CREED Singer Denies Being Passed Out At Chicago Gig: 'It Was A Symbolic, Personal Gesture'

July 15, 2003

Scott Maxwell of the Orlando Sentinel reports that after keeping silent for months about a lawsuit that alleged he was too intoxicated to perform at a Chicago concert, CREED frontman Scott Stapp spoke out Monday (July 14),wanting to tell his side of the story.

"Ever since we've gotten successful, we've been under a constant barrage of people attacking me, attacking my character," Stapp said in one of two lengthy voice mails he left at the newspaper. "And some of the things are just made up."

With 30 million albums sold, the post-grunge group with a Christian tinge stepped out of the limelight shortly after four fans sued the band — for $2 million on behalf of 15,000 concertgoers — following a Chicago concert that they described as lackluster.

But Stapp said Monday that allegations he was drunk or that the band's performance was halfhearted were simply bogus.

For instance, when fans said he appeared to have passed out onstage, Stapp said, he was making a dramatic statement during the song "Who's Got My Back?"

"It was a symbolic, personal gesture," Stapp said of his decision to lie down during the show. "I had some things going on in my life. I kind of felt alone. And it was a symbol that I didn't think anybody had my back at the time.

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