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Stone Temple Pilots

Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Scott Weiland’s heroin

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Album Artwork, Heroin, Purple, Scott Weiland, Stone Temple Pilots

While he was alive and a member of Stone Temple Pilots, Scott Weiland had a serious relationship with heroin. In

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 950: 18 bands who successfully changed lead singers

April 15, 2022April 16, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 3 Days Grace, Alice in Chains, Faith No More, I Mother Earth, Joy Division, Lead Singers, New Order, Personnel Changes, Stone Temple Pilots, Sublime

When someone in your band decides to leave, gets fired or, heaven forbid, dies, you have a problem. It’s an

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, March 29, 2022

March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Chris Franz, Stone Temple Pilots, Talking Head, Tina Weymouth

Taylor Hawkins’ body is being sent back to the US. We’re still awaiting an official cause of death. This Taylor

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, December 30, 2021

December 30, 2021December 30, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple usic, Avicii, Celine Dion, Covid, Denise Ho, Hong Kong, Jimmy Carter, John Madden, LL Cool J, Noel Gallagher, Paul Simon, Stone Temple Pilots, Surf Rock

Did you know that before he became president of the US that Jimmy Carter did THIS? Wow. Marvel at that

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: An STP lesson to the crowd

August 25, 2021August 25, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Scott Weiland, Stone Temple Pilots, STP

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

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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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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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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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