Chester Bennington Confirms Joining Stone Temple Pilots as Lead Singer, Possible New Album & Tour

I don't even know what to say to some of the comments in this thread.

 

Maybe i overreacted.
But i said since my first post its the way im feeling i dont want to troll anyone.

My last complain: Imagine, in theory Lp could launch 10 albums in its life cycle.
what if ? due to this movement they only launch 8 albums.

We lost 24 LP songs.
But we won 24 STP songs yyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy (sarcasm)

 

Mega mega late I know, but I'm REALLY worried about this whole STP thing. I REALLY hope it's just going to be like Dead By Sunrise, a side-project all the way. My messed up mind is thinking of all these bad things that could happen to LP now. I hope Chester doesn't wreck his voice, or not 100% focus on the new LP album.

I know Chester has always been a fan of STP and likely jumped at the chance to be the lead singer, but the selfish part of me can't help thinking/worrying, that the next and future Linkin Park albums are gonna be affected. I bet any money Linkin Park is gonna go on another long ass hiatus again even though there on a roll!!

So basically SERIOUS PANIC mode here! Quick someone slap some sense in to me.

 

I can´t im feeling the same way you do.

 

So much facepalm in this thread. It's ridiculous.

 

I think everyone got worried because it's extremely sudden and a little weird. It seems like something isn't adding up.
Really STP fans are the ones who actually have a reason to worry.

 

Read the rest of the thread if you want sense.

This. Many of them are apart from worried, pretty angered about the announcement. Some do realize that maybe it was the best for the band since Scott was way too troublesome, but some of the most radical aren't happy with this at all, saying that Chester is overrated and that "LP sucks" (< yeah, real maturity here), and actually prefer for the line-up to go by a different name if they want to release an album.

They are the ones who are on the roughest side of the thing, while actually Linkin Park has been left untouched and will keep going. I don't know why it's so hard to put that single statement into people's minds.

Whether STP is a big thing for Chester or not, it's still a side project, so it shouldn't be ANY different from Dead By Sunrise, in terms of involvement (I'm not talking about music). Derek said it himself a few pages back, when Chester came back from DBS, they released A Thousand Suns. If that didn't interfere with LP's creative agenda, this doesn't have a reason to.

 

Why not???
is barcelona worried because they are about to hire Neymar.? or is Santos???? of course is Santos, they get the cash but they lost the talent.
STP get one of the most impresive voices out there, meanwhile Lp is sharing that voice wich by the way is one of their Advantages as a band.
Maybe Coca-cola needs to start sharing all its formulations with pepsi.

 

You are giving ridiculous scenarios to over the top things that will never happen, to something that doesn't even hold as much importance. Yes, Chester is pulling double duty on two of the biggest bands in the US, but that doesn't mean it has to affect the quality of either bands' music, and it definitely doesn't mean that people should show as much pessimism and anxiety as you have shown throughout the thread.

 

Your reasons are beyond stupid, sorry I have to say it.

They're not even the same thing. Because in your "scenario", Neymar LEAVES Santos to join Barcelona. Which is NOT the case for LP and STP. And again, they're not even the same thing.

You can try to have a point but stop being so ridiculous with your analogies. They're not even analogue to the topic in discussion.

 

Why not?, after all we are talking about a product (LP).
Chester is part of a product, the logo, the music, the other band members.
And to generate money that product needs to be atractive to the masses.
Linkin Park is atractive to the masses because of.......yes you got the right answer because its components as a product.
All im saying is that Linkin Park is sharing one of its key aspects as a product.
Now how will affect that the other components especially The music. Only time will tell us.
Why LP changed sr drastically after meteora, well the nu metal market was diying and it died.
Mike started an "alternative project" Fort Minor back then, so chester Dead by Sunrise why?
They know that if Minutes to midnight was a failure then they could abandone the ship and could continue those "side projects".
Im not saying LP is going to dissapear but in some way this event will affetc the band as a whole.

 

Where the hell are you getting your information? The side projects were formed so that Mike and Chester can release songs that didn't fit with Linkin Park's style of music.

Here's a chill pill.


Take two and call me in the morning.

 

They have other advantages as a band as well, I think they're the most unique band I know because they don't stay in a niche, if Chester sang for a few other bands it wouldn't change that, especially since certain vocal styles suit the sound of each band and he doesn't have all the say in any either.
However, STP fans do have a reason to worry.
What happened to them would be like having Mike kicked out without warning and a month later Eminem has become an official member.
Whether you like Eminem or not, I think it would still feel kind of like having a rug ripped out from under your feet.
With the way people have acted about this, LP fans would act like they've been hit by a plane.
Some STP fans actually seem to be taking it well though. :/

 

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An interviewer asked about how DBS came about

Chester: I was just playing one of the songs I wrote, then Ryan was like 'What was that!?' and I said it was just something I wrote and he said 'Well if you don't use that with Linkin Park use it somewhere else' and I said 'Okay, alright I will and here's an idea why don't you guys help me produce the album.

So it wasn't planned in case MTM failed

 

I say: close it

Sums this thread up pretty nicely.