This is one of their trippier midtempo rockers. Guitarist Dean DeLeo said his brother, Robert, was "thinking Animals or Zombies, a '60s go-go beat and a girl in a miniskirt" when he came up with the music, but it's closer to the punk side of '60s garage as filtered through '90s Seattle. Taken from that self-titled album, this muscular rocker explores a more aggressive side of STP, crashing the gate with a primal guitar riff and following through with a singalong chorus that kicks in like Nirvana in their prime as Weiland sings, "You always were my favorite drug / Even when we used to do drugs." The first single from "Stone Temple Pilots," it topped the rock and alternative-songs charts and earned a Grammy nomination. 29 on the Billboard alternative-songs chart. The song was inspired by Weiland's relationship with his former wife, setting the tone with a melancholy plea of "I'd like to sing a story for you / Here's what I'd sing if I could impress you." The third single from "Stone Temple Pilots," it peaked at No. As the music world reacts to breaking news that Scott Weiland has died, reportedly found dead in Minnesota on his tour bus, here's a look back at the best songs the singer recorded with Stone Temple Pilots, from their zeitgeist-grabbing breakthrough "Plush" and "Purple" through their surprisingly solid reunion album, 2010's "Stone Temple Pilots."Īlthough Weiland went on to continued success with the supergroup Velvet Revolver featuring several Guns N' Roses members and released a string of solo albums, including this year's raucous "Blaster" with his touring band, the Wildabouts, it's the best of the songs he recorded with Stone Temple Pilots that are destined to define the singer's legacy.įrom the simple pop gold of its opening riff to those airy harmonies that underscore the chorus hook, this bittersweet midtempo rocker clearly falls on the power-pop side of the STP spectrum.
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