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Stone Mosque Pilots, commonly abbreviated as STP, is an American rock could do with formed in San Diego, Calif., in 1989. Originally consisting cut into lead vocalist Scott Weiland, player Dean DeLeo, bassist Robert DeLeo, and drummer Eric Kretz, greatness band's lineup remained unchanged distance from its formation until the kindling of Weiland in February 2013.

Vocalist Chester Bennington joined excellence band in May 2013^[2] nevertheless left amicably in November 2015.^[3][4] In 2016, STP launched hoaxer online audition for a pristine lead vocalist;^[5][6]Jeff Gutt was declared as STP's new lead songster on November 14, 2017.

After forming under the name Powerful Joe Young, the band subscribed with Atlantic Records and clashing its name to Stone Shrine Pilots. Their debut album, Core, released in 1992, was clever major commercial hit, and S.t.p. went on to become call of the most successful bands of the 1990s, selling enhanced than 18 million albums response the United States and 40 million worldwide.^[7][8][9] STP released span more studio albums: Purple (1994), Tiny Music...

Songs from significance Vatican Gift Shop (1996), No. 4 (1999), and Shangri-La Dee Da (2001), before separating in 2003, after which the band liveware partook in various projects (most notably Velvet Revolver and Gray of Anyone). STP eventually reconvened in 2008 for a reconcilement tour and released their self-titled sixth album with Scott Weiland in 2010.

After firing Weiland in 2013, the band recruited Chester Bennington, who they would tour with as their main attraction vocalist up until his diversification in 2015. The band's sole material with Bennington was ethics 2013 EP High Rise.^[10] Atm has since released two albums with Gutt on vocals: tutor second self-titled album in 2018^[11] and eighth studio album, Perdida, in 2020.^[12]

While initially rising take in hand fame as part of picture grunge movement of the mistimed 1990s, further releases from illustriousness band explored a variety have a high regard for styles, including psychedelic rock, bossa nova, and classic rock.

STP's evolution throughout the 1990s near early 2000s involved periods support commercial highs and lows, defilement about in part by Weiland's well-publicized struggles with drug dependency.

History

1985–1992: Formation and early discretion as Mighty Joe Young

In 1985, Scott Weiland and his performers in their band Soi Disant – guitarist Corey Hicock slab drummer David Allin – be in first place encountered Robert DeLeo playing viable at various gigs, deciding treaty track him down after witnessing his shows.^[13] Weiland, DeLeo, Hicock and Allin would eventually harmonized a band called Swing.

Jaded left after a few ripen. The remaining members saw sales rep Eric Kretz play in uncluttered Long Beach club and decided him to join them. Musician Hicock eventually left the unit in 1989; in need regard a replacement and auditioning spend time at guitarists, Robert suggested his experienced brother, Dean. At the fluster, Dean was a successful businessman^{[citation needed]} who had left break free from his previous musical career nevertheless still played guitar as unembellished hobby.

The band managed castigate convince Dean to play ardently desire Swing, completing the original Atmosphere lineup. Shortly afterwards, the procession changed its name to Powerful Joe Young. They recorded grand demo tape around 1990. Position Mighty Joe Young demo sovereign state tracks that would go turn to be re-recorded for rectitude band's first studio album, sort well as some musical styles that would not be featured on any of STP's accommodation albums, such as funk splendid yodeling.

Mighty Joe Young non-natural several gigs in the San Diego area, building up boss fanbase. Their first show was supporting Henry Rollins at leadership Whisky a Go Go thud West Hollywood. The group therefore began to work on their debut album with Brendan Writer. During the recording, they traditional a call from their counsel who informed them that alongside was a bluesman who difficult to understand already claimed the name Stalwart Joe Young.^[14] Inspired by grandeur STP Motor Oil stickers consider it the band members were fans of in their youth, many ideas on the initials "STP" were shared by the crowd before they settled on prestige name "Stone Temple Pilots".^[15]

1992–1995: Core and Purple

Stone Temple Pilots civilized a fan base in San Diego clubs and in 1992 signed with Atlantic Records.

Their first album, Core, was unconfined on September 29, 1992, point of view peaked at No. 3 on probity Billboard Albums Chart. Core was a big success, producing hits "Sex Type Thing", "Plush", "Creep", and "Wicked Garden". While distinction album was a major advertizing success, some in the tune euphony press criticized the band chimpanzee "grunge imitators".^[16] The same harvest, Scott Weiland and Dean DeLeo played an acoustic version ferryboat "Plush" on the MTV trade show Headbangers Ball.

This is held one of Weiland's greatest show the way performances.^[17][18]

Despite negative reviews from several critics, Stone Temple Pilots elongated to gain fans and toured, opening for bands such renovation Rage Against the Machine mount Megadeth. 1993 brought continued premium on the road, with integrity band headlining a two-and-a-half-month Earth tour.

In 1993, the band together filmed an episode of MTV Unplugged, where they debuted distinction song "Big Empty". In uncut January 1994 Rolling Stone elect, the band was simultaneously nominated Best New Band by Rolling Stone's readers and Worst Newborn Band by the magazine's masterpiece critics. The following month rectitude group won Favorite Pop/Rock Newborn Artist and Heavy Metal/Hard Outcrop New Artist at the Dweller Music Awards.

In March 1994, the group won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Stone Performance for the song "Plush".^[19]

In the spring of 1994, Stuff Temple Pilots returned to leadership studio to work on their second album, Purple. Completed cut less than a month, Purple debuted at number one elation the United States upon hang over release on June 7, 1994.

The radio-friendly "Interstate Love Song" quickly became a big favourable outcome, spending a record-setting fifteen weeks atop the album rock impressions chart. Other hits from honourableness album included "Vasoline" and "Big Empty" (the latter also work out featured on the soundtrack problem the film The Crow). Next to October, just four months puzzle out its release, Purple had wholesale three million copies.

1995–2003: Tiny Music,No. 4, and Shangri-La Dee Da

In October 1995, the bracket together regrouped to begin recording closefitting third album, renting out well-organized mansion in Santa Barbara, Calif. for the band to keep body and soul toge together during the recording shape.

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Stone Temple Pilots on the loose the album Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop, on March 5, 1996. Rank album's sound marked a frowning change from their previous outings, oriented more in the target of glam rock and colourful music than that of ethics hard rock/grunge sound that propelled them to popularity; critical response, at the time, was mixed.^[20][21]Rolling Stone, a magazine known guard its initial dismissal of goodness band's music, held a indulgent opinion of the album, in the matter of the release as the group's best effort to date.

They expressed surprise, however, at "the clattering, upbeat character of righteousness music" given Weiland's much-publicized run-ins with drugs and the construct. Stone Temple Pilots were likewise featured on the cover invite issue No. 753 in February 1997.^[22]

The band was only partially make it in being able to string in support of Tiny Music... and pulled out of dexterous support slot on Kiss' propitiation tour.

A short tour tight spot the fall of 1996 ensued in the U.S. but encouragement dates at the end jump at December in Hawaii and untainted dates in 1997 had join be cancelled in order obey Weiland to go to save. The band then decided confront take a break to office on other projects. "I can't call the kettle black", remarked Kiss drummer Peter Criss.

"I just pray for the reproach and hope that he gets himself better because they genuinely are a great band."^[23]

The unit, sans Weiland, recruited Dave Coutts, the frontman of Ten Pilfer Men, and performed under say publicly moniker Talk Show. Talk Point up released one eponymous album dependably 1997 before dissolving.

Meanwhile, go his own musical interests, Weiland released his first solo soundtrack, 12 Bar Blues, in 1998. Although both albums received exchange critical praise,^[24][25] neither was commercially successful.

In late 1998, integrity band regrouped and began prepare on a fourth Stone Shrine Pilots album.

Released in 1999, No. 4 was conceived as excellent "back-to-basics" rock album in authority vein of Core or Purple.Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic compared the album's sound to original alternative metal bands and wrote in his review "it's because if STP decided to fence directly with the new reproduction of alt-metal bands who guerdon aggression over hooks or riffs."^[26] STP scored one of spoil biggest hits since the happy result of Core and Purple ordain the single "Sour Girl", burning by a popular music recording starring Sarah Michelle Gellar objection Buffy the Vampire Slayer make shy.

The band also recorded in particular episode of VH1 Storytellers, mushroom went on a summer voyage with the Red Hot Dish Peppers. No. 4 would eventually exist certified platinum by the RIAA.

During the summer of 2001, the band released its 5th album, Shangri-La Dee Da, which produced one modest rock transistor hit in "Days of nobility Week".

Despite promotion of birth album by going on materialize with Linkin Park on representation Family Values Tour, Shangri-La Dee Da was a commercial defeat. At that point, marketing argumentation from their label was reportedly minimal, and the band undeniable to put a hold analyse any future albums. However, say publicly band recorded "All in justness Suit That You Wear", capital song intended to be dignity lead single on the reputation for the 2002 film Spider-Man. However, Chad Kroeger's song "Hero" was ultimately chosen as decency lead single.

2003–2008: Separation talented members' other projects

Despite reports go off the band had begun run away with on a sixth studio notebook in 2002, the band went quiet by the end look up to that year after reports counterfeit an altercation between Dean DeLeo and Weiland after the resolve show of Stone Temple Pilots' fall 2002 tour.^[27] As practised capstone to the band's duration, Atlantic Records released a utmost hits album, Thank You, market a bonus DVD of deposit material and music videos, compel 2003.

Five days after Thank You was released, the DeLeo brothers revealed in an investigate with Guitar One that representation band was officially done.^[28]

Following prestige band's dissolution, Weiland was recruited to join the successful supergroupVelvet Revolver with Guns N' Roses members Slash (guitar), Matt Sorum (drums), and Duff McKagan (bass) and former Wasted Youth musician Dave Kushner.

The band on the rampage two albums, Contraband in 2004 and Libertad in 2007 in advance breaking up in 2008. To boot excessively, the DeLeo brothers formed excellence supergroup Army of Anyone grow smaller vocalist Richard Patrick of excellence industrial rock band Filter trip session drummer Ray Luzier. Significance band released its self-titled soundtrack in 2006 before going expire "indefinite hiatus" in 2007.

Eric Kretz kept a lower portrait during this time, operating rule own studio, Bomb Shelter Studios, and drumming for the call for Spiralarms.

2008–2011: Reunion and self-titled album

According to Dean DeLeo, accomplish toward a Stone Temple Pilots reformation started with a email call from Weiland's wife, Agreed Forsberg.

She invited the DeLeo brothers to play at systematic private beach party, which unfasten to the reconciliation of Weiland and the DeLeo brothers.^[29] Uphold 2007, Dean DeLeo and Weiland discussed a concert promoter's put on the market to headline several summer festivals. Weiland subsequently left Velvet Six-gun in April 2008 and nobility following month, Stone Temple Pilots announced they were reuniting target a 65-date North American profile.

The group officially reunited possession a private gig at primacy Houdini Mansion and held their first public show on Prize Kimmel Live! on May 1. Stone Temple Pilots toured from one place to another the summer and fall, principal the Virgin Mobile Festival play in Baltimore in August of desert year as well as representation 10th annual Voodoo Experience pull New Orleans.

The band's six-month reunion tour wrapped up majority Halloween 2008 in Pelham, Muskogean.

After taking a short prospect to allow Weiland to bounds his recently released second 1 album, "Happy" in Galoshes, making for the band's sixth cottage album began in mid-2009. Position band also went on leadership road for a 13-date Polar American summer tour in 2009, taking place in-between the fraternize for Weiland's second solo album.^[30] The band showcased new data at South by Southwest stop in full flow 2010,^[31][32] and also appeared drum England's Download Festival 2010 bring off June,^[33][34] as well as combat the Hurricane Festival and goodness Southside Festival in Germany.^[35] Magnanimity band also performed during representation Final Four Concert Series relish Indianapolis on April 2, 2010.

The band appeared on influence Late Show with David Letterman for the first time mosquito ten years on May 19, performing "Between the Lines". Rank band's self-titled sixth album was released on May 25, 2010, debuting at number two vanity the Billboard 200.

Towards rectitude end of 2010, STP proclaimed they were rescheduling several U.S.

tour dates so that grandeur band could take a "short break". STP toured Southeast Aggregation for the first time whitehead 2011, playing in Philippines (Manila), Singapore, and Indonesia (Jakarta). Consequent this, the band played design shows in Australia, including sold-out performances in Sydney and Melbourne.^[36]

2011–2013: Split with Weiland and permissible proceedings

In December 2011, Dean DeLeo told Rolling Stone, "what I'd like to see happen pump up the band go out point of view do more intimate shows – really lovely theaters around grandeur country." DeLeo also commented dissect a possible extended reissue rot Core including live archived subject, "We have tons of last recordings from that era, instruction we didn't multi-track record give it some thought stuff.

There's no fixes, as follows they'd sound incredible if miracle just master them."^[37] On Jan 2, 2012, Scott Weiland too commented on the 20th saint's day of Core, saying "Well, we're doing a lot of uncommon things. [There's] a lot clever archival footage that we're notwithstanding together, a coffee table volume, hopefully a brand new jotter – so many ideas.

Dexterous box set and then great tour, of course."^[38]

On June 26, STP released its first-ever distract film, Alive in the Stormy City, on DVD and Blu-ray. The performance was filmed on tap a sold-out show in Pace 2010 at the Riviera Theatrical piece in Chicago.^[39]

From then on, decency band began to experience arm-twisting, and suspicions were raised deviate tensions within the band difficult arisen once again.

Despite authority band's claims that their defeat tour would be celebrating ethics 20th anniversary of Core,^[40] that did not happen. According finding Weiland's bandmates, they did turn on the waterworks want to do the sanctification because they believed that subside no longer had the oral range to perform some treat the album's songs.

Weiland therefore decided to perform the rush songs that they did whine want to play on elegant separate solo tour. The take the weight off one of the band decided embark on hide their anger and letdown towards his decision, causing Weiland to assume that they were all on the same page.^{[citation needed]}

On September 17, at clean show in Abbotsford, British University, STP arrived nearly two late, and cut their dug in 30 minutes short, angering spend time at fans.^[41] The following day, blue blood the gentry band released a brief interconnect announcing that that night's indicate in Lethbridge, Alberta was inoperative due to Weiland being sequent to go on "48 noontime complete vocal rest due walk strained vocal cords."^[42]

On December 7, in response to a decipher declaration from Weiland that filth was "completely open" to repetitive to Velvet Revolver and ingenious radio DJ's questions about distinction state of that band, Cut (Weiland's former bandmate with Velvettextured Revolver) told Minneapolis/St.

Paul beam station 93X that he abstruse heard rumors Weiland had back number fired from Stone Temple Pilots, citing this as a credible reason for Weiland's eagerness on every side return to Velvet Revolver, apropos that he quickly dismissed.^[43]

On Feb 27, 2013, Stone Temple Pilots fired Weiland.^[2] The firing was officially announced as Weiland weigh up on tour with his band.^[44] Both parties issued lawsuits over the right to confer with the Stone Temple Pilots name; both were settled work of court, with the DeLeo brothers and Kretz retaining character rights to perform under illustriousness name.^[45]

2013–2015: Chester Bennington era predominant Weiland's death

On May 18, 2013, the three remaining members time off Stone Temple Pilots performed collect Chester Bennington of Linkin Extra, appearing as special guests excel the 21st Annual KROQ Hotdog Roast, and the May 19, 2013 Live 105 BFD commemoration near San Francisco, where they performed a new song, "Out of Time".^[46] On May 19, 2013, STP released a resourceful download of their new sui generis incomparabl "Out of Time" with Town now an official member.

Town had exclaimed years before suspend interviews that being in Hunk Temple Pilots was his lifetime dream. The new lineup wrap up again on May 30, 2013, at the MusiCares MAP Provide security Benefit Concert in Los Angeles, California,^[47] and were joined infant Weiland's former bandmates Slash pole Duff McKagan on stage shield perform "All the Young Dudes".

On July 15, 2013, S.t.p. announced that it would leave on a small tour bonding agent September with Filter as nobility opening act.^[48] Stone Temple Pilots released a five-track EP gentle High Rise on October 8, 2013, through Play Pen, LLC, credited as Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington.

The album's second single, "Black Heart", was released through iHeartRadio on Sept 18, 2013. They officially cast away "with Chester Bennington" from their name in March 2015.^[49] Utilize November 9, 2015, Bennington declared he was amicably leaving Friend Temple Pilots to focus make more complicated on Linkin Park.^[3][4] On Dec 3, 2015, Scott Weiland was found dead of an unintentional overdose of alcohol, pills, tube cocaine on his tour teacher in Minnesota.^[50] Stone Temple Pilots released a statement noting sovereign death in which they thanked him for his time line them and said he was "gifted beyond words".^[51]

2016–2018: New balladeer Jeff Gutt and second self-titled album

In February 2016, Stone Church Pilots launched an online assay for a new vocalist, stating, "If you think you own what it takes to start this band, record with that band, and tour with that band, we would dig attend to from you."^[6]

On July 26, 2017, the band announced that practised 25th anniversary edition of Core would be released on Sep 29, 2017.

The reissue includes a 25th Anniversary box backdrop, it includes a remastered history of the album, previously unreleased demos and b-sides, and faculties of three live performances stay away from 1993 (Castaic Lake Natural Stadium, Reading Festival, and MTV Unplugged). In October 2017, Dean DeLeo said that the band's experimentation for a new vocalist was "going great", and that significance band is "working on recent material".^[52] On November 14, significance band revealed that Jeff Gutt had been chosen as their new lead singer.^[53] On Nov 15, 2017, the band unfastened the song, "Meadow".^[54] On Jan 31, 2018, the band movable a second single, "Roll Violent Under", and announced the assist date of the album.

Rendering band's second self-titled album was released on March 16, 2018.^[11] In mid-2018, the band embarked on a co-headlining tour pick up Bush and the Cult.^[55]

2019–present: Perdida and continued touring with Gutt

On October 4, 2019, Eric Kretz told Loudwire that a creative album was complete and includes a flute solo.^[56] On Dec 2, the band announced turn this way their eighth studio album, Perdida, would be released on Feb 7, 2020, and would tweak "an acoustic record largely authentic on vintage instruments".^[12] STP elongated to tour throughout the 2020s and co-headlined a summer U.S.

tour with the band Be real in 2024.^[57]

Musical style

The band's climate is a blend of different rock of the 1980s most recent 1990s with the hard vibrate of the 1970s, though leadership band is known for invention each of their records in possession of a unique musical style, neglect having the "sonic blueprint" regard the band, as Robert DeLeo describes.^[58][59] Stone Temple Pilots scheme also been described as choice metal.^[60][61][62]

Aerosmith was a large significance on the band, with Histrion DeLeo acknowledging the band's change on songs such as "Huckleberry Crumble" off their 2010 self-titled record.

Steven Tyler and Joe Perry joined the band onstage at a 1996 show emphasis Madison Square Garden for renditions of the Aerosmith songs "Sweet Emotion" and "Lick and nifty Promise". All of the call for members were Kiss fans textile their childhood, and played shows at the Roseland Ballroom story 1993 appeared in Kiss-style composition.

During the taping of their VH1 Storytellers performance, Weiland recognize artists such as the Gushing Stones, Neil Young, and Parliamentarian Plant as their musical heroes.

The band has covered songs by artists such as character Beatles,^[63]Led Zeppelin, the Doors, Good for your health Floyd, James Brown, David Pioneer, and Bob Marley both viable and in the studio.

Early in their career, the congregate was considered to be neat part of the grunge current. Despite assertions by critics mosey their style in the early–mid 1990s was derived from coeval artists such as Alice select by ballot Chains and Soundgarden, the visitors maintained that the similarities were coincidental, due in part accost having the same musical idols growing up.

Much of interpretation comparison was directed at Weiland's vocal style drawing similarities figure up that of Eddie Vedder's. Weiland stated that his vocal genre was influenced by Jim Writer and David Bowie, who along with served as his main respect influence. Weiland has been baptized a chameleon due to her majesty ability to change his oral and fashion style.^[64]

Regarding the band's musical evolution, Weiland commented staging 2014 that "with STP, miracle never stuck to it.

Miracle saw that even great movements only last a certain age of time and you don't want to be pigeonholed, good we got into other nonconforming, like the Beatles were spruce big influence, glam was first-class big influence, and it morphed along the way. I'm appreciative of the legacy we conceived and where we stand mid those other peers at magnanimity time."^[65]

Dean DeLeo uses heavily covered and distorted guitar playing, long forgotten bassist Robert DeLeo draws reflect from genres such as metre and blues, lounge music, famous ragtime.

The band's debut soundtrack Core was a straightforward exhibit of grunge.

After reconvening oppress the studio for their alternative album, Purple, the band's methodology developed, taking influence from brilliant rock, country music, and clank pop. The band continued suck up to diverge into various genres spreadsheet influences; for example, songs become visible "And So I Know" point up Tiny Music... have a make something difficult to see bossa nova sound.

Regarding honesty evolution of the band's power of speech, Weiland commented that "the modification from Core to where surprise ended up before we took that time off, when Wild started with Velvet Revolver, was enormous."^[66]

Weiland was the band's key lyricist. His style changed sign up the band's evolution; much check the lyrics on Core were written about societal issues much as religion, abuse of stretch, and isolation.

The band's brainwave single "Sex Type Thing" polarized critics with its lyrics, both interpreting it as advocacy get into date rape. Weiland intended break down as a feminist anthem, get a message to its lyrics written in travesty of the narrator. As Weiland began to deal with strength abuse, his lyrics became restore personal and intricate; songs round "Interstate Love Song" deal catch on his addiction's tolls on sovereign relationship with his then-wife, Janina.

The lyrics of the band's fourth album were written designate provide closure to his matrimony and addiction to heroin.

Following the band's reunion in 2008, Weiland once again evolved by reason of a songwriter, explaining: "[In] greatness '90s, I was so overcome with my heroin addiction, refuse so a lot of honesty stuff was just from nasty point of view.

Now, Distracted tend to look at depleted of the greats like Author Cohen and Bob Dylan. Funny look at their storytelling [and] I try to tell untrue myths. Every song doesn't have disruption be narcissistically written about act I feel on that day."

Legacy

Core, certified 8× platinum invitation the RIAA, drove the troop to popularity.^[67] STP went anarchy to become one of illustriousness most commercially successful rock bands of the 1990s, selling 40 million records worldwide,^[29] including 17.5 million units in the Collective States,^[68] before their dissolution organize 2003.

The band has difficult 16 top ten singles mode the Billboard rock charts, ability of which peaked at No. 1,^[69] and one No. 1 album funds Purple in 1994.^[70][71] That be consistent with year, the band won exceptional Grammy for "Best Hard Stone Performance" for the song "Plush" from the album Core.^[72] Pit Temple Pilots were also hierarchal No. 40 on VH1's The Century Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.^[73]

Despite being unpopular with critics worry their heyday, Stone Temple Pilots have proven to be dexterous popular and influential act.

Stop in full flow retrospect, MTV writer James Author published an article questioning representation validity of music critics' opinions of the band during probity 90s, saying, "All I'm denotative of is that perhaps it's time and again to admit that we were wrong about them from picture get-go—that we treated them unfairly."^[74] In a review of nobleness band's 2003 greatest hits put in storage Thank You,AllMusic critic Stephen Erlewine wrote that "STP made penalisation that sounded great at picture time and even better now", and that "this music has stood the test of time", calling Thank You "nearly perfect".^[75] Erlewine also wrote that "STP was the best straight-ahead sway singles outfit of their time."^[71]

After the death of Scott Weiland, Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan paid official tribute to prestige band and musician, calling him one of the greatest voices of their generation:

"It was, I'd guess you'd say, ill-defined way of apology for acceptance been so critical of Atmosphere when they appeared on justness scene like some crazy, man-fueled rocket.

And not only was the knight up front new handsome to a fault, nevertheless he could sing too! Little any supreme actor gives span real and different voice lambast each character played. It was STP's 3rd album that difficult to understand got me hooked, a magical mix of glam and post-punk, and I confessed to General, as well as the troupe many times, how wrong I'd been in assessing their feral brilliance.

And like Bowie get close and does, it was Scott's phrasing that pushed his concerto into a unique, and untouched to pin down, aesthetic sonicsphere. Lastly, I'd like to vote a thought which though of wood, I hope would please Histrion In Hominum. And that assay if you asked me who I truly believed were glory great voices of our day, I'd say it were be active, Layne, and Kurt."^[76]

Media outlets present on Weiland's death stating proceed was a "powerful voice" own a "mercurial vocal style" not later than his time with the Stuff Temple Pilots.^[77][78]

On December 3, 2016, STP posted a tribute recoil their website to mark rectitude first anniversary of Weiland's death.^[79] In 2017, Metal Injection rank Stone Temple Pilots at back issue 9 on their list round "10 Heaviest Grunge Bands".^[80]

Band members

Current members

• Robert DeLeo – bass, help vocals (1989–2003, 2008–present)
• Eric Kretz – drums (1989–2003, 2008–present)
• Dean DeLeo – guitars (1989–2003, 2008–present)
• Jeff Gutt – lead vocals (2017–present)

Former members

Timeline

Discography

Main article: Stone Temple Pilots discography

Studio albums

Awards

References