Scott moved to Tallahassee because a dead rocker (Jim Morrison of the Doors) whose music Scott admired had once lived there. Hopefully Creed won't self destruct like Jim Morrison who died tragically in Paris in 1971 (his remains are buried in the Pere-Lachaisse cemetery). In any case, God works in mysterious ways. In Tallahassee Scott met an old high school friend, Mark Tremonti. Scott and Mark decided to form a band. Later they added Scott Phillips and Brian Marshall. John Kurzweg helped them recored their first album, My Own Prison, in a basement "studio" for the amazingly small sum of $6,000. CREED sent their demo tapes to a few local radio stations in Florida, and quite a few of them liked it. CREED's first hit single, My Own Prison, hit the air waves, followed by Torn, then followed by One, then followed by yet another single, What's This Life For. All made it to number one, a record for a debut album. The album stayed on Billboards top 100 album chart for over two years. My Own Prison also won Billboards best hard music album award for 1997.
CREED's second album, Human Clay, was recorded the same way as My
Own Prison. The album was released in 1999, and was widely anticipated
by CREED fans across the Globe. The album included a number one hit single,
Higher followed by What If and then With Arms Wide Open which inspired
Scott Stapp to start a "With
Arms Wide Open Foundation," to help fund low income children and their
parents to have an oppourtunity to experience NASA space camp in Florida.
Donations can be made at www.creed.com.
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