I think Chester contributes more than we think, even if he's just validating Mike's lyrics! Personally I think (or like to think) they work on them together, bouncing off each other and sculpting them into what we hear i.e. Chester brings the lyric idea and Mike constructs the sentences.
Anyway, I’m super excited for the STP EP, I’m a big fan of them anyway so I’m hoping they’ll come to the UK (where they were never that big so it’ll be purely LP fans!). I’m finding the Chester hate on the STP facebook page hard to stomach but I keep clicking the comments like an idiot.
I like the grungier side of Chester I just hope he doesn’t try to imitate Scott, that’s a little annoying.