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 Creed consists of Scott
Stapp on vocals, Mark Tremonti on guitar, Brian
Marshall on bass, and Scott Phillips on drums and
hails from Florida. Creed formed in 1995 (after
briefly naming themselves 'Naked Toddler'). The
band is rooted in rock even though lead singer
Stapp was raised in a deeply religious household
in which rock music was not allowed. By his late
teens, Stapp left home and began tapping into his
rock persona by writing music.
 August 26: Creed released their
debut LP My
Own Prison (originally recorded for less than
$6,000). Creed became the first act to have 4 #1
hits from a debut LP on the rock charts. The LP
topped the charts in New Zealand.
- September 19: Creed topped the
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 6
weeks with "What's This Life For."
- July 25: Creed appeared at
Woodstock '99 in Rome, New York.
 September 8: Creed topped the
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 17
weeks with "Higher." - September 28: Creed released Human
Clay
and the LP spent 2 weeks at the top of the
Billboard 200 Albums chart. Stapp said of the LP:
"We're the type of band that functions
really well under pressure, and there was
definitely a pressure to try to top ourselves
this time. Not so much what we sell, because we
don't really care about that. We wanted to make a
really great record. The band’s goal has
always been to make records that are solid from
start to finish; records that take you through an
entire range of emotions." The LP also
topped the charts in Canada.
 October: Stapp walked off the
stage at a concert in Houston after 3 songs due
to straining his vocal chords. - October 16: Creed topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for 2 weeks with Human
Clay.
- October 16: Creed topped the
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 3 weeks
with "Higher."
- January 25: Creed could be heard on
the soundtrack for Scream
3 on
the tracks "What If" and "Is This
The End."
- April 11: Creed could be heard on
the soundtrack for Jailbait on the track "Pity
For A Dime."
- June: Marshall had some harsh
words for Pearl
Jam (who they are often compared to)
during a radio interview: "Eddie Vedder
wishes he could write like Scott Stapp."
Stapp refuted the comments on their website a few
days later. The band also got into a war-of-words
with Limp Bizkit during the month.
 August: It was announced that
Brian Marshall (a founding member and the one who
named the band) left the group for "personal
and professional differences." The band was
not seeking a permanent replacement for Marshall.
Brett Hestla was hired as a bassist while on
tour. A statement read: "Creed and founding
member Brian Marshall have decided to part ways
on friendly terms, citing personal and
professional differences. Marshall and Creed are
discussing terms for his involvement in the
future releases of previously recorded but
unreleased material...."- August 5: Creed hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "With Arms Wide Open."
- February 28: Creed appeared on the
cover of Rolling Stone.
- April: Creed had to cancel all
remaining tour dates at the end of the month and
into May when Stapp was in a car accident.
- October: Creed had to postpone
more tour dates due to Stapp's 'acute laryngitis'
caused by the heavy touring schedule.
- June 3: Creed announced they had
broken up and the decision was made earlier in
the year after Stapp and Tremonti weren't able to
agree on the direction of the band's music - as
Tremonti explained: "We had gotten together
two or three times and nothing happened. We got
our instruments and played, but neither of us was
taking it seriously. We were just running in
circles. There wasn't a vibe like on the previous
records. It felt very job-like. We knew that it
would take us years to get a record out."
 November 14: Creed topped the
Billboard Rock Albums chart for 1 week,
Alternative Albums chart for 1 week, and Hard
Rock Albums chart for 1 week with Full
Circle.
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