--- title: Stone Temple Pilots Share Track to Honor Scott Weiland description: After singer Scott Weiland died earlier this month, his former Stone Temple Pilots bandmates penned a letter thanking him canonical: https://time.com/4158233/stone-temple-pilots-atlanta-scott-weiland/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-22T02:52:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:56:44.386Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Stone Temple Pilots Share Master Track to Honor Scott Weiland og:description: “It really is remarkable, what he came up with” og:url: https://time.com/4158233/stone-temple-pilots-atlanta-scott-weiland/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stone Temple Pilots Share Master Track to Honor Scott Weiland twitter:description: “It really is remarkable, what he came up with” twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Stone Temple Pilots Share 'Atlanta' Master Track to Honor Scott Weiland > Sponsored content. 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Scott Weiland, former lead singer of the rock bands Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, has died at the age of 48._ by [Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly Dec 22, 2015 2:52 AM UTC by [Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly Dec 22, 2015 2:52 AM UTC After singer Scott Weiland [died earlier this month](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/04/scott-weiland-dead-former-stone-temple-pilots-singer-dies), his former Stone Temple Pilots bandmates [penned a letter](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/04/stone-temple-pilots-remember-scott-weiland-statement) thanking him, writing, “The memories are many, and they run deep for us.” Now, Robert and Dean DeLeo and Eric Kretz have released the master track for a song they recorded together. “Recently the three of us sat down together to share our memories of Scott and take a moment to reflect on the amazing times we shared,” the band said in a statement. “We put the master up of a song called “Atlanta” from the _No. 4_ record that we feel really highlights the true brilliance of Scott. We would like to share it with you.” STP also shared a video of the three musicians toying with the mixing board to isolate Weiland’s vocals. Around the 3:44 mark, the trio drop out everything but Weiland and an acoustic guitar, and the result is moving. “It really is remarkable, what he came up with,” Dean DeLeo says. The statement continues: “Having the opportunity to listen to these tracks individually reveal the beauty of Scott’s lyrical and melodic gift. This is one of the many musical moments we shared together. It is in this way we would like to remember Scott.” [_This post originally appeared on Entertainment Weekly_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/21/scott-weiland-stone-temple-pilots-atlanta) ## Transcript [00:00] Scott Weiland, former lead singer of rock band Stone [00:02] Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, died when on tour with [00:06] his current band Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts. He was [00:09] 48 years old. According to a post on his Facebook page, [00:12] Weiland passed away in his sleep while on a tour stop in [00:15] Bloomington, Minnesota. while the specific cause of [00:18] Weiland's death is unknown, there has been speculation [00:21] his history of substance abuse could be to blame. The [00:24] California native had played in bands since high school, [00:27] except for his time in jail for drug possession. He also had [00:30] two Two DUIs, Weiland 's most memorable group was [00:33] likely the 90s alternative rock band Stone Temple Pilots, [00:36] which sold 13. 5 million albums in the US. 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