Arrested was the band’s bassist, Tommy Black, who was charged with felony drug possession.
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Late Thursday night, the singer’s band Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts was scheduled to perform, but after first responders were called to the scene, “Officers arrived and determined the adult male was deceased”, officials told ABC News at the time.
A small quantity of cocaine was present in the tour bus bedroom where Scott Weiland was found dead, Bloomington, Minnesota police reported Friday.
Weiland who died in his sleep of cardiac arrest was found unresponsive on his bus tour Thursday evening, during which time emergency dispatch failed to revive the unresponsive man.
Weiland, whose powerful vocals fuelled megaselling bands Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver all the while as he maintained a very public battle with drug addiction, was 48. Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington took over as lead singer for Stone Temple Pilots but announced he was leaving the group last month.
Weiland’s former bandmates Robert DeLeo, Dean DeLeo and Eric Kretz wrote on Facebook of their sorrow and sadness, saying “You were gifted beyond words, Scott”. “And I guess you can only hope that this example resonates with some people about the choices they make while they’re young and what the consequences are”.
Few rock stars have benefited from the gift of hindsight as much as Scott Weiland.
All of our love and respect.
Stone Temple Pilots’ sophomore album, Purple, shed some of the previous “grunge” baggage with which the band had been saddled and set about unashamedly establishing it as a terrific mainstream hard-rock act with radio-ready choruses to burn. The website showed the event was canceled but didn’t give a reason.
Weiland went on to front Velvet Revolver, the group that featured former members of Guns N’ Roses. He then embraced one of the great rock cliches – “Let’s get the old band back together again!” – and reunited with Stone Temple Pilots.
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Weiland is survived by his wife, Jamie Watchel and two children, which he had with his former wife Mary Forsberg. Throughout the years Weiland released various solo works.
