[The Lithium]

Look what I've found on an Sub fansite. Please read it, it's pretty important. This guy is a die-hard fan. Look what he has to say:

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There are very few times in life when you can genuinely say: this is something I've waited a long time to see happen.* I can remember reading through the Creed forums finding the latest news and seeing what other people thought of the band.* There, I found people promoting their own music, their own lives, through mutual love of rock.
There, was a band who had only been together for a few months called "Submursed".* They released three songs independently on an amateur website, they were "You Run", "Unconcerned", and "Deny Me".* Instantly, there was a fan base for these guys.* After playing together for only about eight months, they were signed by Wind-Up Records (in July 2002).* That's the same label that the band they idolized was on.

Now part of Creed's label, they were reworked, so to speak.* Lead guitarist of Creed, Mark Tremonti, brought in his protege, a teenage guitarist he had been in contact with, and the lead guitarist for Submursed was gone.* More changes took place when the label started to play Legos and started piecing and taking apart the band.* They even corrected the band spelling and made them Submersed.

The new mix of "You Run" has a lot of new guitar, and a lot of the old fans (me included) took a while to adjust to the fact that this was, indeed, a new band.* We also had to accept that this was a Creed side project.* In fact, the only person responsible for the ALL of Creed's albums (producers and label included) that wasn't directly involved was Scott Stapp (lead singer for Creed).* Tremonti and Scott Philips (drummer for Creed) both worked on the album (in production and performance), and Kirk Kelsey (producer on all Creed discs) is the producer on Submersed's debut "All Things Becoming of the End".
That's the history of the band from my perspective.* I'm not sure if I like what has happened to the songs now that they are being re-tooled to be more marketable (almost to the point of over-production), but I'm damn sure that these guys have been a band I've been following for a reason.* Pure rock with pure heart.* And the new artwork rules.

http://www.submersed.com

The same story is happening to another band who was very close to Submersed (geographically and personally), and they have even been in contact with Creed as well.* Be sure to check them out.

http://www.faktionband.com

FAKTION

You can thank me later.
And that, ladies and gentleman, is what it's like to see the world from a Flesh and Blood Perspective.

What I was upset about was that they changed guitarist. Here's the official guitarist: Eric Friedman bio from Submersed.com:

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In an ever changing world and society, the human spirit yearns to find some sense of consistency. For the five guys that together make up Submersed, that constant is music. Eric Friedman (Lead Guitar, background vocals) experienced this revelation and saw it become a part of his reality at the age of 13. It became the catalyst for the creation of the "Eric Friedman Band," and the beginning of a journey that would lead him in directions he never could have imagined.

During Friedman's early teens, he immersed himself in the Blues, and unbelievably caught the attention of players which included Steve Vai and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. At the age of 15, his tastes broadened through a connection he felt with an album titled "Human Clay," and his ears opened to the sounds of Modern Rock. His new love for rock lead him to the 1999 N.A.M.M. (National Association Music Merchants) show in Anaheim, California where he met Mark Tremonti. The guitarist became his mentor, and Friedman explored fresh ideas and sounds through the band "Blacksun," which provided the vehicle to perform in many of L.A.'s top rooms. Following a number of auditions with signed acts, a young band from Dallas came knocking to fill a void left by the loss of their lead guitar player. With a record deal on the table, Submersed grabbed Friedman in the summer of 2002.

Did Wind-Up used Submersed? What do you think, write it down!