Funky.Monkey Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) There has been some misreporting. The Wildabouts were not scheduled to perform that night at the Medina Entertainment Center. The show was cancelled nine days ago due to low ticket sales.http://www.startribune.com/rocker-scott-weiland-dies-in-bloomington-while-on-tour-statement-says/360537001/#1Another article:SCOTT WEILAND's Wife: He Was Not Doing Drugs Scott Weiland's wife has told TMZ.com that her husband was not doing drugs before he was found dead on his band's tour bus Thursday night (December 3). http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/scott-weilands-wife-he-was-not-doing-drugs/ Edited December 4, 2015 by Funky.Monkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teroz Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Really sad news. All the best to his family, and condolences. Way too young to go.STP have some great tunes. Gotta listen to them and a bit of VR to celebrate what he gave to the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Even if it wasnt drugs, it still kind of was you know? His body has been destroyed. This past year hes also looked dead on tour. Horrible, horrible news 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManetsBR Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Hey, guys, just wanted to share a cool story about Scott I read today on reddit:I've worked in Las Vegas casinos my entire adult life. I worked at The Palms during the Real World days and when it was considered "Celebrity Friendly" which really just meant they were allowed to go do whatever they wanted comfortably as paparazzi where not welcomed. Over the near 5 years I worked there I can honestly say I met over 2000 celebrities. The ones who you thought would be the coolest were the biggest douchbags and the ones who you thought would be the biggest douchbags were the coolest. The coolest person I've ever met and got to hang out with was without a doubt Kid Rock. I couldn't stand a single song of his and this being 2007ish it was way before it was widely known how nice he is so it came as a shock.Then there are those who break your heart. They say never meet your heroes. Meeting Scott Weiland did this to me from growing up a huge STP fan but in end showing me why he was a rock star and not I. There used (is) to be a band called Camp Freddy. It was pretty much a revolving door of musicians who would play each other's songs depending on who was available and they were playing at The Palms one night with Scott Weiland due to headline. My restaurants kitchen had a door that went straight onto to the stage of the club Rain where concerts were held before The Pearl concert venue was built and anytime there was a show we were allowed to just walk through and watch the shows from the stage which I was planning to do the second I was off. Halfway through my shift we got an order for Scott and it needed to be brought to his room which we accommodated to celebrities frequently. As luck would have it I randomly got grabbed and told to take his ribeye up to him. I went up to his room and knocked on the door and heard somebody yell "It's open". I figured I was going to open the door and 30 groupie whores would be inside all coked up, but nope. It was just Scott laying halfway on the bed with a near empty bottle of Jack in his hand watching the movie Last Days which is "loosely" based on Kurt Cobain's life. I'm really good at being a professional and not acting star struck. Celebrities, the cool ones, like being treated like normal people and they treat you much better when you do. As I'm unwrapping his food he starts talking to me and asking me about myself. He was shit faced, slurring and emotional. He began telling me about what bullshit that movie was and how Kurt wasn't like he was portrayed in it. He told me how there was originally a different video for the song Creep that was directed by the same director as the movie, Gus Van Sant, and that he made the band dress up like transsexuals and kiss each other and before I knew it I had been up there nearly an hour. His assistant came in and called me outside of the room and thanked me for hanging out with him, no thank you was necessary, but that Scott had recently quit heroin again and that's why he was acting that way. I went back down to work and couldn't believe that just happened but then remembered that he was supposed perform in less than 2 hours. In my mind there was absolutely no way this guy was going to be able to perform and he'd have to cancel further ruining his depleting reputation.So I finished up work and went onto the back stage. Over the course of an hour I watched Dave Navarro, Jerry Cantrell, Duff Mcaggen, the singer from The Cult, etc perform and in my head I thought I knew some thing nobody else did and that shortly it would be announced Scott Weiland was canceling. When all of a sudden Dead and Bloated starts playing and Scott comes out dancing, singing perfectly and absolutely killed his performance. That night I learned the difference between a rock star and the rest of us. RIP.Edit: Wow, thank you so much for the gold. It's the first time I've received it. It's much obliged.Edit #2: A person asked me what year this happened in so just to double check I looked up the date of the show. Coincidentally, strangely, or whatever you want to call it the concert, and thus my entire story, took place on December 4th, 2005. Meaning that it was exactly 10 years to the day from the day I met him until his death. Fucking weird. Here's a link to the original announcement for the concert: http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/scott-weiland-to-perform-with-camp-freddy-in-las-vegas/Source 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Sad day, was up last night when the news broke, and it bums me out to say I wasn't that shocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I really wonder if STP will carry on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Even if it wasnt drugs, it still kind of was you know? His body has been destroyed. This past year hes also looked dead on tour. Horrible, horrible newsI was just saying that to my friend earlier today. He died of cardiac arrest the same way Elvis did; sometimes your body just gives up after the abuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfierose Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Even if it wasnt drugs, it still kind of was you know? His body has been destroyed. This past year hes also looked dead on tour. Horrible, horrible newsI was just saying that to my friend earlier today. He died of cardiac arrest the same way Elvis did; sometimes your body just gives up after the abuse.I was thinking the same about Amy Winehouse earlier, although I think that was alcohol related in part. It's sad that so many gifted people are so troubled, although I suppose many average people are too it's just the contrast is so stark when a person has given a lot of their talent to the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Even if it wasnt drugs, it still kind of was you know? His body has been destroyed. This past year hes also looked dead on tour. Horrible, horrible news I was just saying that to my friend earlier today. He died of cardiac arrest the same way Elvis did; sometimes your body just gives up after the abuse.Happens a lot to people that get clean. He's certainly not the first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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star Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Seems he had too many issues. It's always sad when someone passes away.Fact is (seeing as this is a GN'R forum) I never thought much of V.R. and was the worst thing Slash got involved in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ88 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Awful news, but seriously, I was not shocked at all when I saw the headline.This guy had more than 9 lives in terms of his alcohol and drugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carne_asaDA Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 A very thoughtful tribute to Scott on the Smashing Pumpkins website from Billy Corgan.http://www.smashingpumpkinsnexus.com/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forsaken Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 First time getting around on here to comment about this, but to wake up this morning and see the news all over Facebook was shocking. So tragic. RIP. Man this is unbelievable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mansin Humanity Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Man. What a bummer. Rest in peace Scott. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaime patiño Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 R.I.P. Scott Weiland . Q.E.P.D.Contraband Album....Rocks!!!!!. good times too !!..tyvm Scott for your music!!! from Miami us - Cali, Colombia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Funky.Monkey Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) No manner of death has been released yet, but Bloomington police and the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office are investigating. Detectives said a small quantity of cocaine was found in the bus’ bedroom where Weiland was found.Bloomington police arrested Thomas Delton Black, 47, of Studio City, Calif., who was traveling with Weiland, for having an additional small amount of cocaine. Black is being held by Bloomington police pending charges for possessing the drug.http://www.startribune.com/rocker-scott-weiland-dies-in-bloomington-while-on-tour-statement-says/360537001/Thomas Delton Black is a band member... Edited December 4, 2015 by Funky.Monkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carne_asaDA Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 No manner of death has been released yet, but Bloomington police and the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office are investigating. Detectives said a small quantity of cocaine was found in the bus’ bedroom where Weiland was found.Bloomington police arrested Thomas Delton Black, 47, of Studio City, Calif., who was traveling with Weiland, for having an additional small amount of cocaine. Black is being held by Bloomington police pending charges for possessing the drug.http://www.startribune.com/rocker-scott-weiland-dies-in-bloomington-while-on-tour-statement-says/360537001/Thomas Delton Black is a band member...Jesus,....he hired band members who were enablers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixAreForKids Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Wildabouts guitarist died just 6 months ago too. Not good karma for this band.Everyone's luck eventually runs out. RIP Scott Weiland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Wildabouts guitarist died just 6 months ago too. Not good karma for this band.Everyone's luck eventually runs out. RIP Scott Weiland.I think, if Scott indeed fell off the bandwagon this year, that's what kickstarted it. You could tell he was really heartbroken over that in videos from earlier this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jekylhyde Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Still can't believe this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Route66 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 (edited) RIP Scott Weiland. Met you a few times and even shoulder barged me in 2004 to get back to your tourbus! yeh! allegedly back on cocaine.. but i hope not true.. your music will live on. Sad, sad day. Peace. Edited December 5, 2015 by Route66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stella Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Even if it wasnt drugs, it still kind of was you know? His body has been destroyed. This past year hes also looked dead on tour. Horrible, horrible newsI was just saying that to my friend earlier today. He died of cardiac arrest the same way Elvis did; sometimes your body just gives up after the abuse.I was thinking the same about Amy Winehouse earlier, although I think that was alcohol related in part. It's sad that so many gifted people are so troubled, although I suppose many average people are too it's just the contrast is so stark when a person has given a lot of their talent to the world.The same was true with Corey Haim -- it was originally thought that he was on drugs when he died. He wasn't. His heart and lungs were just too broken down from the years of using drugs. It's horrific what that poison can do to people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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