Comparing Stapp singing creed songs and myles singing creed songs is like apples and oranges. As already evidenced in this forum, creed fans wouldn't mind listening or seeing Stapp sing Creed songs as long as the band can play them. They know that Stapp is Creed for many people. A writer from an article even said Stapp defined the band:
"In four months, Alter Bridge has risen from the smoldering pyre that was Creed, the most commercially successful rock group of recent years. The offering was Scott Stapp, whose voice and likeness defined the band but whose ideals, priorities and health no longer fit its mission".
http://www.alterbridgeband.net/media...ikedaniel.html
AB knows this and isn't happy about it. They also know that the reason they sold so many records is because of Stapp. Where would Creed be without all the "christian/spiritual" fans?
"One of Creed's trademarks was the spiritual, almost religious, underpinning of many of the lyrics. According to Tremonti, that was Stapp's doing, not his."
"Our songs are just about the human condition. Just about everyday, and about life. Creed was more poetic; Scott, in his lyrics, would always relate them to the verses in the Bible. I don't know the Bible, so Myles and I write from our personal experiences; that's all we really know how to do. It's not quite as poetic and theatrical as the Creed stuff."
http://www.alterbridgeband.net/media...ceJournal.html