
“Three people a day, seven songs with each guy. “We did a week of auditions over at Studio 606 in the Valley,” Kretz says. After paring down the initial 15,000 or so submissions to under 50 hopefuls, the band set up shop at a recording and rehearsal studio and brought in each candidate to jam on some STP tunes. But first, there was the audition process. Just a few months later, Gutt was the new singer of Stone Temple Pilots. He’s a local guy.’ And Robert called me the next morning and was like, ‘Hey, man …'” But Robert happened to be playing a gig with the Hollywood Vampires in Michigan and somebody came backstage after the show and approached him and said, ‘You should check this guy out. He continues, “Jeff wasn’t even part of the singer submissions. And that was just over a year ago – September of 2016.” According to the guitarist, “He was one of the last guys we saw, in the last two days of auditions. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).And Dean believes they have found a winner in Gutt, who came onto their radar rather late in their search. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. Reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. You can also send an e-mail to with pertinent details. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint ofĭoes not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment.

Story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. The intent is for STONE TEMPLE PILOTS to continue on, to evolve, and to do what we do… make music!" In announcing the auditions, the members of STP wrote, "No one will ever 'replace' Scott that was never the intent. The surviving bandmembers posted on the official STP web site that they had been listening to "thousands" of submissions.īennington ended his time with STP in order to concentrate on his main act, LINKIN PARK, as well as spend more time with his family.īennington recorded one EP with the band, "High Rise", and did a handful of tours during his tenure. Many of the musicians who posted audition tapes also paid tribute to Weiland, who was dismissed in 2013 and who died on his tour bus in December 2015 while on a solo tour. STONE TEMPLE PILOTS last year completed their online open audition submissions for a new singer. I think they're fantastic… Maybe one show I would sing their songs." "But I like writing and playing my own songs," she said. Momsen went on to say that she would "think about" throwing her hat in the ring as a candidate for the STP singer position. We fuck with each other all the time, but I actually had them for a minute."

This is it, my new gig.' And they bought it for a while.

I called Mark and Jamie and was like, 'Yeah, so I'm gonna go sing for STONE TEMPLE PILOTS now. STP began a search for a new vocalist following the 2015 departure of Chester Bennington, who joined the band in early 2013 following Scott Weiland's exit.Īsked by Alternative Nation in a new interview if she would ever consider singing for STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, Taylor laughed and said: "I thought about auditioning for that!" She added: "Honestly, I freaked out the rest of. THE PRETTY RECKLESS frontwoman Taylor Momsen has admitted that she "thought about auditioning" for the vacant singer slot in STONE TEMPLE PILOTS.
