Latest Release
- 27 MAR 2023
- 7 Songs
- No. 4 · 1999
- Jukebox: Hitovky z koncertů Rockové hymny · 2024
- No One Sleeping (Live) · 2023
- No One Sleeping (Live) · 2023
- No One Sleeping (Live) · 2023
- No One Sleeping (Live) · 2023
- No One Sleeping (Live) · 2023
- No One Sleeping (Live) · 2023
- No One Sleeping (Live) · 2023
- Perdida · 2020
Essential Albums
- When Stone Temple Pilots debuted with Core in 1992, the music press and burgeoning alt-rock scene didn’t quite know what to think of them. And so the band was hastily thrown under Seattle’s grunge umbrella, even though they hailed from sunny Southern California and sounded slinkier and sexier than anything else playing on alternative radio. Of course, frontman Scott Weiland was the main source of that sizzling-hot magnetism, his effortless swagger and jagged rasp lifting STP’s hard, heavy approach out of the sludge and straight into the Gen-X consciousness. He wasn’t afraid to be the mercurial rock star either, a point he’d prove immediately, hollering maniacally through a bullhorn on opener “Dead & Bloated”, before drummer Eric Kretz and bassist Robert DeLeo lock into a frantic rhythm and guitarist Dean DeLeo piles on the dense metallic crunch. But it’s the album’s biggest hits that would seal the band’s rock-god fate. “Sex Type Thing” thumps and thrashes as Weiland mocks machismo, his sinister sneer so convincing critics thought he was singing in first person. Meanwhile, “Wicked Garden” ruminates on lost innocence over a relentlessly brutal chug of guitars, “Creep” slows things down with its introspective angst and “Plush” tells the haunting story of a woman found dead via one of the decade’s catchiest riffs. The deeper cuts let their wilder ideas loose, like the wicked-fast, warped funk of “Naked Sunday” and the blistering guitar solo on “Piece of Pie”, in which Weiland pulls out his freakiest Jim Morrison. With Core, STP didn’t bow down to grunge—they demolished it, then redefined it.
Albums
- 2020
- 2012
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010
Artist Playlists
- STP distinguished themselves by mixing alt-rock edginess with classic rock moves.
- The San Diego band's wildest dalliances in rock's dark fringes.
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
More To Hear
- Celebrating the debut album release of 'Core' (1992).
- The UK house innovators stop by.
About Stone Temple Pilots
While grunge’s vanguard was attempting to topple the rock-god myth in the early ‘90s, Stone Temple Pilots came along to assume the mantle. Led by the mercurial, magnetic Scott Weiland, the San Diego quartet formed in 1989 and began crafting a sound—and fashion sense—inspired by rock idols The Doors, David Bowie and Aerosmith. Brothers Dean (guitar) and Robert DeLeo (bass) slipped in hints of ragtime and rhythm and blues, while drummer Eric Kretz kicked up the speed with John Bonham-influenced footwork. Together, they were “alternative rock”—if only in their angst. Otherwise, STP oozed sex and swagger—far more than any of their contemporaries—and their 1992 debut album, Core, came loaded with blistering guitars (“Sex Type Thing”), decade-defining riffs (“Plush”) and Weiland’s distinctive wail, which teetered between menacing and melancholic (“Creep”). The band went on to rule the ‘90s, defining “alternative” on their own terms: they flexed hard on heavy hitters “Vasoline” and “Interstate Love Song”, stripped down with devastating power ballads like “Big Empty”, glammed up on “Big Bang Baby” and tossed in elements of psychedelic rock, shoegaze, jazz and metal in between. Heading into the 21st century, the cracks began to show, though. The band dissolved in 2003 but reunited again in 2010 for their self-titled sixth album—their final release with Weiland. Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington took over the mic in 2013 then departed in 2015, just before STP and their fans experienced a crushing blow with the death of Weiland. The band picked up again with vocalist Jeff Gutt and experiments like 2020’s all-acoustic Perdida, but they’ve already long cemented their legacy in the rock-god pantheon.
- ORIGIN
- Los Angeles, CA, United States
- FORMED
- 1990
- GENRE
- Rock