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Creed Break Up

00:51 / 08.06.04

A sad day for Barbelith and the music world in general.

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"When Creed came out on the radio seven years ago, there was a lot of poppy radio music...'My Own Prison' was the first song [in a long time] with a serious tone and a message behind it. After that, a lot of radio programmers started programming more serious-sounding rock and roll, and I think that's what I'm most proud of. Creed perhaps opened the doors for some other bands who may have had a message."

I don't think a lot of people know this but Creed were runner-up for Barbelith's ARTIST of the YEAR 2003" award even though their Weathered album (2001) and tour (2001-2002) didn't happen in 2003: people just love them that much. Just last weekend my friends and I were discussing the post-Nirvana rock scene and we were forced to conclude that Human Clay was the best grunge album since Paw's Dragline some five years earlier. Not coincidently, Scott Sapp is the most charismatic lead singer to burst on to the rock scene since Ed Kowalczyk. Bar none.

I'm not sure what the other members of the band were thinking but I can only pray that they recognize the mistake they've made and ask Scott to rejoin the band.

This thread is now open for everyone to share their memories and celebrate the greatness that was Creed.

02:11 / 08.06.04

Wait... there's a band called "Creed," now?

03:12 / 08.06.04

No there is not. Not anymore. Thats the whole point.

Please read the thread before posting.

04:08 / 08.06.04

I'll never forget the first time I heard Scott Stapp's voice. It was a balmy summer afternoon, and I was driving in my car to the lake just outside of town. I turned the radio on to find out exactly how hot it was that day, and there he was. I had never heard the song before, nor had I heard of the band.

I remember thinking "Oh great. Cher started a rock band."

True story.

04:43 / 08.06.04

Well hopefully we just get 2 new kick ass bands from the remaining members!

14:19 / 08.06.04

"The biggest rock band of the past decade..."

Ehh?
Since when?

Nirvana, Pixies, Jane's Addiction, My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, Jesus and Mary Chain, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Rage Against the Machine... CREED?!?!?!?!!!

let's play a game:
which one of these is different from the other?

Creed is shite.

A

15:29 / 08.06.04

They could well be the biggest-selling rock group of the past decade. Dig this crazy list of certified platinum (that's 10 million sales) records in the US. It's kinda head-scratching what's sold more than what.

15:43 / 08.06.04

Creed broke up?
Thank you God.
No, really. Nice work.
Now if you could do something about Linkin Park...?

uncle retrospective

16:31 / 08.06.04

Good riddence, cause we need bands worse than Nickleback.
Christ, they were Live-lite.
So fuck em and lets buy some guns to stop the solo acts.

ONLY NICE THINGS

21:00 / 08.06.04

Alas, our greatest stars have left the sky. And yet, through the tears, there is yet hope. There are others to take up the crown of genius that Creed have abandoned. Though they weep, they will take up the crown. Though they can never match them, they will remember them and do them honour.

That is my art. I call it "vivat rex, rex mortuus". If you found yourself uplifted by it, please make a small donation to one of Scott's favourite charities. It's what he would have wanted.

21:29 / 08.06.04

God, Haus, please try and lay off the snarkohol for awhile. We're worried about you.

Haus's "tribute" notwithstanding, I think the best way of paying our respects to Creed is to write about our favorite Creed moments. Here's mine:

I was watching "Alternative Nation," hosted as always by the lovely Kennedy. She played the video for "Cumbersome" and immediately my jaw hit the ground. What incredibly heavy riffage, what inspirational lyrics. Truly, this was a band even better than Candlebox. I couldn't believe they weren't from the Pacific Northwest, but rather, from sunny Florida. Even America's holidayland, it seems, had its demons to subdue.

"I have become...CUMBERSOME"

Thanks Scott!

00:36 / 09.06.04

In this time of sorrow, I cannot offer much, Todd. But I can offer this: on this day, by the powers vested in me by the City of Portland, I confer upon Creed the position of 'honorary Pacific Northwest grunge band,' and all the rights and responsibilities therein.

When you all make your pilgrimage over the coming weeks and months, please be sure to pay your respects at Creed House: the house where the band would have lived and written their stirring anthems, had they in fact lived here at any point in time.

09:52 / 09.06.04

this is the best news i've heard all day, thanks for posting. "the wicked witch is dead!" i love the world. YEAH!

10:04 / 09.06.04

Now let's all cross our fingers for the demise of P.O.D.

Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero

21:11 / 10.06.04

My favorite Creed moment:

When an audience member yelled out "I liked you better when you were Pearl Jam" and Scott jumped off stage and hit the guy in the mouth. He got sued for it in the end.

Creed: an inspiration to high school talent-show bands all over america.

23:39 / 22.06.04

I always thought people were just too lazy to say Creedence Clearwater Revival. Is this a joke or was this really a band?

For what it's worth, I like CCR.

10:27 / 23.06.04

I like CCR too. And Mountain. They absolutely kick it, as I believe the kids are saying these days.

at the scarwash

18:15 / 24.06.04

First Phish, now Creed. Jesus, I need a drink. Arena rock will never be the same.

Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero

18:15 / 29.06.04

Creed was a real band. A real shitty band. Did anyone ever see that video for "With arms wide open", and the end has him standing on the edge of a cliff with his arms wide open? God, what a tool.

CCR does kick ass, though.

13:24 / 30.06.04

There's always Silverchair, guys.

Don't get so disheartened.

02:37 / 02.07.04

God, what a tool.

No,no Johnny, Tool is a good band. What you want to be saying is "God, what a Limp Bizkit."

jblank: the fucking slidechamp

03:48 / 15.07.04

Todd said:
"I was watching "Alternative Nation," hosted as always by the lovely Kennedy. She played the video for "Cumbersome" and immediately my jaw hit the ground. What incredibly heavy riffage, what inspirational lyrics. Truly, this was a band even better than Candlebox. I couldn't believe they weren't from the Pacific Northwest, but rather, from sunny Florida. Even America's holidayland, it seems, had its demons to subdue."

dude. that wasn't Creed. that was 7 Mary 3. give the one-hit wonders their due.

11:55 / 15.07.04

Oh.

7 Mary 3 sucks.

04:55 / 20.07.04

"Crud."

All Acting Regiment

09:50 / 31.07.04

Okay, Staind and...uh...Puddle Of Mudd(?) pissed me off because they blatantly ripped off actual choruses from actual Pearl Jam and AIC songs, and no I can't remember exactly which but I *know* they did, smart-arse.

Whereas Creed...I just felt *sorry* for Creed. Really fucking sorry. It's like when you're at high school and you're sitting on the P.E. chuckouts bench with the clinically obese guy and he keeps tellling you how he's going to make his way in life walking dogs, first one then two and then who knows where it could go, and his grandma said it was a good idea.

The whole christian thing. The outfits, the awful outfits that they were obviously trying really hard to look like a grunge band.

The break up of Creed makes me feel as if a goldfish with scabies and no fins has just been flushed down the toilet.

Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero

17:32 / 24.08.04

I just saw a commercial, and apparently the remaining Creed band members (well...all of them. Except Scott) have teamed up with another lead singer and formed "Altar Bridge", which just may well be the worst band name of the decade.

How hard is it to think of a good band name? I mean, jesus, I've heard hundreds suggested just by this board alone.