Creed ndi gulu loimba lochokera ku Tallahassee. Oyimba atha kufotokozedwa ngati chodabwitsa kwambiri chokhala ndi "mafani" ankhanza komanso odzipatulira omwe adasokoneza mawayilesi, ndikuthandiza gulu lawo lomwe amakonda kutsogolera kulikonse.
Magwero a gululi ndi Scott Stapp komanso woyimba gitala Mark Tremonti. Gululi linadziwika koyamba mu 1995. Oimba adatulutsa ma Albamu 5, atatu mwa omwe adakhala ma platinamu ambiri.
Gululi lagulitsa ma rekodi opitilira 28 miliyoni ku United States of America, kukhala gulu lachisanu ndi chinayi kugulitsidwa kwambiri muzaka za m'ma 2000.
Njira yolenga ndi nyimbo za gulu la Creed
Choncho, omwe anayambitsa gulu lodziwika bwino anali Scott Stapp ndi Mark Tremonti. Achinyamata anakumana pamene akuphunzira pa yunivesite ya Florida.
Anyamatawo anali ogwirizana osati chifukwa cha chikondi cha nyimbo, komanso ndi ubwenzi wolimba wa amuna. Brian Marshall ndi Scott Phillips posakhalitsa adalowa nawo awiriwa.
Zoyeserera zoyamba zidachitikira kunyumba ya Scott Stapp. Ndiye anyamatawo anasamukira ku chipinda chapansi, ndipo pokhapo - kwa akatswiri kujambula situdiyo. Asanapange gulu la Creed, mamembala onse anayi anali ndi chidziwitso m'magulu oimba. Zowona, izi sizingatchulidwe ngati akatswiri.
Mu 1997, chimbale choyambirira cha My Own Prison chinachitika. Zosonkhanitsazo zidapangitsa chidwi chenicheni kwa mafani a nyimbo zolemetsa. Gululi nthawi yomweyo linali ndi gulu lankhondo la zikwizikwi, ndipo otsutsa nyimbo "sanawombere" kusonkhanitsa koyamba ndi mawu awo amphamvu, koma, m'malo mwake, adathandizira oimba achichepere.
Chimbale ichi chimatsimikiziridwa ndi platinamu kasanu ndi kamodzi ndipo ndi imodzi mwazophatikiza 200 zogulitsidwa kwambiri ku United States of America. Nyimbo 10 zapamwamba "zakwezera" oimba achichepere kupita pagulu lalikulu.
Zotsatira zake, gulu la Creed linalandira udindo wa "Best Rock Artists of the Year" kuchokera ku Billboard yodziwika bwino. Pamsonkhano wina wa atolankhani, oimbawo adafunsidwa kuti: "Kodi, m'malingaliro awo, chinalola kuti chimbale chodziwika bwino chikhale chotani?" Oimbawo adayankha kuti, "Prison My Own Prison idapeza ma platinamu ambiri chifukwa cha mawu owona mtima komanso okhudza mtima."
Mu 1999, gulu la discography lidawonjezeredwa ndi chimbale chachiwiri cha situdiyo Human Clay. Mu chimbale ichi, oimba anakhudza mutu kusankha: "Kodi zochita zimakhudza moyo wa munthu?" ndi "Kodi zonse zimadalira kusankha kwa munthu?". Patapita chaka ulaliki chimbale, Brian Marshall anasiya gulu.
Nyimbo yachitatu ya studio, Weathered, idatulutsidwa mu 2001. Tremonti adaimba bass mu studio yojambulira, ndipo Brett Hestle anali woyimba bassist wa Creed mu konsati. Chimbalecho chinakhala patsogolo pa tchati chodziwika bwino cha nyimbo za Billboard 200. Ndi chosonkhanitsa ichi, oimba adatsimikiziranso kuti gulu la Creed ndilopamwamba kwambiri.
Masewero agululi anali otchuka kwambiri. Chochititsa chidwi n'chakuti, sikunali kotheka nthawi zonse kupeza matikiti a konsati ya gulu lomwe mumakonda, chifukwa adagulitsidwa tsiku loyamba la malonda.
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m’ma 2000, oimba ankaimba anthu oposa 1 miliyoni padziko lonse. "Mawonekedwe athu aliwonse pa siteji ndizovuta kwambiri, chifukwa timasewera kuchokera pansi pamtima ndikupereka zonse zomwe tingathe," adatero Scott Stapp. Pamene adafunsidwa pawailesi nyenyeziyo inafunsidwa kuti: "Kodi chinsinsi cha kupambana kwawo ndi chiyani?", Iye anayankha mwachidule kuti: "Kuona mtima."
Kugwa kwa timu ya Creed
Pambuyo ulaliki wachitatu situdiyo Album, oimba anapita ulendo waukulu, umene unatha pafupifupi 2002. Otsatirawo anali kuyembekezera mbiri yachinayi, ndipo oimbawo sankafuna kumva pempho la "mafani".
Mu 2004, oimba a gulu la Creed adalengeza kuti akuchotsa gululo. Tremonti ndi Phillips (pamodzi ndi Mayfield Four oimba Miles Kennedy) anapanga gulu latsopano lotchedwa Alter Bridge.
Brian Marshall posakhalitsa adalowa m'gululi. Scott Stapp analibe chochita koma kuchita yekha ntchito yake. Chaka chotsatira kutha kwa gululo, woimbayo adapereka chimbale chake cha The Great Divide.
Creed reunion
Mu 2009, zambiri za kukumananso kwa gulu loimba nyimbo. Posakhalitsa oimbawo anapereka nyimbo ya Kugonjetsa. Zinadziwika kwa mafani kuti kutulutsidwa kwa Album yachinayi ya studio posachedwapa kudzachitika. "Mafani" sanalakwitse m'malingaliro awo.
Pa Okutobala 27, 2009, zolemba za gululi zidawonjezeredwanso ndi gulu latsopano, Full Circle. Pa zoimbaimba mu gulu Creed, membala watsopano anaonekera - gitala Eric Friedman.
M'zaka zitatu zotsatira, oimba anali kuyendera mwachangu, kusangalatsa mafani ndi Albums latsopano. Posakhalitsa adalengeza kutulutsidwa kwa chimbale chawo chachisanu cha studio. Koma mafani sanazindikire kuti "kumbuyo" (mkati mwa timu) mkangano udayamba.
Chifukwa cha kusiyana pakati pa Stapp ndi Tremonti, gululo lidaganiza zolengeza kutha kwa gulu la Creed. Tremonti, Marshall ndi Philipps anapitiriza ntchito yawo yolenga, koma kale monga gulu Alter Bridge, ndi Stapp kachiwiri anayamba ntchito payekha.
Kumayambiriro kwa 2014, Stapp anakana kugwa komaliza kwa timuyi. Tremonti adanenanso kuti gululi silinakonzekere kusonkhana kuti litulutse gulu latsopano kapena ulendo wa konsati.
Chozizwitsacho sichinachitike. Mu 2020, oimba omwe anali m'gulu la Creed akupanga ntchito zawo. Zikuwoneka kuti gulu lodziwika bwino silidzaukitsidwa.
Creed si gulu lachikhristu
Nyimbo za mwana wa m'busa wa Pentecostal Scott Stapp kuchokera ku chimbale choyambirira zidakondedwa ndi mamiliyoni a anthu, kuphatikizapo Akhristu. Ndicho chifukwa chake okonda nyimbo ambiri adayika nyimbo za gululo ngati "gulu lachikhristu".
Dzina la gululo linawonjezeranso mafuta pamoto. Creed pomasulira amatanthauza "chikhulupiriro". Nyimbo zapamwamba za oimba With Arms Wide Open, Don't Stop Dancing and Wrong Way nthawi zambiri zinkamveka pa wailesi yachikhristu.
Scott Stapp wanena mobwerezabwereza kuti gululi liri ndi chochita ndi Chikhristu. Koma panthawi imodzimodziyo, woimbayo adachita zonse kuti awonetsetse kuti gulu la Creed lilowa mu "mndandanda wakuda" ndipo linachotsedwa mndandanda wamagulu achikhristu.
Pamene kutchuka kwa Stapp kunakula, ankamwa mowa mwauchidakwa komanso mowa mwauchidakwa, zomwe nthawi zambiri ankakhala ngati wachiwembu pa siteji.
Mu 2004, gululi litasweka kwa nthawi yoyamba, ndikusiya mphotho zopitilira 20 zanyimbo komanso makope opitilira 25 miliyoni omwe adagulitsidwa ku United States of America, Scott adatulutsa buku lake loyamba la The Great Divide.
Okonda nyimbo ndi otsutsa nyimbo sanachedwe kuyika Scott kukhala woimba wachikristu. Woimbayo adayankha "mafani" mokoma mtima. Nyenyeziyo idakhalanso chifukwa chazovuta zambiri, kuphatikiza ndewu yoledzera ndi gulu la 311.
Patapita nthawi, kanema inasindikizidwa momwe Scott ndi bwenzi lake Kid Rock amagonana ndi "mafani".
