Scott Weiland (1967–2015)
Autor de Not Dead & Not for Sale: A Memoir
Obras de Scott Weiland
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Otros nombres
- Kline, Scott Richard (born)
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1967-10-27
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2015-12-03
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- San Jose, California, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Bloomington, Minnesota, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Bainbridge Township, Ohio, USA
Huntington Beach, California, USA - Educación
- Edison High School, Huntington Beach, California, USA
Orange Coast College - Ocupaciones
- singer
songwriter - Organizaciones
- Stone Temple Pilots
Velvet Revolver
Miembros
Reseñas
También Puede Gustarte
Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 3
- También por
- 1
- Miembros
- 107
- Popularidad
- #180,615
- Valoración
- 3.3
- Reseñas
- 4
- ISBNs
- 9
This is quite a light book—I believe I went through it in about 90 minutes—and Weiland is not one to dwell on anything. No, instead, he'll lift a curtain here, peel back a cover there, and grant you a quick peek into some truly horrific events in his life, most of his own doing, some out of his control.
As an example, he quite calmly talks of an older boy who ultimately raped him, but doesn't detail the fallout, the dealing with it, whether he ever came across that boy in school again...nothing. A blunt statement of facts of the event, and moving on, people.
And very often, especially in the latter chapters, he also shows you the lyrics that ultimately came from all these events.
With the exception of the women in his life, and his children, Weiland tends to provide entertaining and well-written accounts, but everything seems to be held at arms' length. There's a dispassionate quality to it. The drugs, the booze, the fame, the money, falling off the wagon, going back into rehab again... I wondered, as I read all this, if this was his way of dealing with all the shit, just keeping it a safe distance away.
When it came to the women and children, Weiland's heart is on full display.
But the thing that struck me most was, though the book ended on a relatively high note toward the end of 2011, he'd already detailed one thing—his participation in Velvet Revolver more for the paycheque than anything—and the world knew that within four years of this book's publication, Scott Weiland, lyrical genius and stunning vocalist, would be dead.
So, that title? Ultimately, it's completely wrong. Too Much Trippin' and My Soul's Worn Thin would be my choice for a title.
It's a sad tale that I think, for the most part, I will try to forget as I go listen to my STP, solo albums, and Velvet Revolver stuff.
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