Creed (band)

Stapp will record a solo album, collaborating with popular Canadian group The Tea Party, while the other band members (including Brian Marshall) will form a new band, Alter Bridge, with Myles Kennedy.
Money for Nothing (1988) - compilation
On The Night (1993) - live
Live at the BBC (1995) - live
Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits (1998) - compilation. On June 4, 2004, it was announced that Creed had broken up. "Tunnel of Love", which contains an instrumental section based on music from Carousel but is otherwise all Knopfler's own work.). "Don't Stop Dancing" was a minor hit for Creed in late 2002/early 2003. (The best-of album Sultans of Swing contains only two songs not credited to Knopfler alone: "Money For Nothing", which is credited as co-written with Sting, in fact Sting, at the behest of Knopfler, merely added the line "I want my MTV" in the style of The Police hit, "Don't Stand So Close To Me". However, Creed rebounded quickly, with one of the summer's biggest hits, "One Last Breath". The band's line-up changed over the years, but one constant was Mark Knopfler, who wrote most of the band's songs and acted as clear leader of the band.

The song and video were possibly Creed's least successful since achieving mainstream success. Mark Knopfler would later concentrate on solo projects and film music. In early 2002, "Bullets" was released as a single, along with a costly, special effects-laden video. The band's final original studio album, On Every Street was released in 1991 to mixed reviews and moderate success (guest star Vince Gill, who sang backup on several of the album's songs, turned down an offer to join the band full time). In the fall of 2001, "My Sacrifice," the first single off of Creed's latest album, Weathered was one of many inspirational songs to become huge in a post-9/11 America. A long period of inactivity followed with only a hits compilation and a live set released for the next six years. Its follow-up, "With Arms Wide Open," was similarly massive on rock radio and arguably even bigger on pop radio that summer. The popularity of the band extends beyond the UK and US: in many parts of the world including India, Southeast Asia and Africa, Dire Straits has been one of the most well-known and admired western bands.

It wasn't until early 2000 that the single crossed over onto pop radio, and Creed became a household name. Partly as a result of this (and a successful appearance in Live Aid), Dire Straits were the biggest selling band in the world in the mid 1980s. Their second album, Human Clay was released in 1999 and debuted on the Billboard 200 Album Chart at number one, based on the strength of its first single, "Higher". This had the accidental side effect of making it one of the "must buy" albums for consumers wishing to demonstrate the new technology. Equally, the new format was an excellent showcase for Knopfler's meticulous production values on the earlier albums, leading many existing fans to repurchase the whole back catalogue. Their 1997 debut album My Own Prison was successful, and the title track was a major hit at rock radio. Aiding the success of Brothers in Arms was the fact that it was one of the first fully digitally recorded and produced albums available in the (then) new Compact Disc format. We have no agenda!" [1] (http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-c/creed.htm). The band's 1985 release Brothers in Arms was an international hit and spawned several singles including the number one hit "Money for Nothing".

A Christian band has an agenda to lead others to believe in their specific religious beliefs. The third album, Making Movies featured keyboardist Roy Bittan (from Bruce Springsteen's band) and marked a move towards more complex arrangements and production which would continue throughout the band's career. Frontman Scott Stapp disagrees with the label: "No, we are not a Christian band. The second album followed soon afterwards; these first two albums featured a stripped-down band sound. Many people consider Creed to be a Christian rock band, because their songs include many religious and spiritual implications. Dire Straits recorded and released their first, self-titled album in 1978 to little fanfare but five months later a single release, "Sultans of Swing" became an unlikely chart hit and album sales took off. They broke up in June 2004. Despite this complete antithesis to popular culture at the time, Dire Straits still became hugely successful.

Creed was formed in 1995 as a rock, and alternative rock group. Mark Knopfler (the band's frontman) was heard to have asked pub managers to turn down the sound, so people could talk over the music, while they were still in their early days. Greatest Hits, 2004 greatest hits album. In an era when punk rock reigned, they played subdued, almost old-school rock and roll. "One Last Breath", 2002 single. Dire Straits are a British rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass) and Pick Withers (drums), and managed by Ed Bicknell. "Bullets", 2002 single. "Encores EP" (1993) #31 UK.

"Weathered", 2002 single. "Calling Elvis" (1991) #21 UK. "Don't Stop Dancing", 2002 single. "Your Latest Trick" (1986) #26 UK. "My Sacrifice", 2001 single. "Walk of Life" (1986) #2 UK; #7 US. Weathered, 2001 album