Tag: Stone Temple Pilots

Review: “The World Keeps Turning” by Leo Viridi

A concept EP that tells a story of trying to navigate this existence and understanding the World for what it is, “The World Keeps Turning” is the follow up the 2019’s “LV1” which saw Multi instrumentalist Leo Viridi joined by a wealth of collaborators including members and former members of Megadeth, Act of Defiance, King

Review: “Orbital Decay” by Solarhead

Recorded over the course of a couple of weeks in home studios in Indianapolis and Franklin, Indiana, “Orbital Decay” marks the debut EP from Alternative Metallers Solarhead, who launched themselves on an unsuspecting World in July 2020. The band consist of the duo of Jason Emry (vocals) and Bob Hamilton (guitars) who are have been

Vs Tuesday: Two Bands! One Song! Who Wins?! FIGHT! Negative Creep #2!

When will anything from Tura Satana appear on Spotify? We can’t answer that one. The Los Angeles based band who released a pair of records in 1996’s “All Is Not Well” and 1997’s “Relief Through Release” are ironically just as well known posthumously as they were when they were active due to vocalist Tairrie B

Vs Tuesday: Two Bands! One Song! Who Wins?! FIGHT! STP.

In 1993 MTV recorded a set from San Diego Grunge band Stone Temple Pilots for their iconic Unplugged series. During the set the band played a new song that was cut from the aired performance but when the track featured on the soundtrack of The Crow, a film starting Brandon Lee and based on a

Listmania: 20 of the best MTV unplugged performances ranked!

A few days after the acoustic guitar that Kurt Cobain used for the classic Nirvana MTV unplugged fetched $6m at auction, NME have ranked what they’re calling the 20 best MTV unplugged performances. It should come as no surprise that while Alice In Chains and Pearl Jam get a mention, KoRn and Stone Temple Pilots

Review: “Defying Extinction” EP by The Great Lie

Back for round #3 and recording with legend Martin Bisi (Sonic Youth, Unsane), Long Island New York Hardcore Punks The Great Lie simply don’t know when to quit. A band comprised of scene veterans who you might think didn’t have much left to say but who instead have a raw intensity and punk energy second to

Review: “Relics” by SixStringNoise

“Relics” is the fifth studio album in 9 years from SixStringNoise and follows acoustic EP “The Acou-Strings” which appeared in November 2017 with album prior to that was billed as the bands heaviest to date, entitled “Cold Damned Season”. Labelling themselves as a “Heavy Hard Rock andAlternative Metal band with Progressive elements influenced by the

NEWS: Download Festival add 43!

The organizers of Download Festival have announced 43 additions to this year’s incarnation with some interesting choices. Heart of a Coward will hopefully have their new album completed in the for the festival, while Brighton Progressive Instrumental trio Toska‘s rise is nothing short of incredible! Whether their inclusion also means that Frog Leap will appear

Riff Police! Pull Over! #33: Danzig Vs Stone Temple Pilots!

Having already made his name and his mark with horror punks Misfits, their frontman Danzig went on to create music in a whole other style with his solo project. 1990 saw the arrival of the bands second album “Danzig II: Lucifuge” which saw production from Rick Rubin. One particular song “Snakes of Christ” stood out with it’s classy riffage from