Creed (band)
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- This article is about the American Post-grunge band. For other uses, see Creed (disambiguation).
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<tr><td>Origin</td><td colspan="2">Florida, United States</td></tr><tr><td>Genre(s)</td><td colspan="2">Post-grunge</td></tr><tr><td>Years active</td><td colspan="2">1995–2004</td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right: 1em;">Label(s)</td><td colspan="2">Blue Collar Records |
Creed was a post-grunge group that became one of the best selling rock bands of the late 1990s and early 2000s in the US. While the original grunge groups were experimenting with new sounds, Creed adapted grunge into a radio-friendly style.
Some listeners consider Creed's music to be Christian rock. However, the band's frontman has stated:
Scott Stapp, vocalist
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[edit] History
Creed originally came together in Tallahassee, Florida in 1995 as Naked Toddler when Stapp and guitarist Mark Tremonti, former high school friends, got together and started writing songs. They soon added bassist Brian Marshall and drummer Scott Phillips. Brian Marshall came up with the band name "Creed", taken from the name of his former band, Maddox Creed.
They then found work at a live music bar, where they impressed owner Jeff Hanson enough to let them play at one of his bigger stores. Hanson liked the band so much that he convinced producer John Kurzweg to produce the band. Their first album My Own Prison was independently released, and distributed to Florida radio stations. This drew the attention of several labels that agreed to see the band, only to pass. Dejected, Creed was playing a small gig when Diana Meltzer from Wind-Up Records heard the group. She had heard their independent album, and after hearing them live, signed the band to her label. After a remix to make it more radio friendly, My Own Prison was re-released by Wind-Up Records across the country.
Meanwhile, Brian Marshall particularly offended many fans when he criticized Pearl Jam on a Seattle radio station (KNDD). He was soon kicked out of the band, and Brett Hestla (Virgos Merlot, Dark New Day) took over on the Human Clay tour, and subsequent tours. Around that time, Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit badmouthed Stapp at a festival where they were both performing. In response to this, Scott Stapp invited Fred Durst to an open boxing match in which Durst declined.
In the fall of 2001, My Sacrifice, the first single off of Creed's last album Weathered, was used in a series of promotional tribute videos made by World Wrestling Entertainment. The song went on to be one of many inspirational songs post-911. They also had "Young Grow Old," a b-side to the 1999 release Human Clay, featured as the official theme song for World Wrestling Entertainment WWE's Backlash pay-per-view event in April 2002. In early 2002, "Bullets" was released as a single, along with a costly, special effects-laden video. The song and video were possibly Creed's least successful since achieving mainstream success. However, Creed rebounded quickly, with one of the summer's biggest hits, "One Last Breath".
Stapp got into a car accident in April 2002. It seemed that their planned tour wasn't going to happen, but Stapp recovered in time to make up the last shows. "Don't Stop Dancing" was a minor hit for Creed in late 2002/early 2003.
Creed was sued in 2003 by four concert goers who claimed Scott Stapp "was so intoxicated and/or medicated that he was unable to sing the lyrics of a single Creed song" at a December 29, 2002 concert in Chicago. The lawsuit was later dismissed. Further trouble ensued for the band as Creed was constantly under scrutiny for relaying religious messages both within their music and videos. Most of these accusations were directed at Stapp although Creed as a whole denied the connection between religion and the band. This was one of the main reasons for the departure of Stapp.
On June 4, 2004, it was announced that Creed had broken up. Stapp began the proccess of recording a solo album, The Great Divide, collaborating with Roadrunner Records recording artist Goneblind, while the other band members (including former bassist Brian Marshall) formed a new band, Alter Bridge, with Myles Kennedy. Touring bassist Brett Hestla has since joined the band Dark New Day.
Stapp later became the subject of several altercations, including publicly berating Beth Ostrosky, (girlfriend of Howard Stern) and getting into fisticuffs with the band 311 at a bar in Baltimore, Maryland. Further damage to his reputation was had when it was learned that Stapp had accidentally allowed a video tape of himself and Kid Rock receiving oral sex from some female groupies get out into the public domain. This brought harsh criticism from Kid Rock who blamed Stapp for letting the tape get out of his control.
[edit] Trivia
- Creed's first performance on Saturday Night Live aired on November 17, 2001 performing the songs "My Sacrifice" and "Bullets" from their third album, Weathered during an episode hosted by Billy Bob Thornton.
- A successful Google Bombing campaign has resulted in Google searches for the phrase "worst band in the world" returning multiple Creed related sites as the top results. Google Results
- Mark Tremonti was given his first guitar by Roy Fielder Sr., a high school friend who attended the majority of their early shows.[citation needed]
- A bonus track from My Own Prison titled Bound & Tied was featured on the soundtrack for Dead Man on Campus.
- An unreleased track titled To Whom It May Concern was featured on the soundtrack for The Scorpion King.
- An unreleased track titled Is This The End and What If were featured on the soundtrack for Scream 3.
[edit] Criticisms
- Creed has been panned by critics as a Pearl Jam clone due to the similarity of Stapp's vocals to Eddie Vedder.
[edit] Band members
[edit] Milestones
[edit] Album Sales
- All 3 albums released went multi-platinum.
- My Own Prison went 6x platinum in the US.
- Human Clay went 11x platinum in the US.
- Weathered went 6x platinum in the US.
- The Greatest Hits went platinum in the US.
- My Own Prison, Human Clay, and Weathered are on the list of the top 100 selling albums of all time. [1]
- Creed has sold 25 million albums in the US, making them one of the top selling artists ever in the US.
[edit] Records and Accomplishments
- Creed had 7 consecutive #1 hits, a record
- Creed was the 1st rock act to have 4 #1 singles from a debut album.
- The song "Higher" topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts for 18 weeks, a record.
- Their album "Weathered" debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts and stayed there for 8 weeks, a record which they share with the Beatles.
- The video for "With Arms Wide Open" is declared the 92nd Greatest Video ever by VH1.
[edit] Awards
- Billboard 'Rock Artist of the Year' (1998)
- Billboard 'Rock Artist of the Year' (1999)
- Billboard 'Rock Artist of the Year' (2000)
- Grammy for 'Best Rock Song "With Arms Wide Open" (2001)
- Radio Music Award for 'Rock Song of the Year' - "With Arms Wide Open" (2000)
- Radio Music Award for 'Rock Group of the Year' (2000)
- VH1 award – 'Welcome To The Big Time' (Best Newcomer) (2000)
- VH1 award – '2 for 2' (2 hit albums in a row) (2000)
- VH1 award – 'Group of the Year' (2000)
- VH1 award – 'Song of the Year' – "Higher" (2000)
- American Music award – 'Favorite Pop Album'[[]] (Human Clay) (2001)
- American Music award – 'Favorite Alternative Artist' (2001)
- American Music award – 'Favorite Alternative Artist' (2003)
- American Music award – 'Favorite Pop/Rock band/Duo/Group' (2003)
- People’s Choice award for 'Favorite Group' (2003)
- Billboard Catalog 'Artist of the Year' (2001)
- Billboard Catalog 'Album of the Year' (2001)
- Billboard 'Rock Track of the Year'- "One" (1999)
- Billboard 'Duo/Group of the Year' (2002)
- Catalog 'Artist of the Year' (2002)
- Catalog 'Album of the Year' (2002)
- VH1 Award – 'Album of the Year' (2002)
- NARM Awards – 'Best Selling Rock Records' – Human Clay album (2001)
- NARM awards – 'Best Selling Chart-making Recordings – Human Clay (2001)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Cover | Date | Title | Label | Charted | Country | Certification |
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 | May 2,1997 | My Own Prison | Wind-Up Records | #22 | US | 6x Platinum |
| September 28,1999 | Human Clay | Wind-Up Records | #1 #29 | US UK | 11x Platinum |
 | November 20,2001 | Weathered | Wind-Up Records | #1 | US | 6x Platinum |
 | November 23,2004 | Greatest Hits | Epic | #15 | US | Platinum |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |||
| US Hot 100 | US Modern Rock | US Mainstream Rock | UK Singles Chart | |||
| 1997 | "My Own Prison" | - | #7 | #1 | - | My Own Prison |
| 1998 | "What's This Life For" | - | #10 | #1 | - | My Own Prison |
| 1998 | "Torn" | - | - | #1 | - | My Own Prison |
| 1999 | "One" | #70 | #2 | #1 | - | My Own Prison |
| 1999 | "Higher" | #7 | #1 | #1 | - | Human Clay |
| 1999 | "With Arms Wide Open" | #1 | #2 | #1 | #13 | Human Clay |
| 2000 | "What If" | - | #15 | #3 | - | Human Clay |
| 2000 | "Are You Ready?" | - | #4 | #37 | - | Human Clay |
| 2001 | "My Sacrifice" | #4 | #2 | #1 | #18 | Weathered |
| 2002 | "One Last Breath" | #6 | #17 | #5 | - | Weathered |
| 2002 | "Weathered" | - | #30 | #7 | - | Weathered |
| 2002 | "Bullets" | - | #27 | #11 | - | Weathered |
[edit] References
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[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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