# Interstate Love Song guitar solo > Dean DeLeo's guitar solo on Interstate Love Song by Stone Temple Pilots (1994) starts at about 2:25. From the album Purple. A grunge classic from the 1990s. Canonical URL: Stone Temple Pilots, 1994, from *Purple*. Solo by *Dean DeLeo*. DeLeo's melodic, chordal solo shows his classic-rock schooling while fitting the song's easy swing. Interstate Love Song has an easy, swinging feel, and Dean DeLeo's melodic, chordal solo shows his classic-rock schooling. He mixes chord fragments and single notes into phrases that sound more like a sung melody than a flashy run, keeping the break light on its feet. The solo fits the song's breezy, rolling groove, adding colour without overwhelming Scott Weiland's vocal. It is a good example of how Stone Temple Pilots blended 1990s alternative heaviness with the craft of 1970s rock, and why DeLeo is often underrated as a guitarist. Listen for how he uses little chord shapes inside the solo, giving it a fuller, more harmonic sound than a single-note line would have. Interstate Love Song by Stone Temple Pilots is featured in our Grunge (#16) list. The solo is played by Dean DeLeo and the song was released in 1994. ## In our lists - [The 25 Greatest Grunge Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/grunge/) — #16 - [The Best Stone Temple Pilots Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/stone-temple-pilots-guitar-solos/) — #1 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1994](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1994/) — #17 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Interstate Love Song? Dean DeLeo played the solo on Stone Temple Pilots's Interstate Love Song (1994). --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)