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| Birth Name(s) : Scott Weiland |
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Full Scott Weiland Biography
Weiland was born as Scott Richard Kline in Santa Cruz, California, USA, North America. Weiland moved to Chagrin Falls, Ohio at the age of five where he attended the Kenston School District. Weiland dropped out of school during his freshman year of high school and moved back to California.
In 1994, Weiland and STP released their second record, Purple, which saw the development of a more distinctive identity for the band. While still a clear continuation of their previous techniques, the album featured a more 'classic rock' sound, and had a mixture of punk, bossa nova, and acoustic songs. The year prior, STP toured with the Butthole Surfers, and Weiland developed a heroin addiction, claiming Butthole Surfers singer Gibby Haynes introduced him to heroin.
In 1995, Weiland was caught and convicted of buying crack cocaine. He was sentenced to one year's probation. Issues with drug use did not clear up after his sentence. Weiland claimed that he moved into a hotel with Courtney Love where the two for a month, "shot drugs the whole time". STP canceled most of their 1996-1997 tour in support of their third release, Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop causing the album to fall flat quickly on the charts.
With Weiland's status in the band uncertain and unpredictable, STP went on hiatus. The other members of the band created the group Talk Show with lead singer Dave Coutts. Weiland, meanwhile, adopted an androgynous look and released a solo album in 1998 called 12 Bar Blues. Weiland wrote most of the songs on the album, and collaborated with several artists, notably Daniel Lanois, Sheryl Crow and Jeff Nolan. The album was a commercial failure but it managed to achieve some acclaim . It was also during this time that Weiland was caught in Manhattan buying heroin, ending his brief tour. A previous conviction in Los Angeles, coupled with numerous probation violations, earned Weiland jail time. The constant relapses were too much for his marriage, and Castaneda filed for divorce.
His period in jail had apparently helped to wean him from his habit, and once released, he rejoined Stone Temple Pilots. Soon after, he married Mary Forsberg, with whom he has two children, Noah and Lucy.
In 1999, the band released No. 4. The album contained the hit single "Sour Girl" which featured a strange, surreal music video with Sarah Michelle Gellar.
In November 2001, Weiland was invited to perform on the show VH1 Storytellers with the surviving members of The Doors. Weiland did vocals on two Doors songs, "Break on Through (To the Other Side)" and "Five To One." That same month Stone Temple Pilots appeared on The Doors tribute CD, Stoned Immaculate with their own rendition of "Break On Through" as the lead track.
After the breakup of STP, Weiland was arrested on his birthday on October 27, 2003 in Hollywood, California after a traffic collision. He was charged with driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol. His charges were eventually dismissed after he successfully completed rehab and subsequent drug tests.
Velvet Revolver's debut album Contraband was released in June 2004 to much success. It debuted at Number One on the Billboard 200 and has sold over three million copies world-wide to date. Two of the album's songs, "Slither" and "Fall to Pieces", reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song "Slither" also won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal in 2005.
The band released their second album, Libertad, on July 3, 2007. The album sold a little under 100,000 copies during its first week and has sold over 230,000 copies as of September 2007, which fell short of expectations in failing to even meet the first week sales of Contraband.
In December 2007 Scott Weiland was arrested and charged with DUI, his first arrest in over four years (since October 27, 2003)
Stone Temple Pilots Discography
- 1992 Core 8X Platinum
- 1994 Purple 6X Platinum
- 1996 Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop 2X Platinum
- 1999 No. 4 Platinum
- 2001 Shangri-La Dee Da Gold
- 2003 Thank You
Soundtrack
- 1998 Great Expectations - track # 9 "Lady, Your Roof Brings Me Down"
- 2001 Not Anothher Teen Movie - "But Not Tonight".
- 2007 Bug - original motion picture soundtrack - track # 1 "Beautiful Day" ("Learning To Drive")
Studio albums: Core | Purple | Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop | No. 4 | Shangri-La Dee Da |
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