In 2016, the band launched an online audition for a new lead vocalist and announced Jeff Gutt as the new lead singer of the band on November 14, 2017.Īfter forming in 1989 under the name Mighty Joe Young, the band signed with Atlantic Records and changed its name to Stone Temple Pilots. Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington joined the band in May 2013 but left amicably in November 2015. The band's line-up remained unchanged from its formation in 1989 until the firing of Weiland in February 2013. Throughout most of the 90s, Weiland was married to Janina Castaneda.Stone Temple Pilots (also known by the initials STP) is an American rock band from San Diego, California, that originally consisted of Scott Weiland (lead vocals), brothers Dean DeLeo (guitar) and Robert DeLeo (bass, backing vocals), and Eric Kretz (drums).
The vocalist met current wife Jamie Wachtel in 2011, who photographed him at a music video shoot – wedding two years later. Weiland was father to children Noah and Lucy, who he conceived with ex-wife Mary Forsberg. In addition, Weiland pursued a solo career intermittently, issuing the following albums 12 Bar Blues (1998), “Happy” In Galoshes (2008), The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (2011), and Blaster (as Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts).įuneral services for Weiland were held on December 10th at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Weiland parted ways with Velvet Revolver in 2008, but reunited for a benefit concert in 2012. The singles ‘Slither’ and ‘Fall To Pieces’ accrued Gold certification, the former earning a 2005 Grammy for Best Hard Rock performance. Velvet Revolver released two full-length records in all, namely Contraband (2004) and Libertad (2007). Sandwiched between Stone Temple Pilots’ hiatus, Velvet Revolver was formed in 2002, featuring rhythm guitarist Dave Kushner and former Guns N’ Roses members Slash (guitars), Duff McKagan (bass), and Matt Sorum (drums).
Weiland was ultimately fired in 2013, and replaced with Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington.
A sixth and final studio platter with Weiland handling microphone duties emerged in 2010, a self-titled affair. Other better known tracks include ‘Creep’, ‘Big Empty’, ‘Vasoline’, and ‘Interstate Love Song’.ĭisbanded in 2002, Stone Temple Pilots regrouped in 2008. Lifted from the Core record, the composition ‘Plush’ won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1994. Inspired by STP Motor Oil stickers, the name was revised to Stone Temple Pilots.īetween the years 19, the band issued five full-lengths Core, Purple (1994), Tiny Music… Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996), No. Stone Temple Pilots formed during the mid-80s and included brothers Robert and Dean DeLeo, adopting various monikers such as Swing and Mighty Joe Young prior to using the better known Stone Temple Pilots name.ĭuring recording sessions for September 1992 debut full-length studio album Core, a lawyer telephoned the ensemble and informed them a bluesman’s name was Mighty Joe Young. The family moved to Ohio for a number of years, and ultimately returned to California when Weiland was a teenager. Stepfather Dave Weiland adopted Scott at the age of five, changing his surname. Two years following his birth, the pair divorced. Scott Weiland was born Scott Richard Kline on October 27th, 1967 in San Jose, California to mother Sharon Williams and father Kent Kline. The cause of death was later revealed as a drugs overdose. Arriving, the officers in question determined that Weiland was deceased. At 8:22pm, officers of the Bloomington, Minnesota Police Department responded to a report of an unresponsive adult male in a recreational vehicle located in the 2200 block of Killebrew Drive. Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts were scheduled to perform at the Medina Entertainment Center in Medina, Minnesota that evening, having stayed in Bloomington, Minnesota. Scott Weiland, formerly the vocalist of Los Angeles, California-based rock group Stone Temple Pilots and American hard rock supergroup Velvet Revolver, died on the evening of December 3rd, 2015 at the age of 48.
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