Fans attending KROQ’s annual Weenie Roast over the weekend got a surprise when Stone Temple Pilots took the stage unannounced, for a set with Chester Bennington of Linkin Park as lead vocalist.
The crowd went wild as the band performed STP classics like “Sex Type Thing” and “Vasoline” and also debuted a brand new song, “Out of Time”–the recording of which KROQ premiered immediately following the band’s 40-minute set. You can hear the track below.
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.”
For more info to get a free download of the new single, “Out of Time,” go to StoneTemplePilots.com.
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Scott Weiland, who was fired yesterday from Stone Temple Pilots, said he found out about the firing the same way the rest of us did: He read the one-sentence statement the band sent to the media Wednesday.
“I learned of my supposed ‘termination’ from Stone Temple Pilots this morning by reading about it in the press,” Weiland said in a statement. “Not sure how I can be ‘terminated’ from a band that I founded, fronted and co-wrote many of its biggest hits, but that’s something for the lawyers to figure out.”
The statement sent by the band was a simple one: “Stone Temple Pilots have announced they have officially terminated Scott Weiland.” No reason for the split was offered.
Weiland’s solo tour, which will find him performing tracks from STP’s first two albums, kicks off Friday in Flint, Michigan.
Stone Temple Pilots’ latest album is their self-titled 2010 release.
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This morning, Stone Temple Pilots announced the firing of singer Scott Weiland in a brief, straight-to-the-point news release:
“Stone Temple Pilots have announced they have officially terminated Scott Weiland.”
No reason was given for the decision.
In 2011, Weiland told Billboard.com that Stone Temple Pilots would begin working on a new album, the followup to their self-titled 2010 album, in the very near future.
“There is another album coming,” he said, adding some info about the band’s songwriting process: “They usually start before me, just getting some rough ideas together and then putting rough ideas down on ProTools with no lyrics and no melody. And then I start listening to it and see if it’s just a straight-ahead rock ‘n’ roll record or if it’s more of a concept album like (2001′s) Shangri-La Dee Da was. Once we decide that, it should go full speed ahead.”
Last year, Weiland told Rolling Stone, “I think [futureusgalleryStone Temple Pilots] kind of overplayed ourselves by playing the same set over and over. I think the band needs to take some time off and be creative again. I always felt that our creativity and the growth we made within making records as artists was equally as important as we were as a live band. The transformation from Core to where we ended up before we took that time off, when I started with Velvet Revolver, was enormous. I think we need to get back to that. I don’t think that touring consistently with a greatest-hits package gets you anywhere. It diminishes things.”
Weiland, who released a Christmas album in 2011, is preparing to hit the road to perform tracks from Stone Temple Pilots’ first two albums, 1992′s Core and 1994′s Purple. The Purple At The Core Tour kicks off March 1 in Flint, Michigan.
Stay tuned for updates as we get them.
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A few days after branding renowned producer Rick Rubin “overrated” and “overpaid,” Corey Taylor has now laid bare his feelings about Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland. Speaking during his current solo tour, the Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman mocked Weiland’s upcoming Christmas album, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, calling the former Velvet Revolver singer “A lazy piece of shit.”
Check out the video below of Taylor’s full rant; the good stuff starts around the 8.00 mark. Let us know what you think in the comments.
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Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland is set to release a Christmas album, titled The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, on October 4. On the record, the former Velvet Revolver singer performs classic Christmas tunes in various styles, including big band swing, orchestrated ballads, reggae, and bossa nova. The full track listing is as follows:
1. “The Christmas Song”
2. “I’ll be Home for Christmas”
3. “White Christmas”
4. “Silent Night”
5. “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”
6. “What Child is This?”
7. “Winter Wonderland”
8. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
9. “Happy Christmas and Many More”
10. “O Holy Night”
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The annual hard-rock festival has released Rock On the Range–The Book, which features behind-the-scenes photos, never-before-seen performance shots, and testimonials from past acts, including Stone Temple Pilots, Slipknot, Slash, Godsmack, Disturbed, Rob Zombie, Rise Against, and more. You can pick it up at RockOnTheRange.com. The festival is set for it's fifth anniversary show and will take place on May 21 and 22 in Columbus, Ohio. Check the site soon for lineup announcements and other updates.
