I don't quite know how to explain it, but there's something about Purple that just makes me think of a nice brisk spring day and a time of fresh life. For a while though, I didn't know what was the sound of spring, but after a nice night of listening, I'd say Stone Temple Pilots' Purple will be my go-to spring album. and The Tragically Hip bring to mind my favorite season of autumn. The likes of Loreena McKennitt or Immortal nail the winter's cold, The Chemical Brothers' Surrender and The Crystal Method's Tweekend reflect two sides of a sunny summer, and lots of grunge as well as alt rock bands like R.E.M. The band's evolution throughout the 1990s and early 2000s involved periods of commercial highs and lows, brought about in part by Weiland's well-publicized struggles with drug addiction.Some albums evoke a specific season. While initially rising to fame as part of the grunge movement of the early 1990s, further releases from the band expressed a variety of influences, including psychedelic rock, bossa nova and classic rock.
The band released its second self-titled album on Maand will release their eighth studio album Perdida on February 7, 2020. The band's only material with Bennington was the EP High Rise in 2013. The band eventually reconvened in 2008 for a reunion tour, released their self-titled sixth album in 2010, and actively toured until Chester Bennington's departure. 4 (1999), and Shangri-La Dee Da (2001), before separating in 2002, after which the band members partook in various projects (most notably Velvet Revolver and Army of Anyone). Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop (1996), No. The band released four more studio albums: Purple (1994), Tiny Music. The band's debut album, Core, released in 1992, was a major commercial success and STP went on to become one of the most commercially successful bands of the 1990s, selling more than 18 million albums in the United States and 40 million worldwide.
In 2016, the band launched an online audition for a new lead vocalist and announced Jeff Gutt as the new lead singer of the band on November 14, 2017.Īfter forming in 1989 under the name Mighty Joe Young, the band signed with Atlantic Records and changed its name to Stone Temple Pilots. On December 3, 2015, Weiland was found dead on his tour bus before a performance with his band The Wildabouts. Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington joined the band in May 2013, but left amicably in November 2015 to focus solely on Linkin Park. The band's line-up remained unchanged from its formation in 1989 until the firing of Weiland in February 2013. Stone Temple Pilots (often abbreviated as STP) is an American rock band from San Diego, California, that originally consisted of Scott Weiland (lead vocals), brothers Dean DeLeo (guitar) and Robert DeLeo (bass, backing vocals), and Eric Kretz (drums). Without further ado, here are Stone Temple Pilots top 10 tracks of all time: 1. Stone Temple Pilots has upcoming events inīeale Street Music Festival, Beachlife Festival, KEMBA Live, Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Aftershock Festival Stone Temple Pilots has played in major festivals likeĪftershock Festival, Beachlife Festival, Beale Street Music Festival Stone Temple Pilots has performed in venues such as:įillmore Auditorium, Aftershock Festival, Beachlife Festival, Beale Street Music Festival, Brandon Amphitheater, Cadence Bank Amphitheater, Champions Square, The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Danforth Music Hall, FirstBank Amphitheater
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