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Like a trendy version of Lady Gaga, Weiland keeps removing and adding to his wardrobe as if the fans want to see what new fashion he's going to don. After reviewing 'Alive in the Windy City,' I popped in 'Core' to validate my hunch - which was correct.Īlong with Weiland sounding like a pop-rocker, his frontman stage presence is also now like that of poppy rock band. Literally, almost every one of their familiar tracks seems to be a slowed-down version of the way I remembered it. During one break between songs, Weilands stops to take a breather and apologizes to the audience, claiming that at the age of "75" he needs to catch his breath every few songs.Īnother odd aspect of the band sounding different is the tempo at which they perform. You may be thinking, 'Luke, your opinion of Weiland's vocals not being as good as they used to be is completely subjective,' but even Weiland himself notes that he can't sing as well as he used to. (Because I've never personally seen STP live, I am aware that Weiland never may have sounded as well live as he does on his potentially doctored studio albums – but if he has always sounded this generic live, I don't think they would have been much of a touring band.) As expected, Weiland's vocal performance gets stronger the deeper into the concert we get, but hearing him sing the singles from 'Core' doesn't make for the most positive of revisits. He no longer carries the same intensity, strength and power. Sadly, as evidence of his aging, Weiland also cannot quite hit and carry the notes as well as he used to. Instead of projecting the same unique rock vocals that made STP sound so original when they broke out, Weiland now sounds like a standard current pop-rocker that might be covering an old STP hit – almost like karaoke from a die-hard fan doing his best Weiland impression. Not being a fan of frontman Scott Weiland's spin-off band Velvet Revolver, this was the first time that I had been excited for something new from STP in quite some time – but just as I thought about the band's third, fourth and fifth studio albums, the Stone Temple Pilots that I loved from the 'Core' and 'Purple' days no longer exist.įirst off, although the band and the music itself sounds exactly like it used to, Weiland as a singer does not. When I received the 'Alive in the Windy City' Blu-ray for review, I was excited to re-live some old memories from my teenage years.
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Nearly every song on their subsequent albums sounded exactly like everything else on the radio at that time, which is exactly where I lost interest in new STP.
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The band possessed something in their first two albums that they lost shortly thereafter – originality. 4' and 'Shangri-La Dee Da,' ever made their way into my collection. Neither their fourth or fifth albums, 'No. I only remember truly liking one track on the entire album, the first single, "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart." The rest of the album was a disappointment, so much so that I don't even think I kept the CD. Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop.' Even as an STP fan, this album was a major disappointment. But another two years later, STP released 'Tiny Music. As I hope for and expect from new albums, 'Purple' carried a unique sound and style different from that of 'Core' – and it was great. The follow-up to 'Core,' 'Purple,' released in 1994, was also solid. It still remains as an iconic album representation of the early '90s.
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Their hit debut album 'Core' was fantastic. Along with Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains, "STP" (as they were deemed by the fans) was one of the bands I listened to the most. For me, this was the era when I came into my own music-wise. Stone Temple Pilots jumped into the music scene right as I was entering my high school years.