The band had started to quickly draw crowds in the San Diego area and began opening up for Soul Asylum, Henry Rollins Band, and Electric Love Hogs, whose guitarist Dave Kushner would later be a part of Velvet Revolver.Īs Mighty Joe Young’s popularity grew, they were spotted by Tom Carolan of Atlantic Records, at the Shamrock Bar in Los Angeles. Some of the first songs they had in Might Joe Young were eventually hits off the first album were: Plush, Creep, and Wicked Garden.
He eventually caved, and they called themselves Mighty Joe Young. Dean was hesitant at first because he had a thriving business and had given up trying to be a successful guitarist. Then, Robert approached his brother, Dean DeLeo, who played guitar. The new band included drummer Eric Kretz. After some time, Scott went looking for Robert, and asked him to join his band, but Robert only agreed if he got rid of the guitar player. Weiland and bassist Robert DeLeo first met when Robert jumped up on the stage to play with Weiland’s band, Swing. He studied John Lennon and David Bowie’s voices, and used them as a reference when singing. This is where Scott realized he could sing in different voices. Scott participated in all the high school sports, and sang in the church choir. I was also privileged to see Scott in STP three times and attend the first Velvet Revolver tour. Per Scott’s memoir, he was brought up listening to The Doors and Merle Haggard, the same as me. Scott was born in San Jose, California, in 1967, and spent most of his teen years in Huntington Beach. Scott was best known as the vocalist for Stone Temple Pilots (aka STP) and the super group, Velvet Revolver. “‘Cause I sure feel like I’m caught in the middle of it emotionally, and all I want to do is play music.December 3, 2020, was the fifth anniversary of the passing of Scott Weiland. “I apologize to those fans out there who are, feel like they’re caught in the middle of it,” he said at the time. The group eventually reached a settlement out of court. But not, of course, without Weiland storming off in dramatic fashion.Īfter ex-members of Stone Temple Pilots sued the two-time Grammy-winner in 2013 for playing their material during his solo shows (STP was later fronted by Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington), Weiland countersued, calling his ex-bandmates’ claims “ridiculous.” In 2008, Weiland reunited with STP for the last time before leaving the band again and embarking on a solo career. “I’m still on the verge all the time,” he said of his fight to remain sober. “My brother passed away, and that’s something that will always stay with me.” The band eventually split up, again because of Weiland’s substance abuse. Weiland later split from Stone Temple Pilots and formed supergroup Velvet Revolver with ex-Guns N’ Roses rockers Slash and Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum.
“OK, I struggled with heroin and cocaine and I was a big rock star. “People have this misconception about me,” he said in an interview with USA Today in 2011. In 2008, he checked into rehab after being arrested for a DUI and once, after a fight with his wife, leapt from a moving car to score heroin. Their music still plays in heavy rotation on alternative rock stations alongside ’90s grunge acts Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam.īut it was Weiland’s rock star ways that often got him in trouble offstage.Īfter spending five months in prison for possession of heroin in 1998, he was later charged with domestic abuse for assaulting his wife. Wielding a megaphone alongside his bandmates for sound effect, the fiery-haired frontman led the Southern California-based Stone Temple Pilots for two decades.Īlso known as “STP” by their fans, the quartet first broke out in 1992 with hit single “Creep” before going on to become one of the most popular rock bands of the 1990s and 2000s with power ballads like “Plush,” “Big Empty” and “Interstate Love Song.”
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