#357 Stone Temple Pilots — Core: The Album That Critics Hated and Fans Made Platinum

“I mean it’s June, so…”

Released September 29, 1992, CORE, the debut album from San Diego, California’s own STONE TEMPLE PILOTS (or STP for short) is one of those albums that doesn’t really fit into the “grunge” category, nor does it fit into the traditional “heavy metal” box either. It’s certainly not grunge but is definitely “more metal than Pearl Jam”, and while there may be some subtle similarities here and there, they are as different as apples and apple sauce.

“It’s June, man. Knock yourself out…”

Of the STP discography, CORE is certainly their heaviest and most metal sounding album, offering a refreshing change to the musical landscape of the early 90’s with an alternative brand of metal filled with enough grunt and power to appeal to metal heads while simultaneously providing enough melody & hook to achieve the widespread popularity and mainstream crossover success that would lead to its 8x platinum sales status.

Produced by Brendan O’Brien, a legendary name in the alternative metal scene during the 1990’s, CORE is “the heavier side of the ‘grunge’ thing”. You might say that STP’s CORE was “the next wave of metal that wasn’t Pantera…or thrash”.

“We’ve only got 2 more weeks of June though…after June, you can’t do it.”

Understand that “if you’re into naked Sundays you can look at everybody’s wicked garden” and enjoy a nice “piece of pie” in the process. And if you’re still trying to do the math to figure out what a trillionaire is, just remember that “a billion is a thousand million…a trillion is a thousand billion…” and when you have that much cash laying around, “it’s gonna be like Caligula…” when you JOIN US as we eat the apple all the way down to the seeds of STONE TEMPLE PILOTS’ transformative alternative metal debut, CORE.

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Show Notes:

(00:01): “We’re stuck in…our lane…we’re not actively searching for it…” / #Psycroptic /

“I did not realize that the #WorldCup is like 40 days…”/ “People are just livid about soccer…in the best way possible…”/ “You’ve gotta watch for the flops…”/ “Have you ever been to a college football game?” / #AtlantaUnited / “We’re not on the soccer map…”/

“The ball is 4 inches outside the box…”/ #markthetime / “They tap their helmet…and they show the ball…”/ “It’s not in the strike zone…it’s in the pooper…I mean, it’s June” …

***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised ***

(05:15): ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST LOCATED IN THE BUNKERPOON CENTER FOR METAL EXCELLENCE!!!*** / #keepitthrashy / “That’s why I’m such a big fan of June…”/ “When they sit in the sun…they cook…”/ #autostart / “I wish you could do that with boners…it’s called porn. And that button is on your phone…” / Dicklifter.com / ***PATREON US AT www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** /

“What if it’s…the world’s first trillionaire?”/ “A billion is a thousand million…a trillion is a thousand billion…”/ “Cars and houses…or whores and drugs?”/ “Oh it’s gonna be like Caligula…”/ #nachosilos / “You could fix the fucking homeless problem!”/ #tacostands / “Clearly you can’t…”/ “What kinda parties do those guys go to?”/ “So it’d be like #TheShining but on the water?”

(11:39): ***VOICEMAIL US AT 980-666-8182!!!*** / #AmericanDave / “He was sucking on chili dogs, dude…”/ “Alright…this is 3 minutes, AND there’s a part 2…”/ #patreonepisode /

“Hard rock and heavy metal, as it ‘twere…”/ “Before we get into anything…hopefully I don’t get picked again…but I’ve got #juryduty coming up…” / / #lovetriangle #perjury / #merchplug / ***GET YOUR MASKS AT metalnerdery.com/merch ***

(18:25): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: STONE TEMPLE PILOTS – CORE / “So let me answer the question before you tell me what you think…”/ #StoneTemplePilots #STP #Core / “STP is more metal than Pearl Jam…” / “The first album sounds nothing else like anything else (after that)…”/ “You hearing something over there?” / “I mean it’s June, so…if you don’t enjoy it, next month is July…”/ “This is definitely…their heaviest…”/ Released September 29, 1992 / “8x platinum, this one…”/ Produced by Brendan O’Brien / “It’s supposed to be Eve with the apple and the tree…”/ “Well, this was way before the heroin…”/ #kickball / “Depicts Eve stealing the apple from the tree…”/

“I AM…”/ “Did you guys ever see them live?”/ “Looks like I’ve seen them twice…”/

“Wednesday May 31, 2000, which was…the day before June.”/ “Doesn’t May have 31 days?”

(27:01): DEAD & BLOATED / “You’re WHAT!? Oh…okay.”/ #metal / “Sounds nothing like Pearl Jam right there…”/ “If you mixed the 2nd album like this, that album would be way heavier…”/ “And we’re back…” / #thehitsingle / SEX TYPE THING / “Doesn’t he say I AM a lot?” / “I hear a bit of Axl Rose in there…”/ “That sounds kinda Nirvana-ish…”/

“I don’t think that title is anywhere in the lyrics…”/ “You wanna talk metal in ’92…this is WAY more metal than the hair (metal) that was called ‘metal’…”/ “Dude, there was so much death metal in ’92, what are you talking about!?”/ “The next wave of metal that wasn’t Pantera…or thrash…” / “It’s the heavier side of the ‘grunge’ thing…”

(32:20): “So, all these bands that are completely different all fit in grunge? That makes no sense…”/ “I noticed that all the non-radio stuff… so much better…all the deep cuts…”/

WICKED GARDEN / “You know what I think the wicked garden is? Of course I do…the lady garden…no, the bush mainly…”/ “I mean, think about it, dude…”/ #markthetime /

“I kinda miss it…I want a little decoration…an area rug or something…”/ NO MEMORY (instrumental) / #STPASMR / “It’s like the old school thrash soft intro…”/ SIN /

“Kinda reminds me of Rage (Against The Machine)…”/ “Wake Up is the (Rage) song I was thinking of…at the end of The Matrix…”

(39:33): “If you’re into naked Sundays you can look at everybody’s wicked garden…I wanna see a wicked garden on a naked Sunday…”/ NAKED SUNDAY / #funky #AchillesLastStand / “Have you ever…? In your house…like just hanging out… ‘I’m gonna be naked all day…?’” / “I gotta get dressed, dude…I’m not an animal…”/ CREEP / “It’s got a very bleak tone to it…”

(45:15): “I think this was the first one on side 2…” / “Save that for July…you don’t wanna be fucking around with that in June…”/ PIECE OF PIE / #perfecttiming #markthetime / “That timing was impeccable…”/ “It was in key, too!”/ “And I feel…when the dogs begin to smell her…”/ “It just sounds like it could be on the album ‘Ten’…maybe the unplugged version…”/

“Do you fear when the dogs begin to smell her?”/ NOTE: It’s actually #TonyAndEzekiel /

PLUSH / #MelBay / “Play the claw chord…”/ “If you’ve got Jay in the band…just let him do that…”/ “This is in London in 1993…watch the chords he plays…”/ “That’s a jazz chord for sure…”/ “People are just walking around like they have no idea…”/ “Look at his fingers…”/

“Who’s that dude look like? The guitar player?”

(54:55): “Okay, that’s what heroin sounds like…”/ NOTE: This was WAY before heroin /

WET MY BED / “It’s June man, knock yourself out…”/ “Mary really fucked that dude up…what if that was an ode to Mary?” / #OdeToHarry / “It’s in my wicked garden…you’ll see it on naked Sunday…I’m gonna wet my bed and have a naked Sunday…”/ CRACKERMAN /

“And I think I think too much…”/ “They could have called that song ‘Honkyman’…”/

WHERE THE RIVER GOES / “It’s got a Zeppelin feel to it…”/ “You know what it kinda reminds me of? DOWN a little bit…”/ (NOTE: think DOWN III: Over The Under)/ “That was fun…that was different, and fun…”/ “The first time I heard this album all the way through…” / “The non-deep cuts? I meant the non-hits…”/ “We’ll all touch cocks…”/ “We only got 2 more weeks of June though…after June, you can’t do it…”/ “It was labeled something that really didn’t exist…”/ THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!! / #untilthenext #outroreel