What Do They Have in Common

Here is a trick question for you.  What do California, platinum, gold, green, and purple all have in common?   The answer is one album 8x platinum, 40 million records sold, two Grammy awards and the title of an album "Purple".  The other is the daily view of one Scott Weiland who cant ever seem to lay off the drugs.  He is like Charlie Sheen of the music world.

Stone Temple Pilots album Core was 8x platinum and they scored big with songs like "Plush" which won them a Grammy award for best Hard Rock Performance.  They are ranked #40 on VH1s greatest 100 rock bands.  Yes they are a California band (San Diego).  Their second album was called "Purple" and had a few hits.  All in all they were a commercial success.

Believe it or not though that success was met with critics tough reviews who called them "imitators" and "second rate" in comparison to Nirvana and Pearl Jam.  Well fortunately I will let you be the judge and let you know that I dont think they are second rate or imitators.  They are great.

Here is one of my favorite songs from them from Purple it is:

Stone Temple Pilots - "Interstate Love Song"