Music
October, 1994
Vic GarbariniIn the past, the record industry often took too long to sign bands. Today, it often signs them right out of the garage, leaving little time for musicians to mature musically or emotionally. Such is the case with San Diego's Stone Temple Pilots. The band's debut, Core, was a hook-filled melodic grungefest that quickly got it tagged as a Pearl Jam clone. Its first single, Sex Type Thing, like Nirvana's Polly, was taken by some as a rapist's fantasy. The band members insist, and I beli...
