Um, none, actually. And none the week before. And none the month before that. And none the year before that. Why? Because I'm a responsible adult with a child, a family that cares about me and career that are worth more to me than the idea of getting fucked up all the time. I'm not saying I don't make decisions occasionally that are questionable my health (eating pizza, drinking too many beers), but to suggest I or anyone on this board is on par with Weiland? Come on. Don't be ridiculous.
He's 2 hours late for a photoshoot and asks for 4 liquor drinks? I realize he's the man and gets whatever he wants, but a photoshoot is part of the album promotion. Sounds like a job. I don't think most of us are drinking 4 shots on the job. Like I said, he can do what he wants and I don't control him... but it does make me sad to hear it, and it sounds like he had a problem.
+1
Sadly, I honestly fully expect this band to go nuclear again. I really think the whole thing is just a ticking time bomb.
I love Scott and his creative genius as much as the next. However, frankly man is like a blessing and a curse all rolled in to one. Too frequently the ones that are paying for his mistakes are the fans. Cancelled shows, awful performances (hello, Detroit and the last tour of VR), and the general air around the band where it just feels like something bad is going to happen. I find myself emotionally separating myself from Scott's music. I love it for what it is, but I completely feel like its too good to last (I hope I am wrong).
I disagree with some of the points above. I think some of Scott's best shows were sober shows (storytellers, HoB LA, some of the Contraband tour, and many, many more). I have been to a medley of both and typically its all to easy to figure out at which ones he was sober, and which ones he wasnt.
I dont think this is a man that can ever be clean unless he's got someone on him almost 24x7 to stay on the straight and narrow, and I just dont see him dedicated to that cause. Especially considering at times he is even bragging how he drinks a lot but doesnt need to shoot up. An addict is an addict. He has a disease and he is in full-out denial about it. I do hope for his personal relationships and for his kids that he can one day be clean, but I'm just not sure it'll ever happen anymore.
So my attitude is to enjoy the music we do get from the man, fully accepting that it may or may not last. Call me a pessimist or whatever. I do genuinely care about the man and his endeavors. I just have a growing feeling that one day in the too-near future we'll wake up and read a headline about how he OD'd. Then this sonically fruitful journey will all be over.
That said, I hope I am wrong.