30 years ago today (6/7/94), the prosperous Stone Temple Pilots mid-90s run continued with the release of their second studio album, Purple. Fueled by the anthemic radio hits “Interstate Love Song” and “Big Empty”- STP certainly helped nationalize the alt-grunge movement to its peak, as the band certainly reached its apex here following 1992’s hit stacked debut Core. Watch STP perform the lead single off Purple “Vasoline” live on Letterman in 1994
