[Justify]

Quote: (Originally Posted by J-Man)

Each to their own. Everyone has their preferences, mine is Myles. He does have a great range in his voice and he can pretty much sing anything. Case in point, they take requests from the audience and he delivers. I can't say the same for Stapp. I've seen AB in concert and Myles has great stage presence, he just has his own style. To me he's a mix between Steve Tyler and Mick Jagger whom are extraordinary. What else is cool is that you can tell everyone is having fun on stage and that they love what they do and therefore we as an audience are also having fun. And yes AB does interact w/ their audience (high fives, nods, the rock sign w/ the hand, and tossing souvenirs at the end of every show). They all share the spotlight and acknowledge one another on stage. With Stapp's new band from what I understand the spotlight is on the "King" himself. To me, Stapp is about himself and AB is about the music and their audience.

I have not seen Stapp's solo career (don't plan on it), as far as stage presence the last I remember is him deciding to take a nap on stage at the Chicago show.

Another thing I want to point out is that Stapp rides on the coat-tails of the name Creed as where AB does not. Stapp needs the old name probably because he doesn't have enough confidence to draw an audience on his name alone.

And lastly, just for the record since Stapp wants to take credit for Creed's sound, why hasn't anyone who interviewed him put him to the test? Seriously, if he's going to go around saying he had something to do with the melodies, then by all means show us.

When I started reading your post I thought for once maybe you would explain something without having to bash Stapp. I was wrong. That is the only way you can defend your opinions. Scott Stapp helped to develop Creed's sound. I know that bothers you but it is true. That is his sound. Just as the Mark helped to develop it and a lot of AB's music sounds like Creed.
Also what do you mean by put him to the test? Does anyone deny that Stapp wrote most of the lyrics for Creed's songs? How will they "test" him? He has proven he can write the music as well in his new album. You may not like the new album but it has had a lot of good reviews. Personally I think the music has a great sound.

As for him laying down on stage. I don't know or care why that really happened. I have heard several opinions on that. It happened years ago. What I know is that the Creed concert that I attended was awesome. I also know that his knew tour is great. He does have a great stage presence like it or not. The guys from Gone Blind get to show off their skills. The concert ends with the spotlight on the bass player. So how do you explain your opionion about him not giving credit where credit is due. If you don't like Scott then that is really not a problem. No one has to like the same musicians but don't speak on things that you have no idea about.
Also AB is riding on the coat tales of Creed. Like it or not. I purchased their CD because the majority of the band was Creed. I think a lot of people did it for that reason. Same thing for Scott Stapp. Most people probably purchased his CD because he was the lead singer of Creed. The true test will be their next albums. I don't think either will be able to "ride on the coat-tails of creed" then.

Again, we're all going to have our own opinions and we are obviously not going to change each others mind. I would just once like to see some of you explain why you don't like Stapp MUSICALLY without bashing him personally.


Also, again, I don't know how this thread became a Myles vs. Stapp thread when I originally opened it to brag about Marks singing ability in MOP. I think it really eats at a lot of you that some people actually still like to hear Stapp sing.