Backspin: Stone Temple Pilots talk 'Shangri-La Dee Da'

[@poolboyinla]

The DeLeo brothers are spot on here.

[@FirstLast-cf4mi]

Holy shit. He's fucking dead and they're still shitting on him. Fuck me.

[@mikedorsey7119]

@@FirstLast-cf4mi no they are just being honest. Unless you've had an addict you care about in your life you've been involved with and learned you can love them and help them and give them everything they need and more to better themselves and after all the time money and stress you've put into them it all ends up being for nothing can be a very sobering experience about life and acceptance. I'm someone with a big helping heart and have gone through that with a best friend and a cousin and it surprised me but even I ended up having "fuck it" moments with both of them and had to turn them away. Before I went through that my opinion would be you never give up you failed them but I was wrong.

[@junkystuff3628]

Mike Dorsey exactly! They’re not “shitting on Scott.” Scott had problems. All addicts do/did. Everybody needs to draw the line with someone who they like who has problems at some point.

[@garden0fstone736]

No one could change Scott but Scott himself. The problem is he didn’t truly want the help.

[@foodog777]

They are not just harping on Scott’s drug problems. Scott would routinely disrespect STP’s and his solo band’s fans keeping them waiting an hour or more late before deciding to appear onstage. I read that Dean angrily banged and yelled at Scott behind a locked door to get onstage before a show. This happened a lot.

[@nostalgicsound]

SLDD has become my favorite album. Criminally underrated.

[@blackspring3207]

bLuE LiVeS bRo

[@magicjackm]

Their unfairly overlooked gem, imo

[@kronosjapan]

I hope STP continues doing anniversary editions of their past albums, and if 'Shangri-La Dee Da' is reissued I hope STP does a deluxe edition; CD 1: remastered album, CD 2: B-sides, demos, live material, DVD or Blu-ray: Unreleased documentary filmed during the album making.

[@SuperStrik9]

I totally agree.

[@AaronStark1993]

My favorite album of theirs. I love its diversity, it has heavy rockers (Dumb Love, Coma, Long Way Home) good ballads (Wonderful, Hello It's Late) and cool psychedelic tracks (Transmissions From a Lonely Room, Regeneration). Very underrated and overlooked.

[@rawkguy4896]

For anyone who is still watching, Stone Temple Pilots have an unreleased song they wrote with Mark Lanegan from the Shangri La Dee Da sessions. Its as completed as About a Fool and Samba Nova. Hopefully for the 25th anniversary it can come out. RIP Scott and Mark

[@quinnspears3135]

Hoping No.4 and Shangri La Dee Da do get the anniversary deluxe treatment, the first 3 sets are incredible. Love these interviews, very insightful and a peak into a lot of stuff that happened over the years.

[@rangeldoesnotexist]

There is so much footage of that era, and the boys themselves say that this was around their peak, that you'd think they will be the best deluxe versions yet.

[@MrJeremy0311]

I love how honest, kind, respectful and genuinely heartfelt these interviews are. They tell it like it is, good bad or indifferent. Such classy guys.

[@jedediah7772]

The songs on this one are some of my favorite for sure👍 I remember reading the liner notes and really listening to this one 😎👍

[@paulodaniel_]

Shangri-la Dee Da is my favorite STP album!

[@WhitneyPelayo]

One of my FAVORITE stp albums that doesn’t get the credit it deserves. I wish they would have spent more time talking about this album. This video clip is too short! 😭I would be the happiest girl in the world if they released the footage they recorded when working on this album. 💕💕

[@jatza07]

I Love them . Musically and how intelligent they are...

[@EmpyreanLightASMR]

Watching these interviews is incredible but also frustrating and disappointing-every video has a major theme: regret. It's not always blatant like in this particular segment, but it just seemed like these guys weren't given the chance they were meant to have. Now having said all that, I myself am disappointed that that's all they had to say about this record. We get it, Scott wasn't all there at the shows or at the studio, but that doesn't mean there isn't an immense depth of resources this music came from. Was hoping to hear more about the music, the process, and less vague sadness directed at Scott, already.

[@mindbait]

It is a shame though and it sucks when a good band is taken down by the sickness that is addiction. Alice in Chains had the same thing, they were making some great music but Layne was sick and didn't get (or maybe didn't want) the help he needed so the other members of that band had to suffer the consequences

[@donkieballs1219]

As someone who saw them live in their later years, they are totally spot on though. I dropped hundreds of dollars for the whole experience and Scott was an hour and a half late and wasted. The rest of the band was on fire but Scott was off the rails. He on record said he hates touring but has to because he doesn’t make enough money on record sales. So the guy literally goes to shows to take your money and cares little about anything else. I think Scott was an incredible talent and love what he contributed to the DeLeo brothers. That being said, he was a total dick.

[@Rollotomassi099]

Totally ... I'm one of the biggest shangri la de da fans and this segment deserved much more insight into the making of this album...It started off great talking about how this is where the band could've gone. I don't slight the band one bit for talking about their struggles with what I'm assuming is the tour that followed this album. I was really looking forward to hearing about the recording of the songs and such. This segment was just way too short. Regeneration is one of my fave tunes and I would've loved to hear more about that song. It was great to hear them play it last month when they came through town.

[@thesummerland6165]

@@donkieballs1219 Scott also had bipolar disease and had been raped at 12, past trauma..he needed RX not to be hauled out to keep the machine going...Scott was the magick, without him, they would never have become famous..easy to speak about someone not present to give their side of what happened..Scott said he was betrayed by them

[@hospie]

@@Rollotomassi099 I'm sure they talked about all that but Yahoo wanted to show just this...

[@mcdonaldgeraldmark]

First Kiss On Mars is my favourite STP song. Terrific group.

[@SuperStrik9]

Great album. Would love a deluxe edition including the unreleased documentary.

[@michaelblaine6494]

1:15 what a righteous statement from Dean

[@vladplasmius2854]

Everything great about Stone Temple Pilots is on display and in top form on this record. It's underrated, and frankly, my favorite STP record.

[@TheMrfonchi]

Please guys, don't stop doing what you do best, last Monday I just drove one hour to the beach and one hour back, the best Me Time of the year since I saw you in Phoenix!!

[@KalajengkingHitam]

The Song "Wonderful" is so sophisticated. just check it from this album

[@NoGasProductions]

One of my favorite albums of all time... I wish they had gone a little deeper into it on this video

[@Jen-jo5qu]

Utterly heartbreaking. Poor Scott. Poor STP. I feel so badly for them.

[@patrickdoran180]

Other than a couple songs, I never gave this album much of a shot for a long time. Eventually, though, it's become one of my favorite STP albums.

[@JoeWild1984]

Same!

[@DaddyPants]

Super under rated album. I really overlooked that album but when I gave in and really listened to the when thing it was pretty clear it was one of their best records. I think it's a masterpiece.

[@allsystemsgo8678]

I know a lot of people think they're being harsh with Scott, but the guys in Velvet revolver said the same things. How many tours were ruined because Scott couldn't keep it together? I'm not picking on him, just stating the truth.

[@Bikewithlove]

How the heck did these well-mannered, well-spoken, musical geniuses integrate so perfectly with a mad genius enfant terrible like Scott for so long in the first place?

[@Dan-Bass]

Very underrated album.

[@georgestetson5572]

Bi polar bear 👍🏻

[@scottfaudree7201]

They are so smart. Hurts to see ppl that I love be miss treated by my hero. Still love STP

[@mikec1554]

I love these guys and miss the fuck out of SW.

[@critespianotuning]

Love these mature gentlemen. Shangri la. No doubt! Loud talk. Dumb love.

[@deborahjacob5277]

Shangri...it's one of the best STP albums...I like it better than Tiny, for example. It would have been a hugely successful album if there had been more publicity work, if Scott hadn't had problems along the way. A pity: there are beautiful songs like Wonderful and Hello its late! , counting on genius rocks like Coma, Regeneration and the pop rock Days of Week. By the way, the video for Hello its late is very beautiful: recorded in black and white, with Scott dressed in an outfit similar to John Lennon's and Robert playing the piano...they were beautiful!

[@WilfredBrimleyGaming]

I friggin love that album, they should've gone with a different lead single imo like coma. Underrated band

[@lasttime1372]

They talked about it...They wanted to go with Coma as their first single but it was label's decision to go with Days of the week instead

[@Rll440]

I love this record more than a lot.

[@CynicalScorpio]

Good album, "Wonderful" is currently my favorite STP song

[@josephmartin4727]

Life sucks. It always sucks. These guys made it suck less.

[@Nutcho369]

Love that band those guys...beautiful album...love it jazzy stuff...Dean DeLeo guitar...Robert`s bass lines is awesome. Cheers from Kyїv/Ukraine.

[@silkywellman315]

That is their best album

[@BlackHoleAtron]

I've the read the idea for the double album Shangri-La Dee Da was intended to be about Andrew Wood who famously died from drugs and whose bandmates went on to form hugely successful '90's bands. I wish there were a demo or mostly completed version of the double album - it's clear from this interview STP had the desire and the material to do it. I wonder if the record companies were too hesitant to commit to it because of Scott's drug use or the difficulty of selling double albums or a combination of both reasons.

[@fabiannascimento3850]

My STP favorite album.

[@nicolas.grisanti]

I LOVE this album. To me is a combination of every album they did before: the more heavy stuffs from Number 4 and Core in songs like Dumb Love and Coma; the more melodic "Beatles/Bowie" like songs from Tiny music in songs like Too Cool Queenie, Days of the week and Wonderful; and the more "Zeppelin" groovy songs from Purple in songs like Hollywood bitch and Regeneration. This album is so underrated.

[@sgt.thundercok4704]

Eric and the DeLeo brothers deserved a lot better than they got.

[@morganedwards3966]

I thought Scott was sober for the making of this album... I'd heard in another interview that going to jail had forced him to string together a year of sobriety and the rest of the band wanted to take advantage of that and make a double-album. Perhaps they meant Scott had fallen back into old habits on the resulting tour. Either way, some more insight would have been appreciated.

[@sonicjet7759]

WHERES THE 2010 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS ALBUM PART OF THE INTERVIEW??

[@sonicjet7759]

1992 CORE , 1994 PURPLE, 1996 TINY MUSIC SONGS FROM THE VATICAN GIFT SHOP, 1999 NO. 4, 2001 SHANGRA LA DEE DA, 2010 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, IS THEIR COMPLETE SCOTT WEILAND ERA CATALOGUE. PLEASE COVER THOSE ALBUMS IN FUTURE INTERVIEWS :) GOD BLESS ALL THE TALENT SCOTT WEILAND AND CHESTER BENNINGTON HAD.

[@dobermanplaces]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYjSY31rbKiAn7c It’s listed as something else....about Chester, but it is about the 2010 eponymous release.

[@poolboyinla]

The 2010 album felt like a cash grab.

[@chrisplese9293]

I read that they wanted Coma to be their first single but the record company instead wanted the poppier Days of the Week. They're both great songs but I understand where the band wanted to continue off of the sound of number four.

[@sunsfan101981]

Misleading title for the video. They really didn't say much at all about the album.

[@jakobruetz8122]

Very interesting!

[@MattBargain]

I saw STP live on that tour and Ioved the show. Maybe it was one of the better nights. Also IMO this album was the second weakest just above Tiny Music but thankfully they played most songs from the other albums.

[@silkywellman9046]

Their best album? I think so

[@ucfkid67]

And the interview just cuts off like that?? That was an awful ending

[@JU94100]

Blame the editor or editors of this video. They always edit everything out of context just to gain more attention.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Eric Kretz (nacido el 7 de junio de 1966) es un músico estadounidense famoso por pertenecer al grupo Stone Temple Pilots, además de Talk Show y Spiralarms. Actualmente posee los estudios Bomb Shelter en Los Ángeles. A pesar de ser miembro de la banda, Kretz ha participado en pocas composiciones de temas de Stone Temple Pilots, siendo los más destacados Plush o Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart.

[@jonq8714]

They spent more time on Scot's issues than speaking on the album. Now, I love the original cast with all my heart (no offense to Gutt, but he just doesn't have anywhere near the charisma Scott did, not even remotely close). Their music was the perfect blend of aggression and introspection laden with vulnerability. It was human, it was my soundtrack. I'll always be thankful to them. However from the outside not experiencing any of the stressors that dealing with someone's substance abuse problems railroading them, the DeLeo's and Kretz often don't come across as supportive, which isn't to say they weren't but sometimes I wonder if their resentment took control of the wheel more often than they want to admit.

[@sgt.thundercok4704]

Weiland was a train wreck, that kept crashing over and over. Those three deserved better, period.

[@jonq8714]

@@sgt.thundercok4704 they all deserved better, it's heartbreaking.

[@thatoneguy378]

They left out the parts where they lied to Scott and set him up and sued him. Read his book its all there.

[@KingDevilCharger]

During the making of this record?? Your time line is way off.

[@emmaleechase613]

Music is an art but also a multi-billion dollar business. Ticketmaster, stadiums and managers can sue bands and no-shows for failing to fulfill their signed agreements. It’s called Contract Law. I’m just disappointed that SW didn’t get the optimal medical management that he deserved to better manage his illnesses. Many with tenacious addictions have untreated ADHD, for example. Might have saved his life.

[@ResidentRaccoon]

I went back to Velvet Revolver's catalogue after all these years just to refresh myself on how that turned out... Slither was a nice single, aside from that.. man, every core riff is hard to differentiate from the last song... the songwriting just isn't very good, and a lot of it just flat out sucks. Scott was an incredible talent, but it goes ot show, you can't just leave the muscianship and brilliant songwriting duo like this and expect similar results.

[@toddhinson1973]

Don't blame Scott cause you guys couldn't keep up. VR.

[@markcastillo2757]

My least favorite

[@shirleebostrom7230]

I was not a fan of that one!

[@daveyboy8907]

Love the old STP music but they sit with legs crossed like little girls...

[@colinclayton8042]

You want to get a better view of the pubic area, I get it. You are gay.

[@mikes51501]

How are they supposed to sit? Like little girls, what a stupid observation.