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Talk Show
Band United States Active 1997–1998 short‐lived US alternative rock band
Talk Show formed in 1997 in the United States and was active until 1998. Talk Show has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 1997. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Hello Hello”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #86. The station that charted Talk Show most often is WRCX Rock 103.5 (Chicago, IL), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1997.
Talk Show was Stone Temple Pilots in all but name: Dean DeLeo on guitar, Robert DeLeo on bass and Eric Kretz on drums, with Dave Coutts, formerly of Ten Inch Men, stepping in at the microphone. Scott Weiland was busy with his own solo work while fighting a drug addiction, so the other three went looking for a new voice and made a record without him.
Their self-titled album, the only one they ever made, came out on Atlantic Records in September 1997, led by "Hello Hello", which got a music video. It's a lean, hooky alternative and hard rock record, the DeLeos' big, swaggering riffs pointed in a slightly brighter direction and Coutts singing with a looser, less theatrical bark. The reviews were good, and they went out supporting the Foo Fighters and Aerosmith, but the album didn't sell.
"Everybody Loves My Car" went out to radio as a promotional single, and when it didn't turn things around, Coutts walked. The DeLeo brothers and Kretz soon patched things up with Weiland, and Stone Temple Pilots were back in business.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Talk Show on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hello Hello | 2 | #86 | – | 1997 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 99 | Hello Hello | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 |
| 1997 | 86 | Hello Hello | WRCX Top 103 Songs of 1997 |
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