PAREDES DE COURA

The night was quite cold and after the QOTSA’s virtuous performance something special would have to come. After the freezing members of this band left the stage, an immense silver cloth with the name of Stone Temple Pilots immediately went up. The public reacted to the movement on stage and frantically waited for the band to appear. The…

LIVE AT GRAMERCY THEATER

It was nearing 10:45. Doors had opened almost an hour earlier and the Jimmy Kimmel Live camera crews were coercing sound-bites from the crowds, but after the fourth or fifth call for “30 more seconds of applause guys,” a hail of boos sent the team packing. It was clear this would be the last bit…

HUCKLEBERRY CRUMBLE

This Seventies-tinged number is a track from American rock band Stone Temple Pilots’ self-titled sixth studio album. Frontman Scott Welland told Spinner UK that for the record the band returned to the same formula they used for their hit albums Core and Purple. He said: “For the most part, Robert and Dean [DeLeo] write the instrumental riffs and then amongst…

2010 ALBUM – STONE TEMPLE PILOTS

In 2008, San Diego alt-rockers Stone Temple Pilots ended a five-year split and reunited for a massive U.S. tour, kicking off with a rockin’ extravaganza at Harry Houdini’s old Hollywood mansion. And then the magic really started to happen: the quartet began jamming during sound checks and soon had an album’s worth of demos. On…