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Scott Weiland & the Wildabouts
12+ albums
rockalternative
about
In 2012, former Stone Temple Pilots lead singer Scott Weiland formed a new backing band named the Wildabouts, with Tommy Black (bass guitar), Jeremy Brown (guitar), Doug Green (guitar/keynoard), and Danny Thompson (drums). Together, they only released one album, "Blaster", which was released on March 31, 2015. Brown had died one day before the album's release. On December 3, 2015, while on tour supporting the album, Weiland was found dead from an overdose inside the band's tour bus. He was 48 years old. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
why this is interesting
This album warrants consideration as a final artistic statement from a distinctive voice in rock history. Released amid tragedy, *Blaster* captures Weiland exploring post-grunge territory with fresh collaborators, revealing how his vocal phrasing and melodic instincts remained vital even as musical landscapes shifted. The record documents a restless creative mind still searching for relevance and connection, free from the institutional weight of his earlier legacy. Its modest place in his discography gains poignancy through historical circumstance, but the music itself—raw, urgent, unpolished—deserves engagement on its own terms as evidence of an artist's continued ambition and vulnerability.
