Creed reunited in 2009 for their “Full Circle” album and an extensive tour marking the first time the group performed since disbanding in 2004. Singer Scott Stapp has since recorded and toured as a solo artist, and guitarist Mark Tremonti has his hand in many fires with his solo work, Alter Bridge and a Frank Sinatra covers album.
Tremonti previously told Jamey Jasta that he had an album’s worth of new Creed material written. “People say, ‘Is it done? Is it over? Is there new music coming out?’” Tremonti said.
“I’m sitting on an entire Creed album… When we were together doing the reunion tour, we put a lot of music together and I have like really sketchy little demos of probably 13 songs. I listened to them maybe a year ago and they’re good songs.”
Alter Bridge recently released a new album, “Pawns & Kings, “ and Tremonti is making the publicity rounds to promote the record. Naturally, he was again asked about a possible Creed reunion, and while there’s no specific time table, the guitarist again hinted that it’s not a matter of if but more a matter of when.
“It’s just a matter of timing,” he told The Rock Experience with Mike Brunn. “We’re all so busy running around the world doing our things, we would just have to have the time where it made sense. I don’t think we need to rush into it, because I don’t think Creed fans are going anywhere. I think whenever we decide to do something, I think it’s gonna be a safe time to do it. It’s just gonna be when it makes sense for everybody. You don’t wanna derail a whole album cycle by jumping into doing Creed. It would just have to make sense.”
Tremonti previously told Brunn that always being associated with Creed is “both a blessing and a curse.”
“It’s a blessing because I wouldn’t be sitting here talking to you right now if it weren’t for Creed; I wouldn’t have this career, this long career,” he said. “But at the same time, for my entire life, I will be that guy from the band Creed, which is good and band. ‘Cause certain people loved Creed, certain people hated Creed. So no matter what I do artistically, I’m gonna be the guy who was in Creed that was, at certain points critics liked to come after us. So I’ve kind of lived in both worlds — I was in a band that sold lots of records but got some critical attacks, but I also got to be in a band that didn’t sell as many records but got critical praise. So I got to see both sides of it. It would be great to have it all in one. But it’s tough.”
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