*sniff*

[beetsnotbeats]

'I just felt hated so I wanted to go away'
 
 Now without Creed, Scott Stapp embarks on solo career
 
 Tuesday, December 6, 2005; Posted: 4:01 p.m. EST (21:01 GMT)
 
 LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Maybe Scott Stapp should have been solo from the start.
 
 With his former band, Creed, Stapp felt like he was doing most of the work. He was the brooding frontman. He wrote practically all the songs and did all the talking. He shouldered the burden of juggling egos, making everyone in the band feel included.
 
 So after Creed's tumultuous breakup -- and some serious self-reflection -- Stapp is more than comfortable calling the undisputed shots on his new solo record, "The Great Divide."
 
 "Creed's sound is my sound," Stapp says, lounging on a sofa backstage before an appearance on "The Tonight Show." "I think my record is going to speak for itself to the Creed fans. I think it's going to be like when Sting left The Police."
 
 Here's the rest. Oh, for the love of....

[Sir HC]

I think it is going to be like when whats his name left Van Halen...

[thirsty moore]

Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
 I think it's going to be like when Sting left The Police."[/i]

Except that Sting still gets some kind of respect, while Stapp will get beaten up by Vansmack.