STP Reunion this summer

John Benson of Billboard.com reports: After VELVET REVOLVER wraps a spring tour in support of its second album, "Libertad", frontman Scott Weiland will rejoin his former bandmates in STONE TEMPLE PILOTS for a handful of summer reunion shows, guitarist Slash tells Billboard.com.

STP broke up in late 2002; the band's last album was the previous year's "Shangri-La Dee Da". No other details have yet been revealed about STP's plans.

In the meantime, Weiland and his VELVET REVOLVER bandmates are still plugging away in support of "Libertad" with dates that run through early April. There's also the hope that recording for album number three could begin in the spring.

"I don't think anybody knew the second one came out," Slash admits. "We didn't promote it, for one. The first record I remember going out for three weeks on the road and just promoting, with (bassist) Duff (McKagan) and myself going to Europe, Japan and the States.

Read more at Billboard.com.

<<groan>>

I've never quite understood why people slammed STP. Or labeled them Pearl Jam copycats. They've never had quite the same style for any two albums running, and certainly sound a whole lot better than the whole nicleback/puddle of mud type crap.

better start lining up the heroin dealers in every town on the tour now.

the stone temple pilots,
they're elegant bachelors
they're foxy to me, are they foxy to you?

Originally posted by Arthwys:
I've never quite understood why people slammed STP. Or labeled them Pearl Jam copycats. They've never had quite the same style for any two albums running, and certainly sound a whole lot better than the whole nicleback/puddle of mud type crap.

Because when they showed up for the first time, they looked and sounded way too much like Pearl Jam. And at the time, nobody needed more of that sound. It seemed like it had pretty much run its course. They were the derivative sound of something that was already getting old after a few years. They are the poster boys for the horrific nickleback/creed/many others I can't name sound that somehow…..somehow (???) still sells records today, even though it is the derivative of the derivative of the derivative.

not a big STP fan but i saw them at some festival in pittsburgh back in college and they put on a pretty good show.

gag.

Originally posted by PigIron:

Originally posted by Arthwys:
I've never quite understood why people slammed STP. Or labeled them Pearl Jam copycats. They've never had quite the same style for any two albums running, and certainly sound a whole lot better than the whole nicleback/puddle of mud type crap.

Because when they showed up for the first time, they looked and sounded way too much like Pearl Jam. And at the time, nobody needed more of that sound. It seemed like it had pretty much run its course. They were the derivative sound of something that was already getting old after a few years. They are the poster boys for the horrific nickleback/creed/many others I can't name sound that somehow…..somehow (???) still sells records today, even though it is the derivative of the derivative of the derivative.

Scrunge was used to describe that second wave of Grunge bands…

Stone Temple Pilots was no Dig…or Paw…or Nixons…or Green Apple Quick Step…or HAHA

I hope this thread doesn't grow to the length of that gayass Smashing Pumpkins thread.

STP was a good rock band with a bunch of fun, catchy songs. Scott is a great frontman and the one time I got to see them they were terrific. I never really got the PJ comparison, beyond "Creep". I'm definitely looking forward to this one.

"Scourge" would be more fitting.

Originally posted by kosmo:

Originally posted by PigIron:

Originally posted by Arthwys:
I've never quite understood why people slammed STP. Or labeled them Pearl Jam copycats. They've never had quite the same style for any two albums running, and certainly sound a whole lot better than the whole nicleback/puddle of mud type crap.

Because when they showed up for the first time, they looked and sounded way too much like Pearl Jam. And at the time, nobody needed more of that sound. It seemed like it had pretty much run its course. They were the derivative sound of something that was already getting old after a few years. They are the poster boys for the horrific nickleback/creed/many others I can't name sound that somehow…..somehow (???) still sells records today, even though it is the derivative of the derivative of the derivative.

Scrunge was used to describe that second wave of Grunge bands…

Saw them open when they had their debut album, they were solid. Definitely NOT a Pearl Jam sound alike. I got tired of hearing that.

Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:
the stone temple pilots,
they're elegant bachelors
they're foxy to me, are they foxy to you?

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
I hope this thread doesn't grow to the length of that gayass Smashing Pumpkins thread.

Going on tour with the Smashing Pumpkins,
nature kids, I– they don't have no function.
I don't understand what they mean,
And I could really give a &@#%!

yeah, pavement, etc.

now that would be a 12 page reunion thread

It's so cool to hate everything.

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
now that would be a 12 page reunion thread

If Pavement legitimately reunited (or, heck, even if Malkmus did an announced "all pavement songs" tour), it'd trump any concert/rollcall thread we'd ever had on here.

Originally posted by Julian, good manners AFICIONADO:

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
now that would be a 12 page reunion thread

If Pavement legitimately reunited (or, heck, even if Malkmus did an announced "all pavement songs" tour), it'd trump any concert/rollcall thread we'd ever had on here.

Wouldn't trump Kraftwerk from three years ago.