I attended the STP with Chester Bennington (singer for Linkin Park) concert at Irving Plaza in NYC. I have loved this band forever but I was a bit skeptical about Scott Weiland not being there. I know about the issues with the band members and how a dangerous move such as replacing your frontman can be but I remained a fan.
The Family Values Tour in 2001 that I attended had STP and Linkin Park on the roster and they were both amazing. Even though they are different rock styles, the merger between STP and Chester seems effortless.
At first I thought is he going to try and twirl around in a sexy dance and sound like Scott? but then he started singing and I saw Chester's gestures: his full force vocals while he's folding forward, the fists he makes when he's in the moment and the performing squats he does.
I couldn't tell if I enjoyed the music because Chester was singing or because these were the sounds of my teenage youth, maybe it's a combination of both.
