Scott Weiland

Our 1993 Stone Temple Pilots Cover Story: “Steal This Hook”

This piece was originally published in the September 1993 issue of SPIN. In light of the death of esteemed food critic and former SPIN contributor Jonathan…
Jonathan Gold / July 23, 2018

Stone Temple Pilots Announce First Show Since Chester Bennington’s Death

Stone Temple Pilots have announced their first show since the death of Linkin Park's Chester Bennington, who acted as a fill-in frontman after STP's lead…
Liz Cantrell / November 2, 2017

Stream Stone Temple Pilots’ New Super Deluxe Reissue of Core

The super-deluxe, quadruple-disc reissue of Stone Temple Pilots' breakthrough debut album, 1992's Core, is out today. The package not only includes extra demos and live recordings,…
Winston Cook-Wilson / September 29, 2017

Stone Temple Pilots – “Only Dying”

Stone Temple Pilots are gearing up for the release of the deluxe and super-deluxe 25th-anniversary reissues of their debut album Core next Friday (September 29).
Winston Cook-Wilson / September 21, 2017

Stone Temple Pilots – “Sex Type Thing” (Demo)

Yesterday the Stone Temple Pilots announced deluxe and super-deluxe reissues of their breakthrough debut album Core to mark its 25th anniversary. The second disc of the set, included…
Winston Cook-Wilson / July 27, 2017

Eric Church Honors David Bowie, Lemmy, Glenn Frey, and Scott Weiland at 2016 ACM Awards

The 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards took place last night, during which Nashville singer-songwriter Eric Church performed his Mr. Misunderstood single "Record Year." His set…
Rachel Brodsky / April 4, 2016

Stone Temple Pilots Reunite With Chester Bennington for One-Off Charity Show

On Saturday night, Stone Temple Pilots performed in California with Linkin Park's Chester Bennington briefly resuming his frontman duties for the band, their first full…
Brennan Carley / March 28, 2016

Stone Temple Pilots Are Keeping Their Name Because ‘If This Was Scott’s Band, It’d Have Been Run Into the Ground By 1998′

Stone Temple Pilots are going to continue playing music under their moniker with a new lead singer following the death of Scott Weiland, though the…
James Grebey / February 10, 2016

Stone Temple Pilots Will Officially Search for a New Singer

According to some sleuthing by the folks over at Alternative Nation, Stone Temple Pilots will soon announce the search for a new lead singer. Following the…
Brennan Carley / February 5, 2016

Police Called After Scott Weiland’s Ex-Wife, Son Try to Take His Guitar From Studio

Update: A studio manager at Weiland's Lavish Studios, Rocco Guarino, has issued a statement to Alternative Nation about the alleged altercation. Read that below: I…
Brennan Carley / February 1, 2016

Slash Honored Scott Weiland With a Cover of ‘Sucker Train Blues’

Enigmatic guitar god Slash — of the possibly reuniting Guns N' Roses — took a moment during his New Year's Eve show in Las Vegas…
James Grebey / January 4, 2016

In Memoriam: The Musicians We Lost in 2015

Over the last 12 months, we bid farewell to two R&B legends, a pioneering '60s pop singer, an alt-rock statesman, and the musician who invented…
SPIN Staff / December 28, 2015

Scott Weiland Remembered by Stone Temple Pilots Members and Third Wife Jamie Weiland

Stone Temple Pilots have done a lot to remember their fallen ex-lead singer, Scott Weiland, who died earlier this month of an overdose. Just this week,…
Rachel Brodsky / December 22, 2015

Watch Stone Temple Pilots’ Touching Scott Weiland Tribute Video

Stone Temple Pilots have shared a moving tribute to their late bandmate, Scott Weiland, who died earlier this month of a drug overdose near Minneapolis. The tribute,…
James Grebey / December 21, 2015

Scott Weiland’s Former Bassist Tommy Black Will Not Face Drug Charges Following Arrest

Tommy Black, the bassist for Scott Weiland's touring band the Wildabouts, was arrested in the hours following the former Stone Temple Pilots' frontman's death after…
Colin Joyce / December 20, 2015
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