Big Empty — Stone Temple Pilots, 1993, MTV Unplugged @stpband “Big Empty” was first performed live during STP’s MTV Unplugged taping in November 1993 — six months before it dropped on The Crow soundtrack and almost a year before it landed on Purple. It wasn’t just a live debut — it was the first time anyone had heard the song in public. No studio version existed yet. No one in the crowd knew what was coming. The performance was stripped down, with Scott Weiland seated, singing the entire set in

The song STP played before most people even knew it existed Stone Temple Pilots — “Big Empty” • MTV Unplugged • recorded Nov 17, 1993 “Big Empty” was performed live for the first time during this Unplugged taping, seven months before Purple was released. At the time, the song wasn’t a single, didn’t have a video, and wasn’t even associated with an album yet. It existed in limbo—unfinished to the public, but already fully formed by the band. MTV didn’t air it in the original Unplugged broadcast i

ON THIS DAY, November 17th, 1993, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS recorded their MTV Unplugged at Sony Music Studios, New York City. STP's performance was filmed in the same studio, on the day before NIRVANA recorded their MTV Unplugged. The band drafted brothers Shawn and Lonnie Tubbs on second guitar and percussion for the performance. | The YEAR Grunge BROKE