Guys, remember, we've been told by Stapp and Michael that Creed is definetly NOT over, so I don't think you need to worry. Yes, they've been working hard on getting the band going and getting the album done, but it has been OVER 2 AND A HALF YEARS since the release of Weathered (October 20, 2001). Maybe, just maybe, they want to do something for the fans. If Stapp wasn't able or wanting to do something right now, Mark and Flip may have wanted to, and obviously they couldn't get another singer and release something under the name of Creed.
We've already been told that they promised to commit 10 years to each other, then maybe explore different things. That 10 years ended in February of this year, and Stapp has been looking at other things (such as what he has said about looking at movie scripts, and there's still that Scott Stapp Entertainment thing we don't know anything about), and maybe the other two still wanted to do music, so that's what they're doing.
Just my
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