The trio of guitarist Dean DeLeo, bassist Robert DeLeo and drummer Eric Kretz announced the audition process early last month with "the intent for Stone Temple Pilots to continue on, to evolve, and to do what we do� make music!"

"We've received an outlandish amount of people sending stuff in," said Dean. "You know, thousands upon thousands. We just want one! So Robert and Eric and I are definitely up for the task and we'll see what we come up with.