I grew up listening to the likes of Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Nine Inch Nails. By the age of nine, I had discovered Manic Panic hair dye and had a closet full of flannel long sleeve shirts, with thumb-holes cut out of each wrist...
Last night's (May 18) KROQ Weenie Roast featured a surprise performance by Stone Temple Pilots, who used the event to reveal their new part-time singer: Linkin Park's Chester Bennington. The foursome played a mini-set that included the brand-new track 'Out of Time,' our sister site Loudwire reports, and speaking with the L.A. radio station, STP guitarist Dean DeLeo dished on the nature of the part
Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor isn't holding anything back on his new spoken word/acoustic tour. The latest victim of a 'Taylor Ty-raid' is Stone Temple Pilot frontman Scott Weiland, who Taylor calls a "piece of sh*t".
It's always a pretty ballsy move when an artist tries to tackle a song by a fellow musician. It's even better when they do it so well they knock it out of the park.
Scott Weiland writes that in the early 1990's, it was Stone Temple Pilots-not U2, not Nirvana, not Pearl Jam- was the hottest band in the world. He's got a book titled Not Dead & Not For Sale: A Memoir coming out May 17th.