High Rise (EP)
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| EP by Stone Temple Pilots With Chester Bennington | ||||
| Released | October 8, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | May 2013-October 2013 at Homefry Studios | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, post-grunge | |||
| Length | 16:26 | |||
| Label | Play Pen, LLC | |||
| Producer | Stone Temple Pilots | |||
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| Ultimate Guitar | 6.3/10 |
High Rise is the first studio EP by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, released on October 8, 2013 through Play Pen, LLC. It is the first release by the band without former lead vocalist Scott Weiland, who was fired from the band in February 2013. It instead features guest musician Chester Bennington of Linkin Park on lead vocals, and the band is credited on the EP as Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington. However, this would prove to be the sole release to feature Bennington before his departure from the band in 2015.
On February 27, 2013, Stone Temple Pilots fired their lead vocalist Scott Weiland. Weiland responded to the firing with his own statement, "I learned of my supposed 'termination' from Stone Temple Pilots this morning by reading about it in the press. Not sure how I can be 'terminated' from a band that I founded, fronted and co-wrote many of its biggest hits, but that's something for the lawyers to figure out." He later made several claims that he was still legally a member of the band and that the band had no right to perform under the Stone Temple Pilots moniker with another singer. They replaced Weiland with Bennington on lead vocals.
The firing resulted in legal action. The three remaining members (guitarist Dean DeLeo, bassist Robert DeLeo, and drummer Eric Kretz) sued Weiland to prevent him from calling himself a former member of STP. Weiland counter-sued the other three members for wrongfully attempting to expel him, for misleading the public by referring to their performances with Bennington as STP, and to dissolve the band STP. Both lawsuits were later settled out of court, allowing the Bennington-fronted band to continue using the STP name.
On May 18, 2013, Stone Temple Pilots performed their debut concert with Bennington, appearing as special guests at the 21st Annual KROQ Weenie Roast, benefiting Heal the Bay. They performed their first single with Bennington, "Out of Time." The next day, the band released a free digital download of the song via their official website. The updated website also featured new promotional pictures of the band including Bennington. Coincidentally, Bennington had exclaimed years before in interviews that singing lead vocals for Stone Temple Pilots was his lifelong dream. Weiland's former Velvet Revolver bandmate Slash has praised the band's decision to replace Weiland with Bennington.
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