I must admit, I hate to wake up to this news.  Here’s hoping that SONGS FROM THE VATICAN GIFT SHOP was playing in the original–not its MUZAK version–as Scott rode the escalator to heaven.  Rest in Peace, crazy musician man.  Many, many of us loved you.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-me-scott-weiland-dies-20151203-story.html