Stone Temple Pilots singer Jeff Gutt wished Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl happy birthday on Sunday. See how Foo Fighters played a role in Gutt becoming STP’s new singer below!
Two sources have told Alternative Nation that Stone Temple Pilots held multiple auditions during their singer search at Foo Fighters’ Studio 606, and at one point booked the studio for 4-5 days of auditioning singers around September 2016.
During part of the audition process, the band would give 2-hour slots to singers to audition, and at some points played with multiple singers on the same day. One singer performed around 7 tracks with the band, while the other played old tracks and the band played some new song ideas to test the singer’s songwriting skills. Singers were required to sign NDA’s, and the auditions were filmed. Jeff Gutt ended up getting the gig.
A photo of John Borja, who auditioned for Stone Temple Pilots’ singer job but didn’t get the gig, using the bathroom at Foo Fighters’ Studio 606 during his audition leaked last year. Borja’s STPee submission video during the singer search went viral, with over 236,000 views on YouTube.
