Following the entrance of Kretz and the DeLeos, the moment of the big reveal came as Gutt burst onto the stage with “Down,” which as any STP fan knows begins with the lyric, “Pleased to meet you.” Van Halen retreated back to Sammy Hagar before finally burying the hatchet with David Lee Roth - but under STP's tragic circumstances, they don't have the luxury of reconciliation.Īs word of Gutt’s surprising inclusion reached the crowd inside the Troubadour, who were otherwise cut off from the outside world (fans were forced to put their phones in those ridiculous pouches that make it impossible to access the internet or take photos), it didn’t take away from the sense of anticipation. The best-known attempt to defy the odds and find success with a third lead singer was Van Halen - and as Gary Cherone himself would attest, that didn’t work out too well.
Outside the venue, excited contest winners debated whether any American rock band has ever had a successful third act, and wondered whether STP had plans to move forward or would become a glorified cover band. Though anticlimactic in some regards - many fans would have preferred for the big reveal to manifest itself onstage rather than on-air - it didn’t detract from the evening’s festivities. Jeff Gutt, who rose to fame on The X Factor and with hard-rock outfits Dry Cell and Rival City, was revealed as the new singer on a SiriusXM preshow broadcast. Whoever it was, the mystery singer would need to have chutzpah and a bombastic personality to maintain the band's legacy.Ī few hours before Robert, his guitarist brother Dean DeLeo and longtime drummer Eric Kretz hit the stage, fans’ suspicions were confirmed.
Rumors ran rampant over who would replace the iconic Scott Weiland and his substitute, Chester Bennington. Outside of an interview with bassist Robert DeLeo, who said that the band was working with an unnamed new singer, there was little information about how the ’90s post-grunge outfit would move forward. Last week, word trickled out that Stone Temple Pilots, following a devastating period in which both their former lead singers died less than two years apart, would perform at the Troubadour for SiriusXM listeners.
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