His season 2 roommate, Will Champlin, later finished 3rd on season 5 of NBC's The Voice.Following the release of a new self-titled studio album in 2018 (the band's seventh album and first with new lead singer Jeff Gutt), Stone Temple Pilots were back on UK shores for the 2019 edition of the Download Festival and Guitar Interactive Magazine was on hand to catch up with STP's founding member and guitarist Dean DeLeo.He is a fan of the NFL's Detroit Lions.His celebrity crush is actress Charlize Theron.In November 2016, Jeff was announced as the new lead singer for the '90s rock band Stone Temple Pilots. He also announced on that he had formed a new band called Rival City Heights. He released a Christmas single, "A Detriot Christmas", in December 2014, just in time for the holliday season. He managed to surpass his goal of $50,000 by raising $90,101. He also launched a fundraising campaign via to raise money so that he could make his first EP. Since his time on the show, Jeff has mainly been busy working on his music and performing at various gigs with his new band. Jeff finished 2nd to Alex & Sierra on December 19, 2013.
He got to sing "Iris" with Goo Goo Dolls lead singer John Rzeznik, who had had a hit with the song in 1998. Both songs secured Jeff's place in the finals.įor the finals, Jeff took on "Dream On" by Aerosmith as well as his audition song, "Creep" by Radiohead. Both performances earned Jeff massive praise, and "Hallelujah" even hit number 6 on iTunes. That song earned him praise as well and even charted in the top 10 on the iTunes rock chart.įor the semi finals, the public chose Jeff's season 2 audition song, "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen, and then he sang "Demons" by Imagine Dragons. His "unplugged" song was "Daniel" by Elton John, which Jeff dedicated to his brother. The song, which charted in the top 5 on the iTunes rock chart, earned Jeff praise. His "diva" song was "Without You" first done by Badfinger, made famous by Harry Nilsson, and later covered by Mariah Carey. He then went up against the other 7 acts in a face-off.įor Divas/Unplugged night, Jeff did well. It earned him massive applause from the crowd and praise from the judges.
Despite the song not being in his genre, Jeff gave it his all. On Big Band night, Jeff dedicated his version of Nina Simone's "Feeling Good", previously covered on the show by season 1 winner Melanie Amaro and season 2 runner-up Carly Rose Soneclar, to his father. Considered one of that band's greatest songs and depsite his own fears over singing it, Jeff gave it his all and got praise from the judges including a standing ovation from his mentor Kelly Rowland. Despite receiving praise from the judges, Simon Cowell did suggest to Jeff that he try something outside of his comfort zone so that he could stand out a little more and be more original.įor British Invasion Night, Jeff sang "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen. That song was "In The Air Tonight" by Phil Collins.įor 80s Night, Jeff took on the Cutting Crew hit "(I Just Died) in Your Arms Tonight". However, due to a graphics error that nullified the votes, he had to sing another song for the re-vote show. Jeff's mentor Kelly Rowland was even in tears because of her being so proud of him. Paulina Rubio loved it, and Simon Cowell called it "the best performance of the night". Despite the song not being in his genre, Jeff's performance of it got him praise from the judges. The performance earned Jeff a spot in the top 12.įor Motown Night, Jeff sang the Lionel Richie classic "Say You Say Me". Simon Cowell called his performance "bloody brilliant", and Kelly Rowland told him how proud she was of him. Despite it not being his best performance according to the judges except Kelly Rowland, Jeff made it to the live shows.įor the first live show, Jeff took on the Pink hit, "Try", which got the crowd excited. In this phase of the competition, Jeff took on the popular Christian hymn "Amazing Grace" and added a bit of a rock twist to it. Jeff made it to the next round where he made the top 40 and got Kelly Rowland as his mentor. He then was given another chance so he sang "Creep" by Radiohead, which proved to be more impressive. He first sang "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith at his audition, but the judges objected. Jeff decided to give the show another try in 2013. He cites Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Bob Dylan as a couple of his musical influences. However, he was cut in bootcamp, something Simon Cowell later admitted in an interview that he regretted doing.īefore trying out for the show, Jeff had previously been the lead singer of a band called Dry Cell as well as a few other bands. He wowed the judges with his rendition of "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen, earning four yeses. Jeff, a single dad of a young son, originally gained notice when he auditioned for season 2.
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