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I never listened to Stone Temple Pilots when they were active. I thought myself too indie, and so they were too mainstream (LOL what a music snob I used to be).

Now I like them. And I especially appreciate some of the unusual chords their guitarist used. I don't know their deep tracks though, just their greatest hits (full reversal about being snobbish).

 
spi said:
I never listened to Stone Temple Pilots when they were active. I thought myself too indie, and so they were too mainstream (LOL what a music snob I used to be).

Now I like them. And I especially appreciate some of the unusual chords their guitarist used. I don't know their deep tracks though, just their greatest hits (full reversal about being snobbish).

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I was an STP nut in jr. high and high school in the 90's, but I gravitated to their first three albums (Core, Purple, and Tiny Music...) and never really listened beyond that.

One of my favorites from that era though was for a Led Zeppelin tribute album where they covered Dancing Days. I thought they did a great job:


Seven Caged Tigers might be considered a deep track, I guess, and it was one of my all time favorites of theirs. Robert DeLeo is a really great bassist and I think a bit underrated:

 
thewintersoldier said:
They were fantastic songwriters. Core is amazing and tiny music showed the evolution of their sound and growth as musicians but Purple is a fucking Monster from start to finish. All killer, no filler. Silver gun Superman still blows my mind. After they got back together and released no. 4 they list their mojo as Wieland couldn't stay off the drugs and keep his shit together
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Yeah, Purple is a 90's masterpiece. It's too bad the Weiland wasn't able to get himself together - they really had something special going before he went off the deep end.

I saw Talk Show open for Aerosmith (97 or 98?) and while they were super tight I just couldn't get over the fact that I was watching STP minus Weiland.
 
thewintersoldier said:
I think most of the music from that era has held up well. Nothing super flashy just solid songwriting, raw passion and performances. I miss that. Bands today lack all of it.
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That’s how I felt, too, but Vintage Trouble brought back some hope for the future of music, songwriting & showmanship — at least for me.



 
I really like the Spotify playlists... after a while they kind of develop personalities and I've been introduced to a lot of new (to me) music because of them.

Gems like these:

 
Matmosphere said:
#goals

Don’t love the tone, but it would be cool to play close to this level or to be able to do those pedal steel style bends.

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That guitar is a statement. Every person I've met/ seen who plays those either have had crazy chops or bad backs. It's like they're saying "I know way too much to play a silly beautiful instrument. Function over form, bitch."

I wonder how often he wears the gears out on those tuners.
 
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