 Several titles were considered before the band settled on the eponymous name . Kretz explained , " We 've always tried to come up with very witty and interesting names for our records and we just felt that it was time , 18 years into the Stone Temple Pilots career , to put out a self @-@ titled album . " Robert agreed that the new title was a testament to the " new chapter " in the band 's career . Weiland also felt the band was starting over and thought the music expressed this on its own . " We don 't need to come up with some major conceptual title . The image on the cover and the music speak for themselves . " 
