Houston show Review
 

I know some of you people on here are saying the Stapp is crap but that can't be further from the truth. I don't know anyone that can work a crowd like Stapp can, 16,000 people were feeding off his energy and vice versa. Sure Stapp isn't what he used to be, but the passion that he brings to front a bad ass rock band is amazing. I see people over at ABB.net saying Stapp is horrible, the songs are too fast...Well when you experience a LIVE show like Creed you don't think about all the shit, you live for the moment and the moment was Creed. Creed puts on the most amazing shows I have ever seen. If you guys also didnt see, Creed and EROCK were rewarded plaques for breaking the world record for the amount of cameras used in a concert after the show. Overall it was an amazing night!

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Staind was good...really good, actually.

Creed was about what I was expecting. 4/5 of Creed was awesome as usual. 1/5 of the band sucked pretty hardcore.....looking forward to the next Alter Bridge CD.

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abb.net is just a huge joke to me. Just another site that's dedicated to bashing stapp. whippe. like that hasn't been done before

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Agreed, there are some massive AB fan boys there. People are getting stressy because the Creed DVD comes out in a month and half when we've waited 10 months for the AB DVD. Seriously, WTF?

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People are right that Stapp cannot sing like he used to, however it's time to accept that and move on. The Houston show was great. The older songs sounded nothing like they did in 1998 and 1999 but who cares? Stapp has adjusted, the band has adjusted, let's have some fun and enjoy. It's not that Stapp sounded bad, he just sounded different and I think people just have a hard time accepting change.

Can't wait for the DVD to be released!

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It was a pretty good show, I enjoyed it.

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I really enjoyed the show. Stapp's voice did sound a little rough on Overcome but it got better the more songs he sung. Overall it was a great show!

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overall I thought the show was great. I was not expecting to have Staid shown, I have some of there cd but never seen anything of theirs live. I They were great nice set list with new and old. Creed the show its self amazing. Stapps voice is not what it used to be he cant hit the high notes anymroe but has improved a lot since the start of the tour

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Let's not kid ourselves. I'm a bigger Stapp fanboy then most, and I can tell you that last night's performance was probably the worst of the entire tour.
Not just Stapp, but the whole band missed a few marks.

Overall, sure, it was another great live show.
If you were there...

At home, it made me want to cry.
Stapp sounded very solid a week ago in some videos from YouTube, but last night was horrible.

Maybe he can recover with some time off. I think he's over strained.

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thats the way i see to steve When Is The DVD To Be Relased Again ? i forgot

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i thought it was funny how the band was ending on with arms wide open and stapp just kept on singing and getting the crowd into it.i had to go outto my car after the show and pop in some alter bridge. to hear them with a guy who can really sing. i just dont understand though i saw them back in 97 and 99 and scott sounded great . i also preordered full circle. i love the new creed as well.

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One post says 'stapp sounded better than he did all tour' than another says 'he was the worst he's ever been'. Anyone else really tired of hearing about this?

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Yeah, but you gotta admit, anyone who has seen Creed in the past would never say Stapp sounds better than ever. If so, they are tone deaf.

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Yeah, I'm just glad they got back together. I saw them in ATL and it was great. I'll take Stapp at his "worst" over no Stapp at all.

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I thought on the first three songs stapp was fucking terrible. Then they played Never Die and his voice was pretty good. Then they played Torn and from that point on he slayed it! Me and my cousin watched it and found ourselves joking about how bad he was, then he shoved our foots in our mouths. It must have just taken him a little while to get used to it. His and Mark's little jam during What If was amazing!

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I was there at the show and I thought they did great. Nobdoy sounds the same 5-10 years later. Let's get over the "scott's voice" and enjoy that the boys are back. I have seen alot of show's in my time and they still put on one of the better show's. I would go see the same show tomorrow if they were in Houston.

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Thanks for your review, dj5. So much is said, especially at abb.net, about Scott's voice at this show. I guess they're so jealous it's not AB getting all these opportunities. Scott's voice probably took time to warm up and then once he is, there's no problem. Plus they probably were alittle nervous with all the extra cameras around. I know I would see them again anytime too.

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overall whole show is great i thought.

track by track below;

Bullets

Good opener, the live riff is much better than the album version i think and with two guitars it's really heavy

Overcome

Probably the best live version of this i've heard, the solo is kick ass, can't wait for the new album

My Own Prison

As Stapp introduces it as going back to the start it's a great tune and a great live version too

Say I
Never Die
Torn

Great old school section of the setlist here but they could have added Weathered to the setlist also.

A 1,000 Faces

Great to hear another new song from Full Circle, now heard 1000 faces, Overcome, Rain and Full Circle from the new album and on that basis it's going to rock, let the countdown begin.

What If / Guitar Duel

In the breakdown of the track Eddie and Mark have a guitar solo duel which is always nice to throw into a live track, nice that Creed add something different to thier live tracks

Unforgiven

Love the live version of this, so kick ass!

Are You Ready?
What's This Life For?
Faceless Man

Another great section of the setlist but could have added Young Grow Old also. Faceless Man is epic and What's this life for was really cool to hear also.

With Arms Wide Open
My Sacrifice

Ending the main set with two of their biggest hits was a great idea. Arms and Sacrifice work really well back to back, nicely done guys.

-Encore Break

One
One Last Breath
Higher

Great encore, One is always great to here as it's probably my favourite track from the first album, last breath is great too and Higher as always is amazing.

overall I thought it was a great show.

the setlist i'd have done though would be:

overall whole show is great i thought.

Bullets
Overcome
My Own Prison
Say I
Never Die
Weathered
Torn
A 1,000 Faces
Young Grow Old
What If
Unforgiven
Are You Ready?
What's This Life For?
Faceless Man
Rain
With Arms Wide Open
My Sacrifice

-Encore Break

One
One Last Breadth
Higher

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i agree with everything except it is eric not eddie with the guitar dual.

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After watching 10 shows the first listen was at work and 1 thought what is this rubbish it sounded average at best.

HOWEVER after going home and hooking it up to my tv with stereo speakers it sounded 200% better amazing. I think it's poor how people are going by you tube and this live performance and saying Stapp has lost his voice. Off poorer speakers etc

While he doesn't quite get the higher notes like he used too. As the tour went on he's got better. A lot of it is lack of practice and some is just voice changing all older bands this happens with.

In Feb I am seeing Faith no More now after 14 years I expecting Roddy's voice to be different. But they are back same with Creed. They are back live it up

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I wish I could have seen this, but it was on at 2am over here, and that's a littler past my bed-time.

I listened to the audio though and they sounded amazing. I hope the DVD gets a region 2 release, as well as the US region 1.

I still have hopes that Creed might just tour here one day, however, they are ant-sized hopes. Alter Bridge toured here, albeit in small clubs, so I think Creed could...however, somehow I don't think they will. I think it's a bit of a mind-f*ck to do huge stadiums and then do the Academy here in Manchester...

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You're in the UK aren't you?

I would love Creed to come here. Don't forget that Creed have 75% of the same line-up as Alter Bridge, so i'm sure they wouldn't mind playing small clubs, but the labels etc may have a problem with that.

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sorry wasn't sure on the names

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no big deal. hope i did not come as being rude. no harm.

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Yeah, Wind-up seem like a serious bitch.

I wonder why Creed chose to go back to them, unless there was a clause in their contract from before or something.

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Wind-up owns creed. not the band members. they wen't back because they wanted to.