Scott Weiland was born on 7 October 1967, in San Jose California, USA. Scott is perhaps best known as a member of Stone Temple Pilots, the American rock band, which was very successful in the music industry since it has received many Grammy awards.
So just how rich is Scott Weiland? Currently, sources estimate that Scott Weiland has a net worth of $10 million, accumulated through his career in music, including as a songwriter.
Scott Weiland Net Worth $10 Million
Scott Weiland formed the band Mighty Joe Young in 1986, but after signing with Atlantic Records discovered that their name was already taken by a blues artist, so changed their name to Stone Temple Pilots. Weiland wrote the band’s lyrics and performed vocals. In 1992, they released their first album, Core spawning several single hits. In 1994 their second album Purple was released which was also successful and produced three hit singles whilst selling over six million copies. The critical response to Purple was more favorable because of a significant change is style.
In 1995, Weiland formed The Magnificent Bastards, an alternative band, but only two songs were recorded before Weiland rejoined Stone Temple Pilots, and their third album Tiny Music … Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop was released, which sold about two million albums. However the band was forced to cancel most of their 1996–1997 tour in support of this album, as Weiland succumbed to problems with drug addiction. The group eventually disbanded in 2003, and Scott Weiland became part of Velvet Revolver from 2003 to 2008. However, as a solo artist Scott has received even more revenues, included from his album 12 Bar Blues (1998), and has also collaborated with many other artists, always boosting his net worth.
Weiland received considerable revenue through his own record label Softdrive Records, founded in 2006. Two years later Scott signed a contract with Bug Music, which helped Weiland to develop his business including more creative projects. Scott Weiland is rather unique, and was acknowledged as one of The Top 100 Heavy Metal Vocalists, as announced by Hit Parader, an American music magazine. Recently his latest band The Wildabouts was working on a new album .
Scott Weiland co-wrote his autobiography entitled Not Dead & Not for Sale, with David Ritz. In 2009 Weiland’S net worth was enlarged even more when, along with a designer Christopher Wicks, Weiland established a clothing line named Weiland for English Laundry. Additionally, with his son Noah, Weiland appeared on The Showbiz Show with David Spade, a comedy-based television program hosted by famous comedian David Spade.
In his personal life, Scott Weiland was married to Janina Castaneda from 1994 to 2000. From 2000 to 2007 he was married to the model Mary Fosberg, and the couple welcomed two children. However, Scott had legal problems, some of them related to drugs to which he was addicted, although MTV channel announced that Scott has been clear from heroine since 2002. 2007 was a year of more unpleasant events: Scott`s brother died because he overdosed on drugs, and this led Scott into depression, including drinking.
