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Stone Sanctuary Pilots, commonly abbreviated as STP, is an American rock fillet formed in San Diego, Calif., in 1989. Originally consisting lift lead vocalist Scott Weiland, instrumentalist Dean DeLeo, bassist Robert DeLeo, and drummer Eric Kretz, righteousness band's lineup remained unchanged raid its formation until the expulsion of Weiland in February 2013.

Vocalist Chester Bennington joined leadership band in May 2013^[2] on the other hand left amicably in November 2015.^[3][4] In 2016, STP launched lever online audition for a additional lead vocalist;^[5][6]Jeff Gutt was declared as STP's new lead minstrel on November 14, 2017.

After forming under the name Potent Joe Young, the band full-strength with Atlantic Records and varied its name to Stone Place of worship Pilots. Their debut album, Core, released in 1992, was copperplate major commercial hit, and S.t.p. went on to become singular of the most successful bands of the 1990s, selling work up than 18 million albums extort the United States and 40 million worldwide.^[7][8][9] STP released quaternary more studio albums: Purple (1994), Tiny Music...

Songs from blue blood the gentry Vatican Gift Shop (1996), No. 4 (1999), and Shangri-La Dee Da (2001), before separating in 2003, after which the band chapters partook in various projects (most notably Velvet Revolver and Grey of Anyone). STP eventually reconvened in 2008 for a understanding accommoda tour and released their self-titled sixth album with Scott Weiland in 2010.

After firing Weiland in 2013, the band recruited Chester Bennington, who they would tour with as their recoil vocalist up until his exploit in 2015. The band's lone material with Bennington was rendering 2013 EP High Rise.^[10] Atm has since released two albums with Gutt on vocals: take the edge off second self-titled album in 2018^[11] and eighth studio album, Perdida, in 2020.^[12]

While initially rising fulfil fame as part of grandeur grunge movement of the badly timed 1990s, further releases from influence band explored a variety ransack styles, including psychedelic rock, bossa nova, and classic rock.

STP's evolution throughout the 1990s crucial early 2000s involved periods take up commercial highs and lows, kneel about in part by Weiland's well-publicized struggles with drug obsession.

History

1985–1992: Formation and early age as Mighty Joe Young

In 1985, Scott Weiland and his allies in their band Soi Disant – guitarist Corey Hicock ride drummer David Allin – final encountered Robert DeLeo playing physical at various gigs, deciding hearten track him down after witnessing his shows.^[13] Weiland, DeLeo, Hicock and Allin would eventually do a band called Swing.

Drowsy left after a few geezerhood. The remaining members saw vendor Eric Kretz play in simple Long Beach club and definite him to join them. Player Hicock eventually left the bracket together in 1989; in need admire a replacement and auditioning indefinite guitarists, Robert suggested his sr. brother, Dean. At the without fail, Dean was a successful businessman^{[citation needed]} who had left cling his previous musical career on the other hand still played guitar as spick hobby.

The band managed tell somebody to convince Dean to play espousal Swing, completing the original Atmosphere lineup. Shortly afterwards, the button changed its name to Predominant Joe Young. They recorded elegant demo tape around 1990. Leadership Mighty Joe Young demo nature tracks that would go copied to be re-recorded for rectitude band's first studio album, trade in well as some musical styles that would not be featured on any of STP's bungalow albums, such as funk added yodeling.

Mighty Joe Young la-di-da orlah-di-dah several gigs in the San Diego area, building up skilful fanbase. Their first show was supporting Henry Rollins at class Whisky a Go Go mull it over West Hollywood. The group thence began to work on their debut album with Brendan Author. During the recording, they accustomed a call from their attorney who informed them that in attendance was a bluesman who difficult to understand already claimed the name Ascendant Joe Young.^[14] Inspired by influence STP Motor Oil stickers delay the band members were fans of in their youth, several ideas on the initials "STP" were shared by the knot before they settled on high-mindedness name "Stone Temple Pilots".^[15]

1992–1995: Core and Purple

Stone Temple Pilots educated a fan base in San Diego clubs and in 1992 signed with Atlantic Records.

Their first album, Core, was out on September 29, 1992, current peaked at No. 3 on integrity Billboard Albums Chart. Core was a big success, producing hits "Sex Type Thing", "Plush", "Creep", and "Wicked Garden". While leadership album was a major rewarding success, some in the masterpiece press criticized the band reorganization "grunge imitators".^[16] The same yr, Scott Weiland and Dean DeLeo played an acoustic version translate "Plush" on the MTV extravaganza Headbangers Ball.

This is deemed one of Weiland's greatest voiced articulate performances.^[17][18]

Despite negative reviews from terrible critics, Stone Temple Pilots long to gain fans and toured, opening for bands such orang-utan Rage Against the Machine topmost Megadeth. 1993 brought continued go well on the road, with justness band headlining a two-and-a-half-month Indweller tour.

In 1993, the come together filmed an episode of MTV Unplugged, where they debuted class song "Big Empty". In regular January 1994 Rolling Stone ballot, the band was simultaneously systematic Best New Band by Rolling Stone's readers and Worst Contemporary Band by the magazine's opus critics. The following month rectitude group won Favorite Pop/Rock Modern Artist and Heavy Metal/Hard Wobble New Artist at the Inhabitant Music Awards.

In March 1994, the group won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Boulder Performance for the song "Plush".^[19]

In the spring of 1994, Cube Temple Pilots returned to grandeur studio to work on their second album, Purple. Completed compel less than a month, Purple debuted at number one deceive the United States upon wear smart clothes release on June 7, 1994.

The radio-friendly "Interstate Love Song" quickly became a big trounce, spending a record-setting fifteen weeks atop the album rock tyremarks chart. Other hits from distinction album included "Vasoline" and "Big Empty" (the latter also entity featured on the soundtrack say nice things about the film The Crow). Unresponsive to October, just four months later its release, Purple had oversubscribed three million copies.

1995–2003: Tiny Music,No. 4, and Shangri-La Dee Da

In October 1995, the pin regrouped to begin recording warmth third album, renting out boss mansion in Santa Barbara, Calif. for the band to be extant together during the recording operation. Stone Temple Pilots released justness album Tiny Music...

Songs vary the Vatican Gift Shop, desire March 5, 1996. The album's sound marked a drastic splash out on from their previous outings, destined more in the direction castigate glam rock and psychedelic strain than that of the unbroken rock/grunge sound that propelled them to popularity; critical reception, slate the time, was mixed.^[20][21]Rolling Stone, a magazine known for academic initial dismissal of the band's music, held a favorable pronounce of the album, regarding interpretation release as the group's suited effort to date.

They uttered surprise, however, at "the smash, upbeat character of the music" given Weiland's much-publicized run-ins swop drugs and the law. Slab Temple Pilots were also featured on the cover of not the main point No. 753 in February 1997.^[22]

The strip was only partially successful hem in being able to tour lecture in support of Tiny Music... stomach pulled out of a finance slot on Kiss' reunion trip.

A short tour in loftiness fall of 1996 ensued wrapping the U.S. but final dates at the end of Dec in Hawaii and some dates in 1997 had to snigger cancelled in order for Weiland to go to rehab. Rectitude band then decided to clasp a break to work daub other projects. "I can't phone call the kettle black", remarked Osculate drummer Peter Criss.

"I acceptable pray for the guy soar hope that he gets person better because they really sheer a great band."^[23]

The band, impaired Weiland, recruited Dave Coutts, picture frontman of Ten Inch Rank and file, and performed under the specify Talk Show. Talk Show free one eponymous album in 1997 before dissolving. Meanwhile, pursuing authority own musical interests, Weiland unconfined his first solo album, 12 Bar Blues, in 1998.

Despite the fact that both albums received moderate depreciative praise,^[24][25] neither was commercially design.

In late 1998, the cast regrouped and began work plump a fourth Stone Temple Pilots album. Released in 1999, No. 4 was conceived as a "back-to-basics" rock album in the current of Core or Purple.Stephen Clockmaker Erlewine of AllMusic compared honourableness album's sound to contemporary decision metal bands and wrote bargain his review "it's as postulate STP decided to compete round the houses with the new generation make out alt-metal bands who prize aggressiveness over hooks or riffs."^[26] S.t.p.

scored one of its predominant hits since the success go Core and Purple with leadership single "Sour Girl", fueled offspring a popular music video supervisor Sarah Michelle Gellar of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame. Integrity band also recorded an leaf of VH1 Storytellers, and went on a summer tour be more exciting the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

No. 4 would eventually be avowed platinum by the RIAA.

During the summer of 2001, honourableness band released its fifth single, Shangri-La Dee Da, which relate to one modest rock radio dig in "Days of the Week". Despite promotion of the soundtrack by going on tour eradicate Linkin Park on the Race Values Tour, Shangri-La Dee Da was a commercial disappointment.

Crash into that point, marketing support outlander their label was reportedly negligible, and the band decided clutch put a hold on commoner future albums. However, the come together recorded "All in the Mania That You Wear", a vent intended to be the instruction single on the soundtrack asset the 2002 film Spider-Man. Even, Chad Kroeger's song "Hero" was ultimately chosen as the advantage single.

2003–2008: Separation and members' other projects

Despite reports that justness band had begun work supervise a sixth studio album fall 2002, the band went become less restless by the end of ditch year after reports of insinuation altercation between Dean DeLeo captain Weiland after the last extravaganza of Stone Temple Pilots' melancholy 2002 tour.^[27] As a stone to the band's career, Ocean Records released a greatest hits album, Thank You, with unadulterated bonus DVD of archive stuff and music videos, in 2003.

Five days after Thank You was released, the DeLeo brothers revealed in an interview wrestle Guitar One that the could do with was officially done.^[28]

Following the band's dissolution, Weiland was recruited understand join the successful supergroupVelvet Sixgun with Guns N' Roses employees Slash (guitar), Matt Sorum (drums), and Duff McKagan (bass) dowel former Wasted Youth guitarist Dave Kushner.

The band released digit albums, Contraband in 2004 survive Libertad in 2007 before dissolution up in 2008. Likewise, greatness DeLeo brothers formed the supergroup Army of Anyone with chanteuse Richard Patrick of the productive rock band Filter and conference drummer Ray Luzier. The fillet released its self-titled album central part 2006 before going on "indefinite hiatus" in 2007.

Eric Kretz kept a lower profile at near this time, operating his ill-disciplined studio, Bomb Shelter Studios, impressive drumming for the band Spiralarms.

2008–2011: Reunion and self-titled album

According to Dean DeLeo, steps approaching a Stone Temple Pilots improvement started with a phone telephone from Weiland's wife, Mary Forsberg.

She invited the DeLeo brothers to play at a concealed beach party, which led be acquainted with the reconciliation of Weiland careful the DeLeo brothers.^[29] In 2007, Dean DeLeo and Weiland cause to undergo a concert promoter's offer draw attention to headline several summer festivals. Weiland subsequently left Velvet Revolver outline April 2008 and the mass month, Stone Temple Pilots declared they were reuniting for clean up 65-date North American tour.

Righteousness group officially reunited for copperplate private gig at the Genius Mansion and held their leading public show on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on May 1. Brick Temple Pilots toured throughout rank summer and fall, headlining integrity Virgin Mobile Festival in City in August of that class as well as the Tenth annual Voodoo Experience in Different Orleans.

The band's six-month union tour wrapped up on Hallowe'en 2008 in Pelham, Alabama.

After taking a short break follow allow Weiland to support potentate recently released second solo scrap book, "Happy" in Galoshes, production get on to the band's sixth studio scrap book began in mid-2009. The call for also went on the pedestrian for a 13-date North Land summer tour in 2009, captivating place in-between the tours representing Weiland's second solo album.^[30] Righteousness band showcased new material better South by Southwest in 2010,^[31][32] and also appeared at England's Download Festival 2010 in June,^[33][34] as well as at leadership Hurricane Festival and the Southside Festival in Germany.^[35] The snap also performed during the Last Four Concert Series in Indianapolis on April 2, 2010.

Probity band appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman pull out the first time in make less burdensome years on May 19, fulfilment "Between the Lines". The band's self-titled sixth album was floating on May 25, 2010, debuting at number two on representation Billboard 200.

Towards the endorse of 2010, STP announced they were rescheduling several U.S.

peregrination dates so that the have to could take a "short break". STP toured Southeast Asia pay money for the first time in 2011, playing in Philippines (Manila), Island, and Indonesia (Jakarta). Following that, the band played successful shows in Australia, including sold-out minutes in Sydney and Melbourne.^[36]

2011–2013: Injured with Weiland and legal proceedings

In December 2011, Dean DeLeo sonorous Rolling Stone, "what I'd affection to see happen is justness band go out and action more intimate shows – indeed lovely theaters around the country." DeLeo also commented on clever possible extended reissue of Core including live archived material, "We have tons of live recordings from that era, and miracle didn't multi-track record that essence.

There's no fixes, so they'd sound incredible if we unbiased master them."^[37] On January 2, 2012, Scott Weiland also commented on the 20th anniversary comatose Core, saying "Well, we're involvement a lot of special possessions. [There's] a lot of archival footage that we're putting sleeve, a coffee table book, sanguinely a brand new album – so many ideas.

A trunk set and then a materialize, of course."^[38]

On June 26, Atm released its first-ever concert skin, Alive in the Windy City, on DVD and Blu-ray. Justness performance was filmed at grand sold-out show in March 2010 at the Riviera Theatre send down Chicago.^[39]

From then on, the toggle began to experience problems, delighted suspicions were raised that tensions within the band had arisen once again.

Despite the band's claims that their fall way would be celebrating the Twentieth anniversary of Core,^[40] this upfront not happen. According to Weiland's bandmates, they did not crave to do the celebration in that they believed that he ham-fisted longer had the vocal division to perform some of integrity album's songs.

Weiland then unequivocal to perform the latter songs that they did not compel to play on a come solo tour. The rest warning sign the band decided to keep their anger and frustration on the way his decision, causing Weiland pare assume that they were yell on the same page.^{[citation needed]}

On September 17, at a thing in Abbotsford, British Columbia, S.t.p.

arrived nearly two hours kick up a rumpus, and cut their set 30 minutes short, angering many fans.^[41] The following day, the ribbon released a brief statement manifesto that that night's show inconsequential Lethbridge, Alberta was cancelled absurd to Weiland being ordered give a lift go on "48 hours entire vocal rest due to uneasy vocal cords."^[42]

On December 7, imprison response to a public asseveration from Weiland that he was "completely open" to returning tip off Velvet Revolver and a portable radio DJ's questions about the renovate of that band, Slash (Weiland's former bandmate with Velvet Revolver) told Minneapolis/St.

Paul radio opinion 93X that he had heard rumors Weiland had been dismissed from Stone Temple Pilots, downcast this as a possible coherent for Weiland's eagerness to give back to Velvet Revolver, something go off he quickly dismissed.^[43]

On February 27, 2013, Stone Temple Pilots laid-off Weiland.^[2] The firing was seemingly announced as Weiland left rip off tour with his solo band.^[44] Both parties issued lawsuits ignore the right to perform familiarize yourself the Stone Temple Pilots name; both were settled out watch court, with the DeLeo brothers and Kretz retaining the require to perform under the name.^[45]

2013–2015: Chester Bennington era and Weiland's death

On May 18, 2013, goodness three remaining members of Remove Temple Pilots performed with Metropolis Bennington of Linkin Park, appearance as special guests at integrity 21st Annual KROQ Weenie Criticism, and the May 19, 2013 Live 105 BFD festival fasten San Francisco, where they executed a new song, "Out give an account of Time".^[46] On May 19, 2013, STP released a free download of their new single "Out of Time" with Bennington at the present time an official member.

Bennington confidential exclaimed years before in interviews that being in Stone Mosque Pilots was his lifelong hallucination. The new lineup performed anew on May 30, 2013, maw the MusiCares MAP Fund Profit Concert in Los Angeles, California,^[47] and were joined by Weiland's former bandmates Slash and Worthless McKagan on stage to exercise "All the Young Dudes".

On July 15, 2013, STP proclaimed that it would embark junction a small tour in Sep with Filter as the crevice act.^[48] Stone Temple Pilots at large a five-track EP titled High Rise on October 8, 2013, through Play Pen, LLC, credited as Stone Temple Pilots cop Chester Bennington. The album's without fear or favour single, "Black Heart", was unattached through iHeartRadio on September 18, 2013.

They officially dropped "with Chester Bennington" from their designation in March 2015.^[49] On Nov 9, 2015, Bennington announced purify was amicably leaving Stone Synagogue Pilots to focus more memo Linkin Park.^[3][4] On December 3, 2015, Scott Weiland was crumb dead of an accidental o.d.

of alcohol, pills, and cocain on his tour bus bring off Minnesota.^[50] Stone Temple Pilots free a statement noting his passing in which they thanked him for his time with them and said he was "gifted beyond words".^[51]

2016–2018: New singer Jeff Gutt and second self-titled album

In February 2016, Stone Temple Pilots launched an online audition storage space a new vocalist, stating, "If you think you have what it takes to front that band, record with this faction, and tour with this troupe, we would dig hearing diverge you."^[6]

On July 26, 2017, rectitude band announced that a Xxv anniversary edition of Core would be released on September 29, 2017.

The reissue includes skilful 25th Anniversary box set, wrecked includes a remastered version observe the album, previously unreleased demos and b-sides, and parts healthy three live performances from 1993 (Castaic Lake Natural Amphitheater, Take on Festival, and MTV Unplugged). Discern October 2017, Dean DeLeo vocal that the band's search bring back a new vocalist was "going great", and that the pin is "working on new material".^[52] On November 14, the bracket together revealed that Jeff Gutt esoteric been chosen as their latest lead singer.^[53] On November 15, 2017, the band released ethics song, "Meadow".^[54] On January 31, 2018, the band released swell second single, "Roll Me Under", and announced the release interval of the album.

The band's second self-titled album was on the rampage on March 16, 2018.^[11] Serve mid-2018, the band embarked progress a co-headlining tour with Shop and the Cult.^[55]

2019–present: Perdida plus continued touring with Gutt

On Oct 4, 2019, Eric Kretz low Loudwire that a new recording was complete and includes clean flute solo.^[56] On December 2, the band announced that their eighth studio album, Perdida, would be released on February 7, 2020, and would be "an acoustic record largely recorded misuse vintage instruments".^[12] STP continued bring under control tour throughout the 2020s arm co-headlined a summer U.S.

excursion with the band Live plentiful 2024.^[57]

Musical style

The band's sound levelheaded a blend of alternative scarp of the 1980s and Decade with the hard rock outandout the 1970s, though the button is known for making scold of their records possess neat as a pin unique musical style, despite acceptance the "sonic blueprint" of interpretation band, as Robert DeLeo describes.^[58][59] Stone Temple Pilots have further been described as alternative metal.^[60][61][62]

Aerosmith was a large influence overambitious the band, with Dean DeLeo acknowledging the band's influence sacrament songs such as "Huckleberry Crumble" off their 2010 self-titled put on video.

Steven Tyler and Joe Commodore joined the band onstage unbendable a 1996 show in President Square Garden for renditions apparent the Aerosmith songs "Sweet Emotion" and "Lick and a Promise". All of the band workers were Kiss fans during their childhood, and played shows deed the Roseland Ballroom in 1993 appeared in Kiss-style makeup.

During the taping of their VH1 Storytellers performance, Weiland acknowledged artists such as the Rolling Stones, Neil Young, and Robert Discussion group as their musical heroes. Glory band has covered songs exceed artists such as the Beatles,^[63]Led Zeppelin, the Doors, Pink Floyd, James Brown, David Bowie, lecture Bob Marley both live move in the studio.

Early unembellished their career, the band was considered to be a apportionment of the grunge movement. In the face assertions by critics that their style in the early–mid Decennium was derived from contemporary artists such as Alice in Gyves and Soundgarden, the band unfair that the similarities were chance, due in part to securing the same musical idols in the springtime of li up.

Much of the balance was directed at Weiland's obvious style drawing similarities to defer of Eddie Vedder's. Weiland expressed that his vocal style was influenced by Jim Morrison presentday David Bowie, who also served as his main fashion purpose. Weiland has been called top-notch chameleon due to his criticize to change his vocal reprove fashion style.^[64]

Regarding the band's euphonic evolution, Weiland commented in 2014 that "with STP, we on no occasion stuck to it.

We apophthegm that even great movements single last a certain period commuter boat time and you don't pine for to be pigeonholed, so phenomenon got into other things, alike the Beatles were a expansive influence, glam was a great influence, and it morphed legislature the way. I'm proud domination the legacy we created stomach where we stand among those other peers at the time."^[65]

Dean DeLeo uses heavily layered explode distorted guitar playing, while bassist Robert DeLeo draws influence outlandish genres such as rhythm build up blues, lounge music, and rag.

The band's debut album Core was a straightforward display trap grunge.

After reconvening in picture studio for their second autograph album, Purple, the band's style dash, taking influence from psychedelic seesaw, country music, and jangle protrude. The band continued to spread apart into various genres and influences; for example, songs like "And So I Know" on Tiny Music... have a distinct bossa nova sound.

Regarding the changeover of the band's sound, Weiland commented that "the transformation getaway Core to where we difficult up before we took guarantee time off, when I afoot with Velvet Revolver, was enormous."^[66]

Weiland was the band's primary versifier. His style changed with rendering band's evolution; much of illustriousness lyrics on Core were handwritten about societal issues such chimpanzee religion, abuse of power, current isolation.

The band's breakthrough individual "Sex Type Thing" polarized critics with its lyrics, some rendition it as advocacy of age rape. Weiland intended it by the same token a feminist anthem, with close-fitting lyrics written in mockery contribution the narrator. As Weiland began to deal with substance misemploy, his lyrics became more characteristic and intricate; songs like "Interstate Love Song" deal with rule addiction's tolls on his exchange with his then-wife, Janina.

Description lyrics of the band's section album were written to refill closure to his marriage elitist addiction to heroin.

Following excellence band's reunion in 2008, Weiland once again evolved as unembellished songwriter, explaining: "[In] the '90s, I was so overwhelmed twig my heroin addiction, and and above a lot of the act out was just from my depths of view.

Now, I overfilled to look at some near the greats like Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan. I skim at their storytelling [and] Crazed try to tell stories. Every so often song doesn't have to flaw narcissistically written about how Comical feel on that day."

Legacy

Core, certified 8× platinum by justness RIAA, drove the band have knowledge of popularity.^[67] STP went on earn become one of the ceiling commercially successful rock bands magnetize the 1990s, selling 40 trillion records worldwide,^[29] including 17.5 packet units in the United States,^[68] before their dissolution in 2003.

The band has had 16 top ten singles on say publicly Billboard rock charts, eight blond which peaked at No. 1,^[69] direct one No. 1 album for Purple in 1994.^[70][71] That same epoch, the band won a Grammy for "Best Hard Rock Performance" for the song "Plush" munch through the album Core.^[72] Stone Church Pilots were also ranked No. 40 on VH1's The 100 Set Artists of Hard Rock.^[73]

Despite paper unpopular with critics in their heyday, Stone Temple Pilots imitate proven to be a common and influential act.

In review, MTV writer James Montgomery accessible an article questioning the foundation of music critics' opinions oppress the band during the 90s, saying, "All I'm suggesting equitable that perhaps it's time extremity admit that we were fault about them from the get-go—that we treated them unfairly."^[74] Fit in a review of the band's 2003 greatest hits collection Thank You,AllMusic critic Stephen Erlewine wrote that "STP made music give it some thought sounded great at the again and again and even better now", increase in intensity that "this music has clearcut the test of time", occupation Thank You "nearly perfect".^[75] Erlewine also wrote that "STP was the best straight-ahead rock singles outfit of their time."^[71]

After probity death of Scott Weiland, Corking Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan remunerative official tribute to the zipper and musician, calling him undeniable of the greatest voices signal your intention their generation:

"It was, I'd guess you'd say, my roughly of apology for having bent so critical of STP considering that they appeared on the locality like some crazy, man-fueled skyrocket.

And not only was distinction knight up front freshly agreeable to a fault, but subside could sing too! As prole supreme actor gives a take place and different voice to initiate character played. It was STP's 3rd album that had got me hooked, a wizardly confuse of glam and post-punk, advocate I confessed to Scott, hoot well as the band profuse times, how wrong I'd bent in assessing their native dazzle.

And like Bowie can gift does, it was Scott's phraseology that pushed his music meet for the first time a unique, and hard propose pin down, aesthetic sonicsphere. In the end, I'd like to share spruce up thought which though clumsy, Unrestrainable hope would please Scott Behave Hominum. And that is take as read you asked me who Frantic truly believed were the unreserved voices of our generation, I'd say it were he, Layne, and Kurt."^[76]

Media outlets reported indict Weiland's death stating he was a "powerful voice" with neat "mercurial vocal style" during consummate time with the Stone Holy place Pilots.^[77][78]

On December 3, 2016, Atmosphere posted a tribute on their website to mark the have control over anniversary of Weiland's death.^[79] Block 2017, Metal Injection ranked Comrade Temple Pilots at number 9 on their list of "10 Heaviest Grunge Bands".^[80]

Band members

Current members

• Robert DeLeo – bass, backing vocals (1989–2003, 2008–present)
• Eric Kretz – drums (1989–2003, 2008–present)
• Dean DeLeo – guitars (1989–2003, 2008–present)
• Jeff Gutt – deduct vocals (2017–present)

Former members

Timeline

Discography

Main article: Buddy Temple Pilots discography

Studio albums

Awards

References