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. He re-recorded some old singles, and worked with The Specials for 1992's King of Kings's, which used hits from Dekker's musical heroes, including Derrick Morgan. On June 4, 2004, it was announced that Creed had broken up. Only a single live album was released in the late 80s, but a new version of "The Israelites" reawakened public interest in 1990, following its use in a Maxell ad. "Don't Stop Dancing" was a minor hit for Creed in late 2002/early 2003. In the early 80s, as the Two Tone movement died out, he saw his fortunes dwindle, and he declared bankruptcy in 1984. However, Creed rebounded quickly, with one of the summer's biggest hits, "One Last Breath". Though Compass Point did not sell well, Dekker was still a popular live performer, and he toured with The Rumour.

The song and video were possibly Creed's least successful since achieving mainstream success. His next album was Compass Point, produced by Robert Palmer. In early 2002, "Bullets" was released as a single, along with a costly, special effects-laden video. His first single was "Israelites", a Top Ten Belgian hit, and was followed by "Please Don't Bend", Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers to Cross" and "Book of Rules". 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. He recorded an album called Black & Dekker, which featured his previous hits backed by The Rumour, Graham Parker's backing band. Its follow-up, "With Arms Wide Open," was similarly massive on rock radio and arguably even bigger on pop radio that summer. At the end of the 1970s, Dekker signed with Stiff Records, a punk label linked with the Two-Tone movement, a fusion of punk and ska.

It wasn't until early 2000 that the single crossed over onto pop radio, and Creed became a household name. He was unable to follow its success, however, and did not chart in the UK for some time, also finding only a limited audience in Jamaica. 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". His first hit with the pair was 1975's "Sing a Little Song", which was a British Top Ten. Their 1997 debut album My Own Prison was successful, and the title track was a major hit at rock radio. Dekker continued recording, but with only limited success, until he began working with the production duo Bruce Anthony in 1974. We have no agenda!" [1] (http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-c/creed.htm). Among his best known releases of this period was "You Can Get It If You Really Want", written by Jimmy Cliff, which Dekker had not wanted to record but was convinced by Leslie Kong. Kong, whose production had been an instrumental part of both Dekker's and Cliff's careers, died in 1971, and both his protegé's were lost for a period before returning to music.

A Christian band has an agenda to lead others to believe in their specific religious beliefs. In the 1970s, Dekker spent most of his time touring and moved to the UK, where he continued to record. Frontman Scott Stapp disagrees with the label: "No, we are not a Christian band. He also released "Problems" and "Pickney Gal", both of which were popular in Jamaica, but saw only limited success elsewhere. Many people consider Creed to be a Christian rock band, because their songs include many religious and spiritual implications. 1969 saw the release of "It Mek", which first saw only lukewarm success but was re-recorded and became a hit both in Jamaica and the UK. They broke up in June 2004. That same year saw the release of "Beautiful and Dangerous", "Writing on the Wall", "Music Like Dirt", "Bongo Girl" and "Shing a Ling".

Creed was formed in 1995 as a rock, and alternative rock group. He was the first Jamaican performer to enter US markets with pure Jamaican music, though he never repeated the feat. Greatest Hits, 2004 greatest hits album. In 1968, Dekker's "The Israelites" was released, appearing on both the US and UK charts, eventually topping the latter and peaking in the Top Ten of the former. "One Last Breath", 2002 single. Many of the hits from this era came from his debut album, 007 (Shanty Town). "Bullets", 2002 single. His "Pretty Africa" is a long-standing favorite among his fans, and may be the earliest popular song promoting repatriation.

"Weathered", 2002 single. Dekker continued with songs along the same vein, such as "Rude Boy Train" and "Rudie Got Soul", as well as continuing with his previous themes of religion and morality in songs like "It's a Shame", "Wise Man", "Hey Grandma", "Unity", "It Pays", "Mother's Young Girl" and "Sabotage". "Don't Stop Dancing", 2002 single. "007 (Shanty Town)" was a Top 15 hit in the UK, and he toured the country with a posse of mods following him. "My Sacrifice", 2001 single. The song established Dekker as a rude boy icon, and also became an established hero in the United Kingdom's mod scene. Weathered, 2001 album