Stone Temple Pilots Debut New Scott Weiland Tribute Song Live

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Stone Temple Pilots recently debuted “Finest Hour” live in Atlanta. Fans have attributed the lyrics to being inspired by Scott Weiland and Chester Bennington’s deaths. New STP singer Jeff Gutt was friends with Bennington, and greatly admired Weiland. Gutt became STP’s third lead singer in November 2017.

According to CritterTypeThing STP also recently appeared to honor Scott Weiland in Wallingford when performing “Atlanta.” Mid-way through the show Dean walked up to the mic and said something along the lines of “this one reminds us of someone special” and then they went into a really focused performance of Atlanta. Cue the tears. It was a beautiful moment.

“Zero trepidation. For me, it’s been a lifetime of almost getting there,” Jeff Gutt told reporters in New York recently about taking over as singer (via UPI). “So, now, it’s using all those things I’ve learned through all those processes.”

“Those people wait in line for one day and they get their shot. I got my teeth kicked in for a good 25 years,” Gutt said, emphasizing how he did not achieve success overnight. “That’s kind of why I did it. It was kind of like, ‘If anyone can go do this, I can go do it.'”

Even though he came in second, competing on the singing competition series helped raise his profile by allowing him to perform in front of the largest audience possible.

“When that red (camera) light goes on, there’s a good 30 million people watching you live. If you can do that, you can pretty much do anything,” said the singer.

Watch STP debut “Finest Hour” below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB03G_RBGEo

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Brett Buchanan
Brett previously hosted the BWR wrestling and MMA podcast, interviewing pro wrestling and MMA stars like Kurt Angle, Seth Rollins, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Bruce Buffer, AJ Styles, Rob Van Dam, Jeff Hardy, Edge, and DDP. After ending BWR, Brett opened GrungeReport.net in May 2009. The site changed its name to AlternativeNation.net in June 2013.  Brett ran Scott Weiland's social media accounts for his final 'Master Blaster' tour in fall 2015 and continued to run the accounts after Weiland's death until July 2016. On Alternative Nation, Brett controls all aspects of the website and reports the day to day news.  He has interviewed members of Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Imagine Dragons, Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age, Stone Temple Pilots, and The Smiths. Brett has been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal and on the Reelz Channel. You can reach Brett at contact @alternativenation.net