Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots (often called STP) is an American rock band that played in the 1990s and early 2000s. They broke up in 2003 but reformed in 2008. The band has Scott Weiland (vocals), brothers Robert (bass guitar, vocals) and Dean DeLeo (guitar), and Eric Kretz (drums, percussion). Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Stone Temple Pilots ". All Music Guide. Retrieved 2005-06-13. The band's five albums have sold more than 17.5 million in the United States alone and more than 30 million albums worldwide. The band had fifteen top ten singles, or songs sold on their own, on the Billboard rock charts, including six #1's, and one #1 album on the pop charts (1994's Purple). In 1994, the band won a Grammy for "Best Hard Rock Performance" for their song "Plush". Stone Temple Pilots were also ranked at #40 by VH1 on the 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock list. 

The band released the greatest-hits album  Thank You in 2003. The band then fell apart. Since the band's end, Weiland moved on to become the frontman of Velvet Revolver with former members of Guns N' Roses. The DeLeo brothers started the band Army of Anyone with Richard Patrick from the band Filter. Army of Anyone released its first album in 2006, which was also called Army of Anyone. Kretz started Bomb Shelter Studios  in Los Angeles. 

In 2008, Stone Temple Pilots reformed. They went on a concert tour that began on May 1 and ended on October 30. 

History
Scott Weiland and Robert DeLeo met during a concert. They formed a band with two of Scott's friends from Edison High School, Corey Hicock (guitar) and David Allen (drums). They then named their band Mighty Joe Young and recorded a demo tape that was completed around 1990. During the recording, they got a call from their lawyer who told them that there was a blues man who had already claimed the name Mighty Joe Young. They changed the band's name to Shirley Temple's Pussy and performed under this name for a short time, but then changed the name again due to record label pressure.Ticket Specialists Biography Last Accessed June 10, 2008. They decided to use the initials STP and soon used the name Stone Temple Pilots in 1992.

Albums
 Core (1992)
 Purple (1994)
 Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop (1996)
 No. 4 (1999)
 Shangri-La Dee Da (2001)
 Stone Temple Pilots (2010)

Awards

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| style="text-align:center;"| 1993 || "Plush" || MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist || 
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| style="text-align:center;"| 1994 || align="center"| — || American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist || 
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| style="text-align:center;"| 1994 || "Plush" || Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance || 
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| style="text-align:center;"| 1997 || "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" || Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance || 
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| style="text-align:center;"| 2001 || "Down" || Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance || 
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| style="text-align:center;"| 2010 ||  "Between the Lines" || Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance || 

References

Category:1990s American music groups
Category:2000s American music groups
Category:2010s American music groups
Category:American rock bands
Category:Alternative rock bands
Category:Grunge bands
Category:Hard rock bands
Category:Alternative metal bands
Category:Musical groups from San Diego
Category:Atlantic Records artists