Really hope it's "only" weed, but sounds more serious than that. Hope Noah gets his stuff together and gets help, if he's got some problems. Kid definitely has some swagger.
Although it is a little suspect (no pun), that the new singer should specifically do a cover of 'Black Dog', so in other words, they want someone whose more classic/cock rock type, big voice and the artistic influences probably shouldn't include cheesy ass rappers. So...don't be the Noah Weiland
type lol