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''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 his lead vocal replacement Chester Bennington of Linkin Park and Dead by Sunrise, and the band is credited on the EP as ''Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington''. It is the only release with Bennington, who departed the band in November 2015. ==Background== 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 has since made several claims that he is still legally a member of the band and that the band has no right to perform under the Stone Temple Pilots moniker with another singer. They have since replaced Weiland with Bennington on lead vocals. The firing has since resulted in legal action. The three remaining members (guitarist Dean DeLeo, bassist Robert DeLeo, and drummer Eric Kretz) have 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 are ongoing. 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, "Out of Time." 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://live105.cbslocal.com/2013/05/18/stone-temple-pilots-with-chester-bennington-playing-bfd-2013-debut-new-single-out-of-time/ )〕 The next day, the band released a free digital download of the song via their official website on May 19. 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 in 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. Bennington said in May of new material that the band would not likely record a full-length studio album in the near future, explaining: "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." This explained the band's decision to release an EP as opposed to a full album. On October 3, 2013, Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington's complete stream of the EP can be seen and heard on Pandora Radio for Pandora Premieres, including the singles "Out of Time" and "Black Heart" that are featured on the EP officially. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「High Rise (EP)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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