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10 moments of genius from MTV Unplugged
By Niall Doherty published
As Nirvana’s iconic set turns 30, we pick out the ten best songs from the famous sessions

“Diamonds are made under pressure!”: Stone Temple Pilots’ Dean DeLeo on the band's songwriting dynamic when they made Purple
By Niall Doherty published
The grunge-rockers’ classic second record turns 30 next year

“It was strange to pick up a tape and find titles like Sex Type Thing”: the time the mum of a 90s grunge fan made him go on Oprah to clean up his look
By Niall Doherty published
American mother Pam was also leftt unimpressed by Stone Temple Pilots’ debut album

10 terrible grunge albums with one classic song
By Stephen Hill published
Grunge brought us some classic albums, but a lot of stinkers, too. Luckily, these poor efforts were all saved by one brilliant song

How Stone Temple Pilots’ Purple album captured a band at their peak, before everything started to go wrong
By Niall Doherty published
Stone Temple Pilot’s triumphant second album, Purple, is a grunge-era classic and the sound of a band silencing their critics

20 bands whose second album is the best thing they ever did
By Classic Rock published
The bands who defied the sophomore slump to deliver the greatest albums of their career

How David Bowie's authoritarian Thin White Duke persona inspired Scott Weiland
By Karl Stephens published
Late Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland once talked in detail about why David Bowie was his biggest inspiration

How Stone Temple Pilots made Core and became the most hated band in rock
By Dave Everley last updated
Right from when Stone Temple Pilots began, they were pilloried like no other band before or since. They became one of the great groups of the 90s, but those wounds never fully healed
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