In summer 2012, singer Jeff Gutt walked onto The X Factor audition stage and stunned judges Britney Spears, Simon Cowell, Demi Lovato, and L.A. Reid with a remarkable rendition of Leonard Cohen’s ...

Alt-rockers Stone Temple Pilots are mixing it up. The band, which is now fronted by metro Detroit native Jeff Gutt, recently announced Perdida — it’s eighth studio album and first to be all-acoustic.

It’s been almost eight years since Jeff Gutt became Stone Temple Pilots’ singer, and he still finds it hard to believe sometimes. “I don’t think it’s sunk in yet,” Gutt said with a laugh. “Every now ...