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Former Velvet Revolver drummer Matt Sorum spoke about the death of Scott Weiland in a new interview for journalist Matt Pinfield. Read what he said below: "Duff McKagan (bass) was the one who called me and told me about what had happened to Scott. It was shocking, but it was not unexpected ... At the same time, I thought Scott was still alive. I thought he was like Keith Richards, you know? He been through so many things, so many rehabilitation clinics and problems ... I remember when we were at Velvet Revolver, I thought, 'This guy is not going to go He'll only enjoy life and die after being old ... " He also talked about other drug-related deaths in rock and roll: "When you're young on rock n 'roll, the deal hits you right out of the box and every day you're involved in it and it's like,' I'm in a rock band, you fucking! ' we came from rock 'n' roll of the 70s and things like that were part of the "agreement." He felt he could only make a part of the pyres that John Bonham and Jimmy Page did on Led Zeppelin, just like Keith's "grandiose" Moon (The Who), destroying Rolls-Royces in pools and you know, throwing TVs out of the hotel windows and being self-destructive ... Obviously, we lost John Bonham and Keith Moon." "After a while, I realized that I had just lost two of my greatest heroes on the drums, what the fuck ... but I still did not care why? I thought they were those personalities bigger than life and I felt that Now, when I see older people still celebrating like that, I think, 'Dude, time to get out and stay clean. Now, it's a bad thing for you.'" See more Interviews

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