Red Mosquito

Dev wrote:Dumb Love grew on me a lot. I don't think I was overly impressed with it at first, either. Also, Transmissions from a Lonely Room is pretty great.

Long-running bands replacing their lead singers is apparently building into a bit of a trend. First, AC/DC replaced Brian Johnson, due to his hearing concerns, with Axl Rose, who has reunited his own band Guns N’ Roses, as well. Now, Stone Temple Pilots have also found a new singer that you may already be familiar with. If he is to be believed, Stone Temple Pilots are now going to be fronted by Scott Stapp.

Yes, Scott Stapp, the oft maligned singer best known for his work in Creed, says he is in line to be the latest man to front the Stone Temple Pilots. Scott Weiland, the original lead singer of the band, sadly passed on late last year after a lifetime of drug issues, and his replacement, Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington, has left the band.

Stapp spoke on an Atlanta radio station to promote his solo tour, and said he could “neither confirm or deny” that he would be taking over as the singer for Stone Temple Pilots, but he also said:

“I’m excited to be back out on the road also been working on a new album with a new group of guys. Guys from some pretty well-known rock bands that you guys will know. I can’t really share the details about it but there’s a lot of good things going on that I can’t tell you till later in June when we’ll be making the announcement… This other band I’m jamming with is its own band with its own band name.”

While Stapp does have experience singing for a successful rock band, and seems to make sense for a band like Stone Temple Pilots, he is not without his own baggage. And it’s entirely possible he’s just ginning up excitement for fronting a less beloved act. However, if STP are determined to press on without Weiland or Bennington, they have to look somewhere.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:STP already debunked that.

Spoiler: show

Disagree? Go f*ck yourself.

tragabigzanda wrote:Been listening to Shangri-La... quite a bit lately. It's continued to grow. I even really enjoy Dumb Love now, which I hated at first. It's sort of like if Michael Bay produced "Down" from No. 4. It's got this cool, rubbery sort of vibe to the riffs. I know it's sort of a dumb song, but it sure is fun...

I think my hands-down favorites from this album are Days of the Week, Too Cool Queenie, Regeneration, and Long Way Home. Regeneration is probably my most favorite; I just love the bounce it has. The only one I still hate is A Song for Sleeping; that song is garbage.

I haven't listened to Purple in a while, so this ranking has an asterisk, but right now I'd go:

1. No. 4
2. Tiny Music...
3. Shangri-la...
4. Purple
5. Core
(I haven't ever listened to S/T)