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Quote: (Originally Posted by musiclover291)

Stapp and AB had to agree on the tracklisting they may not have sat down in one room but they had to reach an agreement on the tracks or the CD would not have been released. So really when you think about what Michael statement is it really all to do about nothing.

no that is not true. michael has stated over at alterbridgeband.net that wind-up wanted to release a greatest hits. mark and flip didn't want it to happen at this time because they thought the timing was bad. they wanted something down the track with unreleased songs and footage and they are hoping this will happen down the track. wind-up had already sank a heap of money into it and because of how well wind-up have treated them in the past they didn't push the issue and pull the album which they presumably could have done.

he stated that he does not support a boycott but mark and scott never sat down and discussed the tracklisting. the only logical conclusion is that either stapp or michael are lying. there is no other logical conclusion and anyone that draws a different conclusion is living in a fool's paradise.

actually better than listening to me i have posted michael's quote word for word below;

Whoooaaaa there Lith. Nobody, including the band, wants anyone to boycott anything. That was not the point. The point I was making was that Stapp was lying in his interview that Mark and him sat down and talked about this CD. The reason that the guys dissagreed with it coming out was a timing issue. Mark and Flip felt that this CD should come out way farther down the road when it would have more relevance and thus it would mean more to the fans. They were thinking about you guys.

Being so busy making this AB CD, honestly, Mark and Flip had not even remembered the fact that Wind-Up wanted to bring this Greatest Hits CD out. When Wind-up approached them about the release schedule and the content recently, Mark and Flip told them how they felt as I stated above.

Unfortunately, Wind -up had already sunk a bunch of money in this project and if the guys pulled the plug on it Wind-up would have been screwed with a huge money loss. Again, Wind-up has always been great to the guys and treated them like family so they did not want to hurt them financialy in this way. Mark and Flip agreed to let it come out but also said that they would not endorse or promote it or have anything to do with the content since they dissagreed with it on principle.

As far as to who picked the content? I would say a combination of management, Wind-up and Stapp possibly. I also want you to know that another provision that Mark and Flip insisted on(the two of them hold a majority position in the Creed company) was that no unreleased footage or B-sides be included in this CD. The reasoning behind this is that they want to do this way farther down the road(have a CD that would have a lot of unreleased stuff) when it would actually mean something to the fans. Right now Creed has been broken up for less than a year and some fans are still bitter and trying to find out who was at fault and whatnot. They want that dust to settle first. They also have taken a pounding from the critics and the media who deem Creed "uncool". Let some years pass, let the music stand on it's own and someday, way in the future, you all may have a very nice present for the holidays. Again, this is but a plan, but I wanted you all to know the guys thought process. (end quote)

so there you go is michael lying? i don't think so but stapp sure is........