He said that he had difficulty fitting in at his new high school, and that he started experimenting with drugs and alcohol after playing varsity football. The family moved back to California when Mr. Weiland disclosed that he had been sexually abused when he was 12 years old by a вЂњmuscularвЂќ high school senior. The family moved to Ohio, and in his 2011 memoir, вЂњNot Dead & Not for Sale,вЂќ Mr. His parents divorced when he was 2 years old, and his mother, Sharon, married David Weiland, who formally adopted him. Weiland was born Scott Richard Kline on Oct. In 2008, the band dismissed him, releasing a statement that said his вЂњincreasingly erratic onstage behavior and personal problemsвЂќ were partly to blame. WeilandвЂ™s time in Velvet Revolver also ended in chaos. 1 on the Billboard album chart and included two gold-selling singles, вЂњSlitherвЂќ and вЂњFall to Pieces.вЂќ вЂњSlitherвЂќ also received a Grammy for best hard rock performance in 2005.Д«ut Mr. The groupвЂ™s 2004 debut, вЂњContraband,вЂќ reached No.

WeilandвЂ™s greatest fame outside the Stone Temple Pilots was found with Velvet Revolver, a band consisting of three former members of Guns NвЂ™ Roses - Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum - and the guitarist Dave Kushner. Weiland, posting a brief message on its website that said he had been вЂњofficially terminated.вЂќД«ut Mr. Three years later, the group parted ways with Mr. The band released three more albums before going on hiatus in 2001 it reunited and released an album titled simply вЂњStone Temple PilotsвЂќ in 2010. Together, the two records sold 14 million copies in the United States, and вЂњPlushвЂќ earned a Grammy for best hard rock performance in 1994. In September of that year the group released its first studio album, вЂњCore,вЂќ which included the hits вЂњ PlushвЂќ and вЂњ Creep.вЂќ The second Stone Temple Pilots album, вЂњPurple,вЂќ which included the songs вЂњ VasolineвЂќ and вЂњ Interstate Love Song,вЂќ was released two years later. WeilandвЂ™s band to Atlantic Records in 1992. Danny Goldberg, former manager of another Seattle group, Nirvana, signed Mr. It was later credited with introducing to grunge the stadium-rock ambitions of вЂ™70s bands. The group was initially dismissed by critics as a knockoff of popular Seattle-based acts like Pearl Jam, but it found a large fan base with broody melodies and memorable riffs. Weiland the brothers Dean and Robert DeLeo, on guitar and bass and the drummer Eric Kretz. The Stone Temple Pilots were formed in California in the late 1980s by Mr. One of his signature moves was shouting lyrics through a megaphone held up to his microphone. But at the height of the Stone Temple PilotsвЂ™ fame in the 1990s, he was known for commanding large stages. Weiland released one album with the Wildabouts, вЂњBlaster,вЂќ this year, and the band was near the end of a fall tour of clubs and small theaters. The Wildabouts had been scheduled to perform on Thursday night in Medina, Minn., at the Medina Entertainment Center. The police said they found вЂњa small quantityвЂќ of cocaine during a search of the bandвЂ™s tour bus. The cause of death had not been determined as of late Friday. WeilandвЂ™s Facebook and Instagram pages said he died in his sleep while on a tour stop with his current band, Scott Weiland & the Wildabouts.

His manager, Tom Vitorino, confirmed the death. Scott Weiland, whose mercurial vocal style was a signature of the rock band he helped start, the Stone Temple Pilots, and later of the band Velvet Revolver, died on Thursday in Bloomington, Minn.

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