Stone Temple Pilots
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The critics hated them. The radio loved them. Armed with an ace brother songwriting duo and a ridiculously talented but troubled lead singer, this band managed to dominate the 90s rock landscape. It's STONE TEMPLE PILOTS week! Clip 1 brings the show to MTV Headbangers Ball for the first time for both an interview and an acoustic performance of Plush that went on to have a life of its own. Scott Weiland dresses up in drag as the Queen and rips through Sex Type Thing on The Word. Vasoline and Interstate Love Song dominate 1994 rock radio, with the former kicking off the Purple album cycle on Letterman. Scott has lots of problems it turns out, but you couldn't tell from a killer 1996 performance of Big Bang Baby. We return to Farmclub.com for Sour Girl and a lot of unfortunate Scott dancing at the home and height of nu-metal. And later era stints of the band with both Scott and Chester Bennington at the helm are uh, not great! Want to watch along with us? Check out the links below for the performances discussed this week! Interview (27 minute mark)/Plush, 12/2/1992 on MTV Headbangers Ball Sex Type Thing, 3/12/1993 on The Word UK Vasoline, 6/23/1994 on The Late Show with David Letterman Big Bang Baby, 3/26/1996 on The Late Show with David Letterman Vasoline/Sour Girl/Down, 5/22/2000 on Farmclub.com Between the Lines, 5/29/2010 on The Late Show with David Letterman Black Heart with Chester Bennington, 10/3/2013 on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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The critics hated them. The radio loved them. Armed with an ace brother songwriting duo and a ridiculously talented but troubled lead singer, this band managed to dominate the 90s rock landscape. It's STONE TEMPLE PILOTS week! Clip 1 brings the show to MTV Headbangers Ball for the first time for both an interview and an acoustic performance of Plush that went on to have a life of its own. Scott Weiland dresses up in drag as the Queen and rips through Sex Type Thing on The Word. Vasoline and I...
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