McKeon, Therese. "Flying High", BelowEmpty.com, August 21, 2000. "Robert DeLeo: 98! Actually we were born in Montclair but we grew up down in Point Pleasant Beach – down at the shore (Robert pronounces it 'shaw' in his best New Jersey accent)."
Voger, Mark. "The Shore roots of Stone Temple Pilots", Asbury Park Press, October 6, 2002. Accessed February 13, 2021. "The DeLeo brothers .- guitarist Dean DeLeo and bassist Robert DeLeo - grew up at the Jersey Shore and played all over the area in their earliest bands. Bassist Robert - a member of the class of 1984 at Point Pleasant Boro High School (and onetime regular reader of the Asbury Park Press) - was born in Montclair and grew up in Point Pleasant Beach."
