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Stone Temple Pilots was one of the Grunge, Alternative-Rock top acts
of the '90s, the quartet was formed in 1992 in Los Angeles, California
USA by lead singer Scott Weiland, guitarist
Dean DeLeo, his brother Robert on bass and drummer Eric Kretz.
Their debut album, "Core", was released in 1992 on Atlantic
Records, in the summer of the following year, the record entered The Billboard
Top 200 chart peaking at #3 and went on to sell nearly 4 million copies;
the first single, "Plush", peaked at #1 on The Mainstream Rock
chart; this smash hit was followed by "Sex Type Thing", "Wicked
Garden" and "Creep" which peaked at #23, #11 and #2 respectively
on the Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart; their debut single also won
them a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance.
The second album came out in May of 1994 and went straight to #1 on The
Billboard 200 chart spawning two masterpieces: "Interstate Love Song"
and "Vasoline", which both shot to the top of The Mainstream
Rock Tracks chart crossing over to The Modern Rock chart peaking at #2;
they continued to storm the Active Rock chart with three more singles:
the top 3 smash "Big Empty", the #8 "Unglued" and
the top 20 hit "Pretty Penny".
Around this time Stone Temple Pilots recorded the superb cover of Led
Zeppelin's "Dancing Days" for the compilation "Encomium:
A Tribute To Led Zeppelin", the single hit #3 on The Mainstream Rock
chart.
In the spring of 1995, Weiland was arrested for possession of heroin and
cocaine in Pasadena, California; with the singer temporarily under control,
in March of 1996, the group released "Tiny Music...Songs From The
Vatican Gift Shop"; the record peaked at #4 on the U.S. Top 200 Albums
chart on the strength of three Mainstream Rock #1 singles: "Big Bang
Baby", "Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart" and "Lady
Picture Show".
With Weiland's reccurring drug problems the band's future was uncertain,
the remaining members decided for a new project; eventually enlisting
Dave Coutts to take over on vocals, they released under the name of Talk
Show a self-titled album.
Scott Weiland then decided to record a
solo album, "12 Bar Blues", which was issued in spring 1998.
Just one year later, a cleaned-up Weiland rejoined his colleagues releasing
the come-back effort, "No. 4", it climbed into the top 10 of
the North-American Albums charts and generated the Active Rock top 5 smash
hit "Down" plus their first Billboard Hot 100 hit: "Sour
Girl"; the album also yielded two Mainstream Rock top 20 hits: "No
Way Out" and "Heaven And Hot Rods".
The fifth album, "Shangri-La Dee Da", arrived in June 2001 and
duplicated the success of the band's fourth LP; "Days Of The Week"
was the first single lifted off the CD and it broke into the top 5 of
The Mainstream Rock chart; the follow-up single, "Hollywood Bitch",
was a minor hit.
In November 2003, Stone Temple Pilots, issued a retrospective compilation
titled "Thank You", a 14-track set of the group's hits, the
album clocked in at 15 tracks, but "Plush" is repeated in a
widely popular acoustic version, also included was a new song called,
"All In The Suit That You Wear", which cracked the top 5 of
the Billboard's Active Rock chart.
Stone Temple Pilots officially disbanded that year, when lead singer
Scott Weiland joined Velvet
Revolver.
Bassist Robert DeLeo and guitarist Dean DeLeo returned to the spotlight
in 2006 when teamed up with singer Richard Patrick from Filter
and former David Lee Roth drummer
Ray Luzier in Army Of Anyone.
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