I was like a sophmore or so in high school when the whole "alternative revolution" came about and, until then, I was all into the hair bands of the period and all the new music was like a breath of fresh air. It was like our sixties. I jumped in head-first and never looked back. It was amazing whole honest and real the music was. STP was like our Led Zeppelin and I still hold them up with the all-time great bands like the Beatles, Stones, Who, Zeppelin, etc.