If Nirvana’s Nevermind heralded alternative’s ascendancy into the mainstream, Creed’s mega-successful 1997 debut showed just how quickly–and craftily–alt.rock’s musical hallmarks could be utterly co-opted by it. Fueled [...]

It took a few years, but the ”Seattle sound” migrated south. In 1997 Creed emerged from the sunny state of Florida wielding dark and dulcet postgrunge [...]

The multiplatinum kings of MOR nu metal have gotten a bit more aggressive and intense–to fine effect–on some of Weathered’s 11 stellar, radio-friendly tracks. For those who [...]