After performing under the name Mighty Joe Young, the group changed their name to Stone Temple Pilots before the release of their 1992 debut, Core. He formed his first band at age 16 and, in the late Eighties, STP’s lineup came together with Dean DeLeo on guitar, his brother Robert on bass and drummer Eric Kretz. He moved with his family to Ohio for a number of years and returned to California with his family when he was 14. His stepfather, Dave Weiland, adopted him at age five. His mother, Sharon Williams, and father, Kent Kline, divorced two years later. Weiland was born Scott Richard Kline on October 27th, 1967 in San Jose, California. We all travelled around this world together on tour our band, wives, and kids … and we grew to a big family that still remains to this day. It’s just so sad and brutal from any perspective.” His artistry will live on, of that, there is no doubt. Deepest condolences and sadness are for his children, Noah and Lucy. “We are deeply saddened to learn of the loss of our old friend and bandmate, Scott Weiland,” Velvet Revolver posted on member Duff McKagan’s Facebook. “We experienced a good chunk of life with Scott, and even in his darkest times, we all had hope and love for him. “So gutted, I am thinking of his family tonight.” “Just learned our friend Scott Weiland has died,” he wrote. Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro announced the news of Weiland’s passing in a since-deleted tweet shortly after midnight EST.

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