Weiland wrote it after an ex had been the victim of a gang-rape in high school.
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This was the first album where Scott Weiland was credited with his full name, since for the debut he was credited solely as "Weiland." (He also stopped bleaching his hair while at it.) Purple (1994) featuring: "Vasoline," "Interstate Love Song," "Big Empty," and "Unglued." This album ditched the Heavy Metal sound of their debut and thus improved their critical reception, introducing more Psychedelic Rock elements to their style, and relying less on what was perceived to be formulaic grunge songs.( Not to mention people who misinterpreted the lyrics to "Sex Type Thing.")
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The album was originally pilloried by critics, who called them a faceless, generic Grunge band and accused them of "ripping off" Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam.
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In February 2013, Weiland was fired by the other members for a second time for unexplained reasons. They re-formed in 2008, to moderate success.
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The band's line-up has remained the same throughout its active years, but has split twice, the first time in 1995, when Weiland was arrested and convicted for buying crack cocaine, and in 2002, when Weiland and Dean DeLeo got into a fistfight. Scott Weiland, the Face of the Band for all the wrong reasons, cited Jim Morrison and David Bowie as influences in his own singing. Writer Chuck Klosterman once claimed he had never met anyone who claimed to be a passionate Stone Temple Pilots fan, yet he had met numerous people who knew who they were.Īt any rate, Stone Temple Pilots's first two albums sold 14 million copies combined, cementing their reputation as rock radio mainstays. They were, and still are, The '90s rock version of eclectic music, a band that constantly tried to break from the pack of the era's rock titans to establish their own fan base and sound. Formed in 1986 by Scott Weiland (vocals) and Robert DeLeo (bass), they were later joined by Robert's brother Dean DeLeo (guitar) and Eric Kretz (drums).
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Stone Temple Pilots are an American rock band from San Diego, California.