Members:

Dean DeLeo
Robert DeLeo
Eric Kretz
Scott Weiland

Stone Temple Pilots (abbreviated STP) was a popular Grammy Award-winning American rock band in the 1990s and early 2000s, consisting of Scott Weiland (vocals), brothers Robert (bass guitar, vocals) and Dean DeLeo (guitar), and Eric Kretz (drums, percussion).

STP's five albums have sold over 17 million copies in the United States alone. The band had fifteen top ten singles on the Billboard rock charts, including six # 1's, and one # 1 album on the pop charts (1994's Purple). STP won the 1994 Grammy for "Best Hard Rock Performance" for their song "Plush". STP was also ranked at #40 by VH1 on the 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock list. In addition to their original material, they have also covered songs by Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, The Doors, and The Beatles. These bands were some of the groups cited by the band as its influences.

In 2003, the band released the greatest hits compilation Thank You. Around this time, band members began going their separate ways. Since the band's demise, Weiland has moved on to become the frontman of Velvet Revolver with former members of Guns N' Roses. The DeLeo brothers formed the band Army of Anyone with Richard Patrick, of the band Filter. Army of Anyone released its self-titled debut album in 2006. Kretz founded Bomb Shelter Studios in Los Angeles.

In 2006, VH1 posted a Decades Rock Episode dedicated to Scott Weiland and the guests included Velvet Revolver and Stone Temple Pilots. This pointed out a reunion of Stone Temple Pilots. It later turned out that this was all a hoax. Robert DeLeo said he didn't even know about this in an interview.

When asked in a late 2006 interview whether he foresaw Stone Temple Pilots ever getting back together, Scott Weiland cryptically commented, "Every shelf needs two bookends." Robert DeLeo also commented regarding an STP reunion around the same time saying, "I never say never. I don't think there was ever a specific end to Stone Temple Pilots."