
To the surprise of many onlookers, Stone Temple Pilots then reunited, although shortly after completing 1999's No. br /br /Still battling his personal demons, Weiland recorded a 1998 solo album, 12 Bar Blues, while the remaining members of STP recruited vocalist Dave Coutts to record a self-titled LP under the name Talk Show. Weiland's drug problems and the group's inability to support Tiny Music with a tour meant that the album couldn't replicate the success of its predecessors - by the end of the summer, it had fallen out the Top 50 and had stalled at platinum, which was considerably less than what the group's two previous albums achieved. Shortly after its release, Stone Temple Pilots announced that Weiland had relapsed and entered a drug rehabilitation facility, thereby canceling the group's plans for a summer tour. Released in the spring of 1996, Tiny Music.Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop, entered the charts at number four.

Following his completion of the program, Stone Temple Pilots recorded their third album. In the spring of 1995, he was arrested for possession of h**n and c**aine, and was sentenced to a rehabilitation program. No matter what the critics might say, Stone Temple Pilots have undeniably catchy riffs and production there's a reason why over three million people bought their debut album, Core, and why their second album, Purple, shot to number one when it was released.br /br /Following the success of Purple and its accompanying tour, the band took some time off, during which the group's lead singer, Scott Weiland, developed a h**n addiction. Their closest antecedents are not the Sex Pistols or Husker Du instead the band resembles arena rock acts from the '70s - it's popular hard rock that sounds good on the radio and in concert. STP are more concerned with tight song structure and riffs than punk rage. And the influences of those bands Iare/I apparent in their music, but Stone Temple Pilots do manage to change things around a bit. Accused by many critics of being nothing more than rip-off artists, pilfering from Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains, the band nevertheless became major stars in 1993.

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.Stone Temple Pilots were able to make alternative rock into stadium rock naturally, they became the most critically despised band of their era. 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. STP has released two albums with Gutt on vocals: its second self-titled album on Maand 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 2003, after which the band members partook in various projects (most notably Velvet Revolver and Army of Anyone).

The band released four more studio albums: Purple (1994), Tiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop (1996), No. 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. Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington joined the band in May 2013 but left amicably in November 2015. The band’s line-up remained unchanged from its formation in 1989 until the firing of Weiland in February 2013. Stone Temple Pilots (also known by the initials STP) are 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).
