Stone Temple Pilots have released a new single titled “Meadow.” It is the band’s first new song in four years, and Jeff Gutt’s first new track with the band. The track has shades of Talk Show and even Oasis, with at times Gutt seeming to channel Liam Gallagher a bit. There is also a 2000’s indie rock vibe, with shades of The Hives and Jet.
Listen below! STP’s new album is currently being mixed by Failure’s Ken Andrews and is set for a spring 2018 release.
New Stone Temple Pilots singer Jeff Gutt discussed his connection to Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell in a new SiriusXM interview with Eddie Trunk. Alternative Nation transcribed Gutt’s comments.
“I was actually in a band called Dry Cell, which was on Warner Brothers around the same time as Linkin Park. That was how I knew Chester, that’s when I first met him, in 2001 when they first came out, and we were signed by the same guy.”
He later discussed singing “Hunger Strike.”
“I never wanted to a singer. I always wanted to be the guy on the side, I never wanted to have the spotlight on me. It always made me a little uncomfortable. But then I realized that I had this natural gift of- I think it’s more listening and being able to hear if you’re in pitch or not, it’s more of your ear than your throat, but I had that ability.
I was always the guy showing the singer which to sing, so at one point, strangely enough the first time I put the guitar down, and just sang and held the microphone in front of people, it was Hunger Strike. It’s crazy, because Chester and Chris Cornell had that version. That was the first time.”
Gutt also mentioned that he had ‘studied’ Scott Weiland, STP’s original frontman.
