Before the newly-reformed Stone Temple Pilots' set at last night's
MusiCares benefit concert, Chester took the time to talk with Rolling
Stone Magazine about what this new adventure entails for him and the
band in the future.

On how things have been working out with his new bandmates:






"When you get together and put a new piece in, there's a whole
different energy. For us the creative juices have just been flowing –
we've been writing, we have tons of great ideas. Next week we're going
back in the studio and hammering out some more music."



On how this new music could be released:






"We don't have a label. Everything we're doing is on our own, so we're
just taking it one track at a time. We would love to sit down and
hammer out a record, but the reality is we're gonna make music, we're gonna make a lot of it, and we're gonna be in a position to release a single at a time, go out and really give people music the way they want to get it."




So there you have it: Stone Temple Pilots (with Chester) are in
the process of writing and recording new music, and will likely be
releasing this music on a single-by-single basis rather than the
traditional album route.

Avant la reformation des Stone Temple Pilots au MusiCares la nuit dernière, Chester a pris le temps de parler avec le magazine Rolling Stone à propos de ce que cette nouvelle aventure implique pour lui et pour le groupe dans le futur.


Sur la façon de travailler avec ses nouveaux acolytes:

"Lorsque vous vous réunissez et travaillez sur un nouveau morceau, il y a une énergie tout à fait différente. Pour nous, la créativité jaillit - nous avons écrit, nous avons des tonnes d'idées. La semaine prochaine, nous allons retourner en studio et bossez sur un peu plus de musiques."


Sur la façon dont cette nouvelle musique pourrait être commercialisée:

"Nous n'avons pas de label. Tout ce que nous créons, c'est à nous, donc nous allons juste prendre une piste à la fois. Nous serions ravis de rester assis et de créer un album, mais la réalité est que nous allons faire de la musique, nous allons en faire beaucoup, et nous allons être en mesure de sortir un single à la fois, les distribuer, et de vraiment donner aux gens de la musique de la façon dont ils le veulent."


Donc en conclusion: Stone Temple Pilots (avec Chester) sont en train d'écrire et enregistrer de nouvelles musiques, et seront probablement commercialiser single par single plutôt que par la traditionnelle sortie d'un album.

Citation :

Brad just chatted with LPU members, no screncaps since we could hear him but not see him as he was called up for the 2020 census, I struggled to hear what he was saying but here’s summary of what I could make out.

Brad will not be stripping at Sunset Strip show, he said he has to keep 3/4 of his body covered.

He wasn’t surprised when people wasn’t recognised when handing out fliers. He said even the people who worked at the Roxy and Sunset strip where they’ve played didn’t recognise him. He said he doesn’t get recognised, he had to work to get people to take the fliers.

Chester & Stone Temple Pilots – he went to the show last night at MusiCares, he said they sounded fantastic and it was fun for Brad because he’s always been a fan of Stone Temple Pilots, and he’s excited for Chester.

Next album – they have a lot of material to work on, he’s really excited on the direction the stuff has, he says it has a unique identity already and recording and being in the studio is very rewarding for him.

Funniest experience – When completing his census, he had to submit his shoe size. He talked about talking to a guy when he was handing out fliers, the guy told Brad that he named his dog after Chester, to which Brad replied “oh, what’s your dogs name?”

Favourite bands/musicians – he likes things that make noises, not meaning to be music, like white noise.

Who would you be for a day? Imagine Dragons, the whole band

Mall – he’s seen cuts of the movie, he said Joe amazes him, he said he’s very proud of Joe’s creativity and he’s looking forward to adding to that.

He said he knits his own socks. (Sarcastic)

Something on MTV inspired him to play guitar. (Sarcastic) (anyone get this?)

Favourite places to visit on tour – fabric stores for sock making.

He’s had weird/funny/strange experiences on stage but didn’t go into detail.

He likes Star Wars, not as much as Joe Hahn though. Dave has a surprisingly detailed knowledge of Star Wars.

He warms up for shows by planking and skateboarding. (Sarcastic)

He is very proud of his one Tweet that he submitted on LP’s profile, he wouldn’t tweet again because he said that’s one of he most remarkable Tweets on Twitter.

First song played on the guitar – He learned parts of a bunch of Metallica songs early on, maybe not the first though.

Tips for new artists – work hard at songwriting, study songwriters/songs that you admire, break them down so that you understand what makes them function, then you can apply that to your ideas. Work harder than everyone else.

Recording and touring, are both good and both hard work, being in the studio is more natural for him and finishing a song is a reward, and so is playing that song and getting the crowd response from a show is rewarding.

He doesn’t think people would call him normal. He’s open minded to many possibilities.

When they will come to Brazil – he said they’ve just been to Brazil and he would love to go back.

Favourite guitar is whichever he’s playing at that time.

He wouldn’t argue with anyone who said he was the funniest member of the band, he said these people are intelligent.

He said UCLA is a beautiful campus, he likes handing out fliers when people aren’t being antagonistic towards him.

He’s asked Chester for singing advice, he said he admires Chester’s talent.

If he had 24 hours to live… (couldn’t hear this bit)

When he was a child he wanted to be older to he could drive.

All his albums was fun to make, he mentioned Collision Course, Minutes to Midnight and LIVING THINGS as being his favourite to make. He mention that he felt very inspired during the making of these albums.

He doesn’t decorate his headphones himself.

He was wearing a polo that he got from a boutique, Mike was making fun of it because it has a tiny pocket on it. He’s also wearing corduroy pants he cut into shorts.

He would like to tour with Linkin Park in the future.

His hair annoys him if it gets too long so he’s cut it quite short.

He thanked the census people, LPUers and Adam at the end of the chat.

Album préféré à réaliser: Collision Course c'était amusant. Aussi Minutes to Midnight, car il s'agissait d'un processus différent. Et il aimait aussi LIVING THINGS.

Marques de vêtements qu'il porte: un polo. Mike se moquait de la petite poche sur le devant. Aussi un pantalons en velours qu'il a coupé en short.

Avec qui aimerait-il faire une tournée dans l'avenir: Linkin Park

Il aime Star Wars.

Pourquoi ne pas avoir un twitter: Brad dit qu'il est fier de son seul tweet.

Premier morceau joué avec une guitare: Metallica (pas sur de lui)

Enregistrements ou tournée: Naturelement: l'enregistrement - Récompense: la tournée.

Comment vous sentez-vous quand les gens disent que vous êtes le membre le plus drôle du groupe: Brad serait d'accord.

Brad a entendu STP la nuit dernière et il a toujours été un fan, et il est excité pour Chester.

Prochain album: Vraiment excité au sujet de la nouvelle musique, mais pas plus de détails. Donc, fondamentalement, aucune nouvelle information.

Musicien préféré: Yo-Yo Ma (Certainement une blague)

Soundtrack Mall: Il est excité, mais là encore aucune informations.

LPU13: Ils commencent a y penser mais ils verront plus tard

Il n'y aura pas de tournée en Russie et en Ukraine en 2013

Chester and Mike recently sat down to talk to Guitar Center about some
of the gear they use, as well as mentioning that the band are in the
midst of recording new music that could possibly feature collaborations
with other artists. Although Chester could be referring to his recent
induction as the new lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots, it was
interesting to note that Chester mentioned that the band could be collaborating with other artists:

"There's so many little things that we've got going on. There's
potential collaborations with really great artists that we admire so
we're always dabbling in something."