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The Stone Temple Pilots were formed in a very strange way. In San Diego at a Black Flag concert Scott Weiland bumped into Robert DeLeo. After talking briefly they discovered that they were dating the same women. Instead of killing each other they discovered that they had the same musical taste and decided to form a band with Scott on vocals and Robert on bass. They went on to recruit drummer Eric Kretz and Robert’s brother Dean for guitar. They played at clubs and other local shows under the name Mighty Joe Young. A year later they signed to a record company and changed their name to the Stone Temple Pilots. The bands 1992 debut album “Core” was a hit. It was quite grungy sounding and in fact, STP was heavily ragged on for copying Pearl Jam. Anyone who knows music would agree that they have similarities but STP did and does not copy Pearl Jam. The album “Core” had several radio hits, the controversial “Sex Type Thing”, the mellow “Creep” and what most would argue is STP’s best song ...