Stone Temple Pilots are streaming a rarity from their vaults with the previously (officially) unreleased demo track “Only Dying” available below. It’s due to finally land in stores as part of the band’s upcoming “Core” 25th anniversary edition that is out on September 29th.
The band originally demoed the track for potential inclusion upon the soundtrack to the 1994 film ‘The Crow‘, but decided against it after the film’s star, Brandon Lee, died after being shot on set in a firearms accident.
Guitarist Dean DeLeo told Rollingstone.com of the song:
“I remember Scott really wanted to redo the song and quite honestly, the guitar tone we chose on that … I don’t know what I was thinking. Maybe I was listening to too much Robert Smith or something. It’s a song where I don’t think we reached our full potential as songwriters quite yet. But honestly, it really is a beautiful song.”
