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Stone Place of worship Pilots, commonly abbreviated as STP, is an American rock ribbon formed in San Diego, Calif., in 1989.

Originally consisting ensnare lead vocalist Scott Weiland, instrumentalist Dean DeLeo, bassist Robert DeLeo, and drummer Eric Kretz, grandeur band's lineup remained unchanged pass up its formation until the walking papers of Weiland in February 2013. Vocalist Chester Bennington joined high-mindedness band in May 2013^[2] nevertheless left amicably in November 2015.^[3][4] In 2016, STP launched public housing online audition for a in mint condition lead vocalist;^[5][6]Jeff Gutt was proclaimed as STP's new lead balladeer on November 14, 2017.

After forming under the name Dominant Joe Young, the band organized with Atlantic Records and disparate its name to Stone Holy place Pilots. Their debut album, Core, released in 1992, was top-notch major commercial hit, and Atm went on to become tiptoe of the most successful bands of the 1990s, selling go into detail than 18 million albums put over the United States and 40 million worldwide.^[7][8][9] STP released connect more studio albums: Purple (1994), Tiny Music...

Songs from justness Vatican Gift Shop (1996), No. 4 (1999), and Shangri-La Dee Da (2001), before separating in 2003, after which the band comrades partook in various projects (most notably Velvet Revolver and Blue of Anyone). STP eventually reconvened in 2008 for a reconciliation 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 deduct vocalist up until his change in 2015. The band's unique material with Bennington was class 2013 EP High Rise.^[10] S.t.p. has since released two albums with Gutt on vocals: fraudulence second self-titled album in 2018^[11] and eighth studio album, Perdida, in 2020.^[12]

While initially rising fit in fame as part of greatness grunge movement of the badly timed 1990s, further releases from class band explored a variety present styles, including psychedelic rock, bossa nova, and classic rock.

STP's evolution throughout the 1990s current early 2000s involved periods clever commercial highs and lows, devaluation about in part by Weiland's well-publicized struggles with drug dependency.

History

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

In 1985, Scott Weiland and his concern in their band Soi Disant – guitarist Corey Hicock current drummer David Allin – control encountered Robert DeLeo playing keep body and soul toge at various gigs, deciding conform track him down after witnessing his shows.^[13] Weiland, DeLeo, Hicock and Allin would eventually small piece a band called Swing.

Somnolent left after a few adulthood. The remaining members saw retailer Eric Kretz play in topping Long Beach club and decided him to join them. Player Hicock eventually left the cluster in 1989; in need defer to a replacement and auditioning numerous guitarists, Robert suggested his senior brother, Dean. At the intention, Dean was a successful businessman^{[citation needed]} who had left overrun his previous musical career however still played guitar as undiluted hobby.

The band managed find time for convince Dean to play muddle up Swing, completing the original S.t.p. lineup. Shortly afterwards, the toggle changed its name to Robust Joe Young. They recorded trim demo tape around 1990. Authority Mighty Joe Young demo layout tracks that would go have faith in to be re-recorded for say publicly band's first studio album, importation well as some musical styles that would not be featured on any of STP's cottage albums, such as funk become more intense yodeling.

Mighty Joe Young stilted several gigs in the San Diego area, building up keen fanbase. Their first show was supporting Henry Rollins at prestige Whisky a Go Go guess West Hollywood. The group verification began to work on their debut album with Brendan Author. During the recording, they ordinary a call from their barrister who informed them that far was a bluesman who difficult to understand already claimed the name Powerful Joe Young.^[14] Inspired by honourableness STP Motor Oil stickers defer the band members were fans of in their youth, several ideas on the initials "STP" were shared by the ribbon before they settled on rectitude name "Stone Temple Pilots".^[15]

1992–1995: Core and Purple

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

Their first album, Core, was unrestricted on September 29, 1992, added peaked at No. 3 on interpretation Billboard Albums Chart. Core was a big success, producing hits "Sex Type Thing", "Plush", "Creep", and "Wicked Garden". While character album was a major cost-effective success, some in the sound press criticized the band importation "grunge imitators".^[16] The same generation, Scott Weiland and Dean DeLeo played an acoustic version interpret "Plush" on the MTV extravaganza Headbangers Ball.

This is thoughtful one of Weiland's greatest oral performances.^[17][18]

Despite negative reviews from brutal critics, Stone Temple Pilots enlarged to gain fans and toured, opening for bands such by reason of Rage Against the Machine champion Megadeth. 1993 brought continued come next on the road, with class band headlining a two-and-a-half-month English tour.

In 1993, the company filmed an episode of MTV Unplugged, where they debuted primacy song "Big Empty". In clever January 1994 Rolling Stone vote, the band was simultaneously preferential Best New Band by Rolling Stone's readers and Worst Pristine Band by the magazine's punishment critics. The following month position group won Favorite Pop/Rock Another Artist and Heavy Metal/Hard Tremble New Artist at the Land Music Awards.

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

In the spring of 1994, Stuff Temple Pilots returned to magnanimity studio to work on their second album, Purple. Completed trudge less than a month, Purple debuted at number one budget the United States upon tutor release on June 7, 1994.

The radio-friendly "Interstate Love Song" quickly became a big bump, spending a record-setting fifteen weeks atop the album rock impressions chart. Other hits from probity album included "Vasoline" and "Big Empty" (the latter also utilize featured on the soundtrack have round the film The Crow). Unreceptive October, just four months funds its release, Purple had advertise three million copies.

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

In October 1995, the come together regrouped to begin recording secure third album, renting out topping mansion in Santa Barbara, Calif. for the band to be alive together during the recording appearance. Stone Temple Pilots released righteousness album Tiny Music...

Songs make the first move the Vatican Gift Shop, present March 5, 1996. The album's sound marked a drastic put on the market from their previous outings, familiarised more in the direction believe glam rock and psychedelic penalty than that of the pungent rock/grunge sound that propelled them to popularity; critical reception, destiny the time, was mixed.^[20][21]Rolling Stone, a magazine known for tog up initial dismissal of the band's music, held a favorable discord of the album, regarding justness release as the group's total effort to date.

They verbal surprise, however, at "the noisy, upbeat character of the music" given Weiland's much-publicized run-ins ring true drugs and the law. Chum Temple Pilots were also featured on the cover of emanation No. 753 in February 1997.^[22]

The strip was only partially successful sight being able to tour hold support of Tiny Music... skull pulled out of a ease slot on Kiss' reunion flex.

A short tour in rectitude fall of 1996 ensued emphasis the U.S. but final dates at the end of Dec in Hawaii and some dates in 1997 had to rectify cancelled in order for Weiland to go to rehab. Position band then decided to capture a break to work bluster other projects. "I can't yell the kettle black", remarked Smack drummer Peter Criss. "I valid pray for the guy become peaceful hope that he gets yourselves better because they really unwanted items a great band."^[23]

The band, impaired Weiland, recruited Dave Coutts, righteousness frontman of Ten Inch Lower ranks, and performed under the christen Talk Show.

Talk Show unconfined one eponymous album in 1997 before dissolving. Meanwhile, pursuing tiara own musical interests, Weiland loose his first solo album, 12 Bar Blues, in 1998. Conj albeit both albums received moderate massive praise,^[24][25] neither was commercially flourishing.

In late 1998, the unit regrouped and began work circumference a fourth Stone Temple Pilots album. Released in 1999, No. 4 was conceived as a "back-to-basics" rock album in the stripe dash of Core or Purple.Stephen Clockmaker Erlewine of AllMusic compared nobleness album's sound to contemporary ballot metal bands and wrote predicament his review "it's as providing STP decided to compete circuitously with the new generation observe alt-metal bands who prize offensive over hooks or riffs."^[26] Atm scored one of its strongest hits since the success healthy Core and Purple with distinction single "Sour Girl", fueled wishywashy a popular music video leading role Sarah Michelle Gellar of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame.

Prestige band also recorded an sheet of VH1 Storytellers, and went on a summer tour write down the Red Hot Chili Peppers. No. 4 would eventually be proclaimed platinum by the RIAA.

During the summer of 2001, prestige band released its fifth tome, Shangri-La Dee Da, which leak out one modest rock radio happiness in "Days of the Week".

Despite promotion of the lp by going on tour spare Linkin Park on the Kinfolk Values Tour, Shangri-La Dee Da was a commercial disappointment. Distill that point, marketing support their label was reportedly quiet, and the band decided border on put a hold on unrefined future albums. However, the stripe recorded "All in the Adventure That You Wear", a at a bargain price a fuss intended to be the conduct single on the soundtrack tend the 2002 film Spider-Man. On the other hand, Chad Kroeger's song "Hero" was ultimately chosen as the escort single.

2003–2008: Separation and members' other projects

Despite reports that depiction band had begun work discontinue a sixth studio album attach 2002, the band went peaceful by the end of ensure year after reports of classic altercation between Dean DeLeo lecture Weiland after the last event of Stone Temple Pilots' bar 2002 tour.^[27] As a stone to the band's career, Ocean Records released a greatest hits album, Thank You, with undiluted bonus DVD of archive trouble and music videos, in 2003.

Five days after Thank You was released, the DeLeo brothers revealed in an interview be equivalent Guitar One that the necessitate was officially done.^[28]

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

The band released couple albums, Contraband in 2004 near Libertad in 2007 before disintegration up in 2008. Likewise, blue blood the gentry DeLeo brothers formed the supergroup Army of Anyone with songster Richard Patrick of the mercantile rock band Filter and fury drummer Ray Luzier. The congregate released its self-titled album careful 2006 before going on "indefinite hiatus" in 2007.

Eric Kretz kept a lower profile via this time, operating his fiddle with studio, Bomb Shelter Studios, take up drumming for the band Spiralarms.

2008–2011: Reunion and self-titled album

According to Dean DeLeo, steps shortly before a Stone Temple Pilots reorganization started with a phone conduct from Weiland's wife, Mary Forsberg.

She invited the DeLeo brothers to play at a covert beach party, which led longing the reconciliation of Weiland discipline the DeLeo brothers.^[29] In 2007, Dean DeLeo and Weiland basis a concert promoter's offer succumb headline several summer festivals. Weiland subsequently left Velvet Revolver domestic April 2008 and the pursuing month, Stone Temple Pilots declared they were reuniting for exceptional 65-date North American tour.

Leadership group officially reunited for precise private gig at the Whiz Mansion and held their chief public show on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on May 1. Chum Temple Pilots toured throughout magnanimity summer and fall, headlining prestige Virgin Mobile Festival in Metropolis in August of that crop as well as the Tenth annual Voodoo Experience in Fresh Orleans.

The band's six-month reconciliation tour wrapped up on Day 2008 in Pelham, Alabama.

After taking a short break converge allow Weiland to support coronate recently released second solo soundtrack, "Happy" in Galoshes, production let somebody see the band's sixth studio book began in mid-2009. The strip also went on the course of action for a 13-date North Denizen summer tour in 2009, beguiling place in-between the tours appearance Weiland's second solo album.^[30] Integrity band showcased new material rib South by Southwest in 2010,^[31][32] and also appeared at England's Download Festival 2010 in June,^[33][34] as well as at significance Hurricane Festival and the Southside Festival in Germany.^[35] The visitors also performed during the In reply Four Concert Series in Indianapolis on April 2, 2010.

Illustriousness band appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman ask the first time in establish years on May 19, drama "Between the Lines". The band's self-titled sixth album was insecure on May 25, 2010, debuting at number two on depiction Billboard 200.

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

jaunt dates so that the necessitate could take a "short break". STP toured Southeast Asia represent 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 measure in Sydney and Melbourne.^[36]

2011–2013: Duct with Weiland and legal proceedings

In December 2011, Dean DeLeo unwritten Rolling Stone, "what I'd identical to see happen is prestige band go out and carry on more intimate shows – in fact lovely theaters around the country." DeLeo also commented on unadulterated possible extended reissue of Core including live archived material, "We have tons of live recordings from that era, and surprise didn't multi-track record that baggage.

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

A crate set and then a trip, of course."^[38]

On June 26, S.t.p. released its first-ever concert album, Alive in the Windy City, on DVD and Blu-ray. Interpretation performance was filmed at put in order sold-out show in March 2010 at the Riviera Theatre scope Chicago.^[39]

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

Despite the band's claims that their fall trip circuit would be celebrating the Ordinal anniversary of Core,^[40] this upfront not happen. According to Weiland's bandmates, they did not yearn for to do the celebration now they believed that he inept longer had the vocal not in use to perform some of blue blood the gentry album's songs.

Weiland then persuaded to perform the latter songs that they did not pine for to play on a cull solo tour. The rest delineate the band decided to withhold their anger and frustration near his decision, causing Weiland brand assume that they were label on the same page.^{[citation needed]}

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

arrived nearly two hours pitiful, and cut their set 30 minutes short, angering many fans.^[41] The following day, the pin released a brief statement announcement that that night's show hit Lethbridge, Alberta was cancelled privilege to Weiland being ordered dressingdown go on "48 hours be over vocal rest due to jittery vocal cords."^[42]

On December 7, resource response to a public deposition from Weiland that he was "completely open" to returning chance Velvet Revolver and a receiver DJ's questions about the shape of that band, Slash (Weiland's former bandmate with Velvet Revolver) told Minneapolis/St.

Paul radio depot 93X that he had heard rumors Weiland had been laid-off from Stone Temple Pilots, routine this as a possible needle for Weiland's eagerness to answer to Velvet Revolver, something defer he quickly dismissed.^[43]

On February 27, 2013, Stone Temple Pilots dismissed Weiland.^[2] The firing was seemingly announced as Weiland left bestow tour with his solo band.^[44] Both parties issued lawsuits turn over the right to perform explore the Stone Temple Pilots name; both were settled out observe court, with the DeLeo brothers and Kretz retaining the open to perform under the name.^[45]

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

On May 18, 2013, loftiness three remaining members of Hunk Temple Pilots performed with Metropolis Bennington of Linkin Park, advent as special guests at say publicly 21st Annual KROQ Weenie Reciprocated, and the May 19, 2013 Live 105 BFD festival fasten San Francisco, where they a new song, "Out fence Time".^[46] On May 19, 2013, STP released a free download of their new single "Out of Time" with Bennington at this very moment an official member.

Bennington locked away exclaimed years before in interviews that being in Stone Holy place Pilots was his lifelong daydream. The new lineup performed anew on May 30, 2013, bulldoze the MusiCares MAP Fund Advice Concert in Los Angeles, California,^[47] and were joined by Weiland's former bandmates Slash and Broken McKagan on stage to about "All the Young Dudes".

On July 15, 2013, STP proclaimed that it would embark exhilaration a small tour in Sep with Filter as the split act.^[48] Stone Temple Pilots free a five-track EP titled High Rise on October 8, 2013, through Play Pen, LLC, credited as Stone Temple Pilots look after Chester Bennington.

The album's subsequent single, "Black Heart", was free through iHeartRadio on September 18, 2013. They officially dropped "with Chester Bennington" from their label in March 2015.^[49] On Nov 9, 2015, Bennington announced no problem was amicably leaving Stone Church Pilots to focus more take the chair Linkin Park.^[3][4] On December 3, 2015, Scott Weiland was muddle up dead of an accidental overflow of alcohol, pills, and cocain on his tour bus contain Minnesota.^[50] Stone Temple Pilots movable a statement noting his swallow up 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 patron a new vocalist, stating, "If you think you have what it takes to front that band, record with this call for, and tour with this stripe, we would dig hearing diverge you."^[6]

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

The reissue includes out 25th Anniversary box set, put on show includes a remastered version director the album, previously unreleased demos and b-sides, and parts outline three live performances from 1993 (Castaic Lake Natural Amphitheater, Version Festival, and MTV Unplugged). Integrate October 2017, Dean DeLeo put into words that the band's search broach a new vocalist was "going great", and that the cluster is "working on new material".^[52] On November 14, the cluster revealed that Jeff Gutt confidential been chosen as their newfound lead singer.^[53] On November 15, 2017, the band released goodness song, "Meadow".^[54] On January 31, 2018, the band released topping second single, "Roll Me Under", and announced the release modern-day of the album.

The band's second self-titled album was out on March 16, 2018.^[11] Bind mid-2018, the band embarked finance a co-headlining tour with Inferior and the Cult.^[55]

2019–present: Perdida courier continued touring with Gutt

On Oct 4, 2019, Eric Kretz rich Loudwire that a new manual was complete and includes adroit 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 span vintage instruments".^[12] STP continued kind tour throughout the 2020s refuse co-headlined a summer U.S.

flex with the band Live encompass 2024.^[57]

Musical style

The band's sound crack a blend of alternative totter of the 1980s and Decennary with the hard rock defer to the 1970s, though the ribbon is known for making intrusion of their records possess unornamented unique musical style, despite taking accedence the "sonic blueprint" of primacy band, as Robert DeLeo describes.^[58][59] Stone Temple Pilots have very been described as alternative metal.^[60][61][62]

Aerosmith was a large influence ditch the band, with Dean DeLeo acknowledging the band's influence weigh up songs such as "Huckleberry Crumble" off their 2010 self-titled under wraps.

Steven Tyler and Joe Commodore joined the band onstage deride a 1996 show in President Square Garden for renditions be required of the Aerosmith songs "Sweet Emotion" and "Lick and a Promise". All of the band helpers were Kiss fans during their childhood, and played shows heroic act 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 Plant as their musical heroes. Loftiness band has covered songs shy artists such as the Beatles,^[63]Led Zeppelin, the Doors, Pink Floyd, James Brown, David Bowie, dispatch Bob Marley both live dominant in the studio.

Early captive their career, the band was considered to be a division of the grunge movement. Discredit assertions by critics that their style in the early–mid Decennary was derived from contemporary artists such as Alice in Gyves and Soundgarden, the band maintain that the similarities were unpredicted, due in part to acquiring the same musical idols maturation up.

Much of the opposition was directed at Weiland's put on the right track style drawing similarities to renounce of Eddie Vedder's. Weiland alleged that his vocal style was influenced by Jim Morrison be proof against David Bowie, who also served as his main fashion faculty. Weiland has been called capital chameleon due to his maintain equilibrium to change his vocal captivated fashion style.^[64]

Regarding the band's lyrical evolution, Weiland commented in 2014 that "with STP, we not till hell freezes over stuck to it.

We axiom that even great movements matchless last a certain period remove time and you don't wish for to be pigeonholed, so astonishment got into other things, liking the Beatles were a expansive influence, glam was a open influence, and it morphed stay on the way. I'm proud get through the legacy we created unthinkable where we stand among those other peers at the time."^[65]

Dean DeLeo uses heavily layered unthinkable distorted guitar playing, while bassist Robert DeLeo draws influence dismiss genres such as rhythm existing blues, lounge music, and rag.

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

After reconvening in rectitude studio for their second stamp album, Purple, the band's style formed, taking influence from psychedelic sway, country music, and jangle appear. The band continued to alter into various genres and influences; for example, songs like "And So I Know" on Tiny Music... have a distinct bossa nova sound.

Regarding the progress of the band's sound, Weiland commented that "the transformation breakout Core to where we extinct up before we took lose concentration time off, when I under way with Velvet Revolver, was enormous."^[66]

Weiland was the band's primary versifier. His style changed with character band's evolution; much of significance lyrics on Core were destined about societal issues such considerably religion, abuse of power, sports ground isolation.

The band's breakthrough singular "Sex Type Thing" polarized critics with its lyrics, some rendering it as advocacy of formula rape. Weiland intended it whereas a feminist anthem, with spoil lyrics written in mockery curiosity the narrator. As Weiland began to deal with substance train, his lyrics became more private and intricate; songs like "Interstate Love Song" deal with king addiction's tolls on his correlation with his then-wife, Janina.

Influence lyrics of the band's division album were written to furnish closure to his marriage favour addiction to heroin.

Following authority band's reunion in 2008, Weiland once again evolved as uncluttered songwriter, explaining: "[In] the '90s, I was so overwhelmed work to rule my heroin addiction, and for this reason a lot of the lean on was just from my tip over of view.

Now, I sequence to look at some hold the greats like Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan. I long-lasting at their storytelling [and] Wild try to tell stories. The whole number song doesn't have to verbal abuse narcissistically written about how Irrational feel on that day."

Legacy

Core, certified 8× platinum by description RIAA, drove the band communication popularity.^[67] STP went on concern become one of the well-nigh commercially successful rock bands resembling the 1990s, selling 40 gazillion records worldwide,^[29] including 17.5 trillion units in the United States,^[68] before their dissolution in 2003.

The band has had 16 top ten singles on rendering Billboard rock charts, eight game which peaked at No. 1,^[69] brook one No. 1 album for Purple in 1994.^[70][71] That same generation, the band won a Grammy for "Best Hard Rock Performance" for the song "Plush" escaping the album Core.^[72] Stone Place Pilots were also ranked No. 40 on VH1's The 100 Pre-eminent Artists of Hard Rock.^[73]

Despite for one person unpopular with critics in their heyday, Stone Temple Pilots keep proven to be a accepted and influential act.

In hindsight, MTV writer James Montgomery promulgated an article questioning the grounds of music critics' opinions hint the band during the 90s, saying, "All I'm suggesting bash that perhaps it's time be adjacent to admit that we were misconception about them from the get-go—that we treated them unfairly."^[74] Love a review of the band's 2003 greatest hits collection Thank You,AllMusic critic Stephen Erlewine wrote that "STP made music go off sounded great at the put off and even better now", at an earlier time that "this music has explicit the test of time", employment Thank You "nearly perfect".^[75] Erlewine also wrote that "STP was the best straight-ahead rock singles outfit of their time."^[71]

After nobleness death of Scott Weiland, Brilliant Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan compel to official tribute to the come together and musician, calling him flavour of the greatest voices time off their generation:

"It was, I'd guess you'd say, my shirk of apology for having back number so critical of STP in the way that they appeared on the location like some crazy, man-fueled climb.

And not only was grandeur knight up front freshly sizeable to a fault, but pacify could sing too! As party supreme actor gives a absolute and different voice to violation character played. It was STP's 3rd album that had got me hooked, a wizardly wipe the floor with of glam and post-punk, station I confessed to Scott, in that well as the band patronize times, how wrong I'd antique in assessing their native light.

And like Bowie can playing field does, it was Scott's diction that pushed his music come into contact with a unique, and hard manage pin down, aesthetic sonicsphere. Finally, I'd like to share first-class thought which though clumsy, Wild hope would please Scott Tackle Hominum. And that is in case you asked me who Side-splitting truly believed were the unexceptional voices of our generation, I'd say it were he, Layne, and Kurt."^[76]

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

On December 3, 2016, S.t.p.

posted a tribute on their website to mark the control anniversary of Weiland's death.^[79] Make happen 2017, Metal Injection ranked Kill 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 – be in charge vocals (2017–present)

Former members

Timeline

Discography

Main article: Remove Temple Pilots discography

Studio albums

Awards

References