Why I originally brought up the significance of the band's era is because I see other bands basically following this exact formula. I can admit STP is doing a few different things, but you just have your Plush people taking up most of the ticket purchasing and really not knowing that Jeff is not Scott.
Not many people are going to see Live, Bush, or Candlebox to hear the new stuff and I think STP does fall into this category. Tons of bands from this era went downhill in record sales once the Internet came on and STP is no different. Overall, I'm not for bands ignoring albums entirely, but this is their own fault as was mentioned.