Former Nocturnals guitarist Scott Tournet has penned an emotional tribute to late Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland, who was found dead on his tour bus. In the essay, published via Paste, Tournet details the life of a musician as it relates to struggles with addiction.

“Addiction is cruel. It doesn’t give a fuck about anything. It doesn’t care where you die, or how you die,” Tournet writes. “I know guys in their 40s who play on the weekends and “have a few beers” before every show. Sounds simple enough. When it gets complicated, however, is when you get successful. All the sudden you are playing five or six nights a week. You ‘have a few beers’ before you get on stage, one or two during, and then a few after the show. That’s between six and 10 drinks a day, five to six nights a week. That’s not a good place to find yourself on an off day as the bus cruises through the Midwest somewhere.”

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