Creed: Awesome or Sucks?

i hate creed so much.

so excited!

Guys I have to admit I think "My Own Prison" is kind of an awesome song, and that I did it at karaoke once.

It's also about Scott Stapp being damned, so that's fine.

Ok, that's really only true of the the first verse, but he doesn't really enunciate the rest.

I'm prepared for the sbs, but Creed's first album isn't completely awful as far as post-grunge mall-rock goes. It all went downhill starting with that second album.

I always thought One had kind of a taut rollick in the verses

I mean, basically they went from being a band that I didn't completely mind when "My Own Prison" came on the alt-rock station to being a band that made me want to SMASH whenever I heard them.

In 2004, former Creed members Mark Tremonti, Scott Phillips and Brian Marshall, found themselves searching for the perfect new singer…enter the one and only, Myles Kennedy. Since then, they have been a mainstay on rock radio and now releasing a new record, AB III on November 9! (Miles also performs on Slash’s new solo record and fronts his touring band).

http://gizmodo.com/5739091/how-creed-saved-a-norwegian-boy-from-a-pack-of-wolves

Earlier this week, in the Norwegian town of Rakkestad, 13-year-old Walter Eikrem was walking home from school when he crossed paths with a pack of wolves. With his life on the line, he had to think quick. He blasted Creed.

"At first, I thought it might have been the neighbor's dogs," Walter told a Norwegian TV station after the incident. In fact, all alone amongst the sloping, snowy hills that separated his school from his family's farmhouse, he was about to encounter four wild wolves.

Fearing that they were getting ready to attack, Walter remained calm, remembering his mother's exhortation not to run away if he ever encountered the animals in the wild. So he stood his ground and figured he might be able to scare the animals off with the music from his cell phone. He yanked out his earbuds. Out blared Creed's Christian rock anthem "Overcome."

Walter waved his arms wildly and screamed at the top of his lungs along with the music, and sure enough, the wolves turned around and walked the other way. I'm sure Creed has saved many fans in its career but never quite like this.

wolves should have eaten the kid for that imo

I'd rather been eaten by wolves than listen to Creed.

There's another version of this story that the band in question is Megadeth.

I'd rather been eaten by wolves than listen to Creed.

otm

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Music tames the savage beast, whereas Creed makes it cringe and slink away with a feeling of cultural superiority. Reply
Edited by hilikusopus at 01/21/11 9:26 AM

i honestly can't think of a band off the top of my head that i despise more.

that shit about creed vs. owl city where the latter won the poll for being worse is super rong imo

june 10, 2002...my first post ever.

Saved by Creed? Norwegian Boy Fends Off Wolf Pack with Heavy Metal

Has anyone heard about this in the past two days??????//?

no

first paragraph of that article... eat yr heart out goalkeeper:

While walking home from the busstop this week, a 13-year-old Norwegian school boy stumbled upon four wolves. In the end, it may have been his love of heavy-metal music by the band Creed that saved his life.

ppl who hypenate 'heavy metal' are disgusting savages im indubitably correct o

ppl who can't spell 'hyphenate' = life's winners

i hope this sorry sack of shit band does not get critically rehabbed when the 00s revival comes about.

don't have to settle no god damn score

My bartender looks like Scott stapp

this brings tears to my eyes

He has a pooka shell necklace with a cross on it.

Long brown locks that scream "I am beefing with kid rock"

But also "pretty cool that Jesus died for our sins, guys"

this band is way too hilarious to hate

exactly! "with arms wide open" = secret cheesy classic. i recommend singing along while imitating scott stapp's voice.

This should be a 'defend the indefensible' thread.

I hate being elitist but this and nickelback are my foolproof bands to know if I shouldn't discuss music with you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vMpfbuI9FY

http://www.change.org/p/mgm-change-the-name-of-the-movie-creed

Of course, this is much funnier when one believes it to be earnest.

i hope this sorry sack of shit band does not get critically rehabbed when the 00s revival comes about.

― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Tuesday, May 29, 2012 1:14 AM

My Own Prison turns 20 tomorrow, and I interviewed Scott Stapp, Mark Tremonti, and producer John Kurzweg about it for Stereogum.

awesome

Creed performed at Cowboy Stadium in 2001, and to this day it is the funniest thing I have ever seen. You cannot medically prepare yourself for what happens 9 seconds into this clip pic.twitter.com/G30vCvnZ1t

— CPAC Chopra (@steak_ham) November 18, 2018

that is some gob bluth shit

I share this with friends every thanksgiving, I watched the full performance in 2001 and it remains the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen.

thank you bg for giving me something to be thankful for this year

Cool, I'd been looking for the musical equivalent of drdoomcrying.jpg.

stapp's fist-pump gesture after the angel's departure just kills me every time

the moment in its full glory (all praise to Him, of course) is here, at 1:12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prLQhRYh_Ls

not to actually the tweet, but

that's not even the best part of that performance pic.twitter.com/1thBAYil5R

— Zach Scott (@weinventyou) November 19, 2018

while it was unfolding live i couldn't believe what i was seeing. cheerleaders, a tot with a salvation army kettle, a gospel choir, a bunch of Ed Kowalczyks flying through the air on sashes, Scott Stapp #11 and his ill-prepared lip-syncing.

I doubt there's a pop culture time capsule that better explains the immediate post-9/11 era and atmosphere of the U.S.

Idgi... it’s just a dude doing aerial silks?

I doubt there's a pop culture time capsule that better explains the immediate post-9/11 era and atmosphere of the U.S.

yeah, my partner and i were just talking about that. it is incredibly over-the-top nov 2001

idg how this is any different from every other stupid superbowl halftime show