Creed ƙungiyar kiɗa ce daga Tallahassee. Ana iya kiran mawaƙa wani abu mai ban mamaki tare da ɗimbin raɗaɗi da “masoya” masu sadaukarwa waɗanda suka mamaye gidajen rediyo, suna taimaka wa ƙungiyar da suka fi so su jagoranci ko'ina.
Asalin ƙungiyar sune Scott Stapp da guitarist Mark Tremonti. An fara sanin ƙungiyar a cikin 1995. Mawakan sun fitar da albam guda 5, inda uku daga cikinsu suka zama Multi-platinum.
Ƙungiyar ta sayar da fiye da miliyan 28 a cikin Amurka ta Amurka, ta zama doka ta tara mafi girma a cikin 2000s.
Hanyar kirkira da kiɗan ƙungiyar Creed
Don haka, waɗanda suka kafa ƙungiyar almara sune Scott Stapp da Mark Tremonti. Matasa sun hadu a lokacin da suke karatu a Jami'ar Florida.
Mutanen sun haɗu ba kawai ta hanyar soyayya ga kiɗa ba, har ma da ƙaƙƙarfan abokantaka na maza. Brian Marshall da Scott Phillips ba da daɗewa ba sun shiga cikin duo.
An gudanar da karatun farko a gidan Scott Stapp. Sa'an nan mutanen suka koma cikin ginshiki, kuma kawai sai - zuwa wani kwararren rikodi studio. Kafin ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar Creed, duk mambobi huɗu sun riga sun sami gogewa a ƙungiyoyin kiɗa. Gaskiya, ba za a iya rarraba wannan ƙwarewar a matsayin ƙwararru ba.
A cikin 1997, an gabatar da kundi na farko a gidan yari na. Tarin ya yi tasiri sosai a kan magoya bayan kida mai nauyi. Ƙungiyar nan take tana da rundunar dubban magoya baya, kuma masu sukar kiɗa ba su "harbi" tarin farko tare da maganganunsu masu karfi ba, amma, akasin haka, sun goyi bayan matasa mawaƙa.
Wannan kundin yana da ƙwararren platinum sau shida kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan 200 mafi kyawun tallace-tallace na kowane lokaci a cikin Amurka ta Amurka. 10 manyan waƙoƙin "inganta" matasa mawaƙa zuwa babban mataki.
A sakamakon haka, kungiyar Creed ta sami matsayi na "Best Rock Artists of the Year" daga almara Billboard. A daya daga cikin taron manema labarai, an tambayi mawakan: "Mene ne, a ra'ayinsu, ya ba da damar kundi na farko ya zama sananne?" Mawakan sun amsa, "Kurkuku na ya sami matsayi mai yawa na platinum godiya ga sahihanci da waƙoƙi masu daɗi."
A cikin 1999, an sake cika hoton ƙungiyar tare da kundi na biyu na Human Clay. A cikin wannan faifan, mawakan sun tabo batun zaɓi: "Yaya ayyuka ke shafar rayuwar mutum?" da "Shin komai ya dogara da zabin mutum?". Shekara guda bayan gabatar da diski, Brian Marshall ya bar ƙungiyar.
Kundin studio na uku, Weathered, an sake shi a cikin 2001. Tremonti ya yi bass a cikin ɗakin rikodi, kuma Brett Hestle ya kasance mai bassist don Creed a cikin kide kide. Faifan ya ɗauki babban matsayi a cikin taswirar kiɗa na Billboard 200. Tare da wannan tarin, mawakan sun sake tabbatar da babban matsayi na ƙungiyar Creed.
Wasannin raye-rayen ƙungiyar sun shahara sosai. Abin sha'awa, ba koyaushe ba ne zai yiwu a sami tikiti don wasan kwaikwayo na ƙungiyar da kuka fi so, tunda an sayar da su a ranar farko ta tallace-tallace.
A farkon shekarun 2000, mawakan sun yi wa mutane fiye da miliyan 1 wasa a duk duniya. "Kowace bayyanarmu a kan mataki babban tashin hankali ne, saboda muna wasa daga zuciya kuma muna ba da dukkan mafi kyawun mu," in ji Scott Stapp. Lokacin da aka yi hira da tauraro a gidan rediyo an tambayi tauraron: "Mene ne sirrin nasarar da suka samu?", Ya amsa a takaice: "Ikhlasi."
Rushewar ƙungiyar Creed
Bayan gabatar da na uku studio album, mawakan tafi a kan wani babban yawon shakatawa, wanda ya ƙare a kusa da 2002. Magoya bayan sun kasance suna jiran rikodin na huɗu, kuma mawaƙa ba su son jin buƙatar "masoya".
A shekara ta 2004, soloists na kungiyar Creed sun sanar da cewa suna wargaza band din. Tremonti da Phillips (tare da Mayfield Four vocalist Miles Kennedy) sun kafa sabuwar ƙungiya mai suna Alter Bridge.
Brian Marshall ba da daɗewa ba ya shiga ƙungiyar. Scott Stapp ba shi da wani zaɓi face ya ci gaba da aikin solo. Shekara guda bayan rushewar kungiyar, mawakin ya gabatar da kundin sa na solo mai suna The Great Divide.
Hadin kai
A shekara ta 2009, bayanai sun bayyana game da haɗuwa da ƙungiyar kiɗa. Ba da daɗewa ba mawaƙa sun gabatar da abun da aka yi nasara. Ya bayyana wa magoya bayansa cewa ba da daɗewa ba za a saki kundin studio na huɗu. "Magoya bayan" ba a yi kuskure ba a cikin zato.
A ranar 27 ga Oktoba, 2009, an cika hotunan ƙungiyar da sabon tarin, Cikakken Circle. A kide-kide a cikin kungiyar Creed, wani sabon memba ya bayyana - guitarist Eric Friedman.
A cikin shekaru uku masu zuwa, mawaƙa sun yi yawon shakatawa sosai, suna jin daɗin magoya baya tare da sababbin kundin. Ba da daɗewa ba suka sanar da fitar da album ɗin su na biyar na studio. Amma magoya bayan ba su gane cewa "a bayan fage" (a cikin tawagar) wani rikici ya tashi.
Saboda bambance-bambancen ƙirƙira tsakanin Stapp da Tremonti, ƙungiyar ta yanke shawarar sanar da rugujewar ƙungiyar Creed na gaba. Tremonti, Marshall da Philipps sun ci gaba da ayyukansu na kirkire-kirkire, amma tuni a matsayin rukuni na Alter Bridge, kuma Stapp ya sake yin sana'ar solo.
A farkon 2014, Stapp ya musanta rugujewar kungiyar ta karshe. Tremonti ya kuma bayyana cewa kungiyar har yanzu ba ta da shirin haduwa don fitar da sabon tarin ko yawon shakatawa.
Abin al'ajabi bai faru ba. A cikin 2020, mawakan da ke cikin ƙungiyar Creed suna haɓaka ayyukan nasu. Da alama ba za a ta da ƙungiyar almara ba.
Creed ba ƙungiyar Kirista ba ce
Rubuce-rubucen kade-kade na dan fasto na Pentikostal Scott Stapp daga kundi na halarta na farko miliyoyin mutane ne suka so, gami da Kiristoci. Shi ya sa akasarin masu son waka suka ware wakokin band din a matsayin “Rukunin Kirista”.
Sunan kungiyar kuma ya kara dagula wutar. Creed a cikin fassarar yana nufin "aqida". Manyan mawakan Mawaƙi Masu Buɗe Makamai, Kar Ka Daina Rawa da Ba daidai ba ana yawan jin su a iskar gidajen rediyon Kirista.
Scott Stapp ya sha nanata cewa kungiyar tana da alaka da Kiristanci. Amma a lokaci guda, mawaƙin ya yi duk abin da ya tabbatar da cewa ƙungiyar Creed ta shiga cikin "jerin baƙar fata" kuma an share shi har abada daga jerin ƙungiyoyin Kirista.
Yayin da farin jinin Stapp ya karu, ya yi amfani da barasa da barasa, wanda sau da yawa yakan yi aiki a matsayin mai lalata a kan mataki.
A cikin 2004, lokacin da ƙungiyar ta watse a karon farko, ta bar fiye da lambobin yabo na kiɗa 20 da fiye da kwafi miliyan 25 da aka sayar a cikin Amurka ta Amurka, Scott ya fitar da tarinsa na farko The Great Divide.
Masoya kida da masu sukar kida sun yi gaggawar rarraba Scott a matsayin mai yin kirista. Mawakin ya amsa wa "masoya" da alheri. Tauraron ya sake zama sanadin badakalar da yawa, ciki har da fadan maye da kungiyar 311.
Daga baya kadan, an buga wani bidiyo wanda Scott da abokinsa Kid Rock suka yi jima'i da "masoya".
