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Very cool find. Great job Felipe!!

Mike said earlier that the extra stuff (globe thing/sculpture) were to cost.

But it is strange because I really don't know who they're trying to market it to. I'm sure if it was under $200 a significant amount of people would buy it. I would say a lot of LP fans are in their twenties dealing with living on their own for the first time and/or college, and then teens who won't be able to get that amount of cash. I remember the auction items would sell pretty high, but charity might have been an incentive there. And then casual fans might get the cd, I highly doubt they'll spend $500 for an art book and stuff.

As for the cd (the only thing I might afford lol) I'm waiting. I was so disappointed by the remixes that have already been released, and I'm not excited enough to actually buy the cd. Probably will eventually just to have all of them, but I'd rather spend my money elsewhere right now.

FYI A Light That Never Comes is considered Official Material.

I hope the new mixes don't sound like the ones we already have. I have faith in Mike's anyways. Probably most excited for the I'll Be Gone ones because it's one of the LT tracks I really enjoyed.

in all honesty, I'd only be buying the ltd ed version for the art book.

I feel like this is the same feeling a lot of us have. Interested in the new mixes by Mike, but not pleased to see the old LT mixes from last year on there.

Anyone thinking about going?

I do wish STP would hit a major Texas city with a solo show, but I'm seriously considering this one. Only down side is the ticket prices. But the Woodlands is one of my favorite venues, so I'll see.

Also a concert in November in Texas I'm pretty sure is the same for anyone else in September temperature wise lol.

Artisan News did three short interviews with Chester and Dean DeLeo, talking about performing with a new member, Scott Weiland, and Chester's thoughts on being a frontman for STP.

Chester and Dean of Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington, are going to be on Fuse News at 8/7c. They will be discussing the new chapter the band is going in.

Who's gonna watch?

Preview here

I started listening to them when I was 15 and now I'm 21, so it's been a while.

I'm also a firm believer that Hybrid Theory and Meteora are really two completely different albums. Meteora was the first one I listened to, and it's what hooked me into the band so even now I never skip any of the tracks when I hear it on my iPod.

The others are interesting. As I've grown older I have gravitated more to listening to MTM/ATS then Hybrid Theory. I don't think Hybrid Theory has a bad song on it, but I think there are better songs on MTM/ATS.

LT is like a outlier. It was too rushed and the large majority of the songs I have to be in a specific mood to listen too.

Like Geki, I'm not thrilled with the electronic emphasis as of late. I was never a hiphop/electronic fan, Mike and LP pretty much being the only exception on my iPod. So I do miss Chester getting a chance to do, what I feel is his more natural area of rock. It's also why I don't mind at all that he takes the time to do STP since really that's where his voice shines IMO.

I think I'm still a pretty big fan, but I left fangirl a long time ago. I think the majority of us on this site are huge fans, but are willing to admit the band and everything they do isn't perfect.

They know which songs?

I saw someone say they practiced around 30 different songs. STP really has an advantage with Chester being such a fan because he probably knows most of their songs by heart already.

If they do change up the setlists like STP fans think they might, then I hope Chester mentions it to the rest of LP lol.

I can't wait to see video from this show. I saw THIS article that mentioned that STPWCB is the first show to play the Starland Ballroom since they closed to do renovations after Hurricane Sandy hit. I bet they'll be an extra special energy there tonight.

So jealous of everyone who can make this tour. They look like they're having a blast performing together, so I'm hopeful that they'll tour again, maybe closer to me

You guys think Chester is going to fly back to LA for this? He's have to come in from NY either after the show on the 10th or leave the day of on the 11th, and then leave for the OKC show on the 13th.

Personally getting tired of LA events being sponsored by LPU. Only purpose of LPU for non LA fans is the early entry into shows IMO.

Looks like a pretty large and happy crowd to me.

Source

Changed up the post to make it cleaner and easier to read.

I'm crazy proud of Chester. He's handled this situation with so much class in the midst of a lot of people who haven't, and if you read the rest of the article you can see how much of a toxic environment it was for both Scott and the rest of STP, and I'm happy that STPWCB is going well.

Very excited to know that Cry Cry is the song that is written by Chester. We never truly know what the input is on the LP albums, so as a DBS/GD fan I'm extremely pumped to hear it. Also cool to know that Black Heart is probably going to be the next single. The lyrics looked good, so I can't wait to hear the melody.

I personally see the Dean, Eric, Robert + Chester section as a passive aggressive way of the site owner showing that he's on Scott's side, especially since it was actually named STPWCB first.

Plus Chester doesn't have a section in the "band members" so yeah I think that a large part of it is personal.

I go every now and then to see if I missed any new STP info, but really I just want to bash my head when I read a lot of the posts. StoneTempleBrett created stpfans.com which was way better IMO. However, it seems they all jumped back over to BelowEmpty when it reopened.

Anyone going? In particular anyone in the Dallas area who could give me a ride

I know a lot of people on BelowEmpty are morons, but let's not stoop down to their level.

It is INCREDIBLY frustrating to me to read their posts too, but just remember that we're the ones with the talented, reliable singer, and they have to deal with a guy who cares more about drugs then his fans. Seriously look on ticketmaster at his reviews. No way I'm spending a dime on someone who is constantly late to shows, slurs his way through a song, and then leaves after a piss poor performance.

So I HIGHLY advise against going on there. All the LP people there can be easily seen apart from our coherent posts (that mostly get ignored), and I'd like to keep our imagine that way and not do any childish things.

As to the rehearsal, it sounded great to me. I haven't actually heard Scott's versions, but personally I don't care. This is now Chester's band and I'm only listening because I love his voice. I'm so excited for the EP!!

thank you

did you use microscope??!!

haha no. Brandon posted another picture on his twitter.

Black Heart lyrics

Black heart comin he's a cold machine

Cuts like a knife

Gentle and Clean

Face like an angel

Mind of a killer

Nobody else gonna love her better

Lay down now stay down

Took her life with a quick pull trigger

Well I don't mind, I don't mind

Said I don't mind if you don't mind

The colors have all but faded

Out of a dead mans eyes

Down to his blackened heart

Black hearts kickin like a beating drum

Shooting her down the sound of his gun

No compassion

Hard as an assassin

Falling deeper still in that wreck less fashion

Lay down now stay down

Deeper and deeper with a blind mans passion

Well I don't mind, I don't mind

Said I don't mind if you don't mind

The colors have all but faded

Out of a dead mans eyes

Down to his blackened heart

Rescue Me

If you don't mind

The colors have all but faded

Out of a dead mans eyes

Down to his blackened heart

Wow these answers really do sound like a Brad LPU chat. Maybe they're not used to do this type of thing.

It wasn't until now that it's legally STPWCB. Remember Scott has been saying for months that the DeLeo Brothers and Eric can't use the name.

Personally I'm frustrated that this is how it ended up. I know checking the STP boards that this is huge deal, but I wish that it was just STP.

I hope Chester is getting some pleasure out of being in the band, and that the rest of the band is keeping him out of the drama.

Actually I didn't like the art that much, but they just continue their tradition of "no special" album covers.

I have no idea what past STP covers have been. I meant to listen to some of their older stuff, but really I'm only interested in the Chester versions and covers.

And I just like Trees

I feel like I should apologize in advance for how excited I'm going to get when this drops.

Especially since one song is going to be mostly Chester: "There's actually a song on here that Chester wrote musically, lyrically, and melodically."

The art is very nice too. I like the whole vibe this is giving off already.

October can't come fast enough.

Edit: And I can't even describe how much I hate the drama involved. I can't even imagine how you could call yourself a fan, but want the band to be miserable just so you'd get music. Fans have said how much happier the rest of the band looks now. I have zero respect for Scott.

Not really my type of music, but I do appreciate the fact that Steve seems to be so happy to collaborate with them.

Here's Doug's video. We actually saw it all, but in case you wanted to see that snippet of Mike again.

Hmm not sure about the editing. But I personally thought that was Doug's best take. I thought that was easily the best crowd shot.