OT: RIP Scott Weiland, 48

I really wish that Velvet Revolver could have survived. Was another casualty of SW's drug abuse.

I'll never forget seeing STP at Rolling Rock and Scott coming out in an assless American Flag jumpsuit.  That was the second most disturbing thing of the day, as Live had just performed and done covers of Britney Spears and Ja Rule songs, among others.

I always thought it was odd when people said Creed was trying to sound like Pearl Jam.  To me, they sounded much more like STP, which... I don't know where I'm going with this.

Anyway... sad news... Too much of this in the music world.  I'll have to break out Core today.

Didn't even know he was still alive.  Which shows how out-of-touch I am with the music world.  Music was a bigger deal when I was younger (Interstate Love Song was basically our class song senior year of high school), but I guess working a job beat it out of me or something.  I don't even listen to the radio in the car anymore.

Plush, Creep, Vasoline, Interstate Love Song, Fall to Pieces

R.I.P. Scott Weiland

I was lucky enough to see them in 2011.  In standard Weiland fashion, he was an hour late, then they absolutely killed for over 2 hours.

It was one of the best shows I have ever seen.

Opened up with Crackerman, ended the show with Dead and Bloated.

My first contact high was at an STP show when they opened for RHCP. Saw Velver Revolver a bunch of times. Met Scott outside the Conan O'Brien show once. He was still making good stuff. This off his album released this year.

I guess that is what makes the music so powerful and real.

Makes it so awesome that Dave Grohl has appears to have his shit together and is a good family man. He also appears very humble in spite of being so talented.

...and all the good, and bad, that comes with it. His death is not surprising in the least -- I'm a bit amazed he almost made it to 50.

I saw STP a few times, including once at the UIC Pavillion where he strutted and spun around the stage. I couldn't tell what was going to fall off first: his leather pants off his ass or his whole body off the stage. Amazingly, both stayed upright. I just watched in slack-jawed amazement the whole time.

I like all six STP albums (the DeLeo brothers are great writers), but the first four are truly a top-notch run.

...while reading his NYT obit. To be honest, I think it is absolutely terrible (as someone in the comments says, it seems like an Old Navy commercial) but it shows what an odd, interesting dude he was.

Plus, beyond this 2011 Xmas album, his new album with the Wildabouts is actually good (at least the four songs I've heard, such as the one posted by Jerseyblue). And his recent live shows were the definition of hit or miss.

Too bad this strange, interesting, talented, flawed guy is no longer around.

To be honest I am amazed he lasted this long.  The guy obviously had some major demons to work out.  

I sometimes wonder if these deaths mirror those in the population and the deaths just seem more frequent due to enhanced press coverage or if there's something to being a musician that predisposes people towards this.  

Sad, but predictable end to an interesting life.

This is yet another premature death of a famous musical artist.  Plane crashes, shootings, drug overdose, alcohol poisoning, suicide, car accidents...musicians and singers live a precarious existence it seems.