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Re: STONE TEMPLE PILOTS return with CHESTER BENNINGTON as their FRONTMAN!
Last night, the Irvine, CA crowd witnessed a surprise appearance from Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington (of Linkin Park) as their frontman, performing the classics 'Sex Type Thing' and 'Vasoline' and also debuted a brand new song titled "Out of Time" – the recording of which KROQ premiered immediately following the band's explosive 40 minute set (at KROQ's Weenie Roast 2013).
When Stone Temple Pilots band members, Dean DeLeo, Robert DeLeo and Eric Kretz began thinking of singers to accompany the new music they were working on, Bennington was at the top of the list. "Chester has a one-of-a-kind voice that we’ve admired for a long time," said Dean DeLeo. "We know Linkin Park will always be his priority, but we thought it would be cool to try something together. We managed to find the time to record a song and we're all really happy with the result."
"I've loved STP since I was 13 years old and they've had a huge influence on me," explained Bennington. "When the opportunity came up to do something creative with them, I jumped at the chance. The guys in Linkin Park have been incredibly supportive of me undertaking this project while I’ve continued to work on new music with LP."
The new single "Out of Time" from Stone Temple Pilots, is available for FREE download, at the link below.
http://www.smarturl.it/stpoutoftime
Visit http://stonetemplepilots.com/ for more details... And on a personal note, I'm sure Scott Weiland's a happy guy, right about now.
- monkeychow
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Re: STONE TEMPLE PILOTS return with CHESTER BENNINGTON as their FRONTMAN!
Wow...didn't take them long to work out a new singer...5+ years for VR lol
- Son of a Gun
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Re: STONE TEMPLE PILOTS return with CHESTER BENNINGTON as their FRONTMAN!
It`ll be extremely difficult to replace Scott but I`ll check out new album when it`s released.
- metallex78
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Re: STONE TEMPLE PILOTS return with CHESTER BENNINGTON as their FRONTMAN!
Certainly sounds interesting.
I love Scott with STP, but at moments in the song, Chester sounds quite similar to Scott, and the instrumental side of things sounds pretty cool.
- metallex78
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Re: STONE TEMPLE PILOTS return with CHESTER BENNINGTON as their FRONTMAN!
I wonder how Scott feels about it though, seeing as he said something along the lines of "STP can't exist without him" or something like that
- Son of a Gun
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Re: STONE TEMPLE PILOTS return with CHESTER BENNINGTON as their FRONTMAN!
Just finished listening to the single and it`s absolute trash. Scott Weiland IS Stone Temple Pilots. No Scott, No STP plain and simple. Bennington`s vocals don`t fit this band, too thin and too whiney for this type of music. Bring back Scott and his gritty baritone.
- Son of a Gun
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Re: STONE TEMPLE PILOTS return with CHESTER BENNINGTON as their FRONTMAN!
Certainly sounds interesting.
I love Scott with STP, but at moments in the song, Chester sounds quite similar to Scott, and the instrumental side of things sounds pretty cool.
He sounds nothing like Scott. His vocals is too whiney and high pitched.
Re: STONE TEMPLE PILOTS return with CHESTER BENNINGTON as their FRONTMAN!
As much as I prefer the original Stone Temple Pilots (instead of this), the band has put up with Scott's shit for two decades-plus... A line has to be drawn somewhere. Props to the band for wanting to move forward, with or without him. Scott acts like he's the sole-owner of STP and was responsible for their success. Well, the band did their part in building STP, right along with Weiland... Whether he wants to admit it or not.
Having said that, this is only 'one song' they recorded with Chester. We don't know if the band wants to stick with him (even though the press photos are all over the site). There's no official confirmation that Chester's their frontman (no press release in print stating "he's the one"). Chester himself stated (on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChesterBe/status/335998445691219968), he'll never leave LP. Dean DeLeo even said: "We know Linkin Park will always be his priority, but we thought it would be cool to try something together..." So, it remains to be seen if the band decides to stick with him and record an entire album, later down the road. It'll be an interesting couple of weeks or months... That's for sure.
Besides tonight's concert (BFD 2013). Stone Temple Pilots are performing on 5.30.13 at Club Nokia, in LA... Scott Weiland has a show at the House of Blues on 5.29.13 in West Hollywood with a day off, the next night. Scott, go check out the STP show! See what you've been missing, wake the fuck up. Please.
