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Stone Temple Pilots made their triumphant return last night by playing Jimmy Kimmel Live!'s Pontiac Garage. A non-imprisoned Scott Weiland and his STP mates played two songs, Purple's "Vasoline" (above) and Tiny Music's "Trippin' On a Hole in a Paper Heart." The band are set to kick off their massive reunion tour May 17th at Columbus, Ohio's Rock on the Range festival, but not before Weiland serves those eight days in jail. Rolling Stone talked to Weiland for his most comprehensive post-Velvet Revolver interview, which you can read here.

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Song Stories

“Weird”

Hanson | 1997

Accomplished tunesmith Desmond Child co-wrote "Weird" with the three brothers that make up Hanson. Credited for dozens of cuts, including songs by Kiss, Cher, Bon Jovi and Aerosmith, Child told Rolling Stone that "Weird" holds a special place in his heart, "because it's about being different--and I grew up poor, I grew up being Latin, I grew up being gay, and now I'm fat!" The song was included on Hanson's 1997 album Middle of Nowhere, which sold more than ten million units.

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