Casual music fans are well aware that at one time, the rock band Creed enjoyed quite a good run.
But it’s worth a moment to consider just how much success the post-grunge act had. The band’s 1997 debut “My Own Prison” and 2001’s “Weathered” each sold more than six millions copies, and 1999’s “Human Clay” has been certified Diamond, selling more than 11 millions units.
That’s a lot of records.
| Onstage |
| Creed |
| Where: Warner Theatre, 513 13th St. NW |
| When: 8 p.m. Tuesday |
| Info: $45 to $75; warnertheatredc.com |
“It really put it into perspective for me how meteoric the success was and the rise was for the band,” said Creed lead singer Scott Stapp of “Human Clay” selling 10 million copies in less than two years. “It just blows me away how the fans connected with the music. We’ve been very blessed.”
For those fans looking to reconnect with the band that spawned the hits “Higher,” “What’s This Life For” and “With Arms Wide Open,” Creed is currently on tour playing either “My Own Prison” or “Human Clay” in their entirety, in addition to other hits.
Creed is set to appear at the Warner Theatre on Tuesday.
“It’s been really cool for the band to go back and reconnect with our roots and play songs we haven’t played in 12 to 15 years,” said Stapp, speaking from New York last week. “We reconnected with some songs that we enjoy playing live.”
Stapp said he feels the music has held up well, despite being more than a decade old.
“We have more life experience,” Stapp said, adding that the band plans to play “Human Clay” all the way through at Warner, in addition to a number of familiar tracks from other albums. “It actually increases the passion and the conviction in which the songs are played and performed. Musically, it still feels right. It doesn’t feel dated. It still sounds and feels on point. It gives us a greater appreciation for the work we did early in our career.”
Creed’s reign at the top of the rock world came to a crash when the band broke up in 2004. The band regrouped in 2009 and released “Full Circle.”
“That time off was a blessing in disguise,” said Stapp, who has written a memoir that is due out Oct. 2. “We all had a chance to get grounded in reality and see what really matters, and then also grow as artists and musicians apart from each other. When we came back together, I think there was an even deeper respect for each other to see how much we had grown and grown up during that time.”
Revisiting their older work has inspired the members of Creed to tackle some new material, though there are no plans for a new release at the moment.
“The band is on a little bit of a journey right now and a discovery process,” Stapp said. “[We’re] reconnecting with our past in order to help guide us towards the future. It’s an exciting thing to be a part of.”
