Stone Temple Pilots - Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, December 19th, 1994 (Remastered, Live On Broadcasting) '2025

Tracks list

	Tracklist:

1. Pretty Penny (Live) (04:22)
2. Kitchenware & Candybars (Live) (03:41)
3. Plush (Live) (06:48)
4. Christmas Time Is Here (Live) (07:48)
5. Meatplow (Live) (06:36)
6. Vasoline (Live) (02:53)
7. Crackerman (Live) (03:34)
8. Sex Type Thing (Live) (04:20)


 moreFormed in the late '80s, the band was originally dubbed Mighty Joe
Young. Gigging around San Diego, the DeLeo brothers, Weiland, and Kretz built a
local audience before entering the studio with O'Brien. Forced to change their
name for legal reasons, they latched onto the STP motor oil brand and eventually
decided to flesh the initials out as Stone Temple Pilots. They signed with
Atlantic in 1992 and delivered their debut, Core, later that year. A balanced
blend of sleaze and introspection, the set was an immediate success and yielded
a handful of hit singles, including the mainstream rock chart-topper "Plush." An
MTV Unplugged recording was released the following year, producing another radio
hit, "Big Empty" (which also appeared on the soundtrack for The Crow). Riding
the wave of mainstream popularity, they issued their sophomore album, Purple, in
1994. Their sole Billboard 200 chart-topper, the multi-platinum international
smash was a peak in the band's career, home to their most enduring single,
"Interstate Love Song."

Following the success of Purple and its accompanying tour, the band took some
time off, during which Weiland developed a heroin addiction. In the spring of
1995, he was arrested for possession of heroin and cocaine, and was sentenced to
a drug rehabilitation facility. Following his completion of the program, Stone
Temple Pilots recorded their third album. Released in the spring of 1996, Tiny
Music...Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop entered the charts at number four.
Featuring a bold glam rock sound, the album included three hit singles, each of
which went to number one on the mainstream rock chart. Shortly after its
release, Stone Temple Pilots announced that Weiland had relapsed and entered
another rehab facility, thereby canceling the group's plans for a summer tour.
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 of the Top 50 and stalled at platinum,
which was considerably less than what the group's two previous albums achieved.

Still battling his personal demons, Weiland recorded a 1998 solo album, 12 Bar
Blues, while the remaining members of STP recruited vocalist Dave Coutts (Ten
Inch Men) to record a self-titled LP under the band name Talk Show. To the
surprise of many, Stone Temple Pilots reunited, completing 1999's No. 4, a dark
affair that marked their first appearance on Billboard's Hot 100 with the
pensive single "Sour Girl." However, shortly after the album's release, Weiland
was sentenced to a year in a Los Angeles county jail for violating his
probation, which stemmed from an earlier conviction for heroin possession.
Despite these continued setbacks, a newly rejuvenated Stone Temple Pilots and a
sober Weiland emerged seemingly stronger than ever at the start of the new
millennium. The band got back to basics with Shangri-La Dee Da, released in
summer 2001. Single "Days of the Week" was a Top Five favorite on the rock
charts, but the album never made it past gold-certification and was one of their
lowest charting to date. Two years later, STP issued the greatest-hits package
Thank You. The audio-only edition featured 15 tracks -- 13 hits spanning the
group's entire career, an acoustic version of "Plush" dating from 1992, and the
new track "All in the Suit That You Wear" -- while a special CD/DVD format
included three hours of videos, live performances, and behind-the-scenes
footage.

Stone Temple Pilots took another break between 2003 and 2008, during which time
the DeLeo brothers joined Richard Patrick (Filter) and Ray Luzier (Korn) to form
Army of Anyone and Weiland found renewed success as the frontman of supergroup
Velvet Revolver. After clashes with his bandmates -- including Slash, Matt
Sorum, and Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses -- resulted in his exit from the group,
Weiland reunited with STP and embarked on a successful reunion tour in 2008. The
band returned to the studio one year later, emerging in 2010 with the release of
Stone Temple Pilots, their self-titled sixth album. It reached number two on the
U.S. album charts, and the band embarked on a worldwide tour that wound up being
documented on the 2011 live video Alive in the Windy City. STP were planning to
continue a tour in 2012, possibly playing their Core debut in its entirety, but
these plans fell apart, and on February 27, 2013 the group announced they had
fired Weiland.

On the following day, the singer countered that this was all a ruse to boost
ticket sales and that lawyers would straighten out the situation, but the
remaining members of Stone Temple Pilots soldiered on without him, appearing as
surprise guests at KROQ's annual Weenie Roast that May with new vocalist Chester
Bennington from Linkin Park. The new outfit -- billed as Stone Temple Pilots
with Chester Bennington -- issued a single, "Out of Time," which landed on their
sole release together, High Rise. Bennington toured with the band until 2015,
but soon returned to his efforts with Linkin Park. Later that year, on December
3, Weiland was found dead in Bloomington, Minnesota while on tour with his band
the Wildabouts. Following Bennington's departure, Stone Temple Pilots set out to
find his replacement by holding auditions online. Before they could announce a
new singer, Bennington passed away on July 20, 2017.

Despite the tumultuous and tragic decade, the band celebrated the 25th
anniversary of Core with a Super Deluxe Edition released in September 2017.
Shortly afterward, they hired Jeff Gutt -- who had previously appeared in the
U.S. version of the television musical competition The X Factor -- as their new
lead singer. This STP lineup released the band's second eponymous album in March
2018; Stone Temple Pilots (Rhino) debuted at 24 on Billboard's Top 200. The
group closed the decade with the release of another anniversary Super Deluxe
Edition, this time for Purple.

In 2020, STP switched directions for their eighth studio album -- and second
with Gutt -- Perdida. The acoustic affair featured unexpected instrumentation --
flute, a string section, saxophone, and even a marxophone -- and included the
single "Fare Thee Well." The album hit number 21 on Billboard's Top Alternative
Albums chart. © Stephen Thomas Erlewine



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