re: I didn't appreciate Stone Temple Pilots enough

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I never really figured out what Grunge, or the "Seattle Sound" really was. Those groups were very different. I think the seriousness or darkness of some of the lyrics set it apart from other popular bands of the day. I guess to me it was more a mood or tone the music set rather than a sound.

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I always kind of looked at it as the less musicianship is required to make the music, the more grunge it is. Nirvana were by far the worst musicians in that genre and are the epitome of a grunge band. Then you have bands like Alice In Chains and Candlebox that have incredible musicianship in alot of their music. I mean AIC has so many harmonies, different textures, heavy arse riffs, very high production value on their records whereas Nirvana has none of that. I think that makes it easier to identify what grunge is when you look at it in that perspective. Listen to "Dam That River" then listen to "Smell Likes Teen Spirit" and it's a very defined difference in quality. Ive always identified AIC as metal/hard rock anyway.

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Alot of douchers

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Just because they don´t like STP?

Anyway, they bombed (as did many others who were sourced and touted as the new Nirvana). Seattle became a mine for new talent (and what was there was quite diverse and therefore, not always what the people want/wanted)and record labels descended upon the city and signed left, right, center, everyone who had a pulse (they simply had to prove their Seattle pedigree).

Kind of like Ohio (especially Akron), with the Lene Lovich, Chrissy Hynde/Pretenders, DEVO, Waitresses, etc...., and the mad scramble around Athens, GA post B52s breakout.....

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what a shame. love STP.

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never gonna happen.

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Could have been just a little too much Nyquil the night before.

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Still Remains

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underrated song.

They even had some good stuff on the Shangri La Dee Da album: Hello It's Late, Transmissions From A Lonely Room, Hollywood Bitch

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hey were pretty awesome at Voodoo several years a

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You talking about maybe fifteen years ago? I was there!


High five!!!!


Yeah that was pretty awesome actually.

I dig the unplugged version of Plush, but my favorite song by them is Interstate Love Song.

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I wish Scott Weiland would get his act together. STP isn't the same without him, and he's not the same without the rest of STP.

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I agree.

I enjoyed the hell out of that show they did at the River Center a few years ago. Back before Weiland went off the deep end again.

I remember thinking that he kind of resembled Bryan Cranston.

"Out of Time" is the best single STP has ever done, and i never would have believed that would be the case.