Scott Stapp: Feeling the Music

The skeletons in Scott Stapp’s closet started rattling in 2002 when his drinking and drug use contributed to the breakup of his platinum-selling band, Creed. By Thanksgiving 2005, they’d broken down the door and sauntered out in a succession of events that mocked his then futile attempts to stay sober: the fight with members of punk rock outfit 311; the drunken appearance on Spike TV’s Casino Cinemadays later; getting arrested at Los Angeles International Airport the day after his wedding to Miss New York 2004, Jaclyn Nesheiwat; and a 1999 sex tape that distributors threatened to release.

They are things Stapp could have easily said he wouldn’t discuss, but tour publicist Chuck Randall says Stapp is anything but tight-lipped. “You shouldn’t have any problem once he gets going,” he says. “He can talk.”

Originally published in Risen magazine. Full story available upon request.