Posted on 06/04/2004 11:52:28 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Edited By Barry A. Jeckell. June 04, 2004, 9:25 AM ET
Creed Calls It Quits
The members of Creed have confirmed that they will split after almost a decade together. The announcement comes three months after Creed songwriter/singer Scott Stapp told Billboard that his bandmates would take a break.
In a statement issued today (June 4) and posted on the band's official Web site, Stapp says, "Creed was one of the most amazing journeys through music and friendship I am blessed to say I was a part of."
Creed's last studio album, "Weathered," debuted in December 2001 at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and has more than 6.2 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. A spokesperson for the Wind-up Records act says the band's three albums have accrued worldwide sales to date in excess of 30 million units.
Going forward, Creed songwriter/guitarist Mark Tremonti will collaborate with the band's drummer Scott Phillips, original Creed bassist Brian Marshall and former Mayfield Four singer/songwriter Myles Kennedy on a new project called Alter Bridge. The band's debut album will be released Aug. 10 through Wind-Up.
"It's kind of sad to end a chapter of your life, but it's also exciting to be starting a new one," Tremonti says in the statement. "We'll always be proud of the music we made with Creed, but Alter Bridge gives me the opportunity to start over with a different perspective and a more evolved direction. This band begins and ends with the love of the music."
An Alter Bridge promotional acoustic tour of radio stations is planned for the summer. A worldwide tour will begin in late August or early September. The band has already established a Web presence at alterbridge.com.
As previously reported, Stapp will contribute material to a compilation of compositions inspired by the film "The Passion of the Christ." The set is due Aug. 31 via Wind-Up.
The singer will also continue to work with producer 7 Aurelius, best known for his work with such hip-hop heavyweights as Nelly and Ja Rule, on his solo debut. Canadian rock act the Tea Party has been tapped to work on the set. Stapp has also claimed his own Web space at scottstapp.com, which promises a full site is coming soon.
Finally, Wind-Up will release a Creed greatest hits compilation later this year.
-- Lars Brandle, London
I LIKE CREED- THEY ARE A CHRISTIAN BUNCH ARE THEY NOT?? we need more christian influence in music? Jesus is what it is all about isn't he?
That's what I'm talkin' bout!
"Arrested Development" in the house!
Wait a second, when did that group become a bunch of goofy looking white dudes?
Did I miss something?
I looked around at this Raleigh, NC audience (a HUGE one), which can be a notoriously rough bunch ("Freebird!!!!!!!!!!!!!!")......and I swear they were singing every lyric to every song, especially the quiet, sweeter numbers. The looks on the faces of professionals in khaki shorts next to tattooed rednecks as they sang these beautiful lyrics together was priceless. It was actually, not to sound maudlin, a moving experience. Here was a young man singing the Lord's praises in his own way, in Creed's way.......and everyone knew it, responded to it, and appreciated it.
My respect for them as a band, already fairly high at that point based on the few songs of theirs that I was familiar with, just skyrocketed. Rock needs more bands like this; clean, positive image, positive message, and they can ROCK.
Yeah, they'll be missed.
I was more bummed when Neal Morse left Spock's Beard.
Dave Matthews is not overrated. He just plain sucks.
Stapp was so moved by the movie, 'The Passion', that he has written some songs for a CD about the movie to be released later this summer.
Who ?!
Guess that shows my ignorance. When I first saw Rush mentioned I thought you were talking about Rush Limbaugh. Wondered why he was doing concert tours. LOL!
LOL. Wonder how many got the reference?
Amen.
Was it the women? :)
The rage in my eyes
Could have compared to the eye of a sun
Then rain
Took it's course through the hands of the Son
Repent for all time
The world is at war leaving all fault behind
So Is this the end for us my friend?
So Is this the end for us my friend?
The stains in the sky
Are there to remind us of man and his fight
When two worlds collide
One steals the life like a thief in the night
So look to the sky
He hold the keys for your life and mine
So Is this the end for us my friend?
So Is this the end for us my friend?
So Is this the end for us my friend?
Well as though we rise
As the day breaks the dawn
And as the moon hides the sun
Oh, the sun
No more sorrow
All those crying days are gone
No more sorrow, now it's gone
Now it's gone
Now it's gone
So Is this the end for us my friend?
So Is this the end for us my friend?
So Is this the end for us my friend?
So Is this the end for us my friend?
Good post. Although I wonder how you can use the phrase "great musicianship" and Creed in the same sentence having been playing since '68 and having seen and heard some of the greatest musicians in history. No offense to Creed----but they don't even come close. I guess I would have to have an experience similar to yours to have a change-of-heart about Creed. What ever happened to the venerable 'guitar solo'-- do they even exist anymore? Remember when you had different guitarists with different styles? You could be in a Clapton 'mood' or a Page 'mood' or a Van Halen 'mood'- you get the idea. Such variety gave rise to a very creative generation of bands/artists as diverse as The Moody Blues, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, The Eagles, Hendryx, Zeppelin, James Taylor, Kiss, Chicago the list goes on. Nowadays rock solos tend to sound so monochromatic, predictable as you say, going more for effect than actual musical resolve. It's so depressing and probably why Rock has been eclipsed by these nauseating Brittany/'N-Sync clones over the past 8 years or so.
And The Crash Test Dummies?
I got a ride from a cousin last year. My poor ear drums still ache at the memory of the thankfully brief ride.
She's in her mid-40s and went to two concerts that year.
"Angry boy band" was her comment.
Musically, I certainly don't put Creed in the same league as some (any) of the greats you mention, but that doesn't mean that they were sloppy. Far from it. What they do, they do well. As far as solos go..........they had almost run their course, I think, but I still do like a good, tasty solo. You're right; you just don't hear them any more. You can thank Nirvana and their legions of subsequent imitators for that.
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