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"El Rivinado" (joeman856)
12/04/2015 at 02:31 • Filed to: None

Scott Weiland just passed away.

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He was just one year older than my mom was when she passed. I’ll admit, I haven’t listened to much STP, but the stuff I did listen to I enjoyed.

The other thing I just realized is that, out of the five famous grunge bands from the early 90s, now only Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder are still left alive in terms of front men.

G'night Oppo. Sorry to leave you on this note.

DISCUSSION (10)

Sam > El Rivinado
12/04/2015 at 02:54

I don’t wanna sound super cold, but that’s what doing all the drugs gets you. Especially heroin. It fucks up your organs and stuff.

El Rivinado > Sam
12/04/2015 at 03:31

Well, yeah, I won’t deny that, but I think there’s still a sense of tragedy when someone with a lot of talent ends up succumbing to a pretty nasty vice.

Heroin’s killed some pretty notable singers of bands of the 90s, Bradley Nowell, Layne Staley, now this.

Of course, how talented you find him is YMMV, but there still is some sadness nonetheless.

McMike > El Rivinado
12/04/2015 at 05:17

That was a great record. RIP Scott.

spanfucker retire bitch > El Rivinado
12/04/2015 at 06:47

God dammit...

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > El Rivinado
12/04/2015 at 07:10

I’m not going to comment on this with rosy thoughts, I’ll let the revisionists do that. Scott Weiland was a wonderful artist who had a very brief peak thanks to his addiction to heroin. His strong influence on other bands of the time and his unique sound put him among the greats, but the truth in all this is he was lucky to make it to 48 considering the amount of drugs, and rehab from those relapses that his body endured over his short life. The tragedy is not his death, but the struggles he faced in life that no doubt contributed to the premature death. D.A.R.E. and other “Just Say No” programs from my youth had less influence on me never wanting to try drugs than stories of rock icons like Scott Weiland, Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley who had ferocious addictions to a drug that destroyed them. The sad part is that some of Scott’s (and STP’s) best work was during his deepest pit of addiction; something that probably contributed to his relapses when writer’s block set in on future collaborations. If his death could do one positive thing, it would be to put a bigger spotlight on the struggle that is heroin addiction and how dangerous it truly is.

Also, as for the famous frontmen of the early 90s grunge bands, the Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan is still around, although he was never a fan of the grunge label, at one point saying, “We’ve graduated now from [being called] ‘the next Jane’s Addiction’ to ‘the next Nirvana,’ now we’re ‘the next Pearl Jam.’”

random001 > El Rivinado
12/04/2015 at 08:49

This is still sad. I’ve really enjoyed his work throughout the years.

Jcarr > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
12/04/2015 at 09:04

Add Shannon Hoon to that list as well.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > Jcarr
12/04/2015 at 09:14

Bradley Knowell too. There were quite a few from that era.

Jcarr > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
12/04/2015 at 09:18

Shame that the most talented and artistic among us are often the most troubled.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > Jcarr
12/04/2015 at 09:29

I firmly believe that troubled minds and artistic genius go hand in hand. Our greatest artists in art, stage and music have all been among humankind’s most eccentric individuals. They see the world differently and communicate it back through performance. For more than a few their art is their escape, for others, especially in the grunge era, their art was a vessel to communicate their turmoil. Unfortunately that turmoil made some amazing music and cost more than a few lives.