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Author Kent Hartman On His New ‘Goodnight, L.A.’ Book, Surviving The Music Industry, And Podcasts’ Greatness

Author Kent Hartman On His New ‘Goodnight, L.A.’ Book, Surviving The Music Industry, And Podcasts’ Greatness

Winner of the 2013 Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction, Kent Hartman is a best-selling author widely-known for his book The Wrecking Crew for St. Martin’s Press. Aside from his writing, Hartman is a veteran entrepreneur within the music industry and his clients have included Elvis Presley Enterprises, Hall & Oates, Pat Benatar, Three […]

6y ago

Is Creed’s Scott Stapp Joining Stone Temple Pilots As The New Lead Singer?

Is Creed’s Scott Stapp Joining Stone Temple Pilots As The New Lead Singer?

Scott Stapp essentially confirmed that he will be the new lead singer for Stone Temple Pilots. In an interview with an Atlanta radio DJ to promote his current solo tour — the Proof of Life Tour — the man known most for being the lead singer of Creed implied as heavily as one could that […]

8y ago

AC/DC Gaining Axl Rose Creates ‘Golden Ticket,’ Says Alice Cooper

AC/DC Gaining Axl Rose Creates ‘Golden Ticket,’ Says Alice Cooper

AC/DC gaining Axl Rose creates “the golden ticket for ticket-holders,” according to rock legend Alice Cooper of the Hollywood Vampires. He was commenting on the news that Axl Rose will be replacing AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson on the next leg of the band’s world tour. Word of AC/DC gaining Axl Rose, likely broached by Hollywood […]

8y ago

Stone Temple Pilots Pay Respect To Scott Weiland As They Search For New Lead Singer

Stone Temple Pilots Pay Respect To Scott Weiland As They Search For New Lead Singer

Stone Temple Pilots will go on, despite the death of the band’s founding frontman and the departure of his replacement. Dean DeLeo, Robert DeLeo, and Eric Kretz, the surviving members of the ’90s alternative band, have announced a worldwide search for a new lead singer following the exit of Chester Bennington last fall and the […]

8y ago

Weiland Cause Of Death: Accidental Overdose

Weiland Cause Of Death: Accidental Overdose

CNN Entertainment is reporting that the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office in Minnesota announced yesterday the cause of the death of Scott Weiland, best known as lead singer of The Stone Temple Pilots and most recently the lead singer and founder of the band The Wildabouts, was an accidental overdose. He was 48-years-old. Toxicology results […]

8y ago

Scott Weiland’s Family Says He Died Before December 3

Scott Weiland’s Family Says He Died Before December 3

Scott Weiland was pronounced dead on December 3, after being found unconscious in a bedroom on his tour bus. Friends and fans are grieving his tragic death and there is Twitter memorial for the late star. Billboard reports that they obtained a copy of the search warrant Bloomington, Minnesota, police obtained to search Scott Weiland’s […]

8y ago

Scott Weiland’s Family Pleads: ‘Don’t Glorify This Tragedy’

Scott Weiland’s Family Pleads: ‘Don’t Glorify This Tragedy’

Scott Weiland, former Stone Temple Pilots frontman, has been almost as missed by his fans as by his family since his passing on December 3, but perhaps no one has expressed their grief as poignantly as the mother of Weiland’s teenage children. In an open letter, Mary Forsberg Weiland speaks out for herself and for […]

8y ago

Scott Weiland Dies At 48, Bandmate Arrested For Cocaine Found On Tour Bus

Scott Weiland Dies At 48, Bandmate Arrested For Cocaine Found On Tour Bus

The music world was rocked by the news that former Stone Temple Pilots front-man, Scott Weiland, was found dead on December 3, in Bloomington, Minnesota. His body was found late Thursday night on the tour bus of Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts, his current band. The legendary musician, who skyrocketed to fame in the 90’s […]

8y ago

Stone Temple Pilots Bid Farewell To Scott Weiland: ‘Part Of Your Gift Was Your Curse’

Stone Temple Pilots Bid Farewell To Scott Weiland: ‘Part Of Your Gift Was Your Curse’

Amid the tide of farewell tributes by fans and contemporaries of former Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland, the singer’s former band mates came together to craft their own heartfelt goodbye to their fallen friend. As reported by Inquisitr, the 48-year-old, platinum-selling artist was found unresponsive on his tour bus in Bloomington, Minnesota, on Thursday […]

8y ago

Scott Weiland’s Wife Denied He Was Using Drugs Again, Death Not Drug Related

Scott Weiland’s Wife Denied He Was Using Drugs Again, Death Not Drug Related

Scott Weiland, 48, and lead singer of the band Stone Temple Pilots, died last night of unknown cause, but sources are saying that it was cardiac arrest. The big question seems to be if Weiland’s death was drug related, as he has had addiction problems in the past, but his wife Jamie is adamant that […]

8y ago

Stone Temple Pilots Singer Scott Weiland Dies At 48: Fellow Musicians Express Condolences

Stone Temple Pilots Singer Scott Weiland Dies At 48: Fellow Musicians Express Condolences

Scott Weiland, former frontman for the bands Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, has died at the age of 48. The singer reportedly died in his sleep on a tour bus in Bloomington, Minnesota. Scott and his band the Wildabouts were to perform in nearby Medina, at the Medina Ballroom, according to the Hollywood Reporter. […]

8y ago

Scott Weiland Of Stone Temple Pilots Found Dead On His Tour Bus Before Concert

Scott Weiland Of Stone Temple Pilots Found Dead On His Tour Bus Before Concert

Shocking news came out tonight that Scott Weiland of the hit groups Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver has been found dead. TMZ shared the news that Scott was found on his tour bus and had passed away at the age of 48. This story is still developing and a cause of death has not […]

8y ago

Scott Weiland Addresses Possible Return To Stone Temple Pilots As Fans Claim PledgeMusic ‘Ripoff’

Scott Weiland Addresses Possible Return To Stone Temple Pilots As Fans Claim PledgeMusic ‘Ripoff’

Former Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland has addressed the question of whether or not he could ever see himself returning to his former band, asserting that the future remains uncertain. Weiland made the comment while being interviewed on the syndicated radio talk show, Rover’s Morning Glory, according to Blabbermouth. When queried about his relationship […]

8y ago

Scott Weiland Botches ‘Vasoline,’ Fans Revolt [Video]

Scott Weiland Botches ‘Vasoline,’ Fans Revolt [Video]

During a recent performance, Scott Weiland botched “Vasoline” so badly he was nearly booed off the stage. Witnesses who attended the show at the Brewster Street Icehouse in Corpus Christi said the former Stone Temple Pilots frontman appeared to either terribly confused or drunk. Although Weiland performed the popular hit countless times, he fumbled over […]

9y ago

Scott Weiland Sings ‘Vasoline’ Poorly, Slammed By Fans

Scott Weiland Sings ‘Vasoline’ Poorly, Slammed By Fans

Rock singer Scott Weiland made headlines this week with a performance of the hit song, “Vasoline.” Unfortunately, reports about the performance seem to focus more on how bad it was for the former Stone Temple Pilots lead vocalist. Video footage of Weiland singing and performing on stage along with his new band, The Wildabouts, in […]

9y ago

Jeremy Brown, Wildabouts Guitarist, Dies — Scott Weiland Mourns ‘Best Friend’

Jeremy Brown, Wildabouts Guitarist, Dies — Scott Weiland Mourns ‘Best Friend’

Only a day before Scott Weiland and his new band, the Wildabouts, were set to release their new album, its guitarist, Jeremy Brown, was found dead in his California home. Brown was 34. No cause of death has been determined, the Los Angeles Times reported. He died on March 30. Weiland expressed his grief on […]

9y ago

SXSW 2015 — Thousands To Descend On Austin, Texas, For Annual Music, Film, And Tech Fest

SXSW 2015 — Thousands To Descend On Austin, Texas, For Annual Music, Film, And Tech Fest

South By South West, better known by the acronym SXSW, the annual convention that brings together throngs of music lovers, film buffs, and the techno-set, hits Austin, Texas, this weekend, where tens of thousands of people will see the latest and greatest in interactive technology, live music, and movie screenings. SXSW, which began in 1987 […]

9y ago

Scott Weiland Impersonator Fools Everyone – Including The Police That Arrested Him

Scott Weiland Impersonator Fools Everyone – Including The Police That Arrested Him

A man impersonating former Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland has fooled police for over a month. Reports surfaced last month that Scott Weiland was arrested outside a Beverly Hills Rite Aid drug store on July 26 for stealing razors and having methamphetamine on his person, according to TMZ. The man who was arrested told […]

9y ago

Scott Weiland Sues Stone Temple Pilots For $7 Million

Scott Weiland Sues Stone Temple Pilots For $7 Million

Scott Weiland has filed his own lawsuit against the Stone Temple Pilots. The relationship between the singer and his former band continues to fall apart. Weeks after STP sued Scott Weiland for screwing up their 20th anniversary tour, the frontman has fired back with his very own lawsuit. Weiland’s countersuit states that members of the […]

11y ago

Stone Temple Pilots Sue Scott Weiland For Ruining Tour

Stone Temple Pilots Sue Scott Weiland For Ruining Tour

Members of the legendary rock band Stone Temple Pilots have sued former frontman Scott Weiland for ruining their tour. The relationship between the singer and his band mates has been on the downswing for quite some time. After getting fired from the group earlier this year, Weiland is now on the receiving end of a […]

11y ago

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