Chords for Mark Tremonti on His Relationship With Creed's Scott Stapp
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Hi, I'm Mark Tremonti and you're watching Loudwire.
I went to high school with Scott, but we never,
he was a year older than me and back in high school
you really kind of hung with your own grade.
So I didn't really know him too well.
And then, you know, one thing that I admired about Scott
in the beginning was his do or die kind of attitude.
Like we are the best band, we're gonna make it.
We're the, you know, no matter if you were a bar band or not
he thought we were the biggest band in the world.
And I don't know if he ever talked or heard
about the whole secret thing.
You know, if you imagine stuff and you think about it
and you say it enough, it'll become a reality.
Well, he just, you know, he had that drive
and wouldn't let anything get in our way.
And I had [C] a friend who I played open mic nights
with on drums and we were gonna have him be the drummer.
He didn't show up for practice one day.
And Scott was like, you don't have the heart
and you don't want to be here for practice, you're out.
I was like, dude, that's my friend.
But it worked out and we got Scott Phillips on the drums.
And so he had a great drive and he was a good,
he was a great poet back in college.
He would just always constantly write these mixture
between these Jim Morrison type ideas
and these religious type ideas, which was kind of,
his lyrics always were good.
And he had deep meanings to all of them, which was good.
Probably towards the end of Human, the second record,
I think when, with all the pressures of gotta come out
with this next single, your next album's gonna,
your sophomore album's gonna be a failure
if you don't do this.
Your next single's not gonna do this.
You gotta stay on tour.
You know, it was always this, if you don't do this,
your career's gonna be over kind of thing.
So we were always pressured to stay on tour
and to put out this music and to do that.
And some people deal with that better than others.
And when you're this front man of a band,
that's always in the spotlight.
And on top of it, you're getting,
people are taking pot shots at you.
I think it's just kind of weight on them
and drinking turned to pills, turned to this,
turned to whatever.
He was never really open about it.
I think he would do his own thing and party,
but he wouldn't tell us what he was doing.
To me, I always thought he was drinking
or on a painkiller because his back hurt.
But I think the painkillers, because his back hurt,
turned into just doing them when he got his hands on them.
So Oxycontin's gotta be one of the worst drugs out there.
I've seen lots of people, all the same,
they get real paranoid and it takes them down quick.
You know, when he started having troubles towards the end,
we'd go on tour and Scott would be having his troubles,
whether it be the alcohol or just being angry in general
towards the end there.
And then Scott, our drummer, and Brett Heslop
would be on the other bus having a party in the other bus
and I'd be kind of with Scott.
But when we went on the reunion tour,
that's when Scott would ride on his own bus
and the rest of us would ride on our bus.
But I would say we all got along
until the pressures got heightened
towards the end of the human clay, early weathered.
So I think the last, really the last year,
year and a half, you saw it coming.
I actually heard from fans first, you know,
through social media, have you seen Scott?
Is Scott okay?
Reach out to Scott.
And I think what a lot of people don't realize
is I hadn't, since our last Creed show years ago,
I hadn't spoken with Scott.
So it's not like I'm up to date with his life.
He doesn't live in my same city.
But I saw the first one and it just concerned me
because it just looked, I knew he was abusing,
you know, you could tell.
And I shot him a text just saying,
I hope you're doing all right.
You know, I hope you can get straight.
And he just texted me back, hey, I'm sober.
These are all lies.
And, but thank God, you know, he got through it all
and his family got him into treatment.
And he's, he went through, you know,
I think he went through a 90 day program or something.
I would say family is the most important thing.
You know, you can't, you just gotta stay sober and clean
and provide for your family and be there for your kids.
You know, that's for me that,
that's what would always keep me out of trouble.
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I went to high school with Scott, but we never,
he was a year older than me and back in high school
you really kind of hung with your own grade.
So I didn't really know him too well.
And then, you know, one thing that I admired about Scott
in the beginning was his do or die kind of attitude.
Like we are the best band, we're gonna make it.
We're the, you know, no matter if you were a bar band or not
he thought we were the biggest band in the world.
And I don't know if he ever talked or heard
about the whole secret thing.
You know, if you imagine stuff and you think about it
and you say it enough, it'll become a reality.
Well, he just, you know, he had that drive
and wouldn't let anything get in our way.
And I had [C] a friend who I played open mic nights
with on drums and we were gonna have him be the drummer.
He didn't show up for practice one day.
And Scott was like, you don't have the heart
and you don't want to be here for practice, you're out.
I was like, dude, that's my friend.
But it worked out and we got Scott Phillips on the drums.
And so he had a great drive and he was a good,
he was a great poet back in college.
He would just always constantly write these mixture
between these Jim Morrison type ideas
and these religious type ideas, which was kind of,
his lyrics always were good.
And he had deep meanings to all of them, which was good.
Probably towards the end of Human, the second record,
I think when, with all the pressures of gotta come out
with this next single, your next album's gonna,
your sophomore album's gonna be a failure
if you don't do this.
Your next single's not gonna do this.
You gotta stay on tour.
You know, it was always this, if you don't do this,
your career's gonna be over kind of thing.
So we were always pressured to stay on tour
and to put out this music and to do that.
And some people deal with that better than others.
And when you're this front man of a band,
that's always in the spotlight.
And on top of it, you're getting,
people are taking pot shots at you.
I think it's just kind of weight on them
and drinking turned to pills, turned to this,
turned to whatever.
He was never really open about it.
I think he would do his own thing and party,
but he wouldn't tell us what he was doing.
To me, I always thought he was drinking
or on a painkiller because his back hurt.
But I think the painkillers, because his back hurt,
turned into just doing them when he got his hands on them.
So Oxycontin's gotta be one of the worst drugs out there.
I've seen lots of people, all the same,
they get real paranoid and it takes them down quick.
You know, when he started having troubles towards the end,
we'd go on tour and Scott would be having his troubles,
whether it be the alcohol or just being angry in general
towards the end there.
And then Scott, our drummer, and Brett Heslop
would be on the other bus having a party in the other bus
and I'd be kind of with Scott.
But when we went on the reunion tour,
that's when Scott would ride on his own bus
and the rest of us would ride on our bus.
But I would say we all got along
until the pressures got heightened
towards the end of the human clay, early weathered.
So I think the last, really the last year,
year and a half, you saw it coming.
I actually heard from fans first, you know,
through social media, have you seen Scott?
Is Scott okay?
Reach out to Scott.
And I think what a lot of people don't realize
is I hadn't, since our last Creed show years ago,
I hadn't spoken with Scott.
So it's not like I'm up to date with his life.
He doesn't live in my same city.
But I saw the first one and it just concerned me
because it just looked, I knew he was abusing,
you know, you could tell.
And I shot him a text just saying,
I hope you're doing all right.
You know, I hope you can get straight.
And he just texted me back, hey, I'm sober.
These are all lies.
And, but thank God, you know, he got through it all
and his family got him into treatment.
And he's, he went through, you know,
I think he went through a 90 day program or something.
I would say family is the most important thing.
You know, you can't, you just gotta stay sober and clean
and provide for your family and be there for your kids.
You know, that's for me that,
that's what would always keep me out of trouble.
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Hi, I'm Mark Tremonti and you're watching Loudwire.
_ _ I went to high school with Scott, but we never,
he was a year older than me and back in high school
you really kind of hung with your own grade.
So I didn't really know him too well.
And then, you know, one thing that I admired about Scott
in the beginning was his do or die kind of attitude.
Like we are the best band, we're gonna make it.
We're the, you know, no matter if you were a bar band or not
he thought we were the biggest band in the world.
And I don't know if he ever talked or heard
about the whole secret thing.
You know, if you imagine stuff and you think about it
and you say it enough, it'll become a reality.
Well, he just, you know, he had that drive
and wouldn't let anything get in our way.
And I had [C] a friend who I played open mic nights
with on drums and we were gonna have him be the drummer.
He didn't show up for practice one day.
And Scott was like, you don't have the heart
and you don't want to be here for practice, you're out.
I was like, dude, that's my friend.
But it worked out and we got Scott Phillips on the drums.
And so he had a great drive and he was a good,
he was a great poet back in college.
He would just always constantly write these mixture
between these Jim Morrison type ideas
and these religious type ideas, which was kind of,
his lyrics always were good.
And he had deep meanings to all of them, which was good.
Probably towards the end of Human, the second record,
I think when, with all the pressures of gotta come out
with this next single, your next album's gonna,
your sophomore album's gonna be a failure
if you don't do this.
Your next single's not gonna do this.
You gotta stay on tour. _
You know, it was always this, if you don't do this,
your career's gonna be over kind of thing.
So we were always pressured to stay on tour
and to put out this music and to do that.
And some people deal with that better than others.
And when you're this front man of a band,
that's always in the spotlight.
And on top of it, you're getting,
people are taking pot shots at you.
I think it's just kind of weight on them
and drinking turned to pills, turned to this,
turned to whatever.
He was never really open about it.
I think he would do his own thing and party,
but he wouldn't tell us what he was doing.
To me, I always thought he was drinking
or on a painkiller because his back hurt.
But I think the painkillers, because his back hurt,
turned into just doing them when he got his hands on them.
So Oxycontin's gotta be one of the worst drugs out there.
I've seen lots of people, all the same,
they get real paranoid and it takes them down quick.
You know, when he started having troubles towards the end,
we'd go on tour and Scott would be having his troubles,
whether it be the alcohol or just being angry in general
towards the end there.
And then Scott, our drummer, and Brett Heslop
would be on the other bus having a party in the other bus
and I'd be kind of with Scott.
_ But when we went on the reunion tour,
that's when Scott would ride on his own bus
and the rest of us would ride on our bus.
But I would say we all got along
until the pressures got heightened
towards the end of the human clay, early weathered.
So I think the last, really the last year,
year and a half, you saw it coming.
I actually heard from fans first, you know,
through social media, have you seen Scott?
Is Scott okay?
Reach out to Scott.
And I think what a lot of people don't realize
is I hadn't, since our last Creed show years ago,
I hadn't spoken with Scott.
So it's not like I'm up to date with his life.
He doesn't live in my same city.
But I saw the first one and it just concerned me
because it just looked, I knew he was abusing,
you know, you could tell.
And I shot him a text just saying,
I hope you're doing all right.
You know, I hope you can get straight.
And he just texted me back, hey, I'm sober.
These are all lies.
And, but thank God, you know, he got through it all
and his family got him into treatment.
And he's, he went through, you know,
I think he went through a 90 day program or something.
I would say family is the most important thing.
You know, you can't, you just gotta stay sober and clean
and provide for your family and be there for your kids.
You know, that's for me that,
that's what would always keep me out of trouble.
[Gb] _ [Bb] _ [Am] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ I went to high school with Scott, but we never,
he was a year older than me and back in high school
you really kind of hung with your own grade.
So I didn't really know him too well.
And then, you know, one thing that I admired about Scott
in the beginning was his do or die kind of attitude.
Like we are the best band, we're gonna make it.
We're the, you know, no matter if you were a bar band or not
he thought we were the biggest band in the world.
And I don't know if he ever talked or heard
about the whole secret thing.
You know, if you imagine stuff and you think about it
and you say it enough, it'll become a reality.
Well, he just, you know, he had that drive
and wouldn't let anything get in our way.
And I had [C] a friend who I played open mic nights
with on drums and we were gonna have him be the drummer.
He didn't show up for practice one day.
And Scott was like, you don't have the heart
and you don't want to be here for practice, you're out.
I was like, dude, that's my friend.
But it worked out and we got Scott Phillips on the drums.
And so he had a great drive and he was a good,
he was a great poet back in college.
He would just always constantly write these mixture
between these Jim Morrison type ideas
and these religious type ideas, which was kind of,
his lyrics always were good.
And he had deep meanings to all of them, which was good.
Probably towards the end of Human, the second record,
I think when, with all the pressures of gotta come out
with this next single, your next album's gonna,
your sophomore album's gonna be a failure
if you don't do this.
Your next single's not gonna do this.
You gotta stay on tour. _
You know, it was always this, if you don't do this,
your career's gonna be over kind of thing.
So we were always pressured to stay on tour
and to put out this music and to do that.
And some people deal with that better than others.
And when you're this front man of a band,
that's always in the spotlight.
And on top of it, you're getting,
people are taking pot shots at you.
I think it's just kind of weight on them
and drinking turned to pills, turned to this,
turned to whatever.
He was never really open about it.
I think he would do his own thing and party,
but he wouldn't tell us what he was doing.
To me, I always thought he was drinking
or on a painkiller because his back hurt.
But I think the painkillers, because his back hurt,
turned into just doing them when he got his hands on them.
So Oxycontin's gotta be one of the worst drugs out there.
I've seen lots of people, all the same,
they get real paranoid and it takes them down quick.
You know, when he started having troubles towards the end,
we'd go on tour and Scott would be having his troubles,
whether it be the alcohol or just being angry in general
towards the end there.
And then Scott, our drummer, and Brett Heslop
would be on the other bus having a party in the other bus
and I'd be kind of with Scott.
_ But when we went on the reunion tour,
that's when Scott would ride on his own bus
and the rest of us would ride on our bus.
But I would say we all got along
until the pressures got heightened
towards the end of the human clay, early weathered.
So I think the last, really the last year,
year and a half, you saw it coming.
I actually heard from fans first, you know,
through social media, have you seen Scott?
Is Scott okay?
Reach out to Scott.
And I think what a lot of people don't realize
is I hadn't, since our last Creed show years ago,
I hadn't spoken with Scott.
So it's not like I'm up to date with his life.
He doesn't live in my same city.
But I saw the first one and it just concerned me
because it just looked, I knew he was abusing,
you know, you could tell.
And I shot him a text just saying,
I hope you're doing all right.
You know, I hope you can get straight.
And he just texted me back, hey, I'm sober.
These are all lies.
And, but thank God, you know, he got through it all
and his family got him into treatment.
And he's, he went through, you know,
I think he went through a 90 day program or something.
I would say family is the most important thing.
You know, you can't, you just gotta stay sober and clean
and provide for your family and be there for your kids.
You know, that's for me that,
that's what would always keep me out of trouble.
[Gb] _ [Bb] _ [Am] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _