Around the 48-second mark of album opener “Blind” Jonathan Davis screams “Are you ready?” Looking back at 30 years of history and an ever-shifting heavy music landscape, holy shit, Davis could not have realized how impactful of a statement that would become. Continue reading
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Creed Share a New Video for “Are You Ready?” Celebrating the 25th Anniversary Edition of Their Album “Human Clay”
Floridian rock giants, Creed, have just shared a new video for their track, “Are You Ready?.” The song is the opening number from their second album, Human Clay, and is accompanied by a live performance video, filmed over the first week of their current, sold out Summer of ‘99 North American tour, and directed by Dan Sturgess. Originally released in 1999, Human Clay was recently re-issued as a 25th anniversary deluxe edition. Find the new video and more below.
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CONCERT REVIEW: Creed – Three Doors Down – Finger Eleven Live at PNC Bank Arts Center
The Summer Of 99 tour is coming around and if you remember that summer, you remember that Creed was one of the biggest acts around. Riding a wave of popularity from their first album, My Own Prison (Blue Collar Records) and weeks away from the release of Human Clay (Wind-up Records), Creed could do no wrong. However, at some point, it became popular to hate Creed more than Nickelback. This was in part due to lead singer Scott Stapp’s substance abuse problems and a bit of the fame going to their heads. Ten years sober now, Stapp is back on top of his game and touring with friends Three Doors Down, and Finger Eleven. Continue reading
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Creed Celebrate The 25th Anniversary of “Human Clay” with Remastered and Expanded Deluxe Edition
In September 1999, Creed – a rising rock band from Tallahassee, Florida – released their second album, Human Clay. Full of anthemic hits, including “Higher,” “What If,” “Are You Ready?,” and the GRAMMY®-winning “With Arms Wide Open,” Human Clay propelled Creed (Scott Stapp, Mark Tremonti, Brian Marshall, and Scott Phillips) to the top of the Billboard charts, going on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time. Now, 25 years later, CREED celebrate the anniversary of the Diamond-certified album with a bonus-filled reissue.Continue reading
Creed Partners with Jockey Florent Geroux and “Just A Touch” in The 150th Running Of The Kentucky Derby On May 4th
On the heels of successful integrations in the sports world including partnerships with MLB, the NFL, a historical Super Bowl commercial with Paramount and the Daytona 500, the recently reunited Creed will take their influence to the world of horse racing. The band comprised of singer Scott Stapp, guitarist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall and drummer Scott Phillips have partnered with jockey Florent Geroux who will be riding Just A Touch in the 150TH running of the Kentucky Derby. The Derby is scheduled to take place on May 4TH and Florent and Just A Touch will be racing out of post position 8. To commemorate the partnership, Florent will be wearing custom race pants that were stitched with the Creed logo on it. Florent has been a longtime fan of the band, and the partnership was a natural integration for the band and jockey. A video of jockey Florent Geroux wearing his own personal Creed sweatshirt at the track can be seen here: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6gsm1Yg293/.Continue reading
PREVIEW: Record Store Day 2024 Essential Rock, Metal and Punk Releases
Another Record Store Day is upon us and we are still to bring you our pretty comprehensive list of what releases we think you should be picking up, and labels you ought to support. We get that commercialism and capitalism a kind of destroying the whole world, but at the same time if you love music, and if you especially love underground music, you want to support artists as hardcore as possible. The best way to do that is to put money in their pockets so they can keep doing what you love, and what they love. Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Kill The Lights – Death Melodies
It’s hard to believe that it’s almost been a decade since Michael “Moose” Thomas left metal big-hitters Bullet For My Valentine citing “It just got boring”.
The drummer then went on to show his true potential with former members of Still Remains and Threat Signal, with the debut album of his new project Kill The Lights. Almost four years on from their last release From Ashes, and now the supergroup are back with their latest release, Death Melodies (Fearless Records). Continue reading