I remember talking to a friend who was backstage for their tour with Red Hot Chilli Peppers in 2000. He said Weiland had a guy he paid to follow him around 24/7 to make sure he stayed clean. It’s unfortunate that you can realize your addiction is that serious and yet can’t manage to stop it. I can’t even imagine how…

I’m sure every music publication has been sitting on a pre-written Scott Weiland obit for so long that they had to proofread it this morning to make sure the references were still current.

By the time the Wildabouts came around, Scott had given up. You can see it. I don’t think he necessarily wanted to overdose (which is where my money’s at for cause of death, for obvious reasons), but I think for the first time, he didn’t care if he did. Gotta be tougher than one can imagine to go from arenas and…

Very well written