Chester Bennington, New STP Singer

yay/nay?

I vote yay.

It’s not STP without Scott Weiland.

[quote]strungoutboy21 wrote:
It’s not STP without Scott Weiland. [/quote]

This revamped STP sucks. Bennington needs to stick with making mediocre music in his own band.

nay. just nay

Sacrilege. So that is certainly a nay and I did not even watch the video.

I mustered up the courage to watch that video and it is atrocious. Bennington is not even close to the caliber of singer/front man that Wieland was.

nope

so not cool, just start a new band and new name. Only two bands I can think of that swapped or had to unfortunately replace lead singers successfully and without controversy(Sorry Van Halen) were Journy and AC/DC

[quote]Waittz wrote:
so not cool, just start a new band and new name. Only two bands I can think of that swapped or had to unfortunately replace lead singers successfully and without controversy(Sorry Van Halen) were Journy and AC/DC[/quote]

To piggy back on what A-Rod wrote, how does Bennington even get the audition? There’s nothing about his voice that says “frontman” to me, let alone for a band as big as STP. This all seems like a stunt to garner publicity for an aging STP by using a name that’s currently popular. Shit sucks.

[quote]Waittz wrote:
so not cool, just start a new band and new name. Only two bands I can think of that swapped or had to unfortunately replace lead singers successfully and without controversy(Sorry Van Halen) were Journy and AC/DC[/quote]

I’ll add Lynyrd Skynyrd to that list.

[quote]Waittz wrote:
so not cool, just start a new band and new name. Only two bands I can think of that swapped or had to unfortunately replace lead singers successfully and without controversy(Sorry Van Halen) were Journy and AC/DC[/quote]

Just had a similar discussion recently, but Jerry Cantrell, IMO, has managed to assemble a version of Alice In Chains that continues the sound and doesn’t mangle the lyrical genius of Layne Staley.

Layne can never be replaced, but I think the current incarnation of Alice in Chains is a great succession to the original lineup. Part of that IMO, is because Cantrell was always in the lyrical mix as well as writing the music, so it’s not much of a leap. He sang in some form on most of the songs anyway.

Having said that, STP is not STP without Weiland. Period.

[quote]PaddyM wrote:

[quote]Waittz wrote:
so not cool, just start a new band and new name. Only two bands I can think of that swapped or had to unfortunately replace lead singers successfully and without controversy(Sorry Van Halen) were Journy and AC/DC[/quote]

I’ll add Lynyrd Skynyrd to that list.[/quote]

Iron Maiden, no?