Stone Temple Pilots

After branching out into something more textured and melodic, the band returned to the powerful crunch of their earlier sound on this '99 album. It's an aggressive record that sees the band deftly juggling John Bonham-style drum workouts over their chugging pop metal guitars. The estate of Jim Morrison is probably having a field day with "Atlanta."

A singer in prison, a scene that's passed you by, a general air of disrespect: not the ideal
climate in which to launch your comeback. But on their reunion album with singer Scott
Weiland, Stone Temple Pilots have found freedom in the dimly lit arena of waning interest.
In typical STP fashion, No. 4's songs are strong pop-rock pieces, but without the
self-consciousness of previous efforts. The music goes from hard and dirge-y ("D... More >