You could well imagine that Creed did a lot of nodding during the recent Nickelback documentary. The Florida hard rock quartet were undeniably huge at one point – they have sold an astonishing 53 million records – but they were met with a little more resistance when it came to reviews, with many pointing out that they were pretty rubbish. Total bastards, music journalists, honestly – avoid!
It was understandable, then, that they got their backs up a bit and went on the defensive after two big-selling albums and many bad reviews. After all, Pearl Jam got good reviews and it appeared Creed had based their entire sound on Pearl Jam, albeit a version of Pearl Jam that would make the members of Pearl Jam rather down a pint of wet cement than commit to. It all came to a head in 2000, when Creed bassist Brian Marshall was giving an interview to Seattle radio station KNDD in Pearl Jam’s hometown and he saw an opportunity to make a declaration of war.
