Creed band
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Creed returning for an encore in Salt Lake City, October 2009
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| Origin | Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1993–2004, 2009–2012 |
| Labels | Wind-Up Entertainment, Inc. |
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| Website | creed |
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Creed was an American rock band formed in 1993 in Tallahassee, Florida. The band's best-known line-up consists of lead vocalist Scott Stapp, guitarist and vocalist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall, and drummer Scott Phillips. Creed released two studio albums, My Own Prison in 1997 and Human Clay in 1999, before Marshall left the band in 2000. The band's third album, Weathered, was released in 2001 with Tremonti handling bass before the band disbanded in 2004 due to increasing tension between members. Stapp followed a solo career while Tremonti, Marshall, and Phillips went on to found the band Alter Bridge in 2004.
In 2009, after months of speculation, Creed reunited for a new album called Full Circle, and toured until the end of 2012. Another album was planned, but has since been shelved. The instrumental members turned their attention back to Alter Bridge and Tremonti formed his own band, while Scott Stapp joined Art of Anarchy. There are currently no plans for Creed to resume.
Becoming popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Creed released three consecutive multi-platinum albums, with their Human Clay album having been certified diamond. Creed has sold over 28 million records in the United States, and over 53 million albums worldwide, becoming the ninth best-selling artist of the 2000s. Creed is often recognized as one of the prominent acts of the post-grunge movement that began in the mid 1990s.
Creed's origins lie in 1993 in Tallahassee, Florida. Founding members vocalist Scott Stapp and guitarist Mark Tremonti had been classmates in high school and friends at Florida State University. Upon reuniting, Stapp and Tremonti realized that they had a mutual love for writing music and performing. After several discussions and times spent writing songs, many of which addressed themes of Christian theology and spirituality due to Stapp's religious background as the stepson of a Pentecostal minister, the duo held auditions which led to the recruitment of rhythm guitarist Brian Brasher, bassist Brian Marshall, and drummer Scott Phillips to complete the quintet. By the end of 1995, Brasher left the band. Creed then decided to remain as a four-piece band. The four musicians had already written and collaborated on four of the songs that would go on to become tracks on Creed's chart-topping 1997 debut album, My Own Prison. The band found local success and began to play shows in bars and small venues throughout Tallahassee. Their original band name, "Naked Toddler," was based on a newspaper story. This was poorly received by their fans, so they settled on Creed, a nod to Marshall's previous band Mattox Creed.
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