Creed: Awesome or Sucks?

tracing a line thru Zep --> Creed makes my stomach a little upset

Well, yeah, but you can see how there might be someone out there that thinks like that, right? I just don't think I'll be that surprised when Creed's tour sells well, lots of people with questionable taste out there.

ya i can see it, and i won't be surprised either. just relieved to be me

name a creed song you'd willingly listen to the whole way through

― oh, whineypause (k3vin k.), Monday, April 27, 2009 3:01 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

"higher" was the first guitar riff i ever learned to play and the christ baiting in the video still makes me lol so

"My Own Prison" - mid-90s Live/Pearl Jam nostalgia

http://i.realone.com/assets/rn/img/0/9/5/9/27809590-27809595-slarge.jpg

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/04/27/creeds-scott-stapp-calls-reunion-a-renewing-and-a-rebirth/

Five years after their highly acrimonious split, Creed are reforming for a new album and an American tour, which kicks off August 6th in Pittsburgh and runs through October 14th. “I wouldn’t call it a reunion,” says singer Scott Stapp. “It’s a renewing and a rebirth. I missed my boys and wanted to create music with them again. We’re all thrilled to have a second chance to make a first impression.”

The reconciliation began last December when Stapp reached out to Creed guitarist Mark Tremonti. They agreed to meet up at the Hard Rock Hotel in Florida before Stapp sang the “National Anthem” at the Champs Sports Bowl. “I was nervous, but also excited because I knew Mark would bring nothing but positivity,” says Stapp. “We exchanged family pictures and within 20 minutes we were jamming on acoustic guitars and talking about new songs.” They soon met up with drummer Scott Phillips and bassist Brian Marshall, who left Creed in 2000 but is returning for the new album and tour. “At that meeting we were collectively saying, ‘Hey man, I’m sorry if I hurt you or my choices did anything to cause you any pain. I have nothing but love and forgiveness for you and I hope you can forgive me. It’s all part of the process of reflection and not looking back at the six months out of 10 years that were trying.”

Stapp and Tremonti already have six demos for the new album, which they plan on recording shortly in Nashville. They are currently looking for a producer. “We’re reached out to Brendan O’Brien, Mutt Lange, Bob Rock, Steve Lillywhite and six or seven more,” says Stapp. “We want to put ourselves around the best and have them bring out the best in us and challenge us as artists.” The likely title track is “Full Circle.” “It’s a favorite for all of us,” says Stapp. “It really defines and articulates, melody-wise and lyrically, what’s happened with us. We’ve come full circle and it’s a great place to be. The goal is get release the first single before the tour and have the album come out during the tour or right after.”

What’s the status of Stapp’s long-in-the-works second solo disc? “I’m not really thinking about that right now,” he says. “It would be irresponsible for me to think about anything but Creed. This band is my first love and a first love that’s stood the test of time. It’s not hard to step away from any kind of personal agenda when you are totally fulfilled.”

Tour dates:
August 6 - Pittsburgh PA
August 8 - Darien Lakes NY
August 9 - Hershey PA
August 11 - Saratoga Springs NY
August 13 - Philadelphia PA
August 15 - Wantagh NY
August 16 - Holmdel NJ
August 18 - Boston MA
August 20 - Hartford, CT
August 21 - Washington DC
August 22 - Virginia Beach VA
August 25 - Detroit MI
August 26 - Cleveland OH
August 28 - Cincinnati OH
August 29 - Indianapolis IN
August 30 - Chicago IL
September 1 - Milwaukee
September 2 - Columbus OH
September 4 - Raleigh NC
September 5 - Charlotte NC
September 11 - Atlanta GA
September 12 - Birmingham AL
September 15 - Orlando FL
September 16 - West Palm Beach FL
September 18 - Lafayette LA
September 19 - New Orleans LA
September 20 - Bossier City LA
September 22 - Dallas TX
September 24 - San Antonio TX
September 25 - Houston TX
September 27 - Las Vegas NV
September 29 - Glendale AZ
September 30 - Irvine CA
October 2 - Salt Lake City UT
October 3 - Denver CO
October 6 - Minneapolis MN
October 7 - Omaha NE
October 9 - Tulsa OK
October 10 - Kansas City MO
October 13 - St Louis MO
October 14 - Nashville TN

In addition to the lulzworthy reporting of the tender Stapp/Tremonti reunion, I'd like to point out that Darien Lakes NY is an amusement park.

http://www.coaster-net.com/pics/sfdl/logo.jpg

they have a few okay singles

Never have I said this with more earnest sincerity: RAISE YOUR STANDARDS!

Creed >>>>>>>>>> Killing Joke

Just kidding. Don't break your computer Alex.

If someone will pay for it I will attend and report on Cleveland, OH show.

“At that meeting we were collectively saying, ‘Hey man, I’m sorry if I hurt you or my choices did anything to cause you any pain. I have nothing but love and forgiveness for you and I hope you can forgive me. It’s all part of the process of reflection and not looking back at the six months out of 10 years that were trying.”

This apparently came from the 'Ron Moore talks to the fans' transcript.

Darien Lakes NY is an amusement park

TONITE:

PUPPET SHOW
CREED

"They agreed to meet up at the Hard Rock Hotel in Florida before Stapp sang the National Anthem at the Champs Sports Bowl" is the opening line in my Creed biography.

Photo of the year:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/282824031/scott_05_00487_4i_FL.jpg

lol.

coupla points about creed. i'll admit to liking their first album. and that's it. stapp is an egomaniac who once in a yahoo chat interview claimed he kicked eddie vedder's ass vocally (in response to one of the audience member's questions).

and lets not forget how they seem to think their music has some kind of esoteric weight beyond spiritual wannabe post-grunge. if i ever hear 'with eyes wide open' again, i might have to find the masters and burn them

Oh how I laugh:

http://idolator.com/5282592/would-you-go-see-creed-if-you-only-had-to-pay-75-cents

Creed >>>>>>>>>> Killing Joke

― homage is parody gone sour (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, April 27, 2009 6:02 PM

Nice out of context pull there. You're missing the very important follow-up post.

don't tell me...alex in NYC was upset about something. now THAT i have to read

I will admit to liking "My Sacrifice", mostly for Mark Tremonti's (had to Google his name ) guitar licks (the riff that propels the bridge is actually pretty rocking, in a responsible and adult-like fashion), but that "six feet from the edge" song should be BANNED FOREVER.

Creed Is Good
Scott Stapp's nu-grunge foursome was seriously underrated.

http://www.slate.com/id/2233082/

"If your impulse on hearing that it has reunited is to groan, stifle it long enough to locate a copy of Creed's 2004 Greatest Hits collection. It's a fantastic baker's dozen of first-rate schlock-rock, courtesy of one of the most underrated and unfairly maligned groups in pop history."

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

think that was posted to the bad music writing thread already but yeah these retarded modest proposal irony peices gotta stop

Irony schmirony!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipy58SaIRhs

why do people keep calling Creed christian? the lyrics may be "spiritual" or whatever but I'm pretty sure there is no actual connection to CCM & christian rocker types don't consider them part of that scene i think

anyway, the Slate article is really bending over backwards here, creed is shit.... but i would still better listen to them than kings of leon

Don't worry their rehab piece is due in 2016.

My problem with Creed is not Stapp's voice (works well in context) or persona (rock music is chock full of douchebags) or the guitar riffs (decent hard rock). My problem is that, like pretty much every post-grunge rock band in America, the songs are too fucking slow. They do not "rock." They shuffle from foot to foot. It's no wonder their videos have so much slo-mo in 'em; their drummer plays in slow motion. Staind are actually worse offenders in this regard (did they release one single that wasn't a fucking dirge?), but Creed are a prime example of trudge-rock. The only Creed song I like even a little is "Bullets," because for at least part of its running time the drummer wakes up, and the band gets into second gear. They don't sustain it, of course. But for a minute or so, they are a genuinely rockin' band. (They pull the same trick on the new single, "Overcome.")

i guess the fact that creed has actual pop songs and stuff make them automatically better than a lot of bands i don't even know the name of. shinedown? is that one of them? i just hate this type of music tbh

CREED ARE THE WORST BAND EVER, JUST SAYING

worse than nickelback?

they might be tied, but you are so right, nickelback are awful

What's up with Creed doing that WHOOOAAAAOOOHHHOHHHH YAAAGHASEXIZONFIYAAAAH song a year back or so?

I've been trying to get people to refer to this vocal style as "reer" for many years.. Here's something I wrote about it a long time ago on my friends facebook..

"Reer" is a vocal style that became popular by a young surfer named Edward Vedder from The Pearl Jam.. it's main characteristic is how often there's extra emphasis on the "err's" and "rree's".. a few years later the style was adopted by singers from far more mediocre bands such as Darius Rucker from Hootie and the Blowfish, and eventually an entire mainstream rock subgenre was built around it starting in 1998 by the emergence of Creed's Scott Stapp, eventually resulting in its peak in popularity which took place between 2000 and 2002 with Chad Kroger from Nickleback, Aaron Lewis from Staind, and that asshole from Godsmack.. one of the most recent big hit songs of this type was "Lips Of An Angel" from Hinder. lots of modern mainstream country singers also use this vocal style, but it's normally used to describe bullshit bar-rock where the singer sounds like eddie vedder.

I recall writing that during that during work using my phone keypad which is why I'll have to apologize for the poor grammar and word choice, but you get the point..

The next year, at home in Orlando, Stapp put two guns to his head, intent on blowing out his brains.

Sorry for laughing but, seriously, two guns for the suicide attempt there, Scott?

I don't feel sorry laughing about that at all.

"Higher" might turn out to be the nu-grunge "Don't Stop Believing"

Can definitely see this -- along with the inevitable rehabilitation down the road. Oh well.

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Even with a suicide attempt things had to be overblown. TWO GUNS.

http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2007/08/hardboiledpic.jpg

wooicide

sorry that was lame.

i meant attempted wooicide

Hold up, before I get my twin suicide guns let me release the doves.

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I've been trying to get people to refer to this vocal style as "reer" for many years.

I always thought it was called yarl?

awesome article.

And thus I roffle.

Stapp is also slated to be one of the featured singers on a version of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son" for the new Santana album, "Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time,"

Oh man, I can hear this in my head and it's horrible.