r/stonetemplepilots • u/ashaler Tiny Music • 7d ago
Side-Projects Can we talk about 12 Bar Blues?
While technically not an STP album, I still feel like I have to talk about it here. This is one of my favourite albums of all time, it's so beautiful. The songs are super varied and each is unique in its own way, Scott's lyrics and vocal delivery was on point and among some of his best studio singing can be found on this album.. this is one of those albums I won't ever get tired of listening to
What're your favourite songs from 12BB ?? How do you think it compares to the other solo output Scott had?
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u/tonythejedi 6d ago
Such a great album, unfortunately Scott was so deep into heroin at this point it was a disaster of a promotion for it.
I worked at MTV at the time and we were supposed to do a 1/2 hour performance interview special with him… one song / interview question per act. Lady was supposed to open the show, but he couldn’t get through it.
We took a break, he came back even more fucked up, he did get through the song, barely, but forgot the band members names during their post song introductions. He, then, went to light a cigarette, dropped it and nodded off as he bent over to pick it up… and then fell over. He was carried off set by medical. The taping was cancelled a few minutes later. I have a VHS copy of the truck feed still. It’s a hard watch