The Official SCOTT STAPP Thread

[VigilantSteve]

Billboard has the exclusive premiere for Gone Too Soon. Lyric/Visualizer video is in the link.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/colu ... n-premiere

Yeah, this is a really great song... Perfect for Scott's voice and singing style, IMO. More songs like this please.

[chtimixeur]

The guitar intro sounds too much like U2 for me.

[VigilantSteve]

The guitar intro sounds too much like U2 for me.

Yeah it is definitely very U2-ish with its dotted 8th note delay on the guitar part.

[nagpo]

The guitar intro sounds too much like U2 for me.

U2 is one of Stapps favorite bands so this doesn't surprise me.

[austin.]

Sounds closer to a Rob thomas song than U2.......

[scarecrow]

This new stuff is bad and him talking about Chris Cornell like they were friends is gross. (Also he mentions other "friend" Chester Bennington dying a year after Chris. It was two months.)

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/cr ... d=64301797

[Mr. Slash]

Interesting how much publicity Stapp gets. Alter Bridge in contrary is only topic in Rock- and Metal media.
Is there anything known abouts Stapp's relation to Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington?

[number1]

Gone too soon is a beautiful power ballad perfect for live show sing along. Surprising it got not so many views. I never heard Chris or Chester ever mention Scott like a friend or at all. But Scott admire Chris so much that he rank him the greatest vocalist of this generation.

How come Gone Too Soon not release via Napalm?

[alterbridge86]

Stumbled upon some previews for all the tracks at Juno Records:

https://www.juno.co.uk/artists/Scott+Stapp/

Quality isn't great but if you're curious - hop over and listen .

[Kreuger]

Really surprised it hasnt leaked.

[number1]

Just had my first listen to the album. I would say this is the most positive album Scott ever put out and most beautiful too. Music wise it is average. Vocal wise very good except for Mary's Cry. I don't like how they tweak his voice to go up. Melody wise as usual Scott delivers. World I used to Know, Last Hallelujah, Heaven in Me and Ready to Love stood out for me. I can relate the most to Ready to Love with the numerous second chances I got and still I got someone stood by me. I love all the songs and would recommend.

[Mr. Slash]

Yea, it's a good album. Much better than I expected.

[Jaded Rescue]

Late response on my part. Sorry if I came off as making fun of Stapp, that's not what I meant. I just grew up on a lot of boy bands because it's all my sister listened to for a period of time, so it gave me a chuckle when I saw that part. But I can see how my comment came off as demeaning towards Stapp, sorry about that.

Oh your comment didn't come off as making fun of Stapp, I can understand that effect that boy bands used in their music videos in this one (my sister also listened to a lot of boy bands when I was a kid).

My additional thoughts was more on me commentating, regarding how the general public may perceives Scott Stapp these days, how I felt that the song is a decent song and that if Stapp wants to continue making music and is healthy, why not?

Oh, gotcha! And totally agree.

[austin.]

Best solo work Stapp has done IMO. I Personally wish it was heavier, but it’s a great mid tempo album with some heavy. Nothing on this album is overly cheesy, and lyrically...,, if Stapp wrote all or most this stuff..... he can still write a damn good song.

Very happy with this and very happy for Scott Stapp as a frontman, with or without Creed. Can’t wait to see him in Charlotte and hear these new tunes.

[austin.]

Stapp sings the word “Cauterize” on this album. Kind of stood out lol. That Survivor song is badass. Should be a single.

[anguyen92]

I mean given that this album's main theme looks to revolve around healing and recovering, the word cauterize makes sense. Anyway, I actually like this album. Yeah, the music wouldn't look out of place in Sirius XM Turbo and I highly doubt Octane will give any songs from this album a look. Stapp sounds nice and does sound like a guy that is on the up and up positively.

[Andy92]

I think I heard Purpose for Pain one time on Octane but that was it.

[paisleyfan]

Purpose for Pain has done relatively well. I think it's his highest charting single on rock radio since The Great Divide.

[austin.]

Purpose for Pain doing as good as Wouldn’t You rather?

Stapp has the superior single, honestly....

[creed009]

I’m going to buy the album, but I don’t have it yet, and I was looking to listen to the songs on YouTube. I haven’t been able to find any of them yet. Has anyone been able to find the full songs online?