Creed to Release Highly Anticipated Second Album September 28th; Will Preview New Songs At Woodstock '99.NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--July 6, 1999-- Wind-up Records Wind-up Records is a record label based in New York City. It was formed in 1997 when Alan and Diana Meltzer purchased Grass Records. The label's releases are distributed by Sony BMG Music Entertainment worldwide, excluding Canada, where the company operates Wind-up Entertainment recording artists Creed have announced plans to release their highly anticipated second album on September 28th. The band has been recording the album, entitled Human Clay, in a house just outside of Tallahassee, Florida For other uses, see Tallahassee (disambiguation). Tallahassee is the capital of the State of Florida and the county seat of Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida in 1824. As of 2006, the population recorded by the U.S. , with producer John Kurzweg. Kurzweg also produced Creed's TRIPLE-PLATINUM debut My Own Prison. On Human Clay, lead singer and lyricist lyr·i·cist n. A writer of song lyrics. Also called lyrist. Noun 1. lyricist - a person who writes the words for songs lyrist Scott Stapp contemplates how responsibilities, choices and actions impact people. The album's first single "Higher" is about envisioning a perfect world while dreaming. Other songs explore fears of growing up and letting go of youth ("Never Die," "Young Grow Old"), conscience ("Faceless Man") and betrayal ("Beautiful") among other topics. Creed challenges their listeners to think without preaching or pretending to have all the answers. Despite the band's hectic recording schedule, fans will get a chance to catch Creed live this summer. The band will take a break from recording during July to play at Woodstock '99 (Sunday, July 25th) and several European rock festivals, including England's Big Day Out on July 10th (see additional dates below). At these shows, Creed will preview songs from Human Clay in addition to playing their chart-topping hits from My Own Prison. Creed was named Rock Artist of the Year at the 1998 Billboard Music Awards The Billboard Music Awards, sponsored by Billboard magazine and held annually in December, is one of several annual United States music awards shows (among the others are the American Music Awards, the Grammy Awards and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony). . My Own Prison was awarded Album of the Year by music industry polls in two radio trade magazines (Friday Morning Quarterback and Album Network) and ranked as the No. 1 selling Hard Music album for 1998 according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. SoundScan. FMQB FMQB Friday Morning Quarterback, Inc. also honored Creed as Best New Artist and declared the band's No. 1 Rock single "What's This Life For" Track of the Year. Three of Creed's No. 1 singles - "My Own Prison," "What's This Life For," and "Torn"-- earned spots in the Top 10 of Radio & Records' 1998 End of Year Active Rock Chart. "Torn" was named the 1998 No. 1 Active Rock Track of the Year by R&R. The band's most recent chart success has been with the song "One," which earned the band the distinction of being the first recording artists to have four No. 1 Rock singles from a debut album. "One" also reached No. 2 on the Modern Rock chart. Creed is singer Scott Stapp, guitarist Mark Tremonti Mark Thomas Tremonti (born April 18, 1974) is the lead guitarist for the American rock band Alter Bridge, but is most known as the former guitarist for the popular late 90's/early 00's band Creed. Tremonti writes music, lyrics and contributes backing vocals. , drummer Scott Phillips 'Scott Phillips' can refer to:
Creed tour dates 7/2/99 Austria Forestglade Festival 7/3/99 Bonn, Germany Rheinkultur 7/5/99 Amsterdam Paradiso 7/9/99 Belfort, France Eurockneenes Belfort 7/10/99 Milton Keynes, England Big Day Out 7/12/99 Naples, Italy Napoli Festival 7/15/99 Madrid, Spain Festimad 7/17/99 Konstanz, Germany Rock Amsee 7/25/99 Rome, New York Woodstock '99 |
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