May 11, 2001 – Stone Temple Pilots' fifth release, Shangri-LA DEE DA (Atlantic Records), is due in stores on June 19th.

Produced by longtime STP studio collaborator Brendan O'Brien (Pearl Jam, Rage Against The Machine), Shangri-LA DEE DA finds the California-based quartet -- Scott Weiland, Dean DeLeo, Robert DeLeo, and Eric Kretz -- continuing to carve out their own unique musical terrain, blending hard riffs, psychedelic experimentation, punk energy, and Beatlesque melodies. Taking its title from the Malibu villa-cum-studio where it was conceived and recorded, the album includes cuts such as "Hollywood Bitch" and "Wonderful," along with numbers that evince the band's interest in legendary Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim. All songs on Shangri-LA DEE DA were written by Stone Temple Pilots.

The album's first single, the power pop-infused "Days of the Week," is set to hit Active and Modern Rock radio outlets nationwide in early June. A companion video clip is currently in production.

Shangri-LA DEE DA follows Stone Temple Pilots' four previous Atlantic releases: the RIAA platinum-certified No. 4 (1999), the double-platinum Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop (1996), the 6x-platinum Purple (1994), and the 7x-platinum debut, Core (1992). The band has sold more than 20 million records worldwide.

Among their many accomplishments, Stone Temple Pilots received a "Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal" Grammy Award for their #1 Mainstream Rock smash, "Plush." Other honors over the years include two American Music Awards, one Billboard Music Award, two Billboard Video Awards, and an MTV Video Music Award. Earlier this year, the band received a Grammy Award nomination in the "Best Hard Rock Performance" category for "Down" (from No. 4).

The complete track listing for Shangri-LA DEE DA is...
"Dumb Love" * "Days of the Week" * "Coma" * "Hollywood Bitch" * "Wonderful" * "Black Again" * "Hello, It's Late" * "Too Cool Queenie" * "Regeneration" * "Bi-Polar Bear" * "Transmissions From A Lonely Room" * "A Song For Sleeping" * "Long Way Home"