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What was the stereotypical Stone Temple Pilots fan like?

In 1996? Millennial here. Please help.
bateful violet police squad hospital
  10/16/14
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bateful violet police squad hospital
  10/17/14
I was a fan
Fuchsia church building
  10/17/14
What were you like, from a stereotypical view?
bateful violet police squad hospital
  10/17/14
I was 12
Fuchsia church building
  10/17/14
lots of dudes had haircuts like this http://z3.ifrm.com/67/...
garnet rigor
  10/17/14
where are the dyed undercuts
Sickened floppy reading party box office
  10/17/14
I do remember that.
bateful violet police squad hospital
  10/17/14
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may his bones be crushed
  04/18/26
Twist: there were no STP fans
180 persian resort
  10/17/14
STP were in their prime at the tail end of the golden sage o...
burgundy soul-stirring market
  10/17/14
" If you went to bars or listened to mainstream radio, ...
bateful violet police squad hospital
  10/17/14
that's kind of an exaggeration. It was also shit like 69 Boy...
garnet rigor
  10/17/14
69 Boyz? but grunge was THE dominant alternative music at...
Sickened floppy reading party box office
  10/17/14
lol wut? People listened to that stuff, but at the club ...
garnet rigor
  10/17/14
they had lots of alternative clubs that played all that shit...
Sickened floppy reading party box office
  10/17/14
the thing that kind of died out in the early/mid-90's was a ...
talented mood
  10/17/14
we had Seal at least
Sickened floppy reading party box office
  10/17/14
STP is probably the best of all those bands you mentioned. ...
Aromatic Dog Poop Messiness
  10/17/14
they were alright man but you could see shoots of bro rock s...
Sickened floppy reading party box office
  10/17/14
exactly, we didn't know it at the time because bro rock didn...
Fragrant legal warrant headpube
  10/17/14
i heard "big bang baby" for the first time in year...
talented mood
  10/17/14
I think they could most accurately be compared to Alice In C...
spectacular arrogant range corn cake
  10/17/14
aic were genuinely fucked up, not california vanity drug add...
Sickened floppy reading party box office
  10/17/14
AIC infused a lot more genuine sadness into their songs. th...
talented mood
  10/17/14
its impossible to imagine layne staley fronting "velvet...
Sickened floppy reading party box office
  10/17/14
i kind of forgot that velvet revolver and audioslave had exi...
talented mood
  10/17/14
yeah it really would have been better for their legacy for b...
Sickened floppy reading party box office
  10/17/14
people said that about the rolling stones from roughly 1977 ...
talented mood
  10/17/14
Not really a big fan of the genre, but I really like AIC. I...
bateful violet police squad hospital
  10/17/14
one of my fave AIC songs. saw them once and it rocked my so...
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lake crackhouse
  10/17/14
chicks mostly. tbf, they had a few very cool tunes and Pearl...
startling mediation trump supporter
  10/17/14
I never met anyone who was really, really into STP; I assume...
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Sickened floppy reading party box office
  10/17/14
im an early millennial and was a fan (was like 12-14 years o...
Amethyst gaping
  10/17/14
I remember when Plush came out and everyone thought it was a...
Fragrant legal warrant headpube
  10/17/14
cr like the guy said above they weren't anyone's favorite ba...
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I owned this STP concert tee rate my teen fashion sense h...
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Date: October 16th, 2014 6:01 AM
Author: bateful violet police squad hospital

In 1996?

Millennial here. Please help.

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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:46 AM
Author: bateful violet police squad hospital



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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:47 AM
Author: Fuchsia church building

I was a fan

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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:48 AM
Author: bateful violet police squad hospital

What were you like, from a stereotypical view?

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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:49 AM
Author: Fuchsia church building

I was 12

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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:40 AM
Author: garnet rigor

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: Sickened floppy reading party box office

where are the dyed undercuts

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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:44 AM
Author: bateful violet police squad hospital

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: 180 persian resort

Twist: there were no STP fans

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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:01 AM
Author: burgundy soul-stirring market

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: bateful violet police squad hospital

" 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.

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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:37 AM
Author: garnet rigor

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: Sickened floppy reading party box office

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: garnet rigor

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: Sickened floppy reading party box office

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: talented mood

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: Sickened floppy reading party box office

we had Seal at least

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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:35 AM
Author: Aromatic Dog Poop Messiness

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

Their albums are brilliant, you faggot.

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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:35 AM
Author: Sickened floppy reading party box office

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: Fragrant legal warrant headpube

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.

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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:10 AM
Author: talented mood

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.

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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:14 AM
Author: spectacular arrogant range corn cake

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.

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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:16 AM
Author: Sickened floppy reading party box office

aic were genuinely fucked up, not california vanity drug addicts

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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:17 AM
Author: talented mood

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: Sickened floppy reading party box office

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: talented mood

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

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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:23 AM
Author: Sickened floppy reading party box office

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2],#26533184)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:25 AM
Author: talented mood

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: bateful violet police squad hospital

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: Chartreuse Disgusting Parlor

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: lake crackhouse



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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:56 AM
Author: startling mediation trump supporter

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

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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:01 AM
Author: spectacular arrogant range corn cake

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: Sickened floppy reading party box office



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Date: October 17th, 2014 11:13 AM
Author: Amethyst gaping

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: Fragrant legal warrant headpube

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: Sickened floppy reading party box office

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

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Date: October 17th, 2014 11:59 AM
Author: Mauve theater

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: Swollen parlour pocket flask



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