This day in Creed history

1996 - The band finally decides that the name Creed, named after the dad of the bassist Brian Marshall, who starred in the Rocky movies as Apollo Creed. Other debated band names were Roma Coma and The Scott Stapp Sexperience.

1997 - After their 3rd show at a local bar, Scott Stapp realizes that their band leads an immoral lifestyle and has too many guitar solos. This is forgotten after the announcement of drinks on the house.

1998 - When recording Human Clay, they spent the entire day living on a firing range to fully understand the complexities of clay pigeons and skeet shooting. This is how the drummer Scott Phillips got his signature clay-scars.

1999 - Born-again Christian Fred Durst realized that the members of Creed are on a one way course to hell if they don't repent now. Soon after, he hands out pamphlets that will inspire Scott Stapp to challenge Durst to a boxing match.

2000 - Almost a year since losing the boxing match, Stapp accepts concedes that their is only one savior Jesus Christ, and takes the band in a new direction without informing band members.

2001 - Steadily climbing the billboard charts, Scott Stapp dedicates their single "My Sacrifice" to Jesus at a concert in Memphis, while all other band members wanted to dedicate it to the small religions around the world. It was official: Scott Stapp sold out their band to God.

2002 - Stapp receives critical acclaim from Creed-haters after his most recent hit is his car into oncoming traffic. Stapp attributed his speedy recovery to the love of Jesus, which lead to a great drop in Christian church attendance all over the nation

2003 - "My Sacrifice" is played for the 346th time on various WWE broadcasts, with several close-ups of Crash Holly, Eddie Guerrero, and Chris Bentoit. This is why the song is now considered a bad luck charm in most Western civilizations.

2004 - Jesus, grief stricken that a song dedicated to him will later be associated with the deaths of his favorite WWE superstars, breaks up with Scott Stapp.

2005 - Jesus was seen hanging around the trailer for Alter Bridge, a band composed of past Creed members, sans Stapp. Though it is not clear why he was there, one can assume that it was too make Stapp jealous.