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UPDATE: Former Stone Temple Pilots Frontman Not Arrested After All

UPDATE: Scott Weiland released a video of him in the studio confirming that he is in fact NOT in jail. TMZ reached back out to the sheriff’s office in LA to find out who they had arrested and apparently the person is some sort of impostor. I’m not even kidding. The arrest record has Weiland’s […]

Review: ‘Punk Goes 90s Volume 2’

Artist: Various Album: Punk Goes 90s Vol 2 Genre: Rock/Compilation Label: Fearless The Punk Goes… series has lasted long enough that counting how many installments exist at this point usually requires a trip to Google or Wikipedia. It has become an annual event of sorts, like the mixtape version of Warped Tour, with alternative music […]

Stone Temple Pilots Cancel Upcoming Shows

Stone Temple Pilots & Chester Bennington have been forced to cancel their upcoming concerts due to some scheduling conflicts. They were set to perform at this year’s Soundwave Festival as well as a couple of extra performances around the festival date. The band hasn’t made any official statements about the cancellation, but there was an […]

UTG TV: Smash Mouth Go Under The Sun With Under The Gun

Smash Mouth have been a band for nearly 20 years. That’s right, feel old, 90s babies. The group that you grew up hearing on the radio, in movies, and at chaperoned dances is nearly as old as you are. Yet, in the summer of 2013, the Under The Sun Tour put up some competition with […]

Stone Temple Pilots Announce Tour With Chester Bennington (Linkin Park) As Frontman

Stone Temple Pilots are extremely excited to announce that they will be touring the United States with Chester Bennington (Linkin Park) as their frontman. Word of Bennington taking on the frontman duties were unveiled back in May and Under The Gun has been waiting on this news for some time now. Check out the full […]

HOLY SH!T: Stone Temple Pilots Replace Scott Weiland With Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington?

The world of rock and roll is up in arms this morning over news the Stone Temple Pilots may have finally found a fitting replacement for troubled frontman Scott Weiland. Last night, STP made a surprise appearance at KROQ’s Weenie Roast music festival in Irvine, California fronted by Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington. The group […]

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Scott Weiland Comments On His “Termination” From Stone Temple Pilots

DRAMA. We reported on the surprise statement that grunge act Stone Temple Pilots sent out to the press regarding front man Scott Weiland’s role in the band, or as of yesterday, a lack thereof. But it sounds like news of Weiland’s firing from STP was a surprise even to the singer himself. Shortly after word […]

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Stone Temple Pilots Have “Officially Terminated” Lead Singer Scott Weiland

Sounds like someone didn’t have a great performance review last quarter. USA Today is reporting that 90s grunge survivors Stone Temple Pilots have fired lead singer and frontman Scott Weiland. Word of Weiland’s removal from the band came from a one sentence press release from band publicist Kymm Britton. Britton: “Stone Temple Pilots have announced […]

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Scott Weiland “Sorting Through” Velvet Revolver Reunion

Scott Weiland was the reason Stone Temple Pilots broke up, but then rejoined them. Turmoil with him and the reason of Velvet Revolver appears to have been the reason behind their demise. They did a one-off reunion earlier this year, followed by Scott saying he was set to rejoin VR and then Slash denying it […]

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MUSIC HISTORY CLASS: Cocaine, Heroin, and Backing Tracks

  On this day in in 1995, Stone Temple Pilots eccentric lead singer, Scott Weiland, was arrest in Pasadena, California on  cocaine and heroin possession charges. It was the first of his several drug-related arrests. Weiland claims that he was first introduced to heroin when vocalist Gibby Haynes gave Weiland some of the drug while […]

STREAM: Undesirable People – Plush (Cover)

UTG is excited to present the premiere of Undesirable People‘s “Plush” cover. Originally recorded by The Stone Temple Pilots, “Plush” has been an iconic rock song for over a decade now. Undesirable People strived to give this song its own creative outlook and we enjoyed it immensely! When asked about the song, UP offered the […]

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Stone Temple Pilots postpone tour dates

Stone Temple Pilots have had to postpone the final four dates on their summer 2011 tour due to singer Scott Weiland needing “immediate vocal rest.” On the bands official facebook page, they explained that Weiland recently consulted with doctos and discovered that his vocal chord likely have scarring and inflammation. More information can be found […]