Linkin ParkвЂ™s Chester Bennington took over the mic in 2013 then departed in 2015, just before STP and their fans experienced a crushing blow with the death of Weiland. The band dissolved in 2003 but reunited again in 2010 for their self-titled sixth album-their final release with Weiland.

Heading into the 21st century, the cracks began to show, though. At the dawn of the decade, when STP issued their first eponymous album, the group reunited with their erstwhile frontman Scott Weiland, but that revival didn't last long: They fired the singer in 2013, hiring Linkin Park frontman. The band went on to rule the вЂ90s, defining вЂњalternativeвЂќ on their own terms: They flexed hard on heavy hitters вЂњVasolineвЂќ and вЂњInterstate Love Song,вЂќ stripped down with devastating power ballads like вЂњBig Empty,вЂќ glammed up on вЂњBig Bang Baby,вЂќ and tossed in elements of psychedelic rock, shoegaze, jazz, and metal in between. Stone Temple Pilots is the second Stone Temple Pilots album to be titled Stone Temple Pilots, following the first by eight years.A lot happened during those years.

Otherwise, STP oozed sex and swagger-far more than any of their contemporaries-and their 1992 debut album, Core, came loaded with blistering guitars (вЂњSex Type ThingвЂќ), decade-defining riffs (вЂњPlushвЂќ), and WeilandвЂ™s distinctive wail, which teetered between menacing and melancholic (вЂњCreepвЂќ). Together, they were вЂњalternative rockвЂќ-if only in their angst. Brothers Dean (guitar) and Robert DeLeo (bass) slipped in hints of ragtime and rhythm and blues, while drummer Eric Kretz kicked up the speed with John Bonham-influenced footwork. Led by the mercurial, magnetic Scott Weiland, the San Diego quartet formed in 1989 and began crafting a sound-and fashion sense-inspired by rock idols The Doors, David Bowie, and Aerosmith. While grungeвЂ™s vanguard was attempting to topple the rock-god myth in the early вЂ90s, Stone Temple Pilots came along to assume the mantle.

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