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What was the stereotypical Stone Temple Pilots fan like?

In 1996? Millennial here. Please help.
insanely creepy haunting community account
  10/16/14
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insanely creepy haunting community account
  10/17/14
I was a fan
Hilarious black address
  10/17/14
What were you like, from a stereotypical view?
insanely creepy haunting community account
  10/17/14
I was 12
Hilarious black address
  10/17/14
lots of dudes had haircuts like this http://z3.ifrm.com/67/...
Light Naked Legal Warrant
  10/17/14
where are the dyed undercuts
Amethyst wrinkle
  10/17/14
I do remember that.
insanely creepy haunting community account
  10/17/14
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may his bones be crushed
  04/18/26
Twist: there were no STP fans
floppy office
  10/17/14
STP were in their prime at the tail end of the golden sage o...
Smoky field clown
  10/17/14
" If you went to bars or listened to mainstream radio, ...
insanely creepy haunting community account
  10/17/14
that's kind of an exaggeration. It was also shit like 69 Boy...
Light Naked Legal Warrant
  10/17/14
69 Boyz? but grunge was THE dominant alternative music at...
Amethyst wrinkle
  10/17/14
lol wut? People listened to that stuff, but at the club ...
Light Naked Legal Warrant
  10/17/14
they had lots of alternative clubs that played all that shit...
Amethyst wrinkle
  10/17/14
the thing that kind of died out in the early/mid-90's was a ...
glittery drunken digit ratio location
  10/17/14
we had Seal at least
Amethyst wrinkle
  10/17/14
STP is probably the best of all those bands you mentioned. ...
Domesticated kitchen trump supporter
  10/17/14
they were alright man but you could see shoots of bro rock s...
Amethyst wrinkle
  10/17/14
exactly, we didn't know it at the time because bro rock didn...
thirsty pale athletic conference
  10/17/14
i heard "big bang baby" for the first time in year...
glittery drunken digit ratio location
  10/17/14
I think they could most accurately be compared to Alice In C...
Chrome Cocky Abode
  10/17/14
aic were genuinely fucked up, not california vanity drug add...
Amethyst wrinkle
  10/17/14
AIC infused a lot more genuine sadness into their songs. th...
glittery drunken digit ratio location
  10/17/14
its impossible to imagine layne staley fronting "velvet...
Amethyst wrinkle
  10/17/14
i kind of forgot that velvet revolver and audioslave had exi...
glittery drunken digit ratio location
  10/17/14
yeah it really would have been better for their legacy for b...
Amethyst wrinkle
  10/17/14
people said that about the rolling stones from roughly 1977 ...
glittery drunken digit ratio location
  10/17/14
Not really a big fan of the genre, but I really like AIC. I...
insanely creepy haunting community account
  10/17/14
one of my fave AIC songs. saw them once and it rocked my so...
Exhilarant rehab faggot firefighter
  10/17/14
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Hairless peach bawdyhouse private investor
  10/17/14
chicks mostly. tbf, they had a few very cool tunes and Pearl...
Confused Skinny Woman Chapel
  10/17/14
I never met anyone who was really, really into STP; I assume...
Chrome Cocky Abode
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Amethyst wrinkle
  10/17/14
im an early millennial and was a fan (was like 12-14 years o...
Heady brunch
  10/17/14
I remember when Plush came out and everyone thought it was a...
thirsty pale athletic conference
  10/17/14
cr like the guy said above they weren't anyone's favorite ba...
Amethyst wrinkle
  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: insanely creepy haunting community account

In 1996?

Millennial here. Please help.

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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:46 AM
Author: insanely creepy haunting community account



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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:47 AM
Author: Hilarious black address

I was a fan

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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:48 AM
Author: insanely creepy haunting community account

What were you like, from a stereotypical view?

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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:49 AM
Author: Hilarious black address

I was 12

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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:40 AM
Author: Light Naked 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

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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:41 AM
Author: Amethyst wrinkle

where are the dyed undercuts

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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:44 AM
Author: insanely creepy haunting community account

I do remember that.

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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: floppy office

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: Smoky field clown

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: insanely creepy haunting community account

" 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: Light Naked 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: Amethyst wrinkle

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: Light Naked 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: Amethyst wrinkle

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: glittery drunken digit ratio location

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: Amethyst wrinkle

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: Domesticated kitchen trump supporter

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: Amethyst wrinkle

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: thirsty pale athletic conference

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: glittery drunken digit ratio location

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: Chrome Cocky Abode

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: Amethyst wrinkle

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: glittery drunken digit ratio location

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: Amethyst wrinkle

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: glittery drunken digit ratio location

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: Amethyst wrinkle

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: glittery drunken digit ratio location

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: insanely creepy haunting community account

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: Exhilarant rehab faggot firefighter

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: Hairless peach bawdyhouse private investor



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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:56 AM
Author: Confused Skinny Woman Chapel

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: Chrome Cocky Abode

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: Amethyst wrinkle



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Date: October 17th, 2014 11:13 AM
Author: Heady brunch

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: thirsty pale athletic conference

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: Amethyst wrinkle

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: aquamarine cerebral area gunner

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: Saffron newt



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