Scott Weiland, the former frontman for rock bands Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, died in Minnesota on Thursday while on tour with his current band. He was 48.
A note on Weiland's Facebook page confirmed the singer's death and said he had "passed away in his sleep while on a tour stop in Bloomington, Minnesota, with his band The Wildabouts".
A California native, Weiland formed the band Stone Temple Pilots (STP) with brothers Robert and Dean DeLeo and 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.
Featuring Weiland’s distinctive lower register singing style, a sort of growl that grew ever more popular in the post-grunge years, STP went on to sell millions of records, but infighting eventually drove the members apart. The band took the first of several hiatuses just a few years after reaching their apex of their popularity, during which Weiland participated in several side projects...
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