“All through our set, pimply-faced young boys wearing Iron Maiden shirts would be giving us the middle finger”: How Stone Temple Pilots fought their way to the top – inspired by Jane’s Addiction and championed by Dave Mustaine

Stone Temple Pilots.

Every story has to start somewhere, and for rock icons Stone Temple Pilots it was in 1985 at the Fender Ballroom in Long Beach, California, where Scott Weiland met Robert DeLeo for the first time at a Red Hot Chili Peppers gig.

Weiland was an aspiring singer, and DeLeo played bass. Both were eccentric characters.