of sleep, several drinks and a faulty earpiece were to blame, not drugs. In June 2015, Weiland claimed that he had been off drugs for 13 years. His response was directed towards comments made by [[Filter (band)|Filter]]'s frontman [[Richard Patrick]], who claimed Weiland was using drugs and that his fans were pushing him closer to death by "sticking up for" him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/scott-weiland-13-years-since-i-stopped-doing-drugs/|title=Scott Weiland: 'It's Been 13 Years Since I Stopped Doing Drugs' – Exclusive Interview|publisher=Loudwire|date=June 4, 2015|access-date=June 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607200757/http://loudwire.com/scott-weiland-13-years-since-i-stopped-doing-drugs/|archive-date=June 7, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.etonline.com/news/177393_cocaine_found_on_tour_bus_where_scott_weiland_died_bandmate_thomas_delton_black_arrested/?viewFull=true|title=Police: Cocaine Found on Tour Bus Where Scott Weiland Died, Bandmate Thomas Delton Black Arrested|work=Entertainment Tonight|date=December 4, 2015 |access-date=December 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208092554/http://www.etonline.com/news/177393_cocaine_found_on_tour_bus_where_scott_weiland_died_bandmate_thomas_delton_black_arrested/?viewFull=true|archive-date=December 8, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

After Weiland's death, the Wildabouts' tour manager Aaron Mohler said, "A lot of times I've seen Scott do coke so he could drink more."<ref name="billboard.com">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/6859089/scott-weiland-final-months-friends-family-talk-mental-illness-family-struggles|title=Scott Weiland's Harrowing Final Months: Those Close to Him Reveal His Mental Health and Family Illness Struggles|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=February 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202070658/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/6859089/scott-weiland-final-months-friends-family-talk-mental-illness-family-struggles|archive-date=February 2, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

Shortly after his death, Weiland's widow Jamie acknowledged that her husband was drinking heavily before he left on his band's last tour, but that he promised her that he would "get it together". She accompanied him on the tour for a week in November and said that he was "just killing it" onstage and "taking it up a notch" every night.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/scott-weiland-stone-temple-pilots-jamie-weiland-remember-troubled-singer-20151222?page=2|title=Scott Weiland: STP, Jamie Weiland Remember Troubled Singer|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113113659/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/scott-weiland-stone-temple-pilots-jamie-weiland-remember-troubled-singer-20151222?page=2|archive-date=November 13, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Weiland had [[hepatitis C]], which he may have acquired from intravenous drug use.<ref name="billboard.com" />

== Death ==
Weiland was found dead on his tour bus in [[Bloomington, Minnesota]], on December 3, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/scott-weiland-dead-48/story?id=35572022 |title=Rock Star Scott Weiland Is Dead at 48 |last1=Messer |first1=Lesley |date=December 4, 2015 |website=ABC News |access-date=2015-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204144926/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/scott-weiland-dead-48/story?id=35572022 |archive-date=December 4, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/scott-weiland-died-of-cardiac-arrest-report-w158966|title=Scott Weiland Died of Cardiac Arrest: Report|work=Us Weekly|date=December 4, 2015|access-date=December 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204225606/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/scott-weiland-died-of-cardiac-arrest-report-w158966|archive-date=December 4, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> He was 48 years old and had been on tour with the Wildabouts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/scott-weiland-dies-anniversary/|title=Seven Years Ago: Scott Weiland Dies from Drug Overdose|first=Jon|last=Wiederhorn|website=[[Loudwire]]|date=December 3, 2022|access-date=June 3, 2023}}</ref> The band's scheduled gig that evening in nearby [[Medina, Minnesota|Medina]] had been cancelled several days earlier, though they were still planning to play the next night in [[Rochester, Minnesota|Rochester]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/rocker-scott-weiland-died-cardiac-arrest-report-article-1.2455168|title=Scott Weiland died after cardiac arrest due to his heart (murmur), coke found in room|last1=Wagner|first1=Meg|last2=Slattery|first2=Denis|date=December 4, 2015|work=NY Daily News|access-date=December 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151205014201/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/rocker-scott-weiland-died-cardiac-arrest-report-article-1.2455168|archive-date=December 5, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="at48">{{Cite magazine|last1=Halperin|first1=Shirley|title=Scott Weiland, Former Stone Temple Pilots Singer, Dead at 48|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6785645/scott-weiland-stone-temple-pilots-dead|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204184203/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6785645/scott-weiland-stone-temple-pilots-dead|archive-date=December 4, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Police searched the tour bus and confirmed there were small amounts of [[cocaine]] in the bedroom where Weiland was discovered dead.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Police: Cocaine Found On Scott Weiland's Tour Bus, Arrest Made|date=December 4, 2015|url=http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/12/04/police-cocaine-found-on-scott-weilands-tour-bus-arrest-made/|publisher=CBS Minnesota|access-date=4 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207044944/http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/12/04/police-cocaine-found-on-scott-weilands-tour-bus-arrest-made/|archive-date=December 7, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7f9ad9bf5a2d47fab2a4c7e51aca505d/latest-police-find-cocaine-weilands-tour-bus|title=The Latest: STP bandmates react to Weiland's death|work=The Big Story|access-date=December 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208165107/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7f9ad9bf5a2d47fab2a4c7e51aca505d/latest-police-find-cocaine-weilands-tour-bus|archive-date=December 8, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> 

Police also found prescription drugs, including [[Alprazolam|Xanax]], [[Buprenorphine]], [[Ziprasidone]], [[Viagra]], and [[hypnotics]] on the tour bus. Additionally, two bags of cocaine and a bag of marijuana were found.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/scott-weiland-xanax-synthetic-opiates-sleeping-pills-more-reportedly-found-tour-bus/|title=Scott Weiland: Multiple Drugs Reportedly Found on Tour Bus|website=[[Loudwire]]|date=December 9, 2015 |access-date=December 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210210741/http://loudwire.com/scott-weiland-xanax-synthetic-opiates-sleeping-pills-more-reportedly-found-tour-bus/|archive-date=December 10, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Tommy Black, bassist for the Wildabouts, was arrested on suspicion of possession of cocaine,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scott Weiland's tour bus reportedly contained cocaine, Viagra and sleeping pills|date=December 9, 2015 |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/pills-cocaine-viagra-found-scott-weiland-tour-bus-article-1.2460330|publisher=NY Daily News|access-date=9 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210213620/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/pills-cocaine-viagra-found-scott-weiland-tour-bus-article-1.2460330|archive-date=December 10, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> although the charges against him were later dropped.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/scott-weiland-bassist-tommy-black-drug-charges-stone-temple-pilots-velvet-revolver-6813928/|title=Scott Weiland's Bassist Tommy Black Won't Face Drug Charges|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|first=Mitchell|last=Peters|date=December 20, 2015|access-date=December 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221164540/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/6813928/scott-weiland-bassist-tommy-black-drug-charges-stone-temple-pilots-velvet-revolver|archive-date=December 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

Despite the discovery of drugs, no underlying cause of death was immediately given.<ref name="at48" /> The medical examiner later determined Weiland's death was the result of an accidental overdose of [[cocaine]], [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]], and [[3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine|methylenedioxyamphetamine]] (MDA). In its report, the examiner's office also noted Weiland's [[atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease]], history of [[asthma]], and prolonged substance abuse.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/scott-weiland-cause-of-death-accidental-overdose-20151218|title=Scott Weiland Cause of Death: Accidental Overdose|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Kory|last=Grow|date=December 18, 2015|access-date=December 18, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20151219131813/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/scott-weiland-cause-of-death-accidental-overdose-20151218|archive-date=December 19, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

News of Weiland's death quickly spread throughout the Internet, with many of his musical peers, including his former band members, along with fans and music critics throughout the world, sharing their condolences, tributes, and memories.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Scott Weiland: tributes paid to Stone Temple Pilots singer who has died at 48|work=BBC News|date=December 4, 2015|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35003719|access-date=4 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810013756/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35003719|archive-date=August 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> A day following his death, his former bandmates in Stone Temple Pilots issued a statement saying that he was "gifted beyond words" but acknowledging his struggle with substance abuse, calling it "part of [his] curse."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stone Temple Pilots Post Statement on Scott Weiland's Death|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/stone-temple-pilots-post-statement-scott-weilands-death/story?id=35577743|publisher=ABC News|access-date=4 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208232551/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/stone-temple-pilots-post-statement-scott-weilands-death/story?id=35577743|archive-date=December 8, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

He was remembered by media outlets as "the American musician whose mercurial vocal style was a signature of the rock band he helped start, Stone Temple Pilots, and later Velvet Revolver" and "a powerful voice."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrington |first=Jim |date=December 4, 2015 |orig-date=December 4, 2015 |title=Appreciation: San Jose's Scott Weiland was a powerful voice |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/12/04/appreciation-san-joses-scott-weiland-was-a-powerful-voice/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504094144/https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/12/04/appreciation-san-joses-scott-weiland-was-a-powerful-voice/ |archive-date=May 4, 2017 |access-date=October 30, 2024 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver dies at 48 |url=https://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/music/scott-weiland-of-stone-temple-pilots-and-velvet-revolver-dies-at-48/2256470/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}</ref> 

A private funeral for Weiland was held at [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]] on December 11, 2015, in Los Angeles. Members of both Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver attended. Mary Forsberg and the two children were not in attendance,<ref name="billboard.com" /> later having a private ceremony in honor of Weiland.

== Legacy ==
In the wake of Weiland's death, many critics and peers offered re-evaluations of Weiland's life and career, including [[David Fricke]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/david-fricke-remembers-scott-weilands-resiliency-bowie-inspiration-20151204 |title=David Fricke Talks Scott Weiland's Resiliency, Bowie Inspiration |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 4, 2015 |access-date=2015-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913024947/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/david-fricke-remembers-scott-weilands-resiliency-bowie-inspiration-20151204 |archive-date=September 13, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Several other artists paid tribute to the singer by covering Stone Temple Pilots tunes in concert, including [[Life of Agony]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/video-life-of-agony-pays-tribute-to-scott-weiland-with-plush-performance/ |title=Lofe of Agony Pays Tribute to Scott Weiland With 'Plush' Performance |date=December 10, 2015 |access-date=March 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305142456/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/video-life-of-agony-pays-tribute-to-scott-weiland-with-plush-performance |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Saint Asonia]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbI9KhpG-Ik |title=Saint Asonia – Big Empty STP Cover (60fps) – YouTube |website=www.youtube.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418055502/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbI9KhpG-Ik |archive-date=18 April 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Umphrey's McGee]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIhY-vr_eow| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211107/cIhY-vr_eow| archive-date=2021-11-07 | url-status=live|title=Dominican Holidaze 2015: Umphrey's Mcgee- Plush (Stone Temple Pilots cover)| date=December 21, 2015|access-date=July 20, 2021|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Candlebox]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/candlebox-pays-tribute-to-scott-weiland-with-creep-performance-video/#Og7JcisyHtVcobHJ.99 |title=Candlebox Pays Tribute to Scott Weiland with 'Creep' Performance (Video) |date=December 12, 2015 |access-date=March 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306003428/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/candlebox-pays-tribute-to-scott-weiland-with-creep-performance-video/#Og7JcisyHtVcobHJ.99 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Halestorm]],<ref>Video: [http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/video-halestorm-pays-tribute-to-scott-weiland-with-interstate-love-song-performance/ Halestorm Pays Tribute To Scott Weiland With 'Interstate Love Song' Performance] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306111801/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/video-halestorm-pays-tribute-to-scott-weiland-with-interstate-love-song-performance |date=March 6, 2016 }}</ref> and [[Pop Evil]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/video-pop-evil-pays-tribute-to-scott-weiland-with-interstate-love-song-performance/#g5RGZ5Y7xBFV5gt0.99 |title=Pop Evil Pays Tribute to Scott Weiland With 'Interstate Love Song' Performance |date=December 6, 2015 |access-date=March 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305131050/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/video-pop-evil-pays-tribute-to-scott-weiland-with-interstate-love-song-performance#g5RGZ5Y7xBFV5gt0.99 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> among others, while [[Chris Cornell]] dedicated a performance of "Say Hello 2 Heaven" by [[Temple of the Dog]] to the singer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/chris-cornell-honors-scott-weiland-2-heaven-article-1.2460142|title=Chris Cornell honors Scott Weiland with 'Say Hello 2 Heaven' – NY Daily News|website=[[New York Daily News]]|date=January 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127051856/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/chris-cornell-honors-scott-weiland-2-heaven-article-1.2460142|access-date=July 20, 2021|archive-date=January 27, 2016}}</ref>

On [[the Smashing Pumpkins]]' website, [[Billy Corgan]] praised Weiland, saying: "It was STP's third album (''[[Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop]]),'' that had got me hooked, a wizardly mix of [[glam rock|glam]] and [[post-punk]], and I confessed to Scott, as well as the band many times, how wrong I'd been in assessing their native brilliance. And like Bowie can and does, it was Scott's [[Musical phrasing|phrasing]] that pushed his music into a unique, and hard to pin down, aesthetic sonicsphere. Lastly, I'd like to share a thought which, though clumsy, I hope would please Scott In Hominum. And that is if you asked me who I truly believed were the great voices of our generation, I'd say it were he, [[Layne Staley|Layne]], and [[Kurt Cobain|Kurt]]."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.smashingpumpkinsnexus.com/#!IN-HONOUR-OF-SCOTT-WEILAND/c7ba/5661c1b90cf21dcdb62d9914 |title=In Honour of Scott Weiland |access-date=March 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107030731/http://www.smashingpumpkinsnexus.com/#!IN-HONOUR-OF-SCOTT-WEILAND/c7ba/5661c1b90cf21dcdb62d9914 |archive-date=January 7, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2018, [[Guns N' Roses]] with [[Slash (musician)|Slash]] and [[Duff McKagan|Duff]], honored Weiland during the [[Not in This Lifetime... Tour]] by covering the [[Velvet Revolver]] hit song "[[Slither (song)|Slither]]". The band has continued to regularly cover the song live ever since.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Guns N' Roses Performs Velvet Revolver Cover on European Tour|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/guns-n-roses-perform-velvet-revolver-slither-cover-8459067/|access-date=2020-10-22|magazine=Billboard|language=en}}</ref>

On December 3, 2025, the tenth anniversary of his death, his son Noah will hold a tribute show to celebrate his father. Noah will perform his father's songs at the show which will be held at the Garden Amp in [[Orange County, CA]]. [[Jakob Nowell]], singer for [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]] and who also lost his father [[Bradley Nowell]] when he was a baby, will also perform at the event. "My old therapist gave me the idea to throw a party, get-together for my father. I didn't even realize it was about to be 10 years until he brought it up. My brain started cooking ideas up instantly. I'm keeping [the setlist a] surprise. Just expect hits from different eras and even some deep cuts, underrated songs. I'll definitely do a solo song or two of my own tunes, but they will be more rock and grunge based to fit the vibe of the show" Noah said in an interview.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Noah Weiland to Perform Show Honoring Scott Weiland on 10th Anniversary of Singer’s Death|url=https://consequence.net/2025/11/noah-weiland-scott-weiland-tribute-show/|access-date=2025-11-10|magazine=Consequence|language=en}}</ref>

== Discography ==
=== Solo ===

==== Studio albums ====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Title
! rowspan="2" |Details
! colspan="3" |Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Scott Weiland Chart History (Billboard 200) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/scott-weiland/chart-history/tlp/ |access-date=June 29, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard charts|US<br />Rock]]<br /><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Scott Weiland Chart History (Top Rock Albums) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/scott-weiland/chart-history/tlp/ |access-date=June 29, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Discography Scott Weiland |url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Scott+Weiland |access-date=June 29, 2024 |website=charts.org.nz}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[12 Bar Blues (album)|12 Bar Blues]]''
|
* Released: March 31, 1998
* Label: [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
* Format: LP, CD
|42
|—
|47
|-
! scope="row"| ''[["Happy" in Galoshes]]''
|
* Released: November 25, 2008
* Label: Softdrive
* Format: LP, CD, streaming
|97
|25
|—
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Scott Weiland album)|The Most Wonderful Time of the Year]]''
|
* Released: October 4, 2011
* Label: Softdrive, [[Atco Records|Atco]]
* Format: LP, CD, streaming
|—
|—
|—
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Blaster (Scott Weiland album)|Blaster]]''<br />{{Small|(as Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts)}}
|
* Released: March 31, 2015
* Label: Softdrive
* Format: LP, CD, streaming
|133
|24
|—
|}

==== Cover albums ====
* ''[[A Compilation of Scott Weiland Cover Songs]]'' (2011)

==== Charted singles ====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Title
! rowspan="2" |Year
!Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" |Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Alternative Airplay|US<br />AAA]]<br /><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Scott Weiland Chart History: Alternative Airplay |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/scott-weiland/chart-history/tlp/ |access-date=June 29, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Lady, Your Roof Brings Me Down]]"
|1997
|39
| rowspan="2" |''12 Bar Blues''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Barbarella (song)|Barbarella]]"
|1998
|36
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Missing Cleveland]]"
|2008
|28
|''"Happy" in Galoshes''
|}

=== with Stone Temple Pilots ===
{{Main|Stone Temple Pilots discography}}

=== with Velvet Revolver ===
{{Main|Velvet Revolver discography}}

=== with Art of Anarchy ===
* ''[[Art of Anarchy (album)|Art of Anarchy]]'' (2015)

== References ==
{{Reflist|20em}}

== Further reading ==
* {{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.com/news/2007/sep/06/velvet-revolver-drummer-matt-sorum-checks-road/|title=Velvet Revolver Drummer Matt Sorum Checks in from the Road|last=Michaels|first=Levi|date=September 6, 2007|work=[[Santa Barbara Independent]]|access-date=June 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122134728/http://www.independent.com/news/2007/sep/06/velvet-revolver-drummer-matt-sorum-checks-road/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 22, 2008}}
* {{Cite web|url=http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Scott+Weiland+sober+album+with+Stone+Temple+Pilots/3097374/story.html|title=Scott Weiland on his new, sober album with Stone Temple Pilots|last=Aveling|first=Nick|date=June 1, 2010|work=[[The Vancouver Sun]]|publisher=CanWest News Service|access-date=June 11, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20100611084942/http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Scott+Weiland+sober+album+with+Stone+Temple+Pilots/3097374/story.html|archive-date=June 11, 2010|url-status=dead}}

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|last=Weiland|first=Scott|title=Not Dead & Not for Sale: A Memoir|publisher=Scribner|year=2011|isbn=978-0743297165}}
*{{cite book|last=Prato|first=Greg|title=Scott Weiland: Memories of a Rock Star|publisher=Createspace|year=2016|isbn=978-1523720682}}

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