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| Birth Name(s) : Scott Stapp, Mark Tremonti, Brian Marshall, Scott Phillips. |
Date of Birth: 1997 |
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Released in August 1998, Creed's debut album, My Own Prison, quickly made an impact on the US Billboard charts, after initially being released independently six months earlier. The band was formed by Scott Stapp (vocals), Mark Tremonti (guitar, vocals), Brian Marshall (bass) and Scott Phillips (drums).
Singer-songwriter Stapp put Creed's connection with its fanbase down to the Tallahassee, Florida, USA band's sense of personal honesty and integrity: "However they may interpret our music, I think they're feeling the honesty and passion of it, and they know it's sincere." Stapp had dropped out of Florida State University, where he was studying to be a lawyer, to pursue his musical interests. He became estranged from his religious parents, and most of the lyrics for Creed's debut were written while he slept in his car. Despite his parental troubles, My Own Prison contained an unmistakably spiritual edge. Although there are similarities between Stapp's vocals and Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, the material was strong. Producer John Kurzweg worked on both versions of the album, with final mixing for the Wind-up reissue conducted by Soundgarden producer Ron Saint-Germain.
The album reached a peak position of 22 on the US album chart. The follow-up, Human Clay, debuted at number 1 in October 1999, confirming the band as one of the most popular rock acts of the late 90s.
Marshall left the band in August 2000, shortly before the comparatively gentle "With Arms Wide Open" completed its long haul up the Hot 100 to the number one position. The track helped raised funds for the charity of the same name. The band's third album, Weathered, debuted at number 1 on the US charts in December 2001, confirming Creed as one of the leading rock bands of the new millennium with combined world sales approaching 35 million. |
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A creed is a statement or confession of belief — usually religious belief — or faith. The word derives from the Latin: credo for I believe. It is sometimes called symbol (Greek: σύμβολο), signifying a "token" by which persons of like beliefs might recognize each other.
Muslims declare the shahada, "There is no ilah but Al-ilah, and Muhammad is His prophet." Sunnis name six articles of belief: belief in God, the Prophets and Messengers, the Books, the Angels, The Day of Judgment and the Resurrection, and Predestination.
Trinitarian Christianity, affirming that God has become incarnate as the human being Jesus, has formulated a number of statements of faith that seek to assert this doctrine.
Creeds served an important role in stabilizing the early Christian church. Initially used to teach beliefs to new converts, they soon served other purposes, such as showing the boundaries between real believers and those who adhered to false teachings. By the 200's, believers would be asked questions at their baptisms that went "Do you believe in God the Father almighty? Do you believe in Jesus Christ?", and so on. These questions were used to prepare the believers for baptism. In addition, the creeds guarded against heresy by clearly stating the church's beliefs. The earliest creed is generally considered to be 1 Cor 15:1-9.
As Christianity wrestled with the implications of this doctrine, its developing theology required more complex formulations.
It is likely that the earliest creed of Christianity that deserves the title in full is the Apostles' Creed. Christian mythology attributes this creed to all twelve Apostles as a joint composition, and assigns one phrase of the creed to each Apostle. This attribution is unlikely, but the creed itself is quite old; it seems to have developed from a catechism used in the baptism of adults, and in that form can be traced as far back as the second century (see Old Roman Symbol). The Apostles' Creed seems to have been formulated to resist Docetism and similar ideas associated with Gnosticism; it emphasizes the birth, physical death, and bodily Resurrection of Jesus Christ. A Roman Catholic translation of this creed reads:I believe in God, the Father Almighty,creator of heaven and earth.I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spiritand born of the Virgin Mary.He suffered under Pontius Pilate,was crucified, died, and was buried.He descended into hell.On the third day He rose again.He ascended into heavenand is seated at the right hand of the Father.He will come again to judge the living and the dead.I believe in the Holy Spirit,the Holy Catholic Church,the communion of Saints,the forgiveness of sins,the resurrection of the body,and the life everlasting. AMEN.
The Nicene Creed is clearly derived from the Apostles' Creed, and equally obviously represents an elaboration of its basic themes. The most salient additions to this creed are much more elaborate statements concerning Christology and the Trinity. These reflect the concerns of the First Council of Nicaea in 325, and have their chief purpose the rejection of Arianism, which the church adjudged a heresy. In the Catholic, and Orthodox liturgy the Nicene Creed is repeated during each Mass on Sundays and High Days.
Some Christians explicitly reject creeds as definitive statements, even while agreeing with some creeds. For example, Baptists have no formal creed and and do not empower the church to define one. Even so, they are generally in agreement with the Nicene Creed.
The Jewish faith recognizes a single creed called the Shmah or Shema Yisrael, a statement of faith in strict unitarian monotheism, the belief in one God. This creed is embodied in a single prayer recited twice a day: "Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One", also translated as "Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is unique ."
The most basic attempt to put the religion of Islam in a brief statement of doctrine is the shahada, the proclamation that there is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is His prophet.
The six Sunni articles of belief are:
- Belief in God (Allah), the one and only one worthy of all worship (tawhid).
- Belief in all the Prophets (nabi) and Messengers (rusul) sent by God.
- Belief in the Books (kutub) sent by God (including the Qur'an).
- Belief in the Angels (mala'ika).
- Belief in the Day of Judgement (qiyama) and in the Resurrection (life after death).
- Belief in Predestination (qadar).
Also from the Aqidah of the Salaf is the belief that the faith (i.e. Eemaan) consists of (both) speech and action and that it increases and decreases. This differs from the Murji’ah a sect who uphold the belief of “Irjaa’”-to hold that sins major and minor, do not affect the faith and that faith neither increases nor decreases.
In the Salafs understanding the meanings of the Attributes and affirming them, it becomes necessary to also know that they did so while negating four matters:
- Tashbeeh (likening Allah to the creation) and Tajseem (likening Allah to a body).
- Takyeef (enquiring into the how or nature of the Attribute).
- Tahreef (distorting the meaning of the Attribute) and Taghyeer (changing the meaning of the Attribute) and Ta’weel (figuratively interpreting the meaning of the Attribute).
- Ta’teel (denying the Attribute). |
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| We as a band felt it would be simpler to go in and just have Scott and Mark perform. It was something that we hadn't rehearsed and felt that if we were going to use bongos, we should also use acoustic bass and hadn't practiced it with Brett. |
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