Stone Temple Pilots Announce New Singer, Share New Single Meadow
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Written by Laura Johnson
Photo: Michelle Shiers
Stone Temple Pilots have announced their new singer and released a new track.
Jeff Gutt, who recently appeared on The X Factor, beat out competition from 15,000 hopefuls to front the band. He follows in the footsteps of the late Chester Bennington and Scott Weiland.
Discussing their new material with Rolling Stone, drummer Eric Kretz said:
"I think it was important to us that we have a lot of new material going forward, in order to make it real again. Because if it was just about chasing the catalog, that would be the easy way to go. There wouldn't be much substance to that. The fact that we recorded all these new songs, it ties into helping us heal from the losses of Scott and Chester. Because the catalog will always be there. But if the new music really excites us and excites the fans it has much more of a meaning as far as honoring what Scott and Chester brought to this as well."
Check out a new song, Meadow, below. It arrives prior to a new record, which is expected to arrive in the spring.
Stone Temple Pilots, meanwhile, recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of their debut LP, ‘Core’, with a deluxe reissue.
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