Stone Temple Pilots

"Good evening, Manila! Or is it morning?" Scott Weiland, lead singer of the Stone Temple Pilots, was obviously still in jetlag delirium when he conquered the stage and later the audience at the Araneta Coliseum for the band's only concert in Manila.

Jetlag or not, Weiland remembered his manners and thanked the crowd by saying "It is an honor to be the invited guest to your party!" The honor is ours! For about an hour the band rocked its Pinoy audience (including us). It was my first time to see them life. I was impressed with Weiland's charismatic and unique voice!

The stage design was rather simple with a huge flower ornament on a dark red backdrop behind the stage. Scott Weiland's funky dance moves (a mixture of Tai Chi and Moonwalk) surely made up for it. So did the megaphone, amplifying his microphone-amplified brilliant voice. Apparently, the megaphone is a common feature on stage (looking at other STP videos posted on youtube).

After less than three songs he started peeling off his cool shades and "corporate suit" outfit, exposing various tattoos. Google didn't leave me wonder for long after the concert who the lady on his lower left arm is: his ex-wife and the mother of his two children.

The massive stage lights struggled to compete with the thousands of flashing camera and beaming LCD monitors of recording devices aimed at the band. Picture, picture tayo, as we say in the Philippines.

With a cheering crowd screaming "STP, STP, STP" the band came back on stage for an additional three or four songs. Soon after the stage was being dismantled already... Good by Manila!