Creed are in the same group as Tom Cruise and post Black Metallica where it's just cool to spit on them,without any real merit as far as the product is concerned.
In the early 00' they were the biggest band in the US...Human Clay sold 11,6 million copies there,they won a lot of awards including a Grammy,their tour was hugely successful,they had an amazing performance at Woodstock...when Weathered came out it was number 1 at billboard for 8 straight weeks,My Sacrifice was a very big hit and their following tour was breaking records.
And then Scott Stapp started acting like a weirdo/lunatic on stage,got into a few fist fights and after several months they were the coolest band to hate and that has been like that ever since.
In Guitar World 2003 poll Weathered was voted the best rock album,Mark Tremonti best rock guitar player of 2003 and Creed the best rock band of 2003....in 2004 they were on number 2 on the same poll...in the ''worst band'' category(with no new material) which just proves my point that the hatred for them is based on the fact that Scott Stapp is a jackass.
Several myths about them:
Scott Stapp and Eddie Vedder sound almost nothing alike...only a person with poor listening skills would come to that conclusion.Try singing Black and Jeremy and then What If and Inside Us All and you'll see how different their vocal styles really are.Pearl Jam and Creed sound completely different,Creed have a lot more in common with Alice In Chains and owe their style to the likes Led Zepelin with their Eastern tonalities then Pearl Jam.
They were one of the very few bands to actually make it on their own,playing their own music and getting a deal through gigging like the old fashioned bands did.
If Scott Stapp was decent down-to-earth guy and the band didn't break up they would still be one of the most popular bands but alas,in this kind of society image>>product just like everything Metallica does is spat on even before it's released.
/End of rant.