Justin

I don't know every where they came from or how they were leaked, but it was basically the song separated out to the same extent as this but for PMA (and PMA had a few more).

The Dedeicated verses weren't actually a freestyle, they're from a song they released since. I think the freestyles he's actually referring to are the "Haven't even begun to hit you yet" verse which hasn't been released on anything yet and the second time when Mike actually tried to go off the top of his head (and failed). He had 3 turns technically.

Very true. Imagine if Holy Grail was featuring Chester instead of Timberlake... would give it a whole new sound and probably be my favorite song. lol

Are these the Wake Up Show freestyles?

I remember Mike being asked if there was an MC he would like to collaborate with and he mentioned Kendrick Lamar and A$AP Rocky by name. That would be something. I think he probably meant a solo collab though, not with LP. Then again, something like We Made It would be great though. Personally I like both of those artists better than Busta Rhymes...just my opinion though.

I see now, my mistake

I was looking through the Stagelight Sounds list and saw this: PREVIOUSLY RELEASED SONGS Castle Of Glass Catharsis Divided Lies Greed Misery Pale Roads Untraveled There's no chance these are separated out is there? As in if I wanted to use, say, the piano in Pale. Are the tracks separated? (I apologize if this has been asked and answered already)

He's talking about the full multitrack. I had it on my old computer. It was 20-ish files. I don't even remember where I got it from it was so long ago. I don't know that even if someone had them staff would be cool with us posting them here though..

I'm guessing that if it's 5:00 AM in Jersey it's 4 AM in NOLA. Good thing I work overnights lol.

I understand that their success is built on the STP name and they don't want to drop it and start over, but if this is actually a potential legal issue they might not have a choice.. Actually, the members of Creed found a new singer as well, and became Alter Bridge. I know there's a difference in that STP will still be playing the old songs at shows, but with the new album and touring cycle coming up, they could change the name and play mainly songs from the album with Chester. The older songs would just have to be considered covers. The only thing is their career has been long so I'm sure they have a lot of "staple" songs that they can't just drop from their sets. I don't know.. I think they need to either make the hard choice to change their band name, or decide to keep it (make Chester an offical member of STP...not STP with Chester) and deal with whatever Scott might do about it.

That's how they're advertising their shows now? I haven't been following this story closely...Interstate Love Song is the only STP song I really like lol. I wonder though..maybe they'll do something to what Rage Against the Machine did when they got another vocalist and became Audioslave. STP (with Chester Bennington) doesn't sound right.

Doing 2 songs from the 5 studio albums, my list (also not in order) would be: Papercut With You Lying From You Figure .09 Bleed it Out In Pieces When They Come For Me Wretches and Kings I'll Be Gone Until it Breaks

Exactly, so the fact that he basically said 19 months was "a few months" doesn't surprise me lol

I remember this every time something like that happens lol

I know you're right...When they released LT I showed some friends and they were saying "but where are the words..." Then for the acapella "it sounds weird like this". I really liked it though lol! Same thing with the multitracks.

I wish they would say they've decided to release their other 4 studio albums + Reanimation's instrumentals and acapellas like they did for LT... THAT would be something exciting.

This should go in the show notes, this exact quote. LOL

Piano for What I've Done

Or he could make Pez his best man

I agree. My point was I don't see LP releasing a real hip-hop song, but Mike is good at hip-hop! Reanimation is probably one of my favorite LP albums so I would love to hear that as well.

LGM sounds horrible live to me, I don't know why they even play it anymore. Yet they just keep doing it... and that's my point. You would think they realize they have problems pulling that off live, and say ok we're not gonna play this song anymore. But it's like they have their setlist and they will stand by it no matter what, which is what I don't get. I wonder if LP alone decides what songs to play and in what order and things like that. I remember reading somewhere that Joe said he wanted to play W&K, but that he didn't have control over those things. I guess he means he was out voted by the rest of the band maybe? Cause honestly I like W&K... If they drop LGM for it I would be happy.

I see your point, and technically the same could be said for DBS. I think Mike literally said that once, that since LP decided they will do whatever they want, he doesn't need a release like before. Either Mike said it about FM or Chester about DBS I don't remember... but still I see what they mean. At the same time though, there's still a certain line that they won't cross. We'll never see a hip-hop song featuring John Legend on an LP album..or some of the types of beats Mike makes. He made "The Instrumental" for Lupe. Nothing like that has been on an LP record. I think Mike has potential to make another great hip-hop album free of rock influence, and I'm just curious to see how that sounds. There's always the possibility that Mike just doesn't want to though...which is something we would all have to respect.

Well basically, I feel that they play the singles every show because they know that a lot of casual fans bought tickets to SEE songs like ITE, Numb, WID, etc. and they would feel cheated if the band dropped a single for a throwback like Step Up. I know a lot of us would love it (myself included...SU is one of my favorite songs from that era of the band), but for example, I guarantee some people were disappointed at the show where they dropped ITE in favor of APFMH. So the singles (because of the business logic of it) take up a good part of the set. Besides that, I think they have a huge comfort zone after years of playing certain songs. I think that (as a band) they aren't that anxious to try and venture outside of it by playing a song they haven't played in years. I honestly believe that putting RME on the BIO bridge was something they thought the hardcore fans would appreciate. It's not exactly them going back in time, but it's more like a nod to the community while still appealing to the casual fans that come out to the shows.

That would make the 5th album really interesting to hear. 68 year old Mike