Additional personnel: John Kurzweg (keyboards)Recorded at The Kitchen Studio, Tallahassee, Florida and Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida.The music of Creed was born out of the strife and tumult of singer Scott Stapp's personal life. He turned down a university scholarship and left home at 17, estranging himself from his parents, whose strict religious mindset he had been at odds with for years. Eventually, he hit bottom, living in a car and scribbling down the ideas that became the lyrics to Creed songs. The mainstream success of MY OWN PRISON has taken Stapp and his fellow Floridians in Creed a long way from dumpster-diving. The band's combination of spiritually-oriented lyrics and guitar-based post-Nirvana hard rock connected in a big way with rock radio and with their vast, rabid following. MY OWN PRISON reflects the band's belief in the redemptive power of both God and rock and roll. On such tunes as "In America," "What's This Life For" and "Pity For A Dime" the band expresses both sociopolitical and spiritual concerns while leaving plenty of room for world-class headbanging riffs.
Creed's debut cd. My Own Prison was originally recorded for less than $6,000 in the home studio of producer John Kurzweg. Two months after it’s 1997 release, the disc had sold over 3,000 copies. Remixed by Ron Saint-Germain (Tool, Soundgarden, 311) and re-released on BMG-distributed Wind-up Records, My Own Prison quickly became the #1 track at rock radio. .My Own Prison has gone platinum since then and is a great cd. You can find the lyrics for all the songs on this cd in the
Lyrics area.
On September 23rd, Creed will be releasing their next album, "Human Clay" and Scott Stapp has said that he thinks they have become better musicians and songwriters, and he thinks this CD is even better then his first one! Their first single "Higher" which will be released on September 1st, and is already on radio. GOODLUCK GUYS!!!!
Creed's latest single "Higher" is
Scorching it's way up the charts.
"Wrong Way," "Inside Us All", "Say I",
"Faceless Man", "Beautiful", "With Arms
Wide Open" are also included on HUMAN CLAY.
Creed was by far the BEST part of Woodstock '99! They had the crowd just a screamin, but undercontrol! Creed is going to start touring again by the end of this year!
