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Stone Temple Pilots

Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History of New Music Daily: A STP lesson in crowd control

February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Stone Temple Pilots

When Scott Weiland was still fronting Stone Temple Pilots, he had no trouble getting into a fight with someone in

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Recommended Music 

Stone Temple Pilots release an expanded 25th-anniversary edition of the Purple album

June 7, 2019June 7, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Core, Purple, Stone Temple Pilots

I recall being rather shocked the day when Stone Temple Pilots’ Purple came into the radio station in the spring

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Music History Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 832: Groups that changed frontpersons and survived

October 26, 2018October 28, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alice in Chains, Audioslave, Faith No More, Joy Division, New Order, Rage Against the Machine, Stone Temple Pilots

Building and maintaining a band is a lot like building and maintain a sports team. You struggle and wheel-and-deal and

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Music History Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: Hidden tracks and Easter eggs

July 13, 2018July 15, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Arcade Fire, Catherine Wheel, CDs, Chris Carter, Clash, Cracker, Easter Eggs, Green Day, Hidden Tracks, Nick Cave, Nirvana, Offspring, Stone Temple Pilots, Tool, X-Files

You have music you don’t know about and never asked for. And no, I’m not talking about a U2 album.

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: Hard Time – Musicians Who Have Gone to Jail

June 29, 2018July 1, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alien Ant Farm, As I Lay Dying, Cake, Charlatans UK, Coheed and Cambria, Crime, Lostprophets, Sid Vicious, Stone Roses, Stone Temple Pilots

The community of musicians is like any other. While most people are good, you will have your bad actors:  musicians

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, April 3, 2018

April 3, 2018April 3, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2001, Alexa, Amazon Music, Bush, Coachella, Cult, Gwen Stefani, Jack White, John Oliver, Memes, Nils Lofgren, Radio, Sinclair Broadcasting, Smart Speakers, Soundscan, Stone Temple Pilots, Yes

[NOTE: I’m on vacation this week, so there will probably be fewer postings than usual. – AC] Eight years ago

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Geeks&Beats Podcast 

Geeks and Beats Podcasts, Episode 177: A Piece O’ Drake

March 28, 2018March 29, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Publishing, Royalties, Stone Temple Pilots, Vezt

What if you could own a piece of your favourite song? And you get a piece of the musician’s royalty

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Medical Mysteries of Music Music News 

Random Music News for Saturday, February 3, 2018

February 3, 2018February 3, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Africa, Bon Jovi, Dancing, Hologram, Liam Gallagher, Reunion, Roy Orbison, Slayer, Smart Speakers, Sony, Spice Girls, Stone Temple Pilots, Streaming, The Smiths, Toto, Warner

Do Toronto newspapers have the absolute worst comics sections in all of North America? It’s embarrassing, really. Now let’s look

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New Stone Temple Pilots! With the New Singer!

November 15, 2017November 15, 2017 Alan Cross 2 Comments Stone Temple Pilots

The Stone Temple Pilots have just released their first single with their new singer. This came out around 7 am

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Music News 

Random Music News for Saturday, November 4, 2017

November 4, 2017November 3, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, CASBY Awards, Country Music Awards, Greg Norman, Johnny Woo, Michael Jackson, Radio, Rage Against the Machine, Royal Family, Stone Temple Pilots, Tori Amos, Tragically Hip

According to one group, a new US civil war is supposed to start today. Meanwhile, in music news for November

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Music News 

Random Music News for Friday, November 3, 2017

November 3, 2017November 2, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Benedict Cumerbatch, Billie Holiday, Elvis Presley, Gord Downie, Mariah Carey, Stone Temple Pilots, The Face, Thom Yorke, YouTube

I’m already looking forward to the hour of extra sleep this weekend. But seriously: we should just get rid of

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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    Personality, intelligence, and work ethic can take you a long way in life. In the media business, however, these traits are simply not enough. Not only will you have to sacrifice to make your dreams come true, but those closest to you will have to share that commitment and all that comes with it. Now […]
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