Creed had a massively profitable 2024 and can look to high it with an area tour within the US later this yr, however the laborious rock giants could also be cautious that the final time they reunited and thought it was going effectively, all of it went pear-shaped. That was again in 2009, a reunion that resulted of their fourth studio album Full Circle but additionally petered out not lengthy after.
Talking to this author final yr, guitarist Mark Tremonti stated the important thing to preserving Creed collectively within the long-run was the band’s members appreciating the totally different initiatives all of them work on away from the group.
“Everyone must be open about what they’re doing outdoors of Creed,” he stated. “All of us have to grasp that we’ve put a ton of labor into our different bands and initiatives they usually can’t simply get thrown away due to this. That is doing very effectively, higher than any of us have ever thought, however that doesn’t imply that come March, I’m not getting within the studio with Alter Bridge to put in writing and report one other report.”
At that time, he already had the Tremonti report, which was launched on Friday, within the bag, having recorded it within the wake of Creed’s massively profitable cruise excursions. On the time we spoke, frontman Scott Stapp had additionally simply launched his Increased Energy solo album. “We’re all doing issues, which is nice, I feel that retains Creed wholesome,” he continued. “Everyone must know, I received my venture, you bought your venture, after which we come again with Creed. This fanbase is all the time going to be there. We are able to take a few years right here and there to do our different initiatives and it’ll be simply high-quality. It’s one thing all people has to bear in mind.”
The trick, Tremonti defined, was band members speaking to one another and letting one another know what that they had deliberate outdoors of Creed. “We’ve all received to be open-minded,” he stated. “Me, Brian and Scott, we’ve been collectively for 30 years now. It’s only a matter of us and Scott Stapp having an open line of communication and saying, ‘Let’s schedule all these items method upfront’.”
The guitarist actually isn’t one for empty slots in his schedule. If all goes to plan, he’ll observe the discharge of the brand new Tremonti report with the recording of an Alter Bridge one with Creed reconvening for a US tour in the summertime.
