Stone Temple Pilots were positively vilified once their 1992 debut, Core, started scaling the charts in 1993, pegged as fifth-rate Pearl Jam copyists. It is true that the worst moments of Core play like a parody of the Seattle scene -- titles like "Dead and Bloated" and "Crackerman" tell you that much, playing like really bad Alice in Chains parodies, and the entire record tends to sink into gormless post-grunge sludge. Furthermore, even if it rocks pretty hard, it's usually without much character, sounding like cut-rate grunge. To be fair, it's more that they share the same influences as their peers than being overt copycats, but it's still a little disheartening all the same. If that's all that Core was, it'd be as forgettable as Seven Mary Three, but there are the hits that propelled it up the charts, songs that have remarkably stood the test of time to be highlights of their era. "Sex Type Thing" may have a clumsy anti-rape lyric that comes across as misogynist, but it survives on its terrifically lunk-headed riff, while "Wicked Garden" is a surprisingly effective piece of revivalist acid rock. Then, there's the slow acoustic crawl of "Creep" that works as well as anything on AIC's Sap and, finally, "Plush," a majestic album rock revival more melodic and stylish than anything grunge produced outside of Nirvana itself. These four songs aren't enough to salvage a fairly pedestrian debut, but they do find STP to be nimble ock craftsmen when inspiration hits.
--- - |- When Axl and I went to see the reunited Stone Temple Pilots in New Jersey a couple of months ago, it was nothing short of very disappointing. A wasted Weiland stumbled around the stage all night, mumbled incoherent between-song banter, flubbed lyrics, and generally looked like a mess. The performance was completely lackluster, and Weiland [...] ~~- Stone Temple Pilots
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Well, it's been a bit since this transpired, but I figure I'll share anyway. May in Indianapolis can only really mean one thing. It's time for the Indy 500 again. Every year, the track hosts a concert for Carb Day. Usually, it's Kid Rock or some nu metal band that really doesn't do much for me. This year was different though. Stone Temple Pilots were headlining the concert, and I thought ...
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The reunited original members of Stone Temple Pilots -- frontman Scott Weiland, guitarist Dean DeLeo, bassist Robert DeLeo and drummer Eric Kretz -- played a 30-minute set yesterday, certifying their reunion and upcoming tour, at the former Los Angeles "mansion of legendary magician Harry Houdini.":http://www.prairieghosts.com/hollywood6.htmlWeiland, who last week pulled a Houdini act disappear...
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The Stone Temple Pilots debut album will never make any critics list of all time favorites, nor should it really. Scott Weiland takes turns imitating some of his favorite singers through most of the album - Eddie Vedder on 'Plush' for example. It's seemed more like an homage to what was popular at time as opposed to a record of any real consequence. And I love it. Almost every note of it. It di...
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Definitely my favorite STP song...
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In recent months, I have been trying to get more involved with guitar playing. It is a little difficult between work and studying, because it does require a lot of focus. It is also difficult if you have little or no desire to play because there is no motivation. Now that I am part of a community that is based upon music, not just likes and dislikes of artists/bands but also, musicians thems...
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"Think you're kinda neatThen she tells me I'm a creepFriends don't mean a thingGuess I'll leave it up to me"--??"Creep"?? by Stone Temple Pilots
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Awesome.It was awesome.Wasn't it awesome?I'm so sad it's over though.We still have the movies.Anyone else read it?I wish I could be in the movies.That would be astounding.JK Rowling is an absolute genius.
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--- - |- When Axl and I went to see the reunited Stone Temple Pilots in New Jersey a couple of months ago, it was nothing short of very disappointing. A wasted Weiland stumbled around the stage all night, mumbled incoherent between-song banter, flubbed lyrics, and generally looked like a mess. The performance was completely lackluster, and Weiland [...] ~~- Stone Temple Pilots
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| 1 Dead & Bloated |
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| 2 Sex Type Thing |
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| 3 Wicked Garden |
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| 4 No Memory |
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| 5 Sin |
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| 6 Naked Sunday |
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| 7 Creep |
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| 8 Piece of Pie |
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| 9 Plush |
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| 10 Wet My Bed |
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| 11 Crackerman |
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| 12 Where the River Goes |
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