When you think about all the pieces of art in history that have been made for extremely inexpensive amounts of money, many items come to mind. For example, The Blair Witch Project movie, one of the most successful films of all time, was filmed from an extremely low budget. Under $1 million was spent on…
Do you like statistics? Same, friends. We have one for you right here. Imagine you’re a band that nobody outside your Tallahassee home base has really heard of. You spend around $6,000 to record a record that is released independently, sells 6,000 copies in two months, and then get hooked up with Wind-Up Records. Then,…
When Creed emerged with their 1997 debut full-length, My Own Prison, the state of rock and metal was at an interesting place. Still reeling from the death of Kurt Cobain a few years prior, nu-metal, alternative rock, and post-grunge were the three dominant scenes around. Countless bands like Candlebox and Live sought to emulate the…
On November 20th, 2001, post-grunge poster boys Creed released their third full-length, Weathered. Eventually going 6x Platinum, the album was Creed at the peak of their powers, adeptly following up 1999’s Human Clay in terms of commercial success. In fact, the album held the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 for 8 consecutive weeks following…
