I saw AIC recently, and I have to agree. That show was pristine sound wise and was very impressive musically and vocally. There's no excuse for showing up late to gigs. Scott has had a bad habit of that throughout his career. It's a very rockstar thing to do, and well, Scott is a rockstar. So so be it I guess. Still, I think it's pretty disrespectful to his fans. It's not going to change the fact that I'm the band's biggest fan, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. Suffer Long I think you are completely within limits of posting that and I agree w/ you, though I wasn't at the show personally.
Thanks. I'm not trying to be a bitch, folks. My lack of enthusiasm about the performance itself may just be a personal problem. If I were Vegas Crackerman, I'd probably have a completely different perspective on the show 
. I may feel that STP didn't match AIC's pristine, pitch perfect sound, but that's just my take (which means absolutely squat). The delay on the other hand (without a doubt) tarnished what was otherwise a good (or great) rock show for most of the people that went to the show.
Here's the KC Star's review of the show. The reviewer basically says that the tardiness sucked and upset the crowd, but the performance was great. VC (aka "some guy") even gets a shout out with a rave review!:
http://http://backtorockville.typepad.com/back_to_rockville/2010/03/my-previous-stone-temple-pilots-show-was-in-august-of-1994----a-long-time-agothe-time-between-that-show-and-monday-nights-sh.html
Did you see that assholes comment on the bottom of the page?
"STP is one of the best American bands of the last 20 years."
I'm shocked nobody stepped in to cry bull$#*% on this silly statement that 'foreal' just pulled out of his nether-regions. STP, although an 'adequate' band, did indeed ride in on the crest of the whole Grunge thing after Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and (although I can't stand 'em) Pearl Jam paved the way.
You could tell listening to their first album, albeit not a BAD album, that these guys had studied the Seattle bands HARD and had probably started off as a Glam/Hair Metal band and took a 180-degree career turn when THOSE bands faded out. But to say they are one of the BEST American bands, even in their heyday, is just ridiculous. Nice try, though.......
What a douche bag
