Stone Temple Pilots: Dead And Bloated (1992) - Song Review

Official Score = 3 Devils

When I was a kid  and I had just gotten in to heavy metal and other forms of rock 'n roll, 'grunge' was a major style of music that was still really popular... For me unfortunately with the unfortunate passing of Kurt Cobain, and the breaking up of, 'Nirvana', the band that really helped me to get in to the, 'grunge'. That band was, 'Stone Temple Pilots'.

For me I found that I really enjoyed the type of music that they did... Well for one main reason... It had a furious intensity, that was muted (in a very similar way that Nirvana did), and you know what? I have to say that I was really impressed with what they did and so when I was a teenager I went down to the record store (A blast from the past I know... But don't worry folks, by then it was more CD's and Audio Cassettes then anything...)

With that said, the first album of there's that I got was called, 'Core'... I gotta say that, that is probably the most impressive album of their's that I have ever heard... (Since then I have only had a chance to listen to one other album that wasn't very good...)

A truly fantastic album!

The reason that I mention all of this, is because there is a song on Core that I would say is truly emblematic of what made grunge great in the early 90s! That song being, 'Dead & Bloated'!

Now this song freaking rocked! I mean it had everything, a furiosity and an intensity that even though it had that comical side of lyrics that at first appeared to be unintelligible... Actually kind of paints a really nice and fun story that I actually think kind of rocks!

Ultimately, in the end, this song rocks, and if you are in to this type of music, then I think you might find that you really like it, I know that I do!