The second album.....twelve gracious melodies.....

Purple is one of the best album of the 90's.

The DeLeo sound is truly something to behold

Purple is a great record.

Eric Kretz is such a humble guy. Doesn’t try to be in the spotlight too much. I can respect that!

You could almost taste that record. It was so great.

Robert Deleo is such an amazing and underrated song writer,I've seen a video of him explaining how he wrote the main hits of stp the dude is a genius and a fucking bad ass on bass.

Silvergun Superman is still one of my favorite songs (and titles) of all time.

I never get tired of Lounge Fly. Repeat all day.

My favorite STP album. A masterpiece.

Purple is an amazing album. STP are one of the greatest bands of all time.

I’ve been coming back to this album so much lately. It’s still so damned good. The song writing, the performance, and the production make this one of the truly best rock albums of the 90’s.

My teen years were not good times. This album taught me that there are, indeed, beautiful things in life worth living for. It saved my life, literally.

I love Robert Deleo's narration & delivery of these stories.......

The early 90s was loaded with such great guitar players. Dean DeLeo, Mike McCready, Stone Gossard, Jerry Cantrell, Billy Corgan, Tom Morello, Adam Jones...the list goes on. What’s even more impressive is that none of those guys sound anything alike; each one has their own individual style. I don’t think you’ll find another decade that popped out such incredible music in such a short period of time.

Purple is, at times, my favorite alt rock album of the 90s. It’s a front to backer...there’s really nothing bad on it. But certain tunes like interstate, big empty, kitchenware and still remains are just soul-massaging on a different level. That beautiful, melodious sound...even back then, I remember thinking that it sounded like very “nostalgic” music. It had a certain longing to it that made them stand apart from other groups of their day.

All their songs are glorius!!!❤

This was my 2nd favourite album of all time. BSSM was the first. Meatplow knocked my head off when I first heard it.

‘Purple’ is their best album: unbelievable songs that are stuck in your mind and soul, such as big empty, vasoline, kitchenware & candybars and interstate love song.

As a kid, I got Purple on tape for my birthday. I was pissed because I wanted it on CD. I treasured the b-side more than the hits.

One of the greatest albums off all time. Melodic perfection

My favorite STP record... love it

Purple was one of the first cassettes I ever owned as a kid, I loved this album and read the lyrics as a 10-year old trying to understand what they were about. I would sing Vaseline while hanging out at my grampas ranch, great memories. Great band, they’re such cool guys. Such humble, well-spoken, big hearted band mates.

Purple = Masterpiece

thirty years later i finally get it lol cool band

Thank god for STP(and others of course) for keeping alive the idea of an album as an immersive experience where every song matters and the song sequence is it’s own art like chapters in a book. People may think of ignoring the album format and focusing on singles/playlist as a new phenomenon but at that time it was already normal to not have an album context. That handful of bands from that time kept alive the idea of an hour of music as opposed to random tracks in between filler and I love them for it

Their best album, recently got it on vinyl.

I love the diversity of all their music.🎶🎵🎼🎸🎻📢☺

Purple is a memorable album. I use to have it on cassette and now have it on CD.

Best Stp album, this album defined their sound and style.

The inmediacy of composing, thats amazing

Great album. I got it as soon as it came out from Warehouse music in San Diego. Remember like it was yesterday hearing big empty. Love that song

One of my all time favorite records. Of that time period, I loved Pearl Jam's Ten and Vs, Alice In Chains Facelift, Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger, and there were more but those albums hit me hard and stayed with me for a long time. I may have listened to Purple more.

Silvergun Superman has one of the best riffs of all time.

Cool interview, wish it was longer. I liked Core, but this was the album made me a fan

this is such a "driving" kind of record for me i've always found it interesting that on the liner notes it specifies that "lounge fly" was recorded at paisley park (prince's studio/home) and i'd love to hear about that..

you could hear how much care went into it. marvelous album.

This album and Tiny Music are the best from them. They really settled into their sonic niche on those albums. I find all of the other records to be hit or miss, but they don’t deserved to be bashed or hated like they do. Only for the albums post Scott that they keep putting out.

Still Remains is my FAV tune off Purple, even though the entire album from start to finish is awesome. Oh and Dean, thanks for sharing that funny story about what happened when you recorded your guitar parts for that same song! It just makes me love Still Remains all the more.

These 3 guys. The bros and the drummer. They need to make prog albums. Fuck the singing and radio hits. Just jam.

Was a good solid album for its time. Most of the songs stand up for a relisten 25 years later. Superman silvergun and lounge fly in particular.

STP! Oh the 90's

this men are very good sobrius exelent personality each .

Love STP! Especially Robert and Dean! I'd love to hear more about their relationship as brothers in a band together. Any fights? Are they opposites? Growing up, etc.

A masterpiece

STP is an amazing band. I miss Scott. I mourn his passing and the lack of his artistry. Purple was a good and different entry for a sophmore offering. I loved it. There are just some non-radio hits that speak to a person's (or another musician's soul). Good Bless the Pilots.

Drummer is always so quiet. I believe he has a lot of interesting stories and point of view to talk

Just a top ten album. Not one song is bad.

They did that album in 2 weeks? WOW!!!

Purple is one of the best 90s alternative rock album. It's compareable with In utero, Ten.

qe sigan siempre asi .

Thank you STP :)

Interstate Lovesong is a perfect song.

I could've listened to them talk about that record for another five minutes

Eric has always been my favorite

Very nice and upmost talented. I saw them, while in the front row at Pineknob. They were touring with RHCP. Fucking brilliant.

incredible album..i remember being in a hard rock band at the time the album came out. i walked into our rehearsal room and looked at the guys and said "theres no point any more...its been done"

Nice day for a day full of breakdowns Takes more than a meltdown to show you how

Purple STP s best stuff besides 4!

Damn Dean?????? Forgot the name of his own song. My favorite from that album.

I laugh at the people who diss this band and call them a "poor man's Pearl Jam". Purple is easily one of the best albums of that decade.

Where's the LOVE button?????

I dare anybody to find a better written pop rock song than Interstate Love Song. Crank that up when you're headed down the parkway on a bristling, cloudless day. I guess it just goes to show... it's not always about micromanaging everything to be set up perfectly in the studio with all the right equipment in their rightful place and it's not always about spending so much time hashing something out. It's about getting the band in, hitting record, and having them just bash their songs out without getting bogged down in thought. If you spend a ton of time in the studio you'll risk overthinking the shit out of everything and start tweaking things that maybe didn't need to be tweaked. If the songs are written, then leave em alone. If the songs have it, they have it. Twatting around with a handful of notes to one section of one song over the course of a month and a half maybe isn't the best utilization of your time (or the money that's paid to the studio for that time). And it probably won't make any difference to whether the songs "have it" or not. I'm guessing that's the sum of Brendan O'Brien's thoughts on taking too much time to record an album. Or at least his thoughts 25 years ago. He may feel a little differently now with the technological advancements with recording gear.

What I WANTED!

Core, Purple and Tiny Music sounded different from each other and yet all 3 were damn good in their own unique way. No.4 was not bad too.

I don't know why but robert de leo reminds me of buzz lightyear

These guys kick major ass

Oh man, Brendan O'Brien got some of the best sounds ever on his records in the 90s. SO FUNNY the story at 4:58 that he simply didn't care which mics he used. Vs and Purple leapt from the speakers and it sounds like it was not a complex process. Amazing.

Bob Deleo, handsome for a man

I didn't know David Spade was in STP.

Kitchenware& candy bars best song on purple!

I remember that Butthole Surfers + STP tour. Was an amazing tour.

Robert still looks healthy but Dean and Eric look like life has taken a toll on them

Hmmm...I never knew Owen Wilson drummed for STP! ;)

Rumour has it David Gilmour is still asking for those 30 foot lava lamps

Core is obviously a good album, but Purple and Tiny Music were far superior albums that showed the best material the band ever did

Robert looks so much different- it can't be just those missing sideburns- did he get hair plugs?

Completely off topic, but does anyone know the exact model of Adidas sneakers (right down to the color of the sole) that Eric is using? :)

Purple is the first album when STP became STP, and found their true sound apart from everyone else. Core, while still a good album, I actually like the least of the albums (Weiland era) because to me, it sounds like Alice In Chains and what all the other bands of the time were doing at the time. Purple, Tiny Music, No. 4, Shangri La Dee Da, and the self titled are all so unique from one another but are still undoubtedly STP. I find that Core doesn't make it into my cd players much in contrast to the others.

the drummer looks like david spade 🤣

The euphemisms are overwhelming... did somebody tell them they couldn't say the words "drug use"?

does eric ever get to talk?

Is that Dan Ackroyd?

4:26 What the hell is the drummer doing?

Members please TELL ME YOU DON'T SEE the difference with out

Does Eric ever age??

First :(

Mmmmmm heroin

These three guys act almost completely the opposite to Weiland...

Love purple but core was the best !!!

Geez Robert Quit dancing around the truth and just say what Scott was doing to F up everything around this time: DRUGS HEROIN COCAINE It's ok. We're all adults here. The beginning stages of Scott's lifelong TRAIN. WRECK.

Great guys, great musicians, one of the best bands of all time.. So sad about Scott..the great Scott Weiland.. The world misses him so much..

Best thing you guys ever did was fire loser Scott Weiland.