Editing Creed (band) (section)

==Musical style and influences==
Creed has been described as [[post-grunge]], [[hard rock]], [[alternative rock]], and [[alternative metal]], and also as [[Christian rock]], [[grunge]], [[nu metal]], and [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]].{{Efn|
*Alternative rock:<ref name="auto">{{cite magazine |first= Justin |last= Oppelaar |title= Hill nets 4 AMA nods |date= November 13, 2000 |magazine= [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url= https://variety.com/2000/music/news/hill-nets-4-ama-nods-1117789119/ |access-date= May 10, 2016 |archive-date= August 6, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160806031510/http://variety.com/2000/music/news/hill-nets-4-ama-nods-1117789119/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://therumpus.net/2012/08/must-we-hate-creed-a-conveniently-bullet-pointed-argument-against-musical-malaise-in-2012/|title = Must We Hate Creed?|date = August 8, 2012|access-date = December 26, 2021|archive-date = December 26, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211226171124/https://therumpus.net/2012/08/must-we-hate-creed-a-conveniently-bullet-pointed-argument-against-musical-malaise-in-2012/|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/creed-frontman-scott-stapp-video-broke-homeless-1089934/|title=Creed Frontman Scott Stapp Says He's Broke, Homeless|access-date=December 26, 2021|archive-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916114806/https://www.tvguide.com/news/creed-frontman-scott-stapp-video-broke-homeless-1089934/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Matt Bean |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2003/LAW/04/23/ctv.creed/ |title=Creed fans mount rebellion |date=April 23, 2003 |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=2022-06-10 |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226171122/http://edition.cnn.com/2003/LAW/04/23/ctv.creed/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nBS6A8r75H0C&dq=creed+alternative+rock&pg=PA162|title = Apparitions: Essays on Adorno and Twentieth-Century Music|isbn = 9781135577728|last1 = Hoeckner|first1 = Berthold|date = May 13, 2013|publisher = Routledge|access-date = December 28, 2021|archive-date = November 9, 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231109165850/https://books.google.com/books?id=nBS6A8r75H0C&dq=creed+alternative+rock&pg=PA162#v=onepage&q=creed%20alternative%20rock&f=false|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=HeoCAAAAMBAJ&dq=creed+alternative+rock&pg=PA85|title = Indianapolis Monthly|date = November 2002|access-date = December 28, 2021|archive-date = November 9, 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231109180352/https://books.google.com/books?id=HeoCAAAAMBAJ&dq=creed+alternative+rock&pg=PA85#v=onepage&q=creed%20alternative%20rock&f=false|url-status = live}}</ref>
*Alternative metal:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/layne-staley-mn0000123076/biography |title=Layne Staley {{!}} Biography & History |website=[[AllMusic]] |last=Prato |first=Greg |access-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220107081209/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/layne-staley-mn0000123076/biography |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/ryan-adams-wants-to-produce-a-creed-album/ |title=Ryan Adams Wants to Produce a Creed Album |work=[[Vice.com|Vice]] |date=June 20, 2015 |access-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408161707/https://www.vice.com/en/article/689xqb/ryan-adams-wants-to-produce-a-creed-album |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vinylmeplease.com/magazine/10-best-nu-metal-albums-own-vinyl/ |title=The 10 Best Nu Metal Albums To Own On Vinyl |work=Vinyl Me, Please |date=August 23, 2018 |access-date=February 3, 2018 |last=Suarez |first=Gary |archive-date=August 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813231834/http://www.vinylmeplease.com/magazine/10-best-nu-metal-albums-own-vinyl/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://metalinsider.net/lists/60-bands-disbanded-in-the-21st-century-so-far-2000-2020/2|title = 60 bands disbanded in the 21st Century so far (2000-2020) &#124; Metal Insider - Part 2|date = January 10, 2020|access-date = February 15, 2022|archive-date = February 15, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220215161233/https://metalinsider.net/lists/60-bands-disbanded-in-the-21st-century-so-far-2000-2020/2|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/scream-3-original-soundtrack--mw0000262426 | title=Original Soundtrack - Scream 3 &#91;Original Soundtrack&#93; Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] | access-date=January 17, 2023 | archive-date=January 17, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117185644/https://www.allmusic.com/album/scream-3-original-soundtrack--mw0000262426 | url-status=live }}</ref>
*Post-grunge:<ref name="AM" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.laweekly.com/music/the-10-worst-post-grunge-bands-4169278 |title=The 10 Worst Post-Grunge Bands |work=[[LA Weekly]] |last=Steininger |first=Adam |access-date=February 3, 2019 |date=August 23, 2013 |archive-date=April 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424183649/https://www.laweekly.com/music/the-10-worst-post-grunge-bands-4169278 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/post-grunge-defined-2898292 |title=The History of Post-Grunge Rock |website=ThoughtCo |last=Grierson |first=Tim |access-date=February 3, 2018 |archive-date=April 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413234107/https://www.thoughtco.com/post-grunge-defined-2898292 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://consequence.net/2020/11/creed-reunion-possibility/ |title=Drummer Scott Phillips: Creed Reunion Is a "Possibility" |website=[[Consequence of Sound]] |last=Kaufman |first=Spencer |date=November 5, 2020 |access-date=April 6, 2021 |quote="The post-grunge outfit built up a massive following, which also led to backlash from critics and rock fans who perhaps didn't appreciate the band's righteous music or felt that singer Scott Stapp sounded a little too similar to Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder." |archive-date=June 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618124517/https://consequence.net/2020/11/creed-reunion-possibility/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Hard rock:<ref name="AM" /><ref>{{cite magazine |first= Gavin |last= Edwards |title= Creed: Our 2000 Cover Story |magazine= [[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date= September 28, 2019 |access-date= April 1, 2021 |url= https://www.spin.com/featured/creed-scott-stapp-september-2000-cover-story-sea-of-fire/ |archive-date= April 10, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210410002310/https://www.spin.com/featured/creed-scott-stapp-september-2000-cover-story-sea-of-fire/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |first= Jason |last= Lipshutz |title= Scott Stapp Is Ready For A Normal Rockstar Life |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= August 18, 2019 |access-date= April 2, 2021 |url= https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8530245/scott-stapp-interview |quote= "...the hard-rock quartet formed by Stapp, guitarist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall and drummer Scott Phillips..." |archive-date= April 11, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210411191339/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8530245/scott-stapp-interview/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title= Creed's Scott Stapp Signs To Metal Label Napalm Records |magazine= [[Kerrang!]] |date= February 21, 2019 |access-date= April 2, 2021 |url= https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/creeds-scott-stapp-signs-to-metal-label-napalm-records/ |archive-date= October 19, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211019175756/https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/creeds-scott-stapp-signs-to-metal-label-napalm-records/ |url-status= live }}</ref>
*Nu metal:<ref>{{cite web |first= Axl |last= Rosenberg |title= Creed Vocalist/CIA Assassin Scott Stapp Loses Custody of His Kids |website= [[MetalSucks]] |date= December 15, 2014 |access-date= February 2, 2019 |url= http://www.metalsucks.net/2014/12/15/creed-vocalistcia-assassin-scott-stapp-loses-custody-kids/ |archive-date= April 29, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190429161439/http://www.metalsucks.net/2014/12/15/creed-vocalistcia-assassin-scott-stapp-loses-custody-kids/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/creed-singer-scott-stapp-says-hes-broke-homeless/4OKYTKWEGZAYINFSUKY7QB34WM/|title=Creed singer Scott Stapp says he's broke, homeless|website=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=November 27, 2014|access-date=December 24, 2021|archive-date=December 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224205726/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/creed-singer-scott-stapp-says-hes-broke-homeless/4OKYTKWEGZAYINFSUKY7QB34WM/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/2003/11/19/Creed-has-big-plans-for-2004/2311069218000/|title=Creed has big plans for 2004|website=[[United Press International|UPI]]|date=November 19, 2003|access-date=December 24, 2021|archive-date=December 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224204417/https://www.upi.com/Archives/2003/11/19/Creed-has-big-plans-for-2004/2311069218000/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/slate-writer-endorses-creed-destroys-all-valid-contrarian-thought/1859546/|title=Slate Writer Endorses Creed, Destroys Mag's Credibility|date=October 22, 2009|access-date=December 26, 2021|archive-date=December 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226171124/https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/slate-writer-endorses-creed-destroys-all-valid-contrarian-thought/1859546/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Christian rock:<ref>{{cite web|url = https://loudwire.com/creed-reunion-rumor-2020/|title = Creed Update Facebook Profile with Old Band Photo, Ignite Reunion Rumors|website = [[Loudwire]]|date = June 10, 2020|access-date = January 2, 2022|archive-date = January 2, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220102212458/https://loudwire.com/creed-reunion-rumor-2020/|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/creed-singer-scott-stapps-fall-from-grace-from-40-million-albums-sold-to-living-in-a-holiday-inn|title=Creed Singer Scott Stapp's Fall from Grace: From 40 Million Albums Sold to Living in a Holiday Inn|newspaper=The Daily Beast|date=November 27, 2014|last1=Stern|first1=Marlow|access-date=January 2, 2022|archive-date=January 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102212459/https://www.thedailybeast.com/creed-singer-scott-stapps-fall-from-grace-from-40-million-albums-sold-to-living-in-a-holiday-inn|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2023/01/18/mark-tremonti-on-creed-reunion-im-sure-something-will-happen-at-some-point/ | title=Mark Tremonti on Creed Reunion: "I'm Sure Something Will Happen at Some Point" | date=January 18, 2023 | access-date=January 28, 2023 | archive-date=January 28, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128230937/https://www.metalsucks.net/2023/01/18/mark-tremonti-on-creed-reunion-im-sure-something-will-happen-at-some-point/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
*Grunge:<ref>{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r429719 |title=Human Clay Review |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |website=[[AllMusic]] |date=September 28, 1999 |access-date=August 7, 2012 |archive-date=April 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402094856/http://allmusic.com/album/r429719 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Heavy metal:<ref>[https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2001/11/30/creed-sees-too-many-signs-for-its-own-good/ Creed Sees Too Many Signs For Its Own Good], ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]'', Retrieved June 30, 2016</ref>|name=styles}}

Stapp's influences include [[Otis Redding]], [[Donny Hathaway]], [[Def Leppard]], [[U2]], [[The Doors]], and [[Led Zeppelin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theaquarian.com/2014/06/11/an-interview-with-scott-stapp-personal-creed/ |title=An Interview with Scott Stapp: Personal Creed |work=[[The Aquarian Weekly]] |date=June 11, 2014 |access-date=February 3, 2019 |archive-date=February 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204122602/https://www.theaquarian.com/2014/06/11/an-interview-with-scott-stapp-personal-creed/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alternativenation.net/scott-stapp-reveals-what-he-thinks-about-pearl-jam/ |title=Scott Stapp Reveals What He Really Thinks About Pearl Jam |website=Alternative Nation |last=McCausland |first=Doug |date=April 19, 2017 |access-date=February 3, 2019 |archive-date=February 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204123954/http://www.alternativenation.net/scott-stapp-reveals-what-he-thinks-about-pearl-jam/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Guitarist Mark Tremonti's influences include [[thrash metal]] bands like [[Slayer]], [[Metallica]], [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]], and [[Forbidden (band)|Forbidden]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://crypticrock.com/interview-mark-tremonti-of-alter-bridge/ |title=Interview - Mark Tremonti of Alter Bridge |website=Cryptic Rock |date=October 15, 2014 |access-date=February 3, 2019 |archive-date=January 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124072019/http://crypticrock.com/interview-mark-tremonti-of-alter-bridge/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to a 1999 piece in ''[[The Washington Post]]'':<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-09/28/010r-092899-idx.html|title=Creed's True Calling|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427213543/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-09/28/010r-092899-idx.html|access-date=August 21, 2021|archive-date=April 27, 2019}}</ref>
<blockquote>The biblical imagery of singer Scott Stapp's lyrics got Creed typed as Christian rock by early listeners, and the band's denial of any religious objective has unsettled some of its more fervent fans. "We are not a Christian band," Stapp insists on the band's website. "A Christian band has an agenda to lead others to believe in their specific religious beliefs. We have no agenda!"</blockquote>
In 2022, Stapp said in an interview,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zce4lSBWPoM&t=2309s|title=Scott Stapp {{!}} This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #412|website=[[YouTube]] | date=October 11, 2022}}</ref>
<blockquote>I knew I couldn't live the life that someone who was a Christian artist was supposed to live. So Creed was not a Christian band. [...] They didn't want to live with that pressure. And that burden that was not something they signed up for. They signed up to be in a rock and roll band and everything that came with it. [...] I went to the complete polar opposite of what a preacher is, but still, in my writings, could not escape what I knew was right or what I felt was right, and that is to point people to God, to point people to something greater, to point people to a spiritual life in a spiritual realm, which I knew was real, which I had felt as a child, and I've felt on stage thousands of times and continued to, to this day.</blockquote>
Bassist Brian Marshall, who named the band, has noted that Stapp uses spiritual imagery as a [[metaphor]] in his lyrics.<ref name="ny rock">{{cite web |url=http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/creed_int.htm |title=Interview with Creed (NY Rock) |website=Nyrock.com|date=May 1999 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526075050/http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/creed_int.htm |archive-date=May 26, 2011 }}</ref>