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How's it going my gumdrops? I just finished reading both Chester Bennington from Linkin Park and Scott Weiland from Stone Temple Pilots' biographies. Both vocalists have more in common with each other than I think most people realize.
Chester and Scott have pasts with drug abuse and being victims of sexual abuse.
In addition to coping with drug and sexual abuse, they have performed and released albums with Stone Temple Pilots.
Speaking of Stone Temple Pilots, the band has been feuding with Scott Weiland for YEARS.
In 2012, The DeLeo Brothers in STP claimed that he no longer has the same vocal range and versality that he used to have. They also claimed, that Scott badly performed their classic songs, during rehearsals.
Scott Weiland and Stone Temple Pilots were supposed to celebrate the band's 20th anniversary, 2 years ago.
They fired Scott, after he said he would be performing their songs on his solo tour.
Then, The DeLeo Brothers accused Scott of "taking money away from the band and essentially touring under the promotion of the STP brand."
Last year, adding insult to injury, Stone Temple Pilots not only fired Scott Weiland as their vocalist, but also replaced him with Chester Bennington from Linkin Park. Talk about a joke and a major slap in the face!
Scott Weiland resents the fact, that The DeLeo Brothers replaced him and want possession of STP songs, which he wrote.
Scott Weiland is the main reason why they are famous.
Speaking as a a longtime Stone Temple Pilots fan, I believe The DeLeo Brothers are jealous, money hungry, divisive, and downright sickening as musicians.
Yes, Scott has serious drug problems. Who doesn't in the entertainment industry?
I am not condoning drug abuse. However, if it weren't for Scott Weiland, STP wouldn't be famous today. I remember in 1997, 3/4 Stone Temple Pilots had a side "project" called, Talk Show.
Listening to Talk Show was like listening to a generic and embarrassing version of STP.
I noticed that Talk Show didn't last very long because Scott Weiland was NOT the vocalist. I own most of Stone Temple Pilots' albums from Core to No.4.
I refused to buy their 5th album, which released in 2001 because it was really bad. I believe Scott Weiland's drug problems hurt the album and the band.
With that being said, STP should've stayed disbanded all these years instead of trying to chase after a dollar.
If The DeLeo Brothers wanted to make Chester Bennington their next lead singer, they should've formed another band.
No disrespect to Chester Bennington, but he does NOT fit Stone Temple Pilots.
I know being Stone Temple Pilots' replacement vocalist is a dream come true for him, since he was a Stone Temple Pilots fan himself. Regardless, Chester Bennington CANNOT replace Scott Weiland.
It's not that Chester lacks singing ability. If anything, he has been labeled as "Chester Bennington from Linkin Park." Linkin Park is from a different era of Rock Music than Stone Temple Pilots.
Stone Temple Pilots was a Grunge/Alternative Rock band from the 1990's whereas Linkin Park is a Rap-Rock/Alternative Metal band with some Electronica from 2000.
We are talking about 2 different sub-genres of Rock Music and a generational gap between fans, that Chester can't fill.
Scott is old enough to be his older brother. This is excluding the fact, that Chester is really stiff, timid, gawky-looking, and sounds prepubescent compared to Scott being hyperactive, flamboyant yet masculine, and sounds like an older man, NOT a teenage choir boy.
Imagine Steve Smith from American Dad. Every time I see Chester Bennington performing with Stone Temple Pilots, while trying really hard to imitate Scott Weiland's mannerisms, I see Steve Smith.
You know, Stan's song who loves singing on Amerian Dad? That's like Chester performing with STP.
I reiterate, Chester Bennington is NOT a bad singer. I don't hate him at all because I DO like some Linkin Park songs.
Chester is just incompatible with Stone Temple Pilots and
there is a generational gap between the STP and Linkin
Park fans; He's unable to assimilate with Scott Weiland's band.
Chester Bennington may have won over SOME Stone Temple Pilots fans, but he is not going to win over the majority. I am a much bigger fan of the original STP with SCOTT Weiland than the band with Chester Bennington as their replacement vocalist.
With that being said, here are 2 different concert performances of Stone Temple Pilots' "Big Empty" for today's Song Saturday.
On MTV's Unplugged, Scott Weiland acoustically performed "Big Empty" with STP in 1993. A few months ago, Chester Bennington performed that same song with them.
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