Update: Stone Temple Pilots have shot down rumors of Scott Stapp’s involvement: “Despite recent comments, Scott Stapp is not, nor has he ever been considered as the singer for STP.”
Scott Stapp may have moved on from his days as an Eddie Vedder/beefy Jesus hybrid while singing for Creed, but he may be making a big ‘90s-flavored return as the frontman for another grunge time capsule: Stone Temple Pilots.
Stapp has heavily hinted at the notion that he’s joined STP in the place recently vacated by Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, who assumed frontman duties after the band parted ways with late frontman Scott Weiland, operating with the band for over two years before returning to LP.
During an interview Monday morning on the “Bailey And Southside” show on the Rock 100.5 radio station (listen at bottom), Stapp said he’s ”been working on a new album with a new group of guys — guys from some pretty well-known rock bands that you guys will know. I can’t really share the details about it, but there’s a lot of good things going on, man, and I’m excited about it.”
After being pressed to share more details about the project, Stapp responded: “I can’t tell you ’till later in June, man. [That’s when] we’ll be making the announcement.” He did, however, offer the following hint about his new bandmates’ identities: “This other band that I’m jamming with is its own band with its own band name.”
When pressed further to confirm or deny the rumor, Stapp said: “I can’t say, man, I can’t say. I can’t confirm or deny. [But] I will tell you this: there is a six-degree-separation connection between this new project and the band you mentioned.”
At a glance, the union of the ’90s rock veterans seems unholy and gross. Furthermore, Stapp went through a highly publicized drug-addled meltdown back in 2014. He also reportedly threatened to kill President Obama. Given the level of difficulty and trauma STP dealt with over the course of Weiland’s well-documented issues with drugs & alcohol (they fired him in 2002 and again in 2013), it’s unlikely that the band would pair with another turbulent singer. To his credit, Stapp is reportedly sober and is taking active steps to improve his lie, saying, “Nothing is more important than my sobriety.”
Creepy trivia: Stapp is currently using the same tour bus Scott Weiland died on.
