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What was the stereotypical Stone Temple Pilots fan like?

In 1996? Millennial here. Please help.
zombie-like set therapy
  10/16/14
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zombie-like set therapy
  10/17/14
I was a fan
Startled learning disabled cuckoldry ape
  10/17/14
What were you like, from a stereotypical view?
zombie-like set therapy
  10/17/14
I was 12
Startled learning disabled cuckoldry ape
  10/17/14
lots of dudes had haircuts like this http://z3.ifrm.com/67/...
Bespoke piazza depressive
  10/17/14
where are the dyed undercuts
awkward stubborn institution
  10/17/14
I do remember that.
zombie-like set therapy
  10/17/14
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may his bones be crushed
  04/18/26
Twist: there were no STP fans
Sooty talented alpha
  10/17/14
STP were in their prime at the tail end of the golden sage o...
Swollen slimy toaster double fault
  10/17/14
" If you went to bars or listened to mainstream radio, ...
zombie-like set therapy
  10/17/14
that's kind of an exaggeration. It was also shit like 69 Boy...
Bespoke piazza depressive
  10/17/14
69 Boyz? but grunge was THE dominant alternative music at...
awkward stubborn institution
  10/17/14
lol wut? People listened to that stuff, but at the club ...
Bespoke piazza depressive
  10/17/14
they had lots of alternative clubs that played all that shit...
awkward stubborn institution
  10/17/14
the thing that kind of died out in the early/mid-90's was a ...
Dead wonderful water buffalo school
  10/17/14
we had Seal at least
awkward stubborn institution
  10/17/14
STP is probably the best of all those bands you mentioned. ...
glittery stage multi-billionaire
  10/17/14
they were alright man but you could see shoots of bro rock s...
awkward stubborn institution
  10/17/14
exactly, we didn't know it at the time because bro rock didn...
indecent field
  10/17/14
i heard "big bang baby" for the first time in year...
Dead wonderful water buffalo school
  10/17/14
I think they could most accurately be compared to Alice In C...
Titillating reading party doctorate
  10/17/14
aic were genuinely fucked up, not california vanity drug add...
awkward stubborn institution
  10/17/14
AIC infused a lot more genuine sadness into their songs. th...
Dead wonderful water buffalo school
  10/17/14
its impossible to imagine layne staley fronting "velvet...
awkward stubborn institution
  10/17/14
i kind of forgot that velvet revolver and audioslave had exi...
Dead wonderful water buffalo school
  10/17/14
yeah it really would have been better for their legacy for b...
awkward stubborn institution
  10/17/14
people said that about the rolling stones from roughly 1977 ...
Dead wonderful water buffalo school
  10/17/14
Not really a big fan of the genre, but I really like AIC. I...
zombie-like set therapy
  10/17/14
one of my fave AIC songs. saw them once and it rocked my so...
Balding maniacal really tough guy
  10/17/14
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Racy ultramarine trust fund
  10/17/14
chicks mostly. tbf, they had a few very cool tunes and Pearl...
up-to-no-good stag film
  10/17/14
I never met anyone who was really, really into STP; I assume...
Titillating reading party doctorate
  10/17/14
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awkward stubborn institution
  10/17/14
im an early millennial and was a fan (was like 12-14 years o...
bat-shit-crazy nighttime parlour sandwich
  10/17/14
I remember when Plush came out and everyone thought it was a...
indecent field
  10/17/14
cr like the guy said above they weren't anyone's favorite ba...
awkward stubborn institution
  10/17/14
I owned this STP concert tee rate my teen fashion sense h...
aphrodisiac thirsty theater stage
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rusted old irish cottage
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Date: October 16th, 2014 6:01 AM
Author: zombie-like set therapy

In 1996?

Millennial here. Please help.

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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:46 AM
Author: zombie-like set therapy



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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:47 AM
Author: Startled learning disabled cuckoldry ape

I was a fan

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2],#26532695)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:48 AM
Author: zombie-like set therapy

What were you like, from a stereotypical view?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2],#26532707)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 12:49 AM
Author: Startled learning disabled cuckoldry ape

I was 12

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2],#26532722)



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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:40 AM
Author: Bespoke piazza depressive

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

http://3g28wn33sno63ljjq514qr87.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Webby-Nominated-2.jpg



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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:41 AM
Author: awkward stubborn institution

where are the dyed undercuts

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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:44 AM
Author: zombie-like set therapy

I do remember that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2701290&forum_id=2],#26532995)



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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: Sooty talented alpha

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: Swollen slimy toaster double fault

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: zombie-like set therapy

" 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: Bespoke piazza depressive

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: awkward stubborn institution

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: Bespoke piazza depressive

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: awkward stubborn institution

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: Dead wonderful water buffalo school

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: awkward stubborn institution

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: glittery stage multi-billionaire

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: awkward stubborn institution

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: indecent field

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: Dead wonderful water buffalo school

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: Titillating reading party doctorate

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: awkward stubborn institution

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: Dead wonderful water buffalo school

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: awkward stubborn institution

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: Dead wonderful water buffalo school

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: awkward stubborn institution

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: Dead wonderful water buffalo school

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: zombie-like set therapy

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: Balding maniacal really tough guy

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: Racy ultramarine trust fund



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Date: October 17th, 2014 1:56 AM
Author: up-to-no-good stag film

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: Titillating reading party doctorate

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: awkward stubborn institution



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Date: October 17th, 2014 11:13 AM
Author: bat-shit-crazy nighttime parlour sandwich

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: indecent field

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: awkward stubborn institution

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: aphrodisiac thirsty theater stage

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: rusted old irish cottage



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