I’ve decided to make a few changes to the site and forum that will be implemented over the next few days and weeks, starting with the most active part of this web site: the forum.
Changes will be made to accommodate Below Empty to be a reflection of the full fan base of Stone Temple Pilots and their music. For too long I let my personal disappointment with Scott Weiland’s declining health and performances and his subsequent firing from STP influence my running of Below Empty.
I was and am still sad that the four original members of Stone Temple Pilots are not together any more. To me, they were something special that is impossible to replace or re-create. I am even more sad that what I had always feared would happen to Scott is now the harsh reality.
I now believe that my frustration with this reality has, for a long time, kept me from enjoying the music from three of my favorite musicians and songwriters. I realize now that it probably will never again be like the first moment I heard STP. It may never be as exciting again as it was in the Spring of 2000: updating stonetemplepilots.org 24/7 when STP was at a point in their career that may very well be regarded as ‘their best’ when we all look back in 2050.
What I do know is that I want Below Empty to continue to be the place for all things STP. I want to enjoy the music Dean, Robert and Eric put out for us to hear. They have created the soundtrack of my life and are releasing an album full of new, fresh music in less than a month.
Below Empty has been one of the biggest (and, for most of the time, sadly the only) STP web sites since its inception in 1999. I would love nothing more for it than to have a 20th anniversary that will truly show all of the band’s history.
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Changelog Feb 24, 2018:
- Added November 14, 2017 tour date to Concert Chronology
- Added 2018 tour dates to the site.
Changelog Feb 23, 2018:
- Removed category 'Dean, Robert and Eric + singers other than Scott Weiland'
- Created new 'Played Shows' subforums for 'On Tour'
- Moved posts:
-- All discussion about the new album has been moved to 'Stone Temple Pilots (2018)' under 'The Wicked Garden'
-- All played shows topics have been moved (will be renamed properly later)
-- All posts in 'Dean, Robert and Eric + singers other than Scott Weiland' moved to 'The Wicked Garden' (will sort through, merge and move properly later)
-- Created new category 'Past Band Members', moved 'Scott Weiland' there and created 'Chester Bennington'
-- Renamed 'Band Members' to 'Current Band Members' and added 'Jeff Gutt'.