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Stone Temple Pilots reunite for tour

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Stone Temple Pilots make triumphant comeback


Scott Weiland and co treat LA crowd to greatest hits
Apr 8, 2008
http://www.nme.com/news/stone-temple-pilots/35738

The newly reunited Stone Temple Pilots played an intimate gig filled with their greatest hits at the Harry Houdini Estate in Los Angeles tonight (April 7).

Original members Scott Weiland, guitarist Dean DeLeo, bassist Robert DeLeo and drummer Eric Kretz performed for a largely industry crowd to launch the 65-city tour they announced last week.
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Looking dapper in a dark three-piece suit and tie, Weiland quipped, "None of us will wax poetically, we'll just bash each other with guitars and mic stands."

The band, who originally formed in 1992, kicked off their set with 'Big Empty' and segued into the classic 'Plush', one of their biggest hits.

Earlier in the evening, contortionists kept the crowd entertained underneath a colourful tent on the Houdini Estate. Weiland explained that the band chose to hold the event there because they had come to the secluded Hollywood Hills mansion in the early 1990s with director Gus Van Sant to film a video and fell in love with the place.

"We're back together and we're going on tour this summer," Weiland said before announcing that Stone Temple Pilots are set to play a date at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on June 24.

The band left the stage after just six songs, and the enthusiastic crowd chanted "STP" until they re-emerged. "It's just a hand job tonight," Weiland quipped before giving the crowd one final song, 'Trippin On A Hole In A Paper Heart'.

Stone Temple Pilots played:

'Big Empty'
'Plush'
'Vasoline'
'Lady Picture Show'
'Big Bang Baby'
'Interstate Love Song'
'Trippin On A Hole In A Paper Heart'

Last week, Weiland left his latest band Velvet Revolver in a less than amicable split to reunite with Stone Temple Pilots, as previously reported.

--By our Los Angeles staff.


» 5/17 - Columbus, OH @ Rock on the Range Festival, Columbus Crew Stadium
» 5/18 - Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
» 5/20 - Cleveland, OH @ State Theatre, Playhouse Square
» 5/22 - Chicago, IL @ Charter One Pavilion
» 5/23 - Indianapolis, IN @ Indianapolis Motor Speedway
» 5/26 - Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
» 5/31 - Holmdel, NJ PNC @ Bank Arts Center
» 6/1 - Mansfield, MA @ Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
» 6/3 - Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit
» 6/6 - St. Paul, MN @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium
» 6/7 - Kansas City, KS Rock Fest @ Liberty Memorial Park
» 6/8 - Maryland Heights, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
» 6/11 - West Valley City, UT @ The E Center
» 6/12 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Pearl
» 6/14 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Pearl
» 6/21 - Calgary V Festival @ Fort Calgary
» 6/24 - Hollywood, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
» 6/25 - Tucson, AZ @ Anselmo Valencia Amphitheater
» 6/27 - San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
» 6/28 - The Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
» 6/29 - Grand Prairie, TX @ Nokia Theatre @ Grand Prairie
» 7/2 - Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
» 7/4 - Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest, Marcus Amphitheater
» 7/10 - Quebec City, Quebec @ Summer Festival, Plains of Abraham
» 7/12 - North York, ON @ Edge Fest, Downsview Park
» 7/15 - Canandaigua, NY @ Constellation Performing Arts Center
» 7/17 - Green Bay, WI @ Oneida Casino
» 7/18 - Mt Pleasant, MI @ Soaring Eagle Casino
» 7/19 - Cadott, WI @ Chippewa Valley Music Festival
» 7/25 - Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre
» 7/26 - Paso Robles, CA @ California Mid-State Fair
» 7/27 San Diego, CA @ Concerts on the Green, Qualcomm Stadium
» 8/8 - Bethlehem, PA @ Musikfest
» 8/9 - Atlantic City, NJ @ The Borgata
» 8/10 - Baltimore, MD @ V Festival, Pimlico Race Track
» 8/17 - Charlotte, SC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
» 8/19 - Orlando, FL @ UCF Arena
» 8/20 - Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live, Seminole Hard Rock Casino
» 8/22 - Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheatre
» 8/23 - Alpharetta, GA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Encore Park
» 8/30 - Vancouver, BC @ GM Place
» 8/31 - Seattle, WA @ Bumbershoot Festival, Memorial Stadium
 
OMG

my second favorite band in the world - COMING TO BALTIMORE!!! YES!

thanks for posting this
 
STP kicked ass. Went to see them at the Universal Amphitheater back in '96. Great concert. Glad to see they got back together.

Is Weiland still with Velvet Revolver or did that fall through?

** Nevermind, missed the last sentence of the OP **
 
I hope they tack on a European tour. I'm back home for a couple of weeks in the summer but I don't think I'll be able to manage seeing them.

I saw them at the Congress Centre in Ottawa back in October of 1993 and from what I remember it was awesome! The best part was that the concert started the day before my birthday and lasted past midnight so it was my birthday by the time the concert was over.
 
Woohoo!

I am so crossing the atlantic for this. Seen them once at Brixton Academy in London, described by Robert Deleo (the bassist) as the best gig they ever played. It was certainly the best gig I have ever witnessed I can tell you that.

This is the most eclectic and intelligent rock band of the last 20 years. Anyone who thinks they are a clone of anything has fucking rocks in their head or simply wouldn't know world class song writing if it came up and smacked them in the face. Unfortunately STP are a good example of a band that wrote radio friendly hits en mass to build an audience, unfortunately as they diversified they also started to lose appeal with the fickle mainstream audience, although having a drug addicted singer probably didn't help either.

Dean and Rob Deleo manage to fuse Jazz, Metal and Blues and many other genres, layered with textured soundscapes in a way quite unlike anyone else and the attention to detail in production is second to none.
 
Oh awesome! I never got the chance to see Pearl Jam in concert the first time around!
 
Worf412 said:
Oh awesome! I never got the chance to see Pearl Jam in concert the first time around!
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Spoken like a tone deaf layman who doesn't know much about either band.

STP don't sound a single thing like Pearl jam. Anybody who has listened to either band beyond their first few hit singles can tell you that.
 
Pingfah said:
Worf412 said:
Oh awesome! I never got the chance to see Pearl Jam in concert the first time around!
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Spoken like a tone deaf layman who doesn't know much about either band.

STP don't sound a single thing like Pearl jam. Anybody who has listened to either band beyond their first few hit singles can tell you that.
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Quoted for emphasis.

Really, the only song that could sound like a Pearl Jam song is Plush, but even that is iffy. I think that stupid rumour started from jealous Pearl Jam fans over the awesomeness of Plush. Plus, Plush was written in 1989, 2 years before the first Pearl Jam album was released, so if anything it's Pearl Jam who ripped-off STP. Weiland sounds a lot more like Jim Morrison than Eddie Vedder in that song anyway.
 
I was waiting for someone to start a thread on this (since I was too lazy to do so). I have tickets to see them May 18, so I'm thrilled. This is going to be awesome.

I hope they play more songs in Camden than they did there, though. They've made so many great songs over the years, they really could do more.
 
I am waiting for the GA/FL dates to be 100% confirmed before I sign up for those. Until then, I have a ticket to see them 05/17 in Ohio.

The video clips gave me chills- these guys still rock!
 
If you log on to Stonetemplepilots.com, you can choose the setlist for the individual shows! :bolian:
 
Alidar Jarok said:
Pensive said:
If you log on to Stonetemplepilots.com, you can choose the setlist for the individual shows! :bolian:
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Do you have to join the fanclub to pick songs?
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No you don't. Just log in to a free account and it will work.

Here's an article from MTV:

By James Montgomery

On The Record: Were We Wrong About Stone Temple Pilots?

Being a rock critic is easy. Admitting you were wrong isn't. So naturally, writing this week's column was tough ... because it's about Stone Temple Pilots, a band that officially reunited on Monday night in Los Angeles and one that, over the course of five albums and nearly 10 years together, was one of the most critically reviled acts on the planet.

So, of course, if I were to follow protocol, I'd scoff at the reunion, make some joke like "What does this mean for Army of Anyone?!?!" and move on. I'd dismiss STP as nothing more than generic Nirvana-bes, ham-fisted, lunk-headed pretenders to the throne who foisted their brand of derivative bro-rock on the masses for far too long. Only, I'm not going to do any of that.

See, I'm about to float a hypothesis that basically flies in the face of a decade's worth of "conventional critical wisdom," and one that might get my rock-critic card revoked permanently (which means no more 20 percent discount at Quiznos). But I don't think I can keep it inside any longer. So, in the interest of the truth, I'm just going to come out and say it ... here we go ...

Stone Temple Pilots were actually pretty great.

And this isn't something I just realized, either. Ever since I heard the opening chords to "Plush" (which, really, is probably one of the 10 best grunge songs ever written) way back in 1992, I was a closeted STP fan. I followed them through ups and downs — and frontman Scott Weiland's many drug arrests — always secretly marveling at their dexterity, their ability to churn out hit after hit, and the seamless way with which they leapt between genres (bluesy stompers, psychedelic spindlers, glammed-out rockers), often all on the same record. And though I would never tell anyone, I never thought they got the respect they deserved. I would read reviews and get a little pissed when critics took potshots at them. After all, the only thing they seemed guilty of was having a stupid name (well, that or the whole "does-it-glorify-rape?" debate about "Sex Type Thing").

So now that I've said all that, I'm going to say this. Of all the so-called "alt-rock" acts that lumbered the Earth in the 1990s — a list that includes everyone from Alice in Chains to Tad — Stone Temple Pilots were probably one of the five best. (I'd probably put them behind only Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden.) Seriously. They had more rock-radio hits (all of which were pretty great) and sold more records (not all of which were pretty great, but, you know, whatever) than pretty much any other band of that era, and they did it for much longer too (finally calling it quits in 2003, leaving only Eddie Vedder and company to carry the mantle). Not to mention the fact that in Weiland, they had one of the most dynamic — yet colossally screwed-up — frontmen of the decade. I cannot understand why they are almost universally panned ... only, I can.

Basically, STP were like the Mötley Crüe or the Led Zeppelin of alt-rock. A critically loathed — though for no particularly good reason — yet commercially successful band that always played second fiddle to so-called "important" acts, yet the one that really made the wheels of the industry turn. The kind of band that makes people hate rock critics.

So perhaps it's time we reconsidered STP's place in rock history. And I'm not saying we carve out a spot for them on Mount Rockmore or anything like that, but how about this: Think for a second about those hits I keep mentioning — songs like "Plush," "Creep," "Interstate Love Song," "Big Bang Baby" or "Lady Picture Show." Chances are, they're w-a-a-y better than you remembered them being (if you need a refresher, check out some of their videos). Now think if there's another band in recent memory that was so adept at switching gears or did so with such success. Can you name one? I can't.

Next, consider the fact that STP might also be much more brilliant than you ever realized. Take, for example, the video for "Big Bang Baby." You remember it: the ultra-low-budget one that was shot on VHS tape, the sole purpose of which seemed to be so the Pilots could pay homage to Toni Basil's "Mickey." It made no sense whatsoever, right? Or how about the time in 1993 when STP performed an entire show at NYC's Roseland Ballroom in full Kiss makeup just because they wanted to. And let's not forget the fact that they even released an album as batsh-- crazy as Tiny Music ... Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop. Were these just examples of rock-star ego gone horribly awry, or was that just what Weiland and company wanted you to think? Clearly, these are not the kind of questions that enter your mind when considering the average rock band. Or even Nirvana, for that matter.

And so, my fellow rock-critic brethren, I urge you to do the math. Think twice before slagging off STP. Be kind while writing about their massive 65-date (!) reunion tour. Because, really, they deserve better. Stone Temple Pilots didn't change the world or make rock important again or even inspire a series of morbid, longing tomes about their career, but I'm not sure they really need to. All I'm suggesting is that perhaps it's time to admit that we were wrong about them from the get-go — that we treated them unfairly. We can say we're sorry, because STP certainly deserve to be remembered as more than just a throwaway line in a Pavement song. The truth can set you free.


http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1585061/20080408/stone_temple_pilots.jhtml
 
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