In 1985, Scott Weiland and his friends in their band Soi Disant – guitarist Corey Hicock and drummer David Allin – first encountered Robert DeLeo playing live at various gigs, deciding to track him down after witnessing his shows. Hicock and Allin would soon be replaced by Eric Kretz and DeLeo’s brother Dean. They took the name Stone Temple Pilots because of their fondness for the initials “STP”. Robert DeLeo said that, while he was working at Mesa Boogie, in Sunset Boulevard, Scott was working “across catty-corner” from him and would come to show musical ideas. In one of the band’s first opening performances under the name Mighty Joe Young, they opened for Electric Love Hogs , whose guitarist Dave Kushner would one day co-found Weiland’s later band Velvet Revolver . In 1992, they released their first album, Core , spawning four hits (” Sex Type Thing “, ” Wicked Garden “, ” Creep “, and ” Plush “.)
First encountered Robert DeLeo
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