================================================ Subject: Creed From: "ambelina" To: Date: Fri 23 Mar 2001 08:57:06 -0700 ================================================ Thought you guys might liike this sorry it's so long found it on launch.com LV Amb Artist Focus It's 1998 and grunge was dead two fads ago, but somebody forgot to tell the guys in Creed. Armed with an arsenal of Pearl Jam-esque, Alice In Chains-sounding Big Rock songs, this Tallahassee, Florida group proved, once again, that nothing can keep a good rock band down. Questioning the lines between spirituality and religion--as a child, singer Scott Stapp was forced to transcribe sections of the Bible as punishment--the band's tormented lyrics (Stapp challenges organized religion in "In America" and actually says "Goddamn" in another song) are filled with enough angst-lite to walk the fine line between religious and secular fans, strangely attracting both in droves. Creed's debut, My Own Prison, surfaced quietly in the Summer of 1997, when ska and swing bands were coming off as too trendy, techno music too foreign and modern rock too wimpy. The alternative musical landscape was left fragmented, and with most of the early-'90s grunge knockoffs dead and gone, a door was left wide open for some basic troubled rockers. Creed's deep-toned rock wailings crept onto radio stations, into clubs and straight into ears of millions of fans, but no one could tell you how or why. Hip radio stations joked as they spun the first single, the album's title track, which led to successful second ("Torn") and third ("What's This Life For") singles, all which had amazingly long tenures on the charts. One year after the release of My Own Prison, the album was certified double-platinum and continued selling stronger than ever as the band moved onto releasing a fourth single. Though the band and the record label are ready to put time into a new album, the longevity of My Own Prison is keeping the band on the road and the album on the radio. Though a follow-up album is definite for Creed, it's a ways down the road before they'll need it. This Biography was written by JR_Griffin.