CREED is rumored to be planning a tour to have fun the twenty fifth anniversary of the band’s best-selling album “Human Clay”.

Earlier at this time (Thursday, July 13),the CREED social media was up to date with an 18-second video containing early photographs of the band soundtracked by “Are You Prepared”?”, the opening tune from “Human Clay”, which got here out in September 1999. The video ends with the message “Let’s Go Again To The Summer season Of ’99”, together with the promise that extra info might be made obtainable on Wednesday, July 19.

“Human Clay”, which has bought over 20 million models worldwide, consists of hits “Greater”, “What If”, “Are You Prepared?” and the Grammy Award-winning single “With Arms Large Open”.

After the success of its grunge-imbued debut album, “My Personal Jail”, CREED went again into the studio with producer John Kurzweg (PUDDLE OF MUDD, GODSMACK) to document materials for his or her follow-up. Although the Tallahassee, Florida-based band had already discovered monumental success on the rock charts with their multiplatinum-selling 1997 debut, 1999’s “Human Clay” would make them mainstream stars. Pushed by the anthemic, first single “Greater”, “Human Clay” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and CREED rapidly turned one of many largest bands on this planet. “Greater” spent a whopping 57 weeks on the Billboard Sizzling 100, peaking at No. 7. In July of the next yr, the band scored their first No. 1 hit on the pop charts with the third single, “With Arms Large Open”. The monitor — which frontman Scott Stapp wrote when he came upon that he was going to be a father — earned the band a Grammy for “Finest Rock Track” in 2001. Thus far, “Human Clay” has bought effectively over 11 million copies within the U.S., incomes a uncommon diamond certification from the RIAA, becoming a member of the ranks of THE BEATLES‘ “Abbey Street”, Prince‘s “Purple Rain” and NIRVANA‘s “Nevermind”. It stays one of many top-selling albums of all-time in america.

CREED‘s monumental success is essentially because of the prolific writing workforce of Stapp and guitarist Mark Tremonti, who based the band collectively in 1993. Their successful mixture of driving guitar riffs, rousing hooks and introspective lyrics earned them legions of loyal followers world wide. Following the discharge of their first two albums, the four-piece — which additionally included bassist Brian Marshall and drummer Scott Phillips — turned the primary band ever to have seven consecutive No. 1 singles on Billboard‘s Sizzling Mainstream Rock Tracks. CREED‘s third album, “Weathered” (2001),additionally debuted at No. 1, and produced a number of well-liked singles, together with High Ten hits “My Sacrifice” and “One Final Breath”. Although CREED introduced its breakup in 2004, the band briefly reunited in 2009 to launch “Full Circle”. Heavier than their earlier albums, “Full Circle” debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, proving the unbelievable endurance of the band.

This previous March, Tremonti spoke about the potential for a CREED reunion an interview with Rock 100.5 The KATT‘s Cameron Buchholtz. He stated: “It is only a matter of timing for everyone. Everyone’s juggling so many tasks, we might simply must discover a window the place it made sense.

“There’s all the time individuals speaking,” he continued. “We all the time get calls from individuals which can be occupied with placing a present collectively. However it’s powerful to get a band that hasn’t toured in 10 years to simply do a present. We must put all of it collectively. We must put weeks into making ready the manufacturing and weeks into doing the rehearsals. And it is a huge manufacturing. You’ll be able to’t simply do one present.”

Tremonti‘s March 2023 feedback had been just like these he made final fall when he spoke to The Rock Expertise With Mike Brunn. On the time, he acknowledged about the potential for a CREED reunion: “It is only a matter of timing. We’re all so busy working world wide doing our issues, we might simply must have the time the place it made sense. I do not suppose we have to rush into it, as a result of I do not suppose CREED followers are going wherever. I believe every time we resolve to do one thing, I believe it is gonna be a secure time to do it. It is simply gonna be when it is sensible for everyone. You do not wanna derail a complete album cycle by leaping into doing CREED. It might simply must make sense.”

In September 2021, Tremonti informed The Rock Expertise With Mike Brunn that continually being related to CREED — greater than 10 years after the band accomplished a tour in assist of its fourth album, 2009’s “Full Circle” — was “positively each a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing as a result of I would not be sitting right here speaking to you proper now if it weren’t for CREED; I would not have this profession, this lengthy profession,” he stated. “However on the similar time, for my whole life, I might be that man from the band CREED, which is nice and band. ‘Trigger sure individuals cherished CREED, sure individuals hated CREED. So it doesn’t matter what I do artistically, I am gonna be the man who was in CREED that was, at sure factors critics favored to return after us. So I’ve type of lived in each worlds — I used to be in a band that bought numerous data however acquired some important assaults, however I additionally acquired to be in a band that did not promote as many data however acquired important reward. So I acquired to see each side of it. It might be nice to have it multi functional. However it’s powerful.”

CREED disbanded in 2004 however reunited 5 years later for the aforementioned “Full Circle” LP and an intensive tour. Stapp has since toured and recorded as a solo artist, though he suffered a drug-related psychological breakdown in 2014 and spent a number of years recovering from that.

In 2019, Tremonti stated in an interview on Jamey Jasta‘s podcast that he was sitting on an album’s value of fabric for CREED. Requested whether or not CREED might reunite once more, Tremonti stated, “Individuals say, ‘Is it accomplished? Is it over? Is there new music popping out?’ I am sitting on a complete CREED album… Once we had been collectively doing the reunion tour, we put plenty of music collectively and I’ve like actually sketchy little demos of in all probability 13 songs. I listened to them possibly a yr in the past and so they’re good songs.”

Tremonti added: “It is simply, there isn’t any time. Is it ok for me to place all the things on the again burner that I have been engaged on for the previous 14 years? No. Is it ok to possibly 10 years from now or seven years from now… or some huge resurgence occurs or there’s an anniversary the place all people’s like, ‘We need to see CREED and the world calls for it like they used to.’ I would not say no.”