[titan9]

Don't forget that one episode of this lame TV show called 8 Simple Rules. David Spade said something along the lines of "I know how to make them pay....ground them and make them listen to Creed..no, scratch that. Just make them listen to Creed."

I was actually having a discussion with one of my brothers the other day. He owns the "Human Clay" album, but didn't really like Creed outside of one of their songs. Anyway, we were talking about Pearl Jam(more specifically Eddie Vedder) and, you guessed it, Stapp's name came up because my bro said something along the lines of "you know, Stapp always got that Vedder comparison". I of course pointed out the fact that aside from them both being baritones, aside from them both sort of slurring the words, they really aren't that similiar and that the people who make that comparison are, well, crazy. I cannot count the number of times I've heard the term "Pearl Jam-clones" used to describe Creed. And it upsets me because it's ridiculous. Creed was a lot better than a lot of people give them credit for. Listen to "My Own Prison" from front to back and you'll see this. Sadly, people would rather continue to be ignorant and thus "cool" by bashing Creed.

and not giving them a fair chance. One of my other bros used to be this way. That is until I told him to listen to some of their best songs, the "My Own Prison"/"Human Clay" era stuff. I asked him a while after that what he thought of Creed. His response? "They were good, a lot better than most of the bands on the radio today". I can only hope that more people will give Creed's music a chance. Sadly, I don't expect it to happen. Which doesn't bother me that much. People will like and believe what they will. I'm not ashamed to be a Scott Stapp fan or a Creed fan or a Alter Bridge fan. If people bring any of the three up, I will say what a fan I am of the music. I cannot defend the individual member's actions. Sometimes this leads to me being made fun of for being a fan, othertimes it leads to a discussion with a fellow fan. In any case, I'm willing to discuss. I'm not going to defend Stapp's stupid behavior, but I will stand behind the music.