I don't know if this is the right place to put this. I apologize if it isn't.
I’m devastated.
I’ve been watching videos, listening to his music and crying my eyes out. I only find some comfort in the thought he is free now, free from his demons and pain. I felt the last years he wasn’t himself anymore. Every interview, performance and picture I saw of him in the last months I felt this gaping hole of darkness and sadness. It just broke my heart. And the way he behaved just didn’t seemed like him. You look into his eyes and there’s nobody there, like he was looking into the world from a deep dark well. You want to pull him out but you’re helpless as you don’t know him personally. I can only imagine what his friends and family went through.
I discovered Scott when I saw a video of Velvet Revolver somewhere in 2004 I think. I had just finished high school and was at home watching tv with my sister. A music video came on and my sister pointed out to me ‘Look it’s Slash.’ Knowing I like rock music.. But all I saw was the skinny guy in the silver pants, I was mesmerized. That’s when I found the gem that was Scott Weiland.
I was an instant fan and discovered STP soon after. I could not believe all those tracks were sung by the same guy. He could not only look but sound so different as well… His music helped me through a lot of tough times. His lyrics touched me on a deep level.
I’ve only seen him live once, with VR, it was surreal. Total awesomeness.
He
was is my inspiration, my spark. I’m a goldsmith, Jade carver & artist. When I had just started taking goldsmithing classes, while I could barely solder, I was already making jewelry inspired by Scott and the music he made. I have tons of memories of listening to his music and creating stuff. He made the magic happen in my head. Now I feel like someone tore a piece of my soul out.
These are just some of the more obvious things I made which were inspired by him..
-The guitar drawing is STP & Steely Dan.
-Tiny Music, the first clockwork pendant I ever made, it still runs.
-The quarter dollar fleurons..
-Scott’s bracelet he wore for quite some time.
-Rings based on one of his tattoos & various fleuron pendants. (I mostly ended up giving them away and sending them overseas, always regretting it..because I liked them so much.
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-The tinker skull pendant. I named each one I made after Breaking Bad characters but came up with the idea while listening to STP many years before. I wanted to create a piece that would scream rock-n-roll, something he might wear. I had hoped that someday I would be able to give one of these to Scott.. Already had made the templates for his.
-The Sinner’s Saint painting. This won me his solo album on this site. Was made inspired by a beautiful picture someone made of him while he was performing with VR in Amsterdam. I was planning on making two panels, one depicting him as a saint and on the other as a devil. It never happened.
-STP bracelet made of American quarter dollars. Was awesome to make.
My tribute to Scott is everything I made. That's no lie or me being emotional.
