Stone Temple Pilots To Hit The Road

Written By Mike Greenblatt
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Stone Temple Pilots—with founding members Dean DeLeo on guitar and his brother Robert DeLeo on bass—will hit the road with bands Live, Soul Asylum and Our Lady Peace. STP might have formed in California but the DeLeo Brothers graduated Point Pleasant High School in Ocean County. The tour starts August 16 in Cali and runs through September 15 in Indianapolis. On September 6, they will perform right off the Garden State Parkway at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel.  Singer Jeff Gutt joined the band two years after Scott Weiland died at 48 in December of 2015 from drug-related causes. Eric Kretz is the current drummer.  The band is expected to perform their 1994 Purple album in its entirety.

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Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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