Date 05/12/2015 - News People
Tributes continue to pour in for Scott Weiland after the former Stone Temple Pilots singer passed away at 48 Thursday night. Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan, Weiland's alternative rock peer since the early Nineties, wrote a touching tribute where he called Weiland one of the defining voices of his era. On the Smashing Pumpkins' official site, he wrote Layne Staley, Kurt Cobain, and Scott Weiland were the "great voices of our generation." In his eulogy, Corgan admits that he ? like many music critics at the time ? was initially very critical of the Stone Temple Pilots when the band first "appeared on the scene like some crazy, man-fueled rocket."
