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What was the stereotypical Stone Temple Pilots fan like?

In 1996? Millennial here. Please help.
Odious low-t space
  10/16/14
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Odious low-t space
  10/17/14
I was a fan
Supple geriatric locus
  10/17/14
What were you like, from a stereotypical view?
Odious low-t space
  10/17/14
I was 12
Supple geriatric locus
  10/17/14
lots of dudes had haircuts like this http://z3.ifrm.com/67/...
Lavender hunting ground
  10/17/14
where are the dyed undercuts
startled laser beams trust fund
  10/17/14
I do remember that.
Odious low-t space
  10/17/14
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may his bones be crushed
  04/18/26
Twist: there were no STP fans
elite lay
  10/17/14
STP were in their prime at the tail end of the golden sage o...
vengeful jew internal respiration
  10/17/14
" If you went to bars or listened to mainstream radio, ...
Odious low-t space
  10/17/14
that's kind of an exaggeration. It was also shit like 69 Boy...
Lavender hunting ground
  10/17/14
69 Boyz? but grunge was THE dominant alternative music at...
startled laser beams trust fund
  10/17/14
lol wut? People listened to that stuff, but at the club ...
Lavender hunting ground
  10/17/14
they had lots of alternative clubs that played all that shit...
startled laser beams trust fund
  10/17/14
the thing that kind of died out in the early/mid-90's was a ...
Rusted aromatic principal's office
  10/17/14
we had Seal at least
startled laser beams trust fund
  10/17/14
STP is probably the best of all those bands you mentioned. ...
cheese-eating menage pozpig
  10/17/14
they were alright man but you could see shoots of bro rock s...
startled laser beams trust fund
  10/17/14
exactly, we didn't know it at the time because bro rock didn...
bonkers hominid locale
  10/17/14
i heard "big bang baby" for the first time in year...
Rusted aromatic principal's office
  10/17/14
I think they could most accurately be compared to Alice In C...
appetizing disturbing field
  10/17/14
aic were genuinely fucked up, not california vanity drug add...
startled laser beams trust fund
  10/17/14
AIC infused a lot more genuine sadness into their songs. th...
Rusted aromatic principal's office
  10/17/14
its impossible to imagine layne staley fronting "velvet...
startled laser beams trust fund
  10/17/14
i kind of forgot that velvet revolver and audioslave had exi...
Rusted aromatic principal's office
  10/17/14
yeah it really would have been better for their legacy for b...
startled laser beams trust fund
  10/17/14
people said that about the rolling stones from roughly 1977 ...
Rusted aromatic principal's office
  10/17/14
Not really a big fan of the genre, but I really like AIC. I...
Odious low-t space
  10/17/14
one of my fave AIC songs. saw them once and it rocked my so...
brindle mind-boggling cuckold
  10/17/14
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primrose provocative corner
  10/17/14
chicks mostly. tbf, they had a few very cool tunes and Pearl...
Lascivious Slate Office International Law Enforcement Agency
  10/17/14
I never met anyone who was really, really into STP; I assume...
appetizing disturbing field
  10/17/14
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startled laser beams trust fund
  10/17/14
im an early millennial and was a fan (was like 12-14 years o...
Gaped arousing roast beef church building
  10/17/14
I remember when Plush came out and everyone thought it was a...
bonkers hominid locale
  10/17/14
cr like the guy said above they weren't anyone's favorite ba...
startled laser beams trust fund
  10/17/14
I owned this STP concert tee rate my teen fashion sense h...
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Date: October 16th, 2014 6:01 AM
Author: Odious low-t space

In 1996?

Millennial here. Please help.

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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:46 AM
Author: Odious low-t space



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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:47 AM
Author: Supple geriatric locus

I was a fan

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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:48 AM
Author: Odious low-t space

What were you like, from a stereotypical view?

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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:49 AM
Author: Supple geriatric locus

I was 12

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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:40 AM
Author: Lavender hunting ground

lots of dudes had haircuts like this

http://z3.ifrm.com/67/29/0/p387417/hairstyle.jpg

http://thehindsightletters.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/screen-shot-2011-02-01-at-2-46-16-pm.png

http://3g28wn33sno63ljjq514qr87.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Webby-Nominated-2.jpg



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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:41 AM
Author: startled laser beams trust fund

where are the dyed undercuts

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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:44 AM
Author: Odious low-t space

I do remember that.

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Date: April 18th, 2026 12:23 AM
Author: may his bones be crushed



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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:49 AM
Author: elite lay

Twist: there were no STP fans

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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:01 AM
Author: vengeful jew internal respiration

STP were in their prime at the tail end of the golden sage of guitar rock, before it was left behind to guys with neckbeards. They were pretty broadly popular with a crowd ranging from jocky fratty bros to nerdy introspective dudes. It was different from the scene that arose a few years later, where intelligent dudes had to prove themselves by looking down on Creed/Limp Bizkit/Linkin Park (making it somewhat baffling that the Linkin Park guy is now the singer for STP), or the scene that has existed for the last 10 years, where there is no guitar rock that achieves mainstream success because the kids all listen to beat-driven music. If you went to bars or listened to mainstream radio, it was all Nirvana/Pearl Jam/STP/Smashing Pumpkins/etc. In hindsight, STP is pretty terrible and just rode a wave of people loving junkie-penned distorted guitar rock. Doesn't hold up anywhere near as well as the other groups that were big in the era.

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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:33 AM
Author: Odious low-t space

" If you went to bars or listened to mainstream radio, it was all Nirvana/Pearl Jam/STP/Smashing Pumpkins/etc."

This blows my mind. I was born in 1989 and I don't recall any of this, but I wouldn't expect to.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2).#26532947)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:37 AM
Author: Lavender hunting ground

that's kind of an exaggeration. It was also shit like 69 Boyz, Ace of Bass, Chumbawamba, Michael/Janet Jackson, Boyz II Men, Ricky Martin, etc

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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:39 AM
Author: startled laser beams trust fund

69 Boyz?

but grunge was THE dominant alternative music at the time. if you were anywhere white and cool Jeremy was probably playing fifty times

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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:42 AM
Author: Lavender hunting ground

lol wut?

People listened to that stuff, but at the club they were playing 69 Boyz, bro

Also, lots of people I know listened to Widespread/Phish/Dead, and a lot of Dave Matthews stuff

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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:44 AM
Author: startled laser beams trust fund

they had lots of alternative clubs that played all that shit. but if you were a white kid of a certain age that was the shit you were listening to

i never knew anyone who was into that gay stuff if anything it was shitty punk like nofx

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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:09 AM
Author: Rusted aromatic principal's office

the thing that kind of died out in the early/mid-90's was a certain species of adult contemporary music that didn't have much to do with R&B or "electronic" elements and was a continuation of themes that had been popular in the 80's.

something like amy grant's hits from that time, or steve winwood's early 90's songs. they got displaced.



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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:16 AM
Author: startled laser beams trust fund

we had Seal at least

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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:35 AM
Author: cheese-eating menage pozpig

STP is probably the best of all those bands you mentioned.

Their albums are brilliant, you faggot.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2).#26532960)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:35 AM
Author: startled laser beams trust fund

they were alright man but you could see shoots of bro rock sprouting in them

but try listening to interstate love song or big empty and not be like hell yeah

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Date: October 17th, 2014 11:47 AM
Author: bonkers hominid locale

exactly, we didn't know it at the time because bro rock didn't yet exist, but it was definitely there. i think that's what makes STP suck now when you go back and listen to it. feels like a slightly better nickleback or something.

but yeah, Big Empty is a great tune.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2).#26534652)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:10 AM
Author: Rusted aromatic principal's office

i heard "big bang baby" for the first time in years and was surprised at how good it was. they weren't the greatest band, but they took a lot of venom from critics for being so popular, and it didn't really correspond to their actual music.

they were several steps above the likes of candlebox, seven mary three, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2).#26533113)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:14 AM
Author: appetizing disturbing field

I think they could most accurately be compared to Alice In Chains in terms of talent and popularity, who seemed just a little more authentically weird.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2).#26533135)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:16 AM
Author: startled laser beams trust fund

aic were genuinely fucked up, not california vanity drug addicts

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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:17 AM
Author: Rusted aromatic principal's office

AIC infused a lot more genuine sadness into their songs. the jar of flies EP is a classic for that reason probably more than any others.

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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:19 AM
Author: startled laser beams trust fund

its impossible to imagine layne staley fronting "velvet revolver", and not because he's dead. that's the difference right there

i still think "No Excuses" is a beautiful tune

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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:22 AM
Author: Rusted aromatic principal's office

i kind of forgot that velvet revolver and audioslave had existed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2).#26533179)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:23 AM
Author: startled laser beams trust fund

yeah it really would have been better for their legacy for both of those guys to cobain themselves

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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:25 AM
Author: Rusted aromatic principal's office

people said that about the rolling stones from roughly 1977 to the late 90's, but somehow through sheer persistence and boomer nostaliga they became culturally respectable again.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2).#26533196)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:19 AM
Author: Odious low-t space

Not really a big fan of the genre, but I really like AIC. I think they were genuine artists. I like how they almost had a bluesy sound at times. Dam That River seems like an old blues cover.

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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:01 PM
Author: brindle mind-boggling cuckold

one of my fave AIC songs. saw them once and it rocked my socks off.

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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:33 AM
Author: primrose provocative corner



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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:56 AM
Author: Lascivious Slate Office International Law Enforcement Agency

chicks mostly. tbf, they had a few very cool tunes and Pearl Jam was pretty much sucking after Vs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2).#26533050)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:01 AM
Author: appetizing disturbing field

I never met anyone who was really, really into STP; I assume the prop who bought their records were white person between the ages of 12 and 30 who liked top 40ish guitar rock.

They were part of the penultimate A&R-created trend before the whole system came crashing down. They were mainly popular because some particularly influential record exec decided grunge was the new trend and payola air play.

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Date: October 17th, 2014 11:07 AM
Author: startled laser beams trust fund



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Date: October 17th, 2014 11:13 AM
Author: Gaped arousing roast beef church building

im an early millennial and was a fan (was like 12-14 years old and can remember the original grunge scene). their first couple albums were highly cr

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Date: October 17th, 2014 11:51 AM
Author: bonkers hominid locale

I remember when Plush came out and everyone thought it was a PJ song. It took them until their second album to shake off that PJ knock off stigma. I think they mostly became popular because Nirvana and Pearl Jam fans wanted some extra music to listen to until their bands released their next album. That's how my late Gen-X friends and I approached STP.

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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:27 PM
Author: startled laser beams trust fund

cr like the guy said above they weren't anyone's favorite band

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2).#26534865)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 11:59 AM
Author: Claret resort

I owned this STP concert tee rate my teen fashion sense

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1994-Stone-Temple-Pilots-XL-rock-concert-t-shirt-very-rare-STP-/281085608034?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4172020062

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Date: October 23rd, 2015 1:46 AM
Author: Frozen meetinghouse degenerate



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