Sugar Ray’s Mark McGrath says that Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland, who was laid to rest on Dec. 10, seemed to be only “a shell of himself” the last time he saw his friend.
McGrath spent time with Weiland three weeks ago at a mutual friend’s wedding, according to an interview clip obtained by TMZ. The audio is a preview of an upcoming episode of Theo Von and Matt Weiss’ Allegedly podcast.
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“We had a few drinks,” McGrath recalls. “He was just a little slow … almost psychological more than it even was like booze or something. It was strange. He just was kind of a shell of himself, like Mary said really well in her letter.”
“But still a nice guy,” he added. “He got up and performed, he did a couple STP songs and a cover song and knocked everybody’s socks off. The voice never left him.”
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The letter that McGrath refers to is an essay penned for Rolling Stone by Weiland’s ex-wife, Mary Forsberg Weiland, who wrote candidly about how the singer’s troubled life and “multiple illnesses” affected the family members he left behind after his death. “They lost their father years ago. What they truly lost on December 3rd was hope,” she said.
The full podcast episode featuring the interview with McGrath will be available for download on iTunes on Dec. 15. The short preview clip can be heard below.