

The band was a leading force in the grunge scene of the 1990s, led by the voice of Scott Weiland, who died of an overdose in.

Gutt is doing his best Weiland impression, but it's noticeable that they've lost the edge and excitement of their original frontman. US grunge rockers Stone Temple Pilots are back with a new frontman, chosen in an audition of 15,000 applicants after their previous two singers died. According to reports on multiple music industry websites, Borja, 27, is the top candidate for the frontman job, which was vacated when Scott Weiland died of a drug overdose last December at the age of 48. Together they've released 2018's self-titled album and the 2020 acoustic album Perdida which have been written off as mostly generic. Filipino singer John Borja may just become the new vocalist of the legendary American rock band Stone Temple Pilots. Jeff Gutt, of X-Factor fame, was later chosen. Originally, Stone Temple Pilots started off as Mighty Joe Young, but after signing a record deal with Atlantic Records, they changed their name. In 2016, the members of Stone Temple Pilots announced they would be doing online auditions for a new singer. Afterward, an audition was held in 2016 for a new lead vocalist and as of November 14, 2017, Stone Temple Pilots announced Jeff Gutt would be their man. By 2017, both Weiland and Bennington had died. In 2013, the rest of the group went to work with Linkin Park's Chester Bennington and although he was named an official member, they only managed the 2013 EP High Rise before Bennington announced he would be stepping down to concentrate on Linkin Park in 2015. The DeLeo brothers aka bassist and guitarist for STP tried forming their own supergroup called Army of Anyone but the project resulted in only one album.įrom 2008-2013, STP was on and off with Weiland back in the fold but 2010's self-titled album would be the last time he would finish a record with them. After one more album, the group again split ways with Weiland joining with members of Guns-n-Roses to form Velvet Revolver. In 1998, Weiland rejoined STP and they released the No. With one album (considered a commercial failure) the group disbanded. The rest of the group went to work with Dave Coutts singing and performed under the title "Talk Show". Last Bullet frontman Bryan Fontez auditions for Stone Temple Pilots gig Posted on Februby Olivier in Uncategorized // 0 Comments Last Bullet ‘s lead vocalist Bryan Fontez has made an audition video of himself singing the Stone Temple Pilot ‘s ‘Interstate Love Song in an attempt to land the latter band’s vacant lead singer gig.
