# Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 4, 2015, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stone-temple-pilots-singer-scott-weiland-has-died/739394 "2015-12-04T06:46:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stone-temple-pilots-singer-scott-weiland-has-died/739394/41 "2015-12-06T22:49:35Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Hmm, never thought about Weiland channeling Terry Kath but you may be on to something. I can totally picture STP covering [Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQkGQHnwVjE) You know, listening to that I think it’s echoes of _Make Me Smile_ that are rattling around in my head whenever I hear _Interstate Love Song_. Terry Kath, damn, what a loss! He and Weiland were both incredible talents lost way too soon. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stone-temple-pilots-singer-scott-weiland-has-died/739394/42 "2015-12-06T23:17:27Z")
> [@smokey78](#): > > I thought Layne Staley and Alicie in Chains were huge, but barely saw any coverage for his death. I think Layne’s death was a rather late postscript. AIC had been inactive almost entirely from 1997-2002, the time of his death. They didn’t do a full tour for their last album and it was becoming obvious Layne Staley was stopping them from being a full band. When he died, I was said, but it definitely felt like “I guess it finally happened.” ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stone-temple-pilots-singer-scott-weiland-has-died/739394/43 "2015-12-08T01:50:13Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > When Kurt Cobain died, a lot of people thought Scott Weiland would probably be next. > > He must have had the constitution of Keith Richards to have made it that far. Yeah, I was thinking about that aspect the other night while listening to Crackerman. It’s really quite amazing that he didn’t die 20 something years ago. It’s still tragic and pointless and stupid like any other drug abuser’s drug abusing death, but amazing how long he cheated death. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stone-temple-pilots-singer-scott-weiland-has-died/739394/44 "2015-12-08T02:04:48Z")
> [@smokey78](#): > > One of my fave songs is “Lady Picture Show” I didn’t know til recently it was about Weiland’s former girlfiend who was a rape survivor. > > I’m impressed EW and other venues covered his death. I thought Layne Staley and Alicie in Chains were huge, but barely saw any coverage for his death. Much of the coverage I saw WRT Layne Staley’s death had to do with the fact that he’d been very famous, and was estimated to have been dead for about 2 weeks before anyone noticed. ☹ Same thing with Kevin DuBrow a few years later, although in his case, his death probably happened about a week before someone decided to check on him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stone-temple-pilots-singer-scott-weiland-has-died/739394.md?page=2)