In a latest interview on SiriusXM‘s Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk (transcribed by Blabbermouth), Creed frontman Scott Stapp hinted at the potential of new music from the post-grunge legends. Buoyed by the overwhelmingly optimistic response to their reunion and newfound artistic vitality, Stapp appears optimistic in regards to the band’s future.
“Nicely, it is not shocking within the context of I knew that there was a brand new technology of Creed followers being born, after which additionally the followers from the previous had been re-engaging with Creed due to every thing that was going viral. It began in late 2020, then in 2021, 2022, and 2023, between TikTok and Instagram and YouTube, and all of the social media platforms, we simply began having this resurgence. And it was stunning at first ‘trigger I used to be, like, it got here out of nowhere, however to see the reception and to see that there was a lot love on the market for the band… I anticipated a optimistic response and a optimistic reception, however I did not realize it was gonna be like this. I had no thought.”
However nostalgia is not the one gasoline for this artistic hearth. Stapp revealed that he and guitarist Mark Tremonti lately spent some “secret” time collectively, suggesting that songwriting is already underway.
“Nicely, yeah, Mark and I had been collectively a few days in the past doing a little secret, secret factor I am unable to share, however we had been hanging out for a few days. And as we had been hanging out, we simply started speaking about how we wrote Human Clay. And we wrote Human Clay whereas on the street touring My Personal Jail. And we wrote it throughout soundchecks — 80, 90 % of that report was written on stage throughout soundcheck. And you already know what we might do? We might write a tune and we might get it tight and play it inside three or 4 days of writing it as a result of we did not have sufficient materials with simply that one report to be a headliner, however we had been headlining reveals.”
Stapp remembered how the band wrote a number of songs throughout their Full Circle tour, and that the expertise left them feeling refreshed and able to push boundaries, hinting which may occur as soon as once more.
“So we did not wanna fill our set with covers, so we had been writing on the fly and simply taking part in new songs as we wrote them. And so we had been speaking, like, ‘You realize what? That was a very good expertise.’ These had been good occasions and each of us linked. And I may see in his eye, and I used to be feeling it too, that I feel there’s gonna be some writing occurring, and it is gonna be natural.
“And I feel it is gonna be stunning, man. If we get again to that place and that chemistry, which I feel we’re gonna fall proper again into as soon as we begin taking part in these songs collectively and we reconnect, by way of {our relationships}, by way of the songs that we created collectively, I feel it is solely pure for us that in soundchecks, generally within the dressing room, wherever and each time we’re collectively, that songs are gonna be born.
“I imply, it occurred on the Full Circle tour. We wrote a bunch of songs throughout soundcheck throughout that tour, and so we’re sitting on these. However I feel we’re all in a contemporary house and I positively assume the artistic juices are gonna stream. And so I positively assume there’s hope for some new music.”
When requested whether or not this reunion will flip into a possibility for the band to maintain going, or simply a possibility to reconnect after a decade, Stapp remained cautious however hopes for a probably longer comeback.
“Nicely, it is developed. I will be sincere with you — initially I used to be taking it, like, ‘All proper, let’s do the cruises, after which let’s form of see what occurs from there.’ However the reception was so unimaginable, and, like I defined earlier than, every thing that was happening viral, the tour simply obtained offered to us and we could not say no, particularly with the optimistic interplay that was occurring with the band behind the scenes.”
“I actually am hoping that every one this optimistic vitality and optimistic mindset and simply collective mindset that that is one thing that we lastly want to actually cherish and nurture and actually give our followers what they need, and that it truly advantages every thing else we’re doing as nicely. There’s positively been some dialogue and a few conversations about this being one thing that continues.
“However once more, there’s nonetheless somewhat little bit of that ‘let’s have a look at the way it goes’ form of deal. So I feel a part of us are within the second, the thrill of this, ‘Let’s make this one thing we do on a regular basis,’ after which the opposite half of us is, ‘All proper. Nicely, let’s have a look at the way it goes.’ So with each of these head areas form of residing collectively, I feel that is a optimistic recipe. So if everybody simply reveals up with that proper angle, I feel — to not sound cliché, however it’s cliché — I feel the very best is but to return for Creed.”
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