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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

“Oh Sherrie”

Steve Perry | 1984

Steve Perry's girlfriend Sherrie Swafford was actually in the studio when Perry began writing this song--his lone Top Ten hit as a solo act--with two co-writers. The trio began at midnight one night with just "Oh, Sherrie!" and "hold on, hold on." Three hours later, they had a complete song. Swafford, however, had to wait until the next day to hear it. "Sherrie actually got tired and went to bed," Perry said. She also appeared in the video, but their relationship did not hold on for long.

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