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Sucks man. I loved STP, liked Velvet Revolver, great talent once again taken from us by fucking drugs.
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I suppose it should feel like a shame, or a tragedy, or a waste of talent.
However, it doesn't really feel like any of those things to me.
I'd agree it was seemingly more surprising he lasted as long as he did (regardless of his death being the result of an overdose or longtime drug abuse or what) than that he died at 48.
It doesn't seem like a shame, though. Everyone has free will. And everyone is free to use it. Some people like being fucked up on drugs. And that's fine, but it doesn't make it a shame to me if they die from drug abuse, though. It doesn't really feel like a tragedy, either. And as for a waste of talent, well, I loved STP. At least the first 4 albums. After that, every time STP broke up and reformed, the results were less and less interesting for me. My feelings toward Velvet Revolver were mild at best, and Weiland's solo albums were pretty much a joke to me ears. Creatively, Weiland has been of no use to me for well over a decade.
The only shame and tragedy I can see is that for years I kept wanting to see STP live, had several chances to, and for various reasons kept blowing off the opportunities.
Beyond that, I really can't get too distraught over another meathead rock star dying young from drugs. It's beyond cliché.Scramby eggs and bacon.Comment
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This guy was not in a good way. This is pretty recent.Comment
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The host was stoked in the beginning, then became morose. Amazing how someone can suck the air out of the room through the phone.Comment
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Ed did it 30 + years ago in the interview that was released several years ago. Then he did it in another interview where he was asked about what the band had planned after the 1984 tour and he said something like you have to ask him while Dave was holding court and running an after show party.
So sucking the life out of a room ain't new. Ed and his retarded brother mastered the technique in the mid 80s. They cuntinued it during the Gary Fag Tour with their infamous Australian interview. In other words - Ed and Al may have been the guys that figured it out and employed it consciously.
Scott? He was, sadly, too fucked up. Dude just couldn't shake the horse. Some people just can't get past some things. I can relate. My demon, luckily, only shows up in the middle of the night and could care less if I'm buzzed or sober. But this guy's demon seemed to chase him around all day and all nite.American by birth. Southern by the grace of God.
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This isn't some kid dying it's not death by misadventure it's death by lifestyle.
He died doing what he liked to do which is getting fucked up. Where I'm from people smoke tobacco and drink a lot of booze and it's very common to die in your mid 50s just from that like Gary Moore. I'm all for it if that's what people wish to choose to do with their lives, clinging to a rock flying through space is stressful and there are a lot of people who lead dull pointless lives who die old.
Plus there are all the people that do nothing 'wrong' at all that we all know who suddenly die of some shitty random cancer in their 40s. Unless you knew him personally crying over this guy seems silly.Last edited by Seshmeister; 12-06-2015, 12:11 AM.Comment
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