So the video review our myself this other fellow reporter attending the Stone Temple Pilots show is up. Before I post the link let me say that I was really impressed with Chester fronting the group (and I go more detail on that topic in the video) For those who haven't given this new STP a chance because "it's the lead singer from Linkin Park" you have to. Bennington to me...dare I say sounded like a clean version of Weiland of a lot of those songs and you can tell the band isn't stressed anymore and is having fun.
I actually met Robert DeLeo after show and he said that adding Chester "Added ten years to our lives". A fan waiting for an autograph also told about a story about when he saw them in concert at PNC a few years back and Scott was two hours late and Rob sarcastically quipped "Well I'm always on time."
Also had the chance to talk and get a picture with Richard Patrick of Filter. I didn't get to have a long conversation with him since there was a long line at the Starland before STP went up to talk to the guy but I did ask on whether there was a possibility Army of Anymore had plans to reunite and Patrick said that "they would have to rehearse" first. Ironically enough STP and Patrick performed together the next night at the House of Blues in A.C. (Army of Anyone was a supergroup made up of the members of STP sans Weiland and Patrick)
Here are some pictures below as well as the video review:
- A very blurry picture of me and Stone Temple Pilots guitarist Robert DeLeo
- Me and Filter frontman Richard Patrick
- AlternativeNation's fan reaction video to Chester Bennington as new STP frontman/video review.