Suicide Messiah

Album: Mafia (2005)
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Songfacts®:

  • Group leader Zakk Wylde, who wrote this song, has said that it is about Scott Weiland, who at the time was lead singer of Velvet Revolver. Wylde is a big fan of Weiland from his days in Stone Temple Pilots, but was dismayed to see him fall into the clutches of heroin addiction.

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  • Chris from Bradenton, FlI knew this song was about drugs, I could tell the first time I heard it. Acording to his interview in the February 2007 Guitar world, he himself has never used drugs, so i figured it was based around someone else
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