Scott Weiland: Part 2

Published: Dec. 27, 2017, 4:15 a.m.

b'We all react differently when we hear that a celebrity has died\\u2026if it\\u2019s someone whose work has managed to touch us in a particular way, the loss can really hurt\\u2026\\n\\nOur idols aren\\u2019t supposed to be life-sized\\u2026they\\u2019re something bigger than that\\u2026maybe not immortal, but somehow not subject to the day-to-day things we have to deal with\\u2026.\\n\\nIt really, really bothered me when Joey Ramone died\\u2026it hurt when Kurt killed himself\\u2026and when Amy Winehouse OD-ed, it affected me even though I wasn\\u2019t what you\\u2019d call a big fan\\u2026\\n\\nA lot of people were similarly affected by the death of Scott Weiland\\u2026if you grew up in the 90s, his was one of the great voices of that era\\u2026.and even though you knew about all his problems\\u2014drugs, alcohol, mental health issues and all the rest of it\\u2014you didn\\u2019t want to believe that things might end up going very badly for him\\u2026but deep down\\u2026\\n\\nSo, what happened with him?...and I\\u2019m not just talking about his final days\\u2026I mean \\u201cwhat happened to him over the years that put him on this path towards dying in the back of a tour bus?\\u201d\\u2026.\\n\\nAs I said when we started this investigation, this is going to take a while\\u2026this is Scott Weiland, part 2\\u2026\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'