History Music / StoneTemplePilots

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: "Sex Type Thing", written from the perspective of a rapist and meant to deconstruct their misogynistic thought processes. Weiland wrote it after an ex had been the victim of a gang-rape in high school. Unfortunately, like other similar examples such as "[[Music/HuskerDu Diane]]" and "[[Music/{{Nevermind}} Polly]]", it gained a MisaimedFandom, but it's also been reappraised in recent years as one of the first big hits to make a serious attempt to examine the subject.

* SurrealMusicVideo: The "Sour Girl" video has something to do with the band being hugged by people in strange rabbit costumes in an isolated valley somewhere, as well as Scott going shirtless and dancing erotically with two contrasting versions of Creator/SarahMichelleGellar (one with blonde, curly hair, the other with straight black hair and dressed somewhat in a {{goth}} style)

* SurrealMusicVideo: The "Sour Girl" video has something to do with the band interacting with people in strange rabbit costumes, as well as Scott going shirtless and dancing erotically with two contrasting versions of Creator/SarahMichelleGellar (one with blonde, curly hair, the other with straight black hair and dressed somewhat in a {{goth}} style)

At any rate, Stone Temple Pilots's first two albums sold 14 million copies combined, cementing their reputation as rock radio mainstays. Scott Weiland, the FaceOfTheBand for all the wrong reasons, cited [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison]] and Music/DavidBowie as influences in his own singing. 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. They re-formed in 2008, to moderate success. In February 2013, Weiland was fired by the other members for a second time for unexplained reasons. Weiland claimed this was a joke to boost ticket sales; with the release of "Out of Time," featuring Music/LinkinPark vocalist Chester Bennington (and the EP ''High Rise'') this seems not to be the case.

!! This band provides examples of:

* {{Bowdlerized}}: The band name, actually. After changing their name from "Film/MightyJoeYoung," they briefly went by the moniker: "S[[spoiler:hirley]] T[[spoiler:emple's]] P[[spoiler:ussy]]." Even now, if you type that name into Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}'s search engine, the Stone Temple Pilots page comes up.

* RefrainFromAssuming: No, it's "Creep", not "Half the Man I Used to Be". Of course, it doesn't help that this song came the year after Music/{{Radiohead}}'s song of the same name, which is definitely different.

* RefrainFromAssuming: Most of their big hits get this, because almost all have [[NonAppearingTitle Non-Appearing Titles]]. So, for instance, "Creep" is ''not'' called "Half the Man I Used to Be" (or "Half the Man He Used to Be" - and Music/{{Nirvana}} did not perform it). "Interstate Love Song" is ''not'' called "Leaving on a Southern Train". "Big Empty" is ''not'' called "Time to Take Her Home" or "Conversations Kill". And so on.

They were, and still are, TheNineties rock version of NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly, a band that constantly tried to break from the pack of the era's rock titans to establish their own fan base and sound. 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.

* RefrainFromAssuming: Most of their big hits get this, because almost all have [[NonAppearingTitle Non-Appearing Titles]]. So, for instance, "Creep" is ''not'' called "Half the Man I Used to Be" (or "Half the Man He Used to Be" - and Music/{{Nirvana}} did not perform it). "Interstate Love Song" is ''not'' called "Leaving on a Southern Train". "Big Empty" is ''not'' called "Time to Take Home" or "Conversations Kill". And so on.

* AddledAddict: Scott Weiland, big-time. It got him fired from Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver and led to lots and lots of negative live reviews of his solo shows, and based on what his ex-wife said in an open letter, the drug usage may have resulted in brain damage.

* DeadArtistsAreBetter: While Stone Temple Pilots were never critical darlings during Scott Weiland's lifetime, the music press was flooded with tributes after he died in December 2015.

* DrugsAreBad: Weiland's burned bridges and reputation for being difficult and unpleasant were largely attributable to his heavy drug usage, and drugs eventually cost him his life.

* {{Jerkass}}: Scott Weiland was ''legendary'' for his burned bridges caused by drug addled idiocy and douchebaggery. There's a good reason why he was fired from every single major band he was in. An open letter from his ex-wife, while not totally condemning him (as she lamented his fall as both a talented artist and loving father), painted him as a distant and unavailable father who largely abandoned the family after he re-married whose apparent refusal to get help for his mental health issues put her through hell.

* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: "Sex Type Thing" was supposed to be an anti-rape song, but its aggressively sexual lyrics found a fanbase that got a thrill from the song's POV.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness:
** Their first album is, for the most part, a solid 6 and occasional 7, with its follow-up ''Purple'' going down to a 4 or 5. With "Plush" being more a 4-5 and "Interstate Love Song" being either a 3 or 4. Their later material is a bit more varied, with most of the songs from ''Tiny Music'' onward around 3, and ''No. 4'' generally at a 4 to 6 range.
** "Days of the Week" from ''Shangri-La-Dee-Da'' and "Creep" from ''Core'' are a 2 or 3. "Pretty Penny" from ''Purple'' is a pretty solid 2. "A Song for Sleeping" also from ''Shangri-La'' is a 1.

* HiddenTrack: "My Second Album," at the end of ''Purple,'' a lounge jazz number which name drops Johnny Mathis. Unusually, it's not even performed by the band, but by Richard Peterson, a UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} street musician.

In November 2015, Chester Bennington amicably parted ways with the band due to his commitments with Linkin Park (who was gearing up to record their seventh album, ''One More Light''). However, hopes of a classic reunion vanished nearly a month later when Scott Weiland [[AuthorExistenceFailure died at the age of 48]] due to an accidental drug overdose; nearly two years later, Bennington, too, died in a suicide by hanging. After months of silence, the band began an online campaign to find a new vocalist. In November 2017, former ''Series/TheXFactorUS'' contestant Jeff Gutt (formerly of Dry Cell) became STP's new lead singer.

* YourCheatingHeart: When Scott and Robert first met, as they talked they slowly realized they were seeing the same girl. When she eventually moved away, they took her old apartment and started putting the band together.

* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: "Sex Type Thing" was supposed to be an anti-rape song, but its aggressively sexual lyrics found a fanbase that got a thrill from the song's POV.

* ''Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop'' (1996), featuring: "Big Bang Baby," "Lady Picture Show," and "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart." Probably the band's best example of WordSaladLyrics. This album featured heavier influences from PsychedelicRock and even {{Britpop}}, making it the first ''Stone Temple Pilots'' album to receive very good reviews. However, tensions within the band -- caused by Weiland's drug habits -- prevented a tour to promote the album and thus it sold less than the others (though 2x platinum in its own right), marking the downhill point in ''Stone Temple Pilots'' career success wise.

* ''Stone Temple Pilots'' (2010). The band's comeback album, featuring: "Between the Lines." This is the last ''Stone Temple Pilots'' album to feature Scott Weiland, who would die in 2015.

* AddledAddict: Scott Weiland, big-time. It got him fired from ''Stone Temple Pilots'' and ''Velvet Revolver'' and led to lots and lots of negative live reviews of his solo shows, and based on what his ex-wife said in an open letter, the drug usage may have resulted in brain damage.
* TheBandMinusTheFace: The firing of Scott Weiland became this for ''Stone Temple Pilots.'' They had {{averted| trope}} this during a previous hiatus by performing under the name: ''Talk Show.''
* {{Bowdlerized}}: The band name, actually. After changing their name from ''[[ShoutOut Mighty Joe Young,]]'' they briefly went by the moniker: "S[[spoiler: hirley]] T[[spoiler: emple's]] P[[spoiler: ussy]]." Even now, if you type that name into Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}'s search engine, the ''Stone Temple Pilots'' page comes up.

* DeadArtistsAreBetter: While ''Stone Temple Pilots'' were never critical darlings during Scott Weiland's lifetime, the music press was flooded with tributes after he died in December 2015.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: They formed in the '80s as ''Mighty Joe Young,'' where they were a {{Funk}} band. Check out the song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RWwPiXno-0 Piece of Pie]]" (which, aside from the name, bears no resemblance to the ''Core'' song).

* HiddenTrack: "My Second Album," at the end of ''Purple,'' a lounge jazz number which name drops ''Johnny Mathis.'' Unusually, it's not even performed by the band, but by Richard Peterson, a UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} street musician.

* JerkAss: Scott Weiland was ''legendary'' for his burned bridges caused by drug addled idiocy and douchebaggery. There's a good reason why he was fired from every single major band he was in. An open letter from his ex-wife, while not totally condemning him (as she lamented his fall as both a talented artist and loving father), painted him as a distant and unavailable father who largely abandoned the family after he re-married whose apparent refusal to get help for his mental health issues put her through hell.

--> '''Weiland:''' It's about organised religion. About people who tell others what to do and what to believe. They switch off people's minds and control the masses. It gives me a feeling of isolation, when I think about it. Organized religion does not view everyone as equals."

Stone Temple Pilots are an American rock band from San Diego, California. 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). The band's line-up has remained the same throughout its active years, until February 2013 when Weiland was fired by the other members for unexplained reasons. Weiland claimed this was a joke to boost ticket sales; with the release of "Out of Time," featuring Music/LinkinPark vocalist Chester Bennington (and the EP ''High Rise'') this seems not to be the case.

They were, and still are, TheNineties rock version of NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly, a band that constantly tried to break from the pack of the era's rock titans to establish their own fan base and sound. 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.

At any rate, ''Stone Temple Pilots'''s first two albums sold 14 million copies combined, cementing their reputation as rock radio mainstays. Scott Weiland, the FaceOfTheBand for all the wrong reasons, cited [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison]] and Music/DavidBowie as influences in his own singing. The band 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 [=De=]Leo got into a fistfight. They re-formed in 2008, to moderate success.

[[caption-width-right:350: Classic line-up l-r: Robert [=De=]Leo, Scott Weiland, Dean [=De=]Leo, and Eric Kretz.]]

->...And to you, dead and bloated nation of sleepwalkers, so content to drown in your own rancid apathy that your own minds and the minds of your children are being bought and sold on the auction block by swarthy old hogs -- oh, set a place for the auctioneer, he'll be coming to dinner tonight. No need to bother, honey, he'll be coming live via satellite direct, right through our brand new motherfuckin' super mega screen Home Monitor System...
-->-'''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_%28Stone_Temple_Pilots_album) Core]]'''

Stone Temple Pilots are an American rock band from San Diego, California. Formed in 1986 by Scott Weiland (vocals) and Robert [=De=]Leo (bass), they were later joined by Robert's brother Dean [=De=]Leo (guitar) and Eric Kretz (drums). The band's line-up has remained the same throughout its active years, until February 2013 when Weiland was fired by the other members for unexplained reasons. Weiland claimed this was a joke to boost ticket sales; with the release of "Out of Time," featuring Music/LinkinPark vocalist Chester Bennington (and the EP ''High Rise'') this seems not to be the case.