Chester Bennington Talks About Future Plans With Stone Temple Pilots

Chester Bennington has been talking about his future endeavours with the rock band Stone Temple Pilots.

The Linkin Park frontman joined the rock legends last weekend at the KROQ Weenie Roast in Los Angeles, where he sang a number of songs. Bennington replaced Scott Weiland as the lead singer of the band after he was fired earlier in the year.

Bennington told KROQ Radio after show that the group are now working on new material together, stating, “Every band has it’s own kind of vibe. Stone Temple Pilots has this sexier, more classic rock feel to it. Linkin Park is a very modern, very tech-heavy type of band. I grew up listening to these guys.”

The rocker then went on to add, “When this opportunity came up, it was just like a no-brainer. We couldn’t really plan a tour until now because we couldn’t let people know what was going on. Now the cat’s out of the bag so we’re going to go out and make more music and go play more shows and have some fun.”

Meanwhile, fans of Stone Temple Pilots have been reacting with disgust to Bennington’s appointment. The band uploaded a new song, entitled “Out of Time,” to their soundcloud page, and people instantly started to bash their work.

One user on Facebook wrote, “I listened to this song. It makes me wanna throw up. It was ok till the vocals kicked in. Linkin Park sucks, Chester sucks, and now STP sucks too. A damn shame.”

Another then commented, “Chester sounds like he’s trying to do something he’s not. It’s terrible. Just like what everyone else said, Scott Weiland = STP and at least he’s not being passed out in his car at the studio from being strung out. I’ve been a huge fan of STP, but this is it!”

What do you think of Bennington’s work with Stone Temple Pilots?