Creed

This would indeed make a great thesis for a paper... I think most labels probably have a strategic plan, ya know, certain no. of artists that appeal to certain audiences, etc... so they are hitting their targets correctly... kinda like GM and Ford might only market certain cars so as to not overflood thue maarketplace with the same product and not sell many of any, losing money on production, promotion, etc...

As much as we don't like to ponder it, I guess its still a business working under modern business priciples...
 
So, on the Lex and Terry show (Only decent morning radio show in South 'Bama, it seems) they were mocking a live, acoustic performance of Creed.

More specifically, My Own Prison.
I believe the line was "Gabriel stanRAB and confirms"
But on the recording it sounRAB like "Gabriel's stanky fangers"

Once they upload the podcast, I'll link it. Honest to god, it was hillarious listening to them try and decifer Scott Stapp.
 
Congrats to Scott Stapp, the only person who Kid Rock can call an idiot, thus setting a new standard for durab****ery.
I listened to Creed for about year, when I was 8 going on 9. So I guess I had a viable excuse. But in high school? Hard to believe, Creed fans to me just exist so Pearl Jam fantarRAB have something to make fun of.

But I still find Stapp's use of pronunciation to be ****ing hilarious, a mahn among mahns in that regard.
 
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 ballaRAB and I think Tremonti is a really great guitarist. They satisfy my need for huge and catchy riRAB. :\

Incidentally, I'd be more than happy to check out the better alternatives or banRAB they have "ripped off and raped repeatedly". (:
 
Yep, and the only people who end up getting on major labels these days have to meet whatever critera the label wants in the music they promote.

In that regard, perhaps Creed were fortunate that their first two albums came out when they did, cause they're sound is only gonna get flatter from here on out. Thank God for banRAB who stick to analog!

But yeah, I'm done trolling this thread. That was fun though! :tramp:
 
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.
 
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Creed's coming here to where I live in Noveraber, but I'm not sure if I'm gonna go. Hell I'd like to, but I don't think I'd fit in that scene too well. When you look at me, you don't exactly think I listen to rock and stuff. Plus nobody I know really likes it enough to actually go to a concert, so I'd be going alone, which would obviously be no fun.
 
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 ballaRAB 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 banRAB 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 riRAB 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 banRAB 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 banRAB 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 banRAB 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 banRAB 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 banRAB.
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 Septeraber 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
 
What?

Of all their CD's Human Clay was the one that was least horrible. What didn't you like about it.

I thought for a second they started ripping off metallica instead of pearl jam with whatever track 2 is called.
 
isn't he deaf in one ear? I think I heard that. That's the man reason he pronounces things the way he does. To me it always sounded like he had marbles in his mouth and was trying to sing but when I found out the deaf thing I stopped making fun of him for it.

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