Scott Weiland

Weiland married three times; both his first marriage to Janina Castenada and the second marriage Mary Forsberg, a model, with whom he had two children, ended in divorce. His children, Noah and Lucy and his third wife, Jamie, a photographer survive Weiland who died at the age of 48.

He died due to drug overdose on December 3, 2015, in Bloomington, Minnesota, while on tour with 'Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts'.

Scott Weiland’s career and life were as triumphant as it was tumultuous. He had on stage presence that was dynamic to say the least and gifted with a unique voice that won him worldwide acclaim as also criticism for copying grunge stars, Pearl Jam and Nirvana.

Scott Weiland was born to Kent and Sharon Kline on October 27, 1967, in San Jose, California, where he spent the first five years of his life.

With the marriage of his parents failing, he was legally adopted by his stepfather David Weiland; Scott took his stepfather’s surname and moved to Bainbridge Township in Ohio to stay with him and his mother.

In Bainbridge Township, he attended Kenston High School, the local school. Even at a very young age, he showed considerable interest in singing; he was a member of the school choir and was an automatic choice for singing the solo at the Christmas concert.

At the age of 12 when in Ohio, he was raped and coerced into silence by a high school student; he only revealed this fact when in his mid-teens.

As a teenager, he moved back to Southern California where he initially attended the Edison High School located in Huntington Beach where he started his first band and became engrossed with playing in gigs and partying than in studies. He was sent to rehab after his mother and stepfather found drugs in his room.

Scott Weiland first met Robert DeLeo in 1986 at a ‘Black Flag’ performance in Long Beach, California. The pair, along with Corey Hicock and David Allin, both childhood friends of Weiland, teamed up to form ‘Stone Temple Pilots’, so named because they loved the initials, STP. Very soon, Hicock and Allin were replaced by DeLeo's brother Dean, and Eric Kretz.

Their first album, ‘Core’, was released in 1992; four tracks, “Wicked Garden”, “Sex Type Thing”, “Plush”, and “Creep” went on to become major hits.

Their second album, ‘Purple’ released in 1994, also proved to be very popular with the critics and public and sold over 6 million copies; three tracks, ‘Vasoline’, ‘Big Empty’, and ‘Interstate Love Song’ were big hits.

Despite initial success, Weiland left ‘Stone Temple Pilots’ to form ‘The Magnificent Bastards’, an alternative rock band in 1995. The group made only two recordings; ‘Mockingbird Girl’ featured in the film ‘Mockingbird Girl’ and the other one, a cover version of John Lennon's ‘How Do You Sleep?’ in ‘Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon’, a tribute album.

In late 1995, Weiland came back to ‘Stone Temple Pilots’, however, the group had to cancel most of their 1996-97 shows to focus on recording and releasing their third album, ‘Tiny Music...Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop’.

'Core’, his first album with that also contained ‘Plush’, won him the 1994 ‘Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal’.

His second album, ‘Purple’, was a big hit and sold six million copies.