Monday, May 20, 2013

Stone Temple Pilots welcome Linkin Park singer to the band



The Stone Temple Pilots made headlines over the weekend with a surprise appearance at KROQ Los Angeles radio’s annual Weenie Roast on Saturday, marking their debut performance with new singer Chester Bennington of Linkin Park.

The band performed STP classics and also debuted a brand new song, “Out of Time.”

"Every band has its own kinda vibe,” Bennington told the KROQ morning radio program "The Kevin & Bean Show" after their live set. Stone Temple Pilots has this sexier, more classic rock feel to it. Linkin Park is a very modern, very tech-heavy type of band. It was kind of nice. I got to use my voice tonight. I got to sing and show my range a little bit. I still got to through a little scream in here and there but it's really just so much different. I grew up listening to these guys. When this opportunity came up, it was just like a no-brainer."

After keeping things under wraps for some time, STP’s weekend appearance opens the door to more work ahead.

"We couldn't really plan a tour until tonight because we couldn't let people know what was going on,” said Bennington. “Now the cat's out of the bag so we're going to go out and make more music and go play more shows and have some fun."

STP fired singer Scott Weiland in February; he promptly challenged that move, calling it “something for the lawyers to figure out” as he embarked on a solo club tour.


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