Scott Weiland, the former lead singer for Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver has passed away at the age of 48 late on Thursday. Jane’s Addiction/former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist, Dave Navarro first tweeted the news of Weiland’s death at 9:01 PT Thursday night, though he since has deleted the tweet.
For fellow Sammy Hagar fans, you may want to tune into Thursday night football tonight. Hagar and his guitarist will be playing the halftime show this evening.
We’ve hit an end of an era this week. David Letterman has now done his last Late Night show, retiring from late night television. Check out the video after the jump for a great montage of Letterman over the years with the Foo Fighters performing “Everlong” in the background.
Starting a metal band? Don’t have a metal sounding name? Look no further than the Heavy Metal Band Name Generator.
So Van Halen’s about to about to begin touring promoting the Tokyo Dome live album released Tuesday. It didn’t take long for a mishap to happen though.