Editing Stone Temple Pilots (section)

==Legacy==
''Core,'' certified 8× platinum by the [[RIAA]], drove the band to popularity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Stone%20Temple%20Pilots&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1991&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |title=Gold and Platinum |publisher=[[RIAA]] |access-date=January 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904084251/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Stone%20Temple%20Pilots&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1991&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |archive-date=September 4, 2015  }}</ref> Stone Temple Pilots went on to become one of the most commercially successful rock bands of the 1990s, selling 40 million records worldwide,<ref name="mtvlegacy">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1585012/20080408/stone_temple_pilots.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408235652/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1585012/20080408/stone_temple_pilots.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 8, 2008 |title=Stone Temple Pilots Reunite To Continue 'Legacy,' Thanks To Scott Weiland's Wife |author=Harris, Chris |date=April 8, 2008 |website=MTV.com |access-date=January 25, 2010}}</ref> including 17.5 million units in the United States,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=2&table=tblTopArt&action= |title=Top Selling Artists |publisher=[[RIAA]] |access-date=January 25, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725020825/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=2&table=tblTopArt&action= |archive-date=July 25, 2013  }}</ref> before their dissolution in 2003. The band has had 16 top ten singles on the [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] rock charts, eight of which peaked at No.&nbsp;1,<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p26075|pure_url=yes}} |title=Stone Temple Pilots Billboard Singles Chart |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 25, 2010}}</ref> and one No.&nbsp;1 album for ''[[Purple (Stone Temple Pilots album)|Purple]]'' in 1994.<ref>{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=stone temple pilots|chart=Billboard 200}} |title=Stone Temple Pilots Chart History |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 25, 2010}}</ref><ref name="AMPurple">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p26075|pure_url=yes}} |title=Stone Temple Pilots Billboard Album Chart |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 25, 2010}}</ref> That same year, the band won a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]] for "[[Best Hard Rock Performance]]" for the song "[[Plush (song)|Plush]]" from the album ''Core''.<ref name="grammyplush">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-02-ca-29147-story.html |title=The 36th Annual Grammy Awards: And the Grammy Goes to . . . Winners According to Category |date=March 2, 1994 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 25, 2010}}</ref> Stone Temple Pilots were also ranked No.&nbsp;40 on [[VH1]]'s ''The 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/vh1hardrock.htm |title=Rock On The Net: VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Artists |website=VH1.com |access-date=January 25, 2010}}</ref>

Despite being unpopular with critics in their heyday, Stone Temple Pilots have proven to be a popular and influential act. In retrospect, [[MTV]] writer James Montgomery published an article questioning the validity of music critics' opinions of the band during the 90s, saying, "All I'm suggesting is that perhaps it's time to admit that we were wrong about them from the get-go—that we treated them unfairly."<ref>{{cite web|last=Montgomery |first=James|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/xj84nd/stone-temple-pilots-werent-nirvana-but-they-were-close-in-bigger-than-the-sound|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010005256/https://www.mtv.com/news/xj84nd/stone-temple-pilots-werent-nirvana-but-they-were-close-in-bigger-than-the-sound|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 10, 2022|title=Stone Temple Pilots Weren't Nirvana – But They Were Close, In Bigger Than The Sound|publisher=MTV |date=April 9, 2008|access-date=October 10, 2022}}</ref> In a review of the band's 2003 greatest hits collection ''[[Thank You (Stone Temple Pilots album)|Thank You]],'' [[AllMusic]] critic Stephen Erlewine wrote that "STP made music that sounded great at the time and even better now", and that "this music has stood the test of time", calling ''Thank You'' "nearly perfect".<ref>{{cite web|last=Thomas |first=Stephen |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/thank-you-r665994/review |title=Thank You – Stone Temple Pilots |website=[[AllMusic]] |date=November 11, 2003 |access-date=April 26, 2012}}</ref> Erlewine also wrote that "STP was the best straight-ahead rock singles outfit of their time."<ref name="AMPurple"/>

After the death of Scott Weiland, [[Smashing Pumpkins]] singer [[Billy Corgan]] paid official tribute to the band and musician, calling him one of the greatest voices of their generation:
<blockquote><poem>"It was, I'd guess you'd say, my way of apology for having been so critical of STP when they appeared on the scene like some crazy, man-fueled rocket. And not only was the knight up front freshly handsome to a fault, but he could sing too! As any supreme actor gives a real and different voice to each character played. It was STP's [[Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop|3rd album]] that had got me hooked, a wizardly mix of glam and post-punk, and I confessed to Scott, as well as the band many times, how wrong I'd been in assessing their native brilliance. And like Bowie can and does, it was Scott's phrasing that pushed his music into a unique, and hard to pin down, aesthetic sonicsphere. Lastly, I'd like to share a thought which though clumsy, I hope would please Scott In Hominum. And that is if you asked me who I truly believed were the great voices of our generation, I'd say it were he, [[Layne Staley|Layne]], and [[Kurt Cobain|Kurt]]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smashingpumpkinsnexus.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107030731/http://www.smashingpumpkinsnexus.com/|url-status=dead|title=The Official Smashing Pumpkins|archive-date=January 7, 2015|website=The Official Smashing Pumpkins}}</ref></poem></blockquote>

Media outlets reported on Weiland's death stating he was a "powerful voice" with a "mercurial vocal style" during his time with the Stone Temple Pilots.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrington |first=Jim |date=December 4, 2015 |orig-date=December 4, 2015 |title=Appreciation: San Jose's Scott Weiland was a powerful voice |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/12/04/appreciation-san-joses-scott-weiland-was-a-powerful-voice/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504094144/https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/12/04/appreciation-san-joses-scott-weiland-was-a-powerful-voice/ |archive-date=May 4, 2017 |access-date=October 30, 2024 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver dies at 48 |url=https://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/music/scott-weiland-of-stone-temple-pilots-and-velvet-revolver-dies-at-48/2256470/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}</ref>

On December 3, 2016, STP posted a tribute on their website to mark the first anniversary of Weiland's death.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://stonetemplepilots.com/december-3/|title=- Stone Temple Pilots|newspaper=Stone Temple Pilots|access-date=December 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205160334/http://stonetemplepilots.com/december-3/|archive-date=December 5, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2017, Metal Injection ranked Stone Temple Pilots at number 9 on their list of "10 Heaviest Grunge Bands".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/lists/10-heaviest-grunge-bands |title=10 Heaviest Grunge Bands |work=Metal Injection |access-date=June 16, 2017}}</ref>