Stone Temple Pilots members Dean DeLeo, Robert DeLeo, and Eric Kretz reunited with Brendan O’Brien for a SiriusXM Town Hall interview with Eddie Trunk to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Core. O’Brien is most famous for his work with Stone Temple Pilots and Pearl Jam, producing STP’s first five albums: Core, Purple, Tiny Music…Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop, No. 4, and Shangri-LA-DEE-DA. O’Brien has not worked with STP in 16 years, and he is rarely interviewed or photographed. He has continued to work with Pearl Jam, producing their last two albums Backspacer and Lightning Bolt, even playing piano on the track “Future Days.” O’Brien has also produced albums by Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave, Chris Cornell and many others.
Robert DeLeo discussed recording Core in a new Billboard interview, “I think from a musical standpoint we felt like we were sitting on a bomb. The business part of it and where it went and how many people related to it, you have no control over that, especially as a first record. We had no idea it was going to do. All we really knew is we sincerely believed in what we were doing, and really what mattered is we finally had the chance to express what we were going through in life at the time. And it seemed like a lot of people related to that.”
Doing an interview for @SIRIUSXM with great friend and producer Brendan O'Brien.. pic.twitter.com/duTmvxj2St
— Robert DeLeo (@STPRobertDeLeo) September 8, 2017
Had a great time today hanging with fellow New Jerseyan @EddieTrunk Thanks Eddie! pic.twitter.com/KVbJe1b17e
— Robert DeLeo (@STPRobertDeLeo) September 8, 2017
Yes, me too.. It was really great seeing Brendan
— Robert DeLeo (@STPRobertDeLeo) September 8, 2017
