Stone Temple Pilots have officially unveiled their new lead singer
He appeared in The X Factor USA
Last updated 15th Nov 2017
After months of speculation, Stone Temple Pilots have officially unveiled their new lead singer.
Following in the footsteps of Scott Weiland and Chester Bennington is 41-year-old Jeff Gutt – pictured above with the white hair.
Gutt was the frontman for Californian nu-metal band Dry Cell over two spells from 1998 to 2004 and from 2008 until he quit the group in 2009. They released one studio album called ‘Disconnected’ that was released via Warner Bros. Records in 2002.
He first appeared in the US version of Simon Cowell’s TV talent show The X Factor in 2012 and was one of the favourites having impressed with his rendition of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’, however he was ejected at the Boot Camp stage.
The following year, he competed in season 3 of The X Factor and eventually finished as runner up on the show.
Here is Gutt singing 'Bohemian Rhapsody' on the show:
Post-X Factor, he released the festive song ‘A Detroit Christmas’ as a solo artist and was drafted in as frontman of alternative rock band Rival City Heights in 2014.
On 16th November 2016, Entertainment Weekly announced that Gutt was the new lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots – a report that was initially denied by Stone Temple Pilots who said they “haven't made a decision yet."
Gutt was officially unveiled by US radio DJ Eddie Trunk last night (14th November) almost exactly a year after the refuted Entertainment Weekly report.
He has spent the past year furtively writing and recording new material in Redondo Beach, California with his new Stone Temple Pilots band mates Dean DeLeo, Robert DeLeo and Eric Kretz.
Gutt made his live debut at a special invitation-only concert at The Troubadour in West Hollywood, California last night and a single called ‘Meadow’ is expected to debut imminently.
The Stone Temple Pilots set list at The Troubadour was as follows:
Down
Wicked Garden
Vasoline
Coma
Interstate Love Song
Plush
Big Empty
Still Remains
Meadow (new song)
Kick Out The Jams (MC5 cover)
Sex Type Thing
Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart
Piece Of Pie
The ‘Meadow’ artwork looks like this: