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Date Posted: 06/ 4/04 10:14pm
In reply to:
Smash
's message, "Creed R.I.P." on 06/ 4/04 1:29pm
Why did I read this whole article?
>Rock Band Creed Breaks Up After 3 Albums
>
>17 minutes ago
>
>By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer
>
>NEW YORK - The spiritually inclined band Creed, whose
>anthemic hits "Higher" and "With Arms Wide Open"
>helped them become one of the top-selling rock acts of
>the past decade, has called it quits.
>
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>AP Photo
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>Related Links
>• Creed web sites
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>Three former Creed members immediately announced they
>were forming a new band — minus singer Scott Stapp
>(news) — but were quick to say it was not "just Creed
>with a different singer."
>
>
>Creed's three albums sold a combined 24 million copies
>in the United States. While many critics dismissed
>them as pale Pearl Jam imitators, Creed members used
>that as creative fuel and laughed all the way to the
>bank.
>
>
>Lyricist Stapp grew up with a strict religious
>upbringing and often explored those topics in song. At
>one point five of the first eight queries on the
>"frequently asked questions" section of the
>Florida-based band's Web site dealt with Christianity,
>including "Is Creed a Christian band?"
>
>
>The band always said no.
>
>
>Stapp and guitarist Mark Tremonti (news) were longtime
>friends and songwriting partners whose relationship
>soured in the past couple of years, as Tremonti
>explained in a recent interview with MTV.com.
>
>
>That caused tension in the band. "There was a lot more
>drama," drummer Scott Phillips (news) told The
>Associated Press on Friday. "It wasn't necessarily
>created by anyone in particular. It just stopped being
>fun."
>
>
>Stapp was not available for comment, said a spokesman
>for Wind-up Records.
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>
>Creed took most of last year off, and reconvened in
>the winter to come up with new material. "The vibe
>just wasn't the same," Phillips said.
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>
>Still, they weren't about to casually disband such a
>successful unit. The band had initially figured on
>taking a hiatus, but a side project was working out so
>well they decided not to turn back, Phillips said.
>
>
>The new band, Alter Bridge, features Tremonti,
>Phillips and former Creed bassist Brian Marshall.
>Singer-songwriter Myles Kennedy, formerly of the band
>Mayfield Four, was recruited as the fourth member.
>Their first album is due out in August.
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>Phillips described the music as edgier than Creed,
>with the musicians given more space to show off their
>chops.
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>"We don't want to make it seem like it's just Creed
>with a different singer," he said.
>
>
>Stapp's first solo recording will be on a soundtrack
>of music inspired by the film "The Passion of the
>Christ." He's working on a solo album with the
>Canadian band the Tea Party.
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