Jeff Gutt has 'zero trepidation' about first tour as STP front-man
May 9 (UPI) -- Jeff Gutt said he feels prepared and confident about touring for the first time this summer as the lead singer of the rock band Stone Temple Pilots."Zero trepidation. For me, it's been a lifetime of almost getting there," the 41-year-old Michigan native told reporters in New York recently. "So, now, it's using all those things I've learned through all those processes."Stone Temple Pilots -- which was founded in 1989 -- fired its original front-manScott Weiland in 2013 due to his erratic behavior and drug use. Weiland died of an overdose on a tour bus in 2015 at the age of 48.Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington sat in with STP from Weiland's departure until 2015. He hanged himself in his home in July. He was 41.The Grammy winners hired Gutt in November, but this will be the...