About this episode

This episode explores the rise and struggles of Stone Temple Pilots during the release of their album 'Purple' and the song 'Vasoline'.

In 1994, Stone Temple Pilots hit #1 with Purple , but behind the scenes, the band was fracturing. In this episode of Behind The Song , Janda breaks down the STP classic "Vasoline." It’s the story of a band at their creative peak, even as their frontman Scott Weiland began a very long, sad goodbye.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Janda

Topics covered

• Stone Temple Pilots
• music history
• band dynamics
• creative peak
• Scott Weiland

Keywords

• Stone Temple Pilots
• Scott Weiland
• Vasoline
• Purple
• music history
• rock music
• band struggles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stone Temple Pilots

Books & works: Purple, Vasoline

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