Scott Weiland dead at 48

Very sad news indeed.  All the years of heavy abuse finally caught up to him.  He dodged the bullet many times in the past.

A real loss for music.

Such a waste. RIP

The disease of substance abuse is regrettably one of those great equalizers in life; it doesn't care who you are, what you are, or where you're from, whether you are rich or poor, or what is your skin color, how talented you are, how high your IQ is, or anything else.

 One of my pharmacy rotations was at a substance abuse rehab facility, and the sphere of destruction that surrounds these folks is heartbreaking.  It would be bad enough if they were only killing themselves, but it is also a slow death of sorts for spouses, parents, children, significant others, etc. 

Every practitioner involved in dispensing medication should have one of these rotations while in school.  I wish all these damn MDs who are prescribing opioids like candy could see the fruits of their handiwork...maybe they would think twice before handing them out as freely as some do.

 As I pointed out to a couple of the folks in rehab, "Do you notice you don't see any old patients in here?"

joerand posted:

The Stone Temple Pilots' music is a memorable part of my alternative/grunge radio listening from when I moved to Seattle over 20 years ago. Weiland struggled with addiction and was bipolar. I haven't followed his ventures beyond STP, but was saddened to see a gifted vocalist gone at such a young age.

I wasn't much of an STP or GnR fan, but I thought both of the Velvet Revolver albums were very well done. Weiland had a powerful voice for rock and rock ballads. Shame he died so young.

ATB.

Hook

Thanks for that Hook.

STP/GnR association? I had no idea.  Had to google to get it, having never been a fan of GnR. So now I'm sampling the Velvet Revolver and readily hear Slash's contributions on the guitfiddle. Good stuff, will keep an eye out for used VR CDs at HPB or other local record shop.

I was planning to start a thread but you've done it already, so yeah fond memories of the Stone Temple Pilots and the whole Seattle sound.  It was good to see Weiland performing with Stone Temple Pilots' years ago and then with Velvet Revolver when they last came to London.  Had a listen to Stone Temple Pilots' over the weekend, a reminder of those idle carefree summers.  I'd like to see Seattle one day, never been that far west. Perhaps even live in Seattle, it's like a spiritual home for our music. Or if not down in California.