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What was the stereotypical Stone Temple Pilots fan like?

In 1996? Millennial here. Please help.
mauve useless brakes
  10/16/14
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mauve useless brakes
  10/17/14
I was a fan
Drunken field
  10/17/14
What were you like, from a stereotypical view?
mauve useless brakes
  10/17/14
I was 12
Drunken field
  10/17/14
lots of dudes had haircuts like this http://z3.ifrm.com/67/...
rough-skinned brunch legal warrant
  10/17/14
where are the dyed undercuts
wild fat ankles
  10/17/14
I do remember that.
mauve useless brakes
  10/17/14
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may his bones be crushed
  04/18/26
Twist: there were no STP fans
plum codepig
  10/17/14
STP were in their prime at the tail end of the golden sage o...
Black Locus
  10/17/14
" If you went to bars or listened to mainstream radio, ...
mauve useless brakes
  10/17/14
that's kind of an exaggeration. It was also shit like 69 Boy...
rough-skinned brunch legal warrant
  10/17/14
69 Boyz? but grunge was THE dominant alternative music at...
wild fat ankles
  10/17/14
lol wut? People listened to that stuff, but at the club ...
rough-skinned brunch legal warrant
  10/17/14
they had lots of alternative clubs that played all that shit...
wild fat ankles
  10/17/14
the thing that kind of died out in the early/mid-90's was a ...
Doobsian domesticated corner
  10/17/14
we had Seal at least
wild fat ankles
  10/17/14
STP is probably the best of all those bands you mentioned. ...
sticky cracking shrine private investor
  10/17/14
they were alright man but you could see shoots of bro rock s...
wild fat ankles
  10/17/14
exactly, we didn't know it at the time because bro rock didn...
Supple honey-headed site
  10/17/14
i heard "big bang baby" for the first time in year...
Doobsian domesticated corner
  10/17/14
I think they could most accurately be compared to Alice In C...
yapping lilac wagecucks
  10/17/14
aic were genuinely fucked up, not california vanity drug add...
wild fat ankles
  10/17/14
AIC infused a lot more genuine sadness into their songs. th...
Doobsian domesticated corner
  10/17/14
its impossible to imagine layne staley fronting "velvet...
wild fat ankles
  10/17/14
i kind of forgot that velvet revolver and audioslave had exi...
Doobsian domesticated corner
  10/17/14
yeah it really would have been better for their legacy for b...
wild fat ankles
  10/17/14
people said that about the rolling stones from roughly 1977 ...
Doobsian domesticated corner
  10/17/14
Not really a big fan of the genre, but I really like AIC. I...
mauve useless brakes
  10/17/14
one of my fave AIC songs. saw them once and it rocked my so...
Canary fiercely-loyal quadroon
  10/17/14
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Appetizing cordovan mad cow disease
  10/17/14
chicks mostly. tbf, they had a few very cool tunes and Pearl...
Self-centered digit ratio den
  10/17/14
I never met anyone who was really, really into STP; I assume...
yapping lilac wagecucks
  10/17/14
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wild fat ankles
  10/17/14
im an early millennial and was a fan (was like 12-14 years o...
buck-toothed hairraiser area
  10/17/14
I remember when Plush came out and everyone thought it was a...
Supple honey-headed site
  10/17/14
cr like the guy said above they weren't anyone's favorite ba...
wild fat ankles
  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: mauve useless brakes

In 1996?

Millennial here. Please help.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26526502)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:46 AM
Author: mauve useless brakes



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26532685)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:47 AM
Author: Drunken field

I was a fan

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26532695)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:48 AM
Author: mauve useless brakes

What were you like, from a stereotypical view?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26532707)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:49 AM
Author: Drunken field

I was 12

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26532722)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:40 AM
Author: rough-skinned brunch legal warrant

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



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26532974)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:41 AM
Author: wild fat ankles

where are the dyed undercuts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26532977)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:44 AM
Author: mauve useless brakes

I do remember that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26532995)



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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: plum codepig

Twist: there were no STP fans

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26532715)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:01 AM
Author: Black Locus

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26532796)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:33 AM
Author: mauve useless brakes

" 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: rough-skinned brunch legal warrant

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26532966)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:39 AM
Author: wild fat ankles

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26532968)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:42 AM
Author: rough-skinned brunch legal warrant

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26532979)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:44 AM
Author: wild fat ankles

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26532990)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:09 AM
Author: Doobsian domesticated corner

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.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26533104)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:16 AM
Author: wild fat ankles

we had Seal at least

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26533142)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:35 AM
Author: sticky cracking shrine private investor

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: wild fat ankles

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26532961)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 11:47 AM
Author: Supple honey-headed site

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: Doobsian domesticated corner

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: yapping lilac wagecucks

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: wild fat ankles

aic were genuinely fucked up, not california vanity drug addicts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26533141)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:17 AM
Author: Doobsian domesticated corner

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26533147)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:19 AM
Author: wild fat ankles

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26533159)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 2:22 AM
Author: Doobsian domesticated corner

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: wild fat ankles

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: Doobsian domesticated corner

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: mauve useless brakes

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26533162)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:01 PM
Author: Canary fiercely-loyal quadroon

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26534732)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:33 AM
Author: Appetizing cordovan mad cow disease



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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:56 AM
Author: Self-centered digit ratio den

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: yapping lilac wagecucks

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26533068)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 11:07 AM
Author: wild fat ankles



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Date: October 17th, 2014 11:13 AM
Author: buck-toothed hairraiser area

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26534430)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 11:51 AM
Author: Supple honey-headed site

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26534666)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:27 PM
Author: wild fat ankles

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: Elite maize public bath fanboi

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2#26534719)



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Date: October 23rd, 2015 1:46 AM
Author: swashbuckling frisky nursing home shitlib



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