Scott Weiland poses during the 10th annual "Classic Rock Roll of Honour" awards in Los Angeles, California, in this November 4, 2014 file picture. PHOTO: REUTERS
WASHINGTON: Scott Weiland, best known as the lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, has died at the age of 48.
His death was reported on the singer's Facebook page early Friday.
"At this time we ask that the privacy of Scott's family be respected," the post said.
The singer had been scheduled to perform in the US state of Minnesota with his new band, Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts, when he was found dead in the group's tour bus, ABC News reported.
Weiland formed Stone Temple Pilots with friends more than two decades ago.
Their first album "Core" came out in 1992.
Weiland suffered from substance abuse issues and left the band.
In 2003 he joined Velvet Revolver but quit in 2008 because of more personal issues, ABC said.
"I'm still on the verge all the time," he told USA Today in 2011 of his struggle with addiction. "I swore, of course, never to go back to heroin but I never thought that alcohol would be the real nightmare that it actually is. And it's legal."
Weiland had two children with his ex-wife Mary Forsberg.
He married photographer Jamie Wachtel Weiland in 2013, ABC said.
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