COREY TAYLOR Pays Tribute To SCOTT WEILAND With ‘Sex Type Thing’ Performance (Video) Chris Cornell pays tribute with “Say Hello To Heaven”
SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR singer Corey Taylor joined ROYAL MACHINES on stage last night (Monday, December 7) at The Roxy in West Hollywood, California to perform the STONE TEMPLE PILOTS classic “Sex Type Thing” as a tribute to late STP frontman Scott Weiland. Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance — which also included a rendition of THE CULT‘s “Love Removal Machine” — can be seen below.
ROYAL MACHINES is the “all-star covers fun-times band” featuring former CAMP FREDDY members Dave Navarro (JANE’S ADDICTION, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS), Billy Morrison (ex-THE CULT bassist, current CIRCUS DIABLO vocalist), Donovan Leitch (son of legendary folk singer Donovan), and Chris Chaney (JANE’S ADDICTION, ALANIS MORRISETTE), alongside frequent CAMP FREDDY collaborator, singer Mark McGrath (SUGAR RAY), and acclaimed drummer Josh Freese (THE VANDALS, DEVO, A PERFECT CIRCLE).
Taylor famously slammed Weiland as a “lazy piece of shit” following the former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS and VELVET REVOLVER frontman’s decision to record and release “The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year”, an album of holiday standards.
During the spoken-word segment at Corey‘s November 28, 2011 “An Evening With Corey Taylor” solo appearance at Radio Radio in Indianapolis, Indiana, the SLIPKNOT frontman said (see video below): “Does anyone know who Scott Weiland is? Do you know that Scott Weiland has a Christmas album now? [Laughs] Oh, it’s bad. It’s bad. Let me fucking explain to you how bad it is. There is a video online of him singing, and he’s very serious. ‘Cause Christmas is serious. His hair is all slicked back and he’s in his shitty tuxedo. He goes [imitates Weiland‘s singing]. So I’m watching this painfully watching this, because hey, know your enemy and I’m just like, ‘Why?’ It’s not that he’s a bad singer, ’cause he’s not. I love STP, I love some of the shit that he did with VELVET REVOLVER. It’s not that he’s a bad fucking singer. He’s a lazy piece of shit, is what he is at this point. ‘I’m gonna get up here’ [imitates Weiland singing and makes snoring sound].”
Weiland was found dead on his tour bus last Thursday (December 3) at the age of 48. The suspected cause of death is cardiac arrest, although an official report has yet to be released.
A small amount of cocaine was found on the bus and Tommy Black, bassist for Scott‘s band THE WILDABOUTS, was arrested for possession.
Both of Scott‘s former bands, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS and VELVET REVOLVER, issued statements on his passing, while musicians and fans around the world have also posted tributes.
Corey Taylor talking about Scott Weiland back in 2011:
Chris Cornell is one of the few frontmen of the 90s alt-rock scene still standing. Over the years, the Soundgarden singer has seen far too many of his brothers in arms pass away prematurely. With Temple of the Dog, Cornell penned “Say Hello 2 Heaven” in tribute to Mother Love Bone frontman Andrew Wood, who died of a heroin overdose in 1990. Twenty five years later, he was performing the song again, this time in tribute to Stone Temple Pilots’ Scott Weiland. Cornell’s homage took place in Melbourne, Australia the night after Weiland’s passing, and you can hear an audio recording below.
In related news, Weiland’s ex-wife, Mary Forsberg, has published an obituary in Rolling Stone. Written with the help of her two children with Weiland, it’s a sad, tragic read that asks fans not to “glorify this tragedy,” noting the longterm effect the years of his addiction have had on his family.
“December 3rd, 2015 is not the day Scott Weiland died,” she writes. “It is the official day the public will use to mourn him, and it was the last day he could be propped up in front of a microphone for the financial benefit or enjoyment of others. The outpouring of condolences and prayers offered to our children, Noah and Lucy, has been overwhelming, appreciated and even comforting. But the truth is, like so many other kids, they lost their father years ago. What they truly lost on December 3rd was hope.”
Read the obituary in full here.
Pennsylvania rockers HALESTORM paid tribute to late STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland this past Saturday night (December 5) by performing a cover version of the STP classic “Interstate Love Song” at Powerstation in Auckland, New Zealand. Fan-filmed video footage of their rendition can be seen below.
Weiland was found dead on his band’s tour bus Thursday night (December 3). The singer, who was 48 years old at the time of his death, was on tour with THE WILDABOUTS in Minnesota when he was found unresponsive shortly before 9:00 p.m. They had been scheduled to perform Thursday night at the Medina Entertainment Center in Medina, Minnesota. However, that concert was canceled more than a week earlier because of slow ticket sales, according to StarTribune.com. The group was set to perform in Rochester on Friday (December 4) at the Wicked Moose.
A cause of death has yet to be determined for Weiland, but the singer’s long history of substance and alcohol abuse has been well documented over the years. His manager issued a statement saying, “Scott Weiland, best known as the lead singer for STONE TEMPLE PILOTS and VELVET REVOLVER, passed away in his sleep while on a tour stop in Bloomington, Minnesota, with his band THE WILDABOUTS. At this time we ask that the privacy of Scott‘s family be respected.”
Weiland‘s passing is the second death for THE WILDABOUTS. Back in March, THE WILDABOUTS guitarist Jeremy Brown died as a result of intoxication from multiple drugs. Brown‘s death was ruled accidental.
HALESTORM‘s third studio album, “Into The Wild Life”, was released in April.
