

Core ultimately reached third place on the Billboard 200, and "Plush" won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance. Scott Weiland's adventurous personality (ultimately resulting in years of forced rehab programs) shows in his strong and melodic Rock growl. A breakout success, the album peaked at 3 on the Billboard charts, dominated radio waves with hits like 'Sex Type Thing' and 'Wicked Garden,' and has been certified 8x Platinum by the RIAA. The set, limited to 15,000 copies worldwide, comes packaged in a richly detailed hardcover book (12 x 12) with rare and unseen photographs. Stone Temple Pilots roared on to the scene 25 years ago with their raucous debut Core. The super deluxe edition reissue is a 4CD+DVD+LP set. Also included is the original album on 180-gram vinyl and a DVD that contains a 5.1 Surround Sound Mix of the album along with videos for the albums four singles. The Grammy winning album has sold over 8 million copies in the US alone and amongst its 12-tracks are the singles Sex Type Thing, Plush and Wicked Garden. Guitarist Dean DeLeo's inventive and distinctive guitar playing made him a true guitar hero to many junior axe slingers of the day. This September, Rhino are to reissue a 25th anniversary, six-disc super deluxe edition of Stone Temple Pilots 1992 debut Core. Instead of purely focusing on grunge's Punk esthetic, Stone Temple Pilots excelled with coherent, quality songwriting. The hits "Creep" and "Plush" made heavy rotations on MTV, and pulled attention toward the album- making qualities of these San Diego based soon-to-be superstars. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2020 Vinyl release of 'Core' on Discogs. The debut album of Stone Temple Pilots (1992) built a heavy foundation for the subsequent career of this post-grunge Rock band. Stone Temple Pilots (guitarist Dean DeLeo, bassist Robert DeLeo, drummer Eric Kretz, and vocalist Scott Weiland) debuted with the raucous Core in the fall of 1992 and by the following summer were one of the biggest rock bands in the game. Limited to 2500, soooo not terribly limited, but a must have in your grunge collection. The hits 'Creep' and 'Plush' made heavy rotations on MTV, and pulled attention toward the album-making qualities of these San Diego based soon-to-be superstars. Having scored a massive hit with their debut album, Core, Stone Temple Pilots returned to the same sludge-filled well for Purple, only to come up with an album thats harder, more concise, and filled with thunderous, punishing riffs. Stone Temple Pilots - Core // Limited to 2500 Colored Vinyl 2xLPĪnother great repress of a classically awesome STP album. The debut album from Stone Temple Pilots (1992) built a heavy foundation for the subsequent career of this post-Grunge Rock band.
