Creed
 

Well, Creed is back together. I guess I would be the Creed Homo of MusicBanter. I think they rock real hard, not to mention the have some great softer songs like Arms Wide Open. All you people on here know i'm not real fond of religion, but this band is one christian band that is alright. What I think would be great is just sitting at the Creed reunion in Cleveland,Ohio and when "Arms Wide Open" just sit there and dance. Not to mention if there is anything great that Creed does it is bring out the bitches.

Everyone is entitled to their own preference in music. That said, I could think of so many more better songs and so many more better bands that Creed has ripped off and raped repeatedly. Of course they're getting together in this "economic crisis." The fact that they choose to go a religious route just makes them worse. They're like an older, dumber, blinder version of Nickleback. In an ideal music world, both bands would be forced to sodomize each other until all members breathed nothing but feces and fatigue. But you know, I'm just sayin' ...

Yeah, don't get me wrong Creed is the religious band who's lead singer is a women beating heroin addict that can't take a joke. But I'm the Creed homo. lol

Then perhaps you can join them in their fabulous sodomy party.

edit: you set yourself up for that one.

Yes I did did'nt I?


LOL

Because I'm guessing that Creed might be loathed by many here, here's a message to the would be posters in this thread. Remember the rules :

In other words, feel free to discuss (what's wrong with) Creed, but don't turn it into a sh*t-throwing contest.

LOL. Thanks Tore.

I've listened to them pretty heavily in highschool, and while I don't play them very often anymore, I still like their music. They have some really beautiful ballads and I think Tremonti is a really great guitarist. They satisfy my need for huge and catchy riffs. :\

Incidentally, I'd be more than happy to check out the better alternatives or bands they have "ripped off and raped repeatedly". (:

Good thing you posted that.

I'm just going to stay away from this one.

Hahahaha holy ****, I thought that was photoshopped but just did the same search myself. Amazing.

Got to love google. Haha. I will admit, creed were one of the first bands that got me interested in music so for that, I am forever grateful. Although I don't listen to them anymore...

there 3 albums are amazing..
perfect lyrics.

Was that sarcastic?

Same. They didn't really "get me into music" (Nirvana did that) but I used to listen to them before I was really a music "fan". Can't really stand them now though... I feel kind of sickly that I ever considered them (gulp).. talented!

Hooray!!!

Perhaps there is hope for rock n roll after all.

Again I am having a hard time discerning sarcasm on this thread.

This is a sad time in human evolution when in this day and age someone says they're excited about Creed getting back together and you have to ask them if they're being sarcastic.

I figured you were, I didn't want to offend you in the small chance you weren't.

I have a pretty good idea of where this thread is going...
http://www.musicbanter.com/rock-meta...ickleback.html

Maybe you could try and be constructive (or original at least) and help steer it in a better direction? Crazy though, I know.

While you're at it, could you kindly explain to me how this group of musicians isn't talented?

Surely!

This is an example of talent:



This is an example of non-talent:



I keed, of course anybody who plays any kind of music anywhere is probably talented. I'll leave this thread now as I have absolutely nothing postive to say.

Or intelligent apparently...oh well, you'll be sadly missed. :\

Well on a technical level they are talented, their guitarist especially.

I still like My Own Prison a little bit. :o:

so is celine dion. what is 'technical talent' really worth aside from justification by people who don't want to own up to their actual tastes?

I like your style.

I absolutely cannot stand Creed.

They're back together... must be near the End Times. Grab your lead aprons and head into the shelters, everybody.

creed really sucks.

Ya'll just had probably the funniest back-and-forth I've seen in quite a while. :rofl:

Okay, after some petty attempts at trolling, I've cleaned up the thread and handed out infractions. I posted a warning earlier, so you should know I've got my eyes on this thread.

• While debating and discussion is fine, we will not tolerate rudeness, insulting posts, personal attacks, or purposeless inflammatory posts.

If you wanna get banned from the site, keep it up. If not, be nice.

argh...why did creed have to get back together? I liked Alterbridge

I first started really getting into music back in 2000 and 2001.
Until then, I was heavily sheltered as far as music was concerned, and was forced to listen to nothing but country ballads as my parents and I traveled to wherever we happened to be going. It was sickening. I didn't care much for music at all, except for my weekly radio treat, in the form of "Mandatory Metallica" on Q106. My step brother had introduced me to that station one of the few times that we were riding together. I started hearing bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Alice in Chains...and I immediately fell in love with the three.

Then, one night, while hanging out at a friend's place, I caught the premiere of Creed's "One Last Breath" music video on MTV. I had heard a couple of their songs in the past, but never had one caught my attention, like this one.
All I was doing from the moment Tremonti's fingers started picking, was staring wide-eyed into the screen, and listening to that mind blowing guitar riff. That guitar riff is one of the best riffs of all time, in my opinion. Something about it just jumped out at me.
Anyway, I've been hooked on Creed ever since.

They were the first band I decided to spend money on, buying their "Weathered" CD, immediately after its release. Other bands like Staind, Default, Nickelback, Five For Fighting, 3 Doors Down, RHCP, and Dave Matthews started releasing some popular songs around the same time. This persuaded me to delve into the depths of 90's alternative and grunge/post grunge. Which, in turn, persuaded me to experiment with thrash metal, arena rock, classic rock, and the like.
From Creed's one CD, my collection has grown to be quite vast.
And yes, I paid for every single one of them.
Now, I listen to everything from the 60's, to today. And I look forward to tomorrow. (But now I don't listen to a damn bit of country. :))

I credit Creed for turning me on to music I can jam to, and getting me into some of the best bands in music history. It could have been any band, but they came along at just the right moment for me.
And before anyone replies, I really don't give a damn about your opinions of "mainstream music". Maybe you hate every band that makes radio, or maybe you don't. But me, and well over 500 million strong, kind of like it.
Creed has sold over 30 million copies. Nirvana, over 50.
Those bands you cling to that no one else knows about, who are probably very good, but will probably never reach mainstream, can't come anywhere near in comparison to those figures.

Don't use that against me, either. I listen to plenty of bands that will never make mainstream. I just find it irritating how some people, mostly critics, deem some music horrible because it isn't artistic, or complex enough, to be secluded from radio. Example being, "That band sucks, they're a bunch of corporate sell outs." Or, "Screw that band, they're generic mainstream crap. They suck, even though everyone likes them."

Mainstream means nothing, as far as talent goes.
I just happen to enjoy quite a few mainstream bands.
If massive radio play is supposed to make a band unpopular, I guess I'm not with the program, and never intend to be.

I secured a pit ticket to Creed's September 11th concert at the Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta, GA. And if I'm still living on that day, I'll see them and Staind playing in the heart of Atlanta. I swore up and down for years that I would never pay more than 100 bucks for a ticket. Creed is not good enough for that, in my opinion. I can't think of any band I like well enough to pay that price, honestly. But, I paid for it anyway. Due to my procrastination, I paid a lot more than I would have....too bad I didn't buy it a week earlier. I may end up regretting the cost of the ticket, but I probably won’t regret the decision. I had been hoping to see the band in concert, since year 2001. Once they disbanded, I figured that chance was gone for good. Now that I've got another chance to see the band, I've booked my spot for the show.

I've listened to a few recordings from their new shows, and saw them play on VH1. Either Stapp has a head cold, or he's blown his voice from the recent recording sessions, or rehearsals. I fear the latter is probably more accurate. I just hope that it's temporary, because his performances of late, are absolutely NOTHING like the ones he did a few years ago. If you compare his voice from earlier concerts, to the ones in the last few days, you notice a big difference in tone and pitch. The Scott Stapp of a few years ago would sing, and you could swear it was the same as the studio version of the vocals. He has an amazing voice for his genre. He's been an ******* and an egomaniac in his time, and even if he still is, it does nothing to change the quality of the music he's a part of, and the band that he performs with.

Mark Tremonti is a very highly underrated guitarist, who has progressed from average, to excellent. You won’t hear a lot of his talent on the first few Creed albums, but he shines all throughout his Alter Bridge performances. Same goes for the other members.

As far as Creed being a religious band, that's all been a misconception portrayed by the media. They have a lot of religious themes in their songs, but it's just lyrics that applied to them, (or Stapp), at the time. They never set out to go that route, and I don't see how people could think they are religious anyway. We're talking about a frontman who has been caught making sex tapes, starting drunken fights, passing out on stage, and assaulting his ex-wife. All of which, Stapp claims, is solely in his past. And if it is, I congratulate him and encourage him to keep it that way.

As for Alter Bridge, no one needs to fear their demise. They will return to the studio to record their third studio album, following the end of Creed's reunion tour. This tour has a large part to do with record executives wanting to make a lot of cash, in a lot of ways, in a short amount of time. But it is clear by the band's performance that they love every second of what they're doing, regardless of how well they are being paid for it.

Hope you enjoyed my rant.
There's my two and a half cents for the day.

I do a mean Scott Stapp singing impression.

I love the vocals.

Haha. With the way his vocals sound lately, I could probably sing it just as well, myself.

"Mark Tremonti is a very highly underrated guitarist, who has progressed from average, to excellent"

Completely agree. I think the new Creed single "Overcome" shows off some of Mark's guitar abilities better than a lot of previous Creed singles. All of Mark Tremonti's work whether it be Creed, Alter Bridge, or Fret12 has yet to disappoint!

Eh, I would say he's an above average guitarist who doesn't know how to get himself into a decent band. He had a few guitar parts on old creed albums that I was impressed by.

They're phukkin horrible.

I knew they were reforming, but I didn't new there was a new single involved...

He raps in their new song.
Stapp freaking raps...

Ouch, that does not sound good at all... it sounds just kinda.... wrong, even....

I lol'd

Wowz, this is pretty amazing: there are people on MB who actually enjoy post-grunge who aren't mentally handicapped in some fashion!

As much I normally dislike insulting in the general sense, I can say in all sincerity that people like that (including a few of you) can piss off. It's thanks to such folks that real rock bands who actually work hard to write and compose material that go beyond 4-minute chorus-bridge fest have to cut off their own ballsacks and shave all the grit from their sound in studio to actually make it on the air.

So huzah to everyone who likes this band and congratulations, and I hope that corporate money-grubbing cock tastes good every time you enthusiastically shell out half a hundred bucks or more to see bands like Creed in concert instead of broadening your own horizons. :wave:

To the ignorant who will post here in the future: Just because some people are satisfied with mediocrity doesn't mean everyone else needs to put up with it, and if you're thoughtless enough to disregard your own curiosity over mediocrity then you shouldn't be listening to music in the first place.