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Scott Weiland’s Ex-Wife Pens Book Exploiting Their Drug Use
[via Reuters]
Never really been a fan of Stone Temple Pilots, and I’ve always thought Scott Weiland and his highly publicized drug exploits and diva bullshit with Velvet Revolver were wildly off-putting. That being said, books about rock star drug abuse are generally a pretty interesting read. Others do it so you don’t have to.
Here we have Fall to Pieces, a drug expose penned by Scott’s soon to be ex-wife, Mary Weiland, a one-time model turned heroin addict and mother of two. Apparently there’s not much about Scott’s band stuff in the book, which is awesome. Don’t let that band stuff get in the way of an actual, good story. Though it’s being reported that he’s currently working on his own autobiography. I’m sure there’s a fair amount of financial ruin to this story, so you know, books!
From the Reuters article: “For all the death and devastation detailed in its pages, the book is surprisingly funny. Even in the depths of junkie despair, she could see the absurdity of taking a limo… ‘the douchemobile’… to one of the couple’s countless rehab stints.”
That there is just it. I’m glad she could see it, but I’ve always wondered if Weiland was at all aware of how bad of a cliché he’d become over the years. Because, at least to me, it never seemed as if he was very acquainted with that side of himself. He just kept on increasingly acting like some terrible, bootleg version of Sid Vicious.
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The reviewer is apparently a cold-hearted person who loves the sound of her own pen. Scott Weiland was not an addict for publicity purposes for heaven’s sake. The reviewer’s “just snap out of it already” attitude shows that she has no clue that Mary Weiland’s book is about undiagnosed mental illness overflowing into addiction. Mary has made it clear that she hopes young people wading into trouble might be helped by reading her story. The book is important in its own right as a reflection on the pre-internet world experienced by a generation of American women. Further, her chronicle of life with Scott Weiland, one of the greatest singer/songwriters of American rock music, is of obvious interest both as a piece of music history as well as to his fans. Scott Weiland went through a long period in which he tried again and again to extract himself from the grip of his addictions and thank G-d he finally succeeded. I am completely fed up with the snarky attitude of holier than though rock music critics who love to bash Scott Weiland. He is an incredibly hard working performer who has never stopped producing fresh, energized, and melodically beautiful rock songs that touch the heart and soul of the listener. It is pitiful that you are using a so-called review of his lifelong partner’s book to engage in a mindless harangue against Scott Weiland. You are embarrassing yourself writing such drek.
Ann, are you their publicist or something? I don’t believe I ever suggested that he was an addict for publicity purposes, but rather that his drug abuse was highly publicized. There’s a difference.
Also, why hyphen God?
Really. Who cares what she has to say. This book is a pathetic attempt to gain attention, which I am sure she misses. Take it for what it really is. It’s one side of story of former model whose time has since passed her by.
Jocelyn – I am certainly not a publicist. Please try to wipe away the cynicism and see this book for what it is – a human story about a problem that affects large numbers of people in our society – depression and self-treatment with recreational drugs and alcohol leading to addiction and ruined lives. Have you been to a US College campus lately? Mary has shared her private life and her personal pain to help other people and I applaud her effort.
What does visiting a college campus have to do with anything?
I don’t think I’m being all that cynical. While yes, Mary has a problem that affects large numbers of people and can share that with others who are similarly suffering, she also wrote a tell-all book that will move a lot of copies for the drug exploits and insider perspective on celebrity shenanigans. We are a society that loves to know all the gory details about famous people. People will pick it up and read it for the vicarious aspect of it, not just because they too are bipolar. That’s not cynicism, that’s reality. It’s just as easy to be addicted to dollar signs as it is to be addicted to drugs.
scott weiland was a total cliche…his band was copy cat watered down grunge band(they stole the riff of their breakthrough hit sex type thing from the danzig song “snakes of christ”…compare the two songs if you dont believe me!). His vocal style was a complete rip off of Layne Staylee, Eddie Vedder and Kurt Cobain. His drug use was a pathetic attempt to act like hes got some “street cred”…a johnny come lately to the heroin scene. Its like he read the rock star rule book 101. A really confused person now with emaciated bowie?iggy pop/perry ferrel wanna be personna. Not a big fan of Velvet Revolver but if you do the research Slash and Matt Sorum implied that he was a rip off artist in the studio.