вЂњI apologize to those fans out there who are, feel like theyвЂ™re caught in the middle of it,вЂќ he said at the time. TheВ group eventuallyВ reached a settlement out of court. But not, of course, without Weiland stormingВ offВ in dramatic fashion.ДЄfter ex-members ofВ Stone Temple Pilots sued the two-time Grammy-winnerВ in 2013 for playing their material during his solo shows (STP was later fronted by Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington), WeilandВ countersued, calling his ex-bandmatesвЂ™ claims вЂњridiculous.вЂќ In 2008, WeilandВ reunited with STP for the last timeВ before leaving the band again and embarking on a solo career. вЂњIвЂ™m still on the verge all the time,вЂќ he said of his fightВ to remainВ sober.В вЂњMy brother passed away, and thatвЂ™s something that will always stay with me.вЂќ The band eventually split up, again because of WeilandвЂ™s substance abuse. Weiland later split from Stone Temple Pilots and formed supergroup Velvet Revolver with ex-Guns NвЂ™ Roses rockers Slash and Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum. вЂњOK, I struggled with heroin and cocaine and I was a big rock star. вЂњPeople have this misconception about me,вЂќ heВ said in an interviewВ 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. WeilandвЂ™s debut album with The Wildabouts, Blaster, was released in March. Their music still plays in heavy rotation onВ alternative rock stations alongside вЂ™90s grunge acts Nirvana,В Soundgarden and Pearl Jam.Д«ut it was WeilandвЂ™s rock star ways that oftenВ got him in trouble offstage.ДЄfter spendingВ five months in prison for possession of heroin in 1998, he was later charged with domestic abuse for assaulting his wife. Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots performs in 2000 Rick Diamond/. Weiland was born Scott Richard Kline in San Jose, California, on October 27th, 1967.Wielding a megaphone alongside his bandmates for sound effect, the fiery-haired frontmanВ led the Southern California-based Stone Temple PilotsВ for two decades.ДЄlso known asВ вЂњSTPвЂќ by their fans, the quartet first broke outВ in 1992 with hit single вЂњCreepвЂќ before going on to become one of the most popular rockВ bands of the 1990s and 2000s with power ballads like вЂњPlush,вЂќ вЂњBig EmptyвЂќ and вЂњInterstate Love Song.вЂќ The Stone Temple Pilots eventually reunited in 2008 before breaking up again in 2013. Among that groupвЂ™s hits was Fall to Pieces. The band broke up in 2003 and Weiland went on to front Velvet Revolver, whose members included former Guns NвЂ™ Roses guitarist Slash. Together, the two albums sold 14 million copies in the United States. In September 1992, the band released its first studio album, вЂњCore,вЂќ which included the hits вЂњPlushвЂќ and вЂњCreep.вЂќ The bandвЂ™s second album, вЂњPurple,вЂќ released two years later, contained вЂњVasolineвЂќ and вЂњInterstate Love Song.вЂќ But STP, as the band was known, found its fan base with broody melodies and memorable riffs. The band was initially slammed by critics as sounding like a knockoff of popular grunge acts like Pearl Jam and Nirvana. He came to fame as the lead singer of the Grammy Award-winning Stone Temple Pilots. thoughts are w his family #RIPScottWeiland- Juliette Lewis December 4, 2015 He was a once of a kind epic force onstage. DQaGAsJMhy- The GRAMMYs December 4, 2015

Our thoughts are with his friends and family. Really sorry to hear about Scott Weiland.- Krist NovoseliД‡ December 4, 2015

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