Culture 2 min read By Trevor Kendall
Scott Weiland Live Album Arrives With Unseen 'Vaseline' Footage
The first Scott Weiland live album is out on CD and digital formats, accompanied by newly surfaced video of the late singer performing Stone Temple Pilots' «Vaseline».
The first Scott Weiland live album has arrived. Titled «Scott Weiland: Live», the collection is now available on CD and digital formats, following a limited vinyl run earlier this year for Record Store Day. The release arrives alongside a video of the late singer performing Stone Temple Pilots' «Vaseline», built from never-before-seen footage.
The album marks the first full live document of Weiland's career to be issued officially, drawing on his years fronting Stone Temple Pilots as well as his later solo work. The vinyl edition, pressed for Record Store Day, gave collectors an early taste of the material months before the wider CD and digital release. The accompanying «Vaseline» video extends that rollout, offering fans a fresh look at Weiland on stage rather than a reissued studio recording.
Weiland died in December 2015 at age 48, and his estate has since overseen a gradual return of archival material. The live album fits that pattern, positioning him as a performer first and foremost. Stone Temple Pilots broke through in the early 1990s with «Core» and «Purple», and «Vaseline» — a staple of the band's live sets — remains one of the group's most recognizable songs. The newly surfaced footage captures the song in a concert setting, the format in which Weiland was most often celebrated.
The timing places the release within a busy stretch for music archival projects, as labels and estates continue to mine live recordings and unseen video for physical and digital editions. For Weiland's audience, the appeal is straightforward: a live album and a performance clip that had not circulated publicly before. The CD and digital versions are available now, with the Record Store Day vinyl having preceded them earlier in the year.
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