Hole frontwoman Courtney Love recently opened up about her complicated friendship with late Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland. She revealed her feelings of betrayal over songs he wrote about her. Love shared these candid thoughts during an appearance on The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan.
Love discussed their friendship and explained why she felt hurt by Weiland’s musical portrayals of her.
“Scott Weiland, my friend, my drug buddy, my friend. Nothing romantic, just my buddy, right? Saved him from Cry Help once, probably to his detriment,” Love said. “But in any event, wrote two songs about me. One’s called Too Cool Queenie something else. And we’re buddies and they’re mean.”
The musician went on to express her confusion and disappointment about why Weiland chose to write negatively about their friendship.
“And I’m like, Scott, what the f*ck are you doing? Why you write me music? It’s like listen it’s lazy but you’re too good to not write songs about like why like the suicide blonde thing the movie star thing and like all the the fact that you’ve had [gasps] it was crazy like why have you written mean songs about me Scott and we were friends,” she continued.
Love’s comments shed light on the complex dynamics between two prominent figures in the grunge and alternative rock scenes of the 1990s.
Love’s reflections on her friendship with Weiland take on added poignancy given the tragic circumstances of his death. Ongoing questions surrounding it continue to emerge.
Wikipedia reported that Weiland died at age 48 on December 3, 2015, on his tour bus in Bloomington, Minnesota. His death was ruled an accidental drug overdose. The official cause of death was listed as an overdose of cocaine, alcohol, and MDA. This marked the end of a career that had been marked by ongoing struggles with substance abuse.
However, the circumstances of Weiland’s death remain disputed by those closest to him. WMMR noted that his widow Jamie Weiland has challenged the official overdose ruling. She claimed that the real cause was a blocked artery from years of drug use and smoking.
“The truth is Scott died because the main artery in his left ventricle was 95 percent blocked,” Jamie Weiland stated. “That came from 10 years of heroin use and chain-smoking, which caused his heart to stop.”
Addiction Center documented that Weiland’s battle with addiction was well-known throughout his career. It affected both his personal relationships and professional endeavors. His struggles with substance abuse had been a recurring theme that impacted his work with Stone Temple Pilots and other musical projects.
The friendship between Love and Weiland represents the complex web of relationships within the alternative rock community of the 1990s. Both were prominent figures who battled addiction in the public eye. Personal struggles often intersected with creative expression and public personas in this community.
