It’s the 30th anniversary of Purple, Stone Temple Pilots’ chart-topping, multi-platinum second album.

Released on June 7, 1994, Purple was the highly anticipated follow-up to Stone Temple Pilots’ 1992 debut, Core, which sold over eight million copies and earned a GRAMMY® Award. Scott Weiland, Dean DeLeo, Robert DeLeo, and Eric Kretz recorded most of Purple in Atlanta with producer Brendan O’Brien.

The album debuted at No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and quickly became a fan favorite, selling over six million copies. Purple features some of the group’s most beloved tracks, including “Interstate Love Song” and “Vasoline,” which topped the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It also includes “Big Empty,” a song that first appeared on the film soundtrack for The Crow. It was a massive Top 10 hit on mainstream and modern rock charts and won the MTV Movie Award for Best Song in a Movie.

What was once started as a bossa nova track, became one of the biggest songs of our catalog. Watch the new lyric video for “Interstate Love Song,” featuring Scott’s handwriting from his lyric book, as part of the celebration of 30 years of ‘Purple’.

Visit the 360-Degree Virtual Pop up celebrating 30 years of ‘Purple’ at stppurple30.com