Stone Temple Pilots is a Grammy Award-winning American rock band consisting of Scott Weiland (lead vocals), brothers Robert (bass guitar, vocals) and Dean DeLeo (guitar), and Eric Kretz (drums, percussion).
Stone Temple Pilots can trace its beginnings to a Black Flag concert in Long Beach in 1986, where Scott Weiland met Robert DeLeo. They both dated the same woman, and bonded through the situation. When the girl left town, Weiland and DeLeo moved into her vacated apartment. Immediately, Weiland and DeLeo formed a band with two of Scott’s friends from Edison High School, Corey Hicock (guitar) and David Allen (drums). After Allen’s departure, drummer Eric Kretz joined the band. Soon after, Robert DeLeo’s brother, Dean DeLeo, decided to play guitar in the band replacing Hicock, completing the quartet. They then named their band Mighty Joe Young. The band recorded a demo tape that was completed around 1990.
The group then began to work on their debut album with Brendan O’Brien. During the recording, they received a call from their lawyer who informed them that there was a blues man who had already claimed the name Mighty Joe Young. They changed the band’s name to Shirley Temple’s Pussy and performed under this name for a short time, but then changed the name again due to record label pressure They liked the initials STP and eventually settled on the name Stone Temple Pilots in 1992, towards the end of the Core sessions.
Big Empty
While a lot of people associate this song with breakups, according to Scott Weiland, he wrote this song about the band being on tour for so long and being ready to just quit and go home.
“Drivin’ faster in my car
falling farther from just what we are”
-He tells of how he feels his band has begun to lose sight of it’s original purpose, and become more pop-rock, something the band has been accused of numerous times.
“smoke a cigarette and lie some more
these conversations kill
falling faster in my car “
-emphasizes the previous line, finds himself to be selling out to the industry.
“Time to take her home
her dizzy head is conscience laden
time to take a ride
it leaves today no conversation”
-the band is becoming disillusioned, exhausted mentally, physically, and emotionally. Him “taking a ride” could be a possible reference to drugs, Weiland was known to be a heavy user.
“To much walkin’, shoes worn thin
too much trippin’ and my soul’s worn thin
time to catch a ride
it leaves today, her name is what it means
to much walkin’, shoe’s worn thin”
-Their too much walkin, shoes worn thin shows their heavy roaming, touring, etc. and how they are exhausted and feel they have been pushed to their limits. “Her name is what it means” refers to the name of the band.
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Drivin’ faster in my car
Falling farther from just what we are
Smoke a cigarette and lie some more
These conversations kill
Falling faster in my car
Time to take her home, her dizzy head is conscience laden
Time to take a ride that leaves today no conversation
Time to take her home her lazy head is conscience laden
Time to wait too long to wait too long
These conversations kill
Too much walkin’, shoes worn thin
Too much trippin’ and my soul’s worn thin
Time to catch a ride it leaves today, her name is what it means
To much walkin’, shoe’s worn thin
Time to take her home, her dizzy head is conscience laden
Time to take a ride that leaves today no conversation
Time to take her home her lazy head is conscience laden
(Time to take her home her lazy head)
Time to wait too long to wait too long
(Time to wait too long to wait too long)
Conversations kill
Time to take her home, her dizzy head is conscience laden
Time to take a ride that leaves today no conversation
Time to take her home her lazy head is conscience laden
(Time to take her home her lazy head)
Time to wait too long to wait too long
(Time to wait too long to wait too long)
Conversations kill
- Audio from the 1994 album, Purple:
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Stone Temple Pilots is a Grammy Award-winning American rock band consisting of Scott Weiland (lead vocals), brothers Robert (bass guitar, vocals) and Dean DeLeo (guitar), and Eric Kretz (drums, percussion).
Stone Temple Pilots can trace its beginnings to a Black Flag concert in Long Beach in 1986, where Scott Weiland met Robert DeLeo. They both dated the same woman, and bonded through the situation. When the girl left town, Weiland and DeLeo moved into her vacated apartment. Immediately, Weiland and DeLeo formed a band with two of Scott’s friends from Edison High School, Corey Hicock (guitar) and David Allen (drums). After Allen’s departure, drummer Eric Kretz joined the band. Soon after, Robert DeLeo’s brother, Dean DeLeo, decided to play guitar in the band replacing Hicock, completing the quartet. They then named their band Mighty Joe Young. The band recorded a demo tape that was completed around 1990.
The group then began to work on their debut album with Brendan O’Brien. During the recording, they received a call from their lawyer who informed them that there was a blues man who had already claimed the name Mighty Joe Young. They changed the band’s name to Shirley Temple’s Pussy and performed under this name for a short time, but then changed the name again due to record label pressure They liked the initials STP and eventually settled on the name Stone Temple Pilots in 1992, towards the end of the Core sessions
Plush
is one of the band’s biggest hits, and was composed and written by singer Scott Weiland, drummer Eric Kretz and bassist Robert DeLeo for STP’s debut album, Core
The song’s chord structure was inspired by DeLeo’s love of ragtime music, and its lyrics were loosely based on a newspaper article Weiland had read about a girl who had been found dead in an area outside of San Diego. Weiland has also said that the song’s lyrics are a metaphor for a failed relationship.
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And I feel that time’s a wasted go
So where ya going to tomorrow?
And I see that these are lies to come
Would you even care?
And I feel it
And I feel it
Where ya going to tomorrow?
Where ya going with that mask I found?
And I feel, and I feel
When the dogs begin to smell her
Will she smell alone?
And I feel, so much depends on the weather
So is it raining in your bedroom?
And I see, that these are the eyes of disarray
Would you even care?
And I feel it
And she feels it
Where ya going to tomorrow?
Where ya going with that mask I found?
And I feel, and I feel
When the dogs begin to smell her
Will she smell alone?
When the dogs do find her
Got time, time, to wait for tomorrow
- Audio from the 2007 album, Thank You (The Greatest Hits):
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Stone Temple Pilots is a Grammy Award-winning American rock band consisting of Scott Weiland (lead vocals), brothers Robert (bass guitar, vocals) and Dean DeLeo (guitar), and Eric Kretz (drums, percussion).
Stone Temple Pilots can trace its beginnings to a Black Flag concert in Long Beach in 1986, where Scott Weiland met Robert DeLeo. They both dated the same woman, and bonded through the situation. When the girl left town, Weiland and DeLeo moved into her vacated apartment. Immediately, Weiland and DeLeo formed a band with two of Scott’s friends from Edison High School, Corey Hicock (guitar) and David Allen (drums). After Allen’s departure, drummer Eric Kretz joined the band. Soon after, Robert DeLeo’s brother, Dean DeLeo, decided to play guitar in the band replacing Hicock, completing the quartet. They then named their band Mighty Joe Young. The band recorded a demo tape that was completed around 1990.
The group then began to work on their debut album with Brendan O’Brien. During the recording, they received a call from their lawyer who informed them that there was a blues man who had already claimed the name Mighty Joe Young. They changed the band’s name to Shirley Temple’s Pussy and performed under this name for a short time, but then changed the name again due to record label pressure They liked the initials STP and eventually settled on the name Stone Temple Pilots in 1992, towards the end of the Core sessions
Vasoline
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One time a thing occurred to me
What’s real, and what’s for sale?
Blew a kiss and tried to take it home
It isn’t you, isn’t me
Search for things you can’t see
Going blind, out of reach
Somewhere in the vasoline
Two times and it has rendered me
Punch drunk and without bail
Think I’d be safer all alone
Flies in the vasoline we are
Sometimes it blows my mind
Keep getting stuck here all the time
You’ll see the look and you’ll see the lies
You’ll eat the lies, and you will.
It isn’t you, isn’t me
Search for things you can’t see
Going blind, out of reach
Somewhere in the vasoline
Audio off of the 1994 Purple album:
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Stone Temple Pilots is a Grammy Award-winning American rock band consisting of Scott Weiland (lead vocals), brothers Robert (bass guitar, vocals) and Dean DeLeo (guitar), and Eric Kretz (drums, percussion).
Stone Temple Pilots can trace its beginnings to a Black Flag concert in Long Beach in 1986, where Scott Weiland met Robert DeLeo. They both dated the same woman, and bonded through the situation. When the girl left town, Weiland and DeLeo moved into her vacated apartment. Immediately, Weiland and DeLeo formed a band with two of Scott’s friends from Edison High School, Corey Hicock (guitar) and David Allen (drums). After Allen’s departure, drummer Eric Kretz joined the band. Soon after, Robert DeLeo’s brother, Dean DeLeo, decided to play guitar in the band replacing Hicock, completing the quartet. They then named their band Mighty Joe Young. The band recorded a demo tape that was completed around 1990.
The group then began to work on their debut album with Brendan O’Brien. During the recording, they received a call from their lawyer who informed them that there was a blues man who had already claimed the name Mighty Joe Young. They changed the band’s name to Shirley Temple’s Pussy and performed under this name for a short time, but then changed the name again due to record label pressure They liked the initials STP and eventually settled on the name Stone Temple Pilots in 1992, towards the end of the Core sessions
Interstate Love Song
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Waiting on a Sunday afternoon
for what I read between the lines
your lies.
Feelin’ like a hand in rusted chain
so do you laugh, or does it cry?
Reply?
leavin’ on a southern train
only yesterday, you lied,
promises of what i seemed to be
only watch the time go by,
all of these things you said to me.
breathing, is the hardest thing to do
with all I’ve said and all that’s dead for you.
You Lied – Good bye
leavin’ on a southern train
only yesterday, you lied,
promises of what i seemed to be
only watch the time go by,
all of these things I said to you.
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Stone Temple Pilots is a Grammy Award-winning American rock band consisting of Scott Weiland (lead vocals), brothers Robert (bass guitar, vocals) and Dean DeLeo (guitar), and Eric Kretz (drums, percussion).
Stone Temple Pilots can trace its beginnings to a Black Flag concert in Long Beach in 1986, where Scott Weiland met Robert DeLeo. They both dated the same woman, and bonded through the situation. When the girl left town, Weiland and DeLeo moved into her vacated apartment. Immediately, Weiland and DeLeo formed a band with two of Scott’s friends from Edison High School, Corey Hicock (guitar) and David Allen (drums). After Allen’s departure, drummer Eric Kretz joined the band. Soon after, Robert DeLeo’s brother, Dean DeLeo, decided to play guitar in the band replacing Hicock, completing the quartet. They then named their band Mighty Joe Young. The band recorded a demo tape that was completed around 1990.
The group then began to work on their debut album with Brendan O’Brien. During the recording, they received a call from their lawyer who informed them that there was a blues man who had already claimed the name Mighty Joe Young. They changed the band’s name to Shirley Temple’s Pussy and performed under this name for a short time, but then changed the name again due to record label pressure They liked the initials STP and eventually settled on the name Stone Temple Pilots in 1992, towards the end of the Core sessions
Creep
This song is often attributed to Nirvana, but they never performed it as a band. It has often been used as a tribute to Kurt Cobain on YouTube.
http://djallyn.org/media/creep.flv
Forward yesterday — Makes me wanna stay.
What they said was real — Makes me wanna steal.
Livin’ under house — Guess I’m livin’, I’m a mouse.
All’s I gots is time — Got no meaning, just a rhyme.
Take time with a wounded hand — Cause it likes to heal
Take time with a wounded hand — Cause I like to steal
Take time with a wounded hand — Cause it likes to heal…I like to steal..
I’m half the man I used to be
(This I feel as the dawn, it fades to gray).
Well, I’m half the man I used to be
(This I feel as the dawn, it fades to gray).
Well, I’m half the man I used to be
(This I feel as the dawn, it fades to gray).
Well, I’m half the man I used to be..
Half the man I used to be..
Feelin’ uninspired — Think I’ll start a fire.
Everybody run — Bobby’s got a gun.
Think you’re kinda neat — Then she tells me I’m a creep.
Friends don’t mean a thing — Guess I’ll leave it up to me.
Take time with a wounded hand — Cause it likes to heal
Take time with a wounded hand — Cause I like to steal
Take time with a wounded hand — Cause it likes to heal. I like to steal.
I’m half the man I used to be
(This I feel as the dawn, it fades to gray).
Well, I’m half the man I used to be
(This I feel as the dawn, it fades to gray).
Well, I’m half the man I used to be
(This I feel as the dawn, it fades to gray).
Well, I’m half the man I used to be..
Half the man I used to be..
Take time with a wounded hand — Cause it likes to heal
Take time with a wounded hand — Cause I like to steal
Take time with a wounded hand — Cause it likes to heal. I like to steal.
I’m half the man I used to be
(This I feel as the dawn, it fades to gray).
Well, I’m half the man I used to be
(This I feel as the dawn, it fades to gray).
Well, I’m half the man I used to be
(This I feel as the dawn, it fades to gray).
Well, I’m half the man I used to be..
Half the man I used to be..
Half the man I used to be…
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Break