Scott Stapp
Mar 19, 2020
Grammy winning songwriter, solo artist, and Creed frontman, Scott Stapp’s 1st album in six years, "The Space Between The Shadows" is a celebration of overcoming that debuted in the Top 5 on album charts in the U.S. “When you’re looking down a dark tunnel, everything is shadow. But taking one day at a time, you start to see the space between the shadows; the light and the color. The world takes shape in a whole new way.” After five years of sobriety, Stapp created an album that makes peace, offers solace, expresses frustrations, hope, wins, and losses in healthy, powerful ways. The album’s first single, “Purpose For Pain" is appropriately about finding meaning in darkness, returned Stapp to the radio charts last summer. Against the odds, Creed burst into popular consciousness in 1997 with "My Own Prison" and would dominate rock radio throughout the early 2000’s.Creed sold over 50 million albums, broke airplay records, sold out arenas, and won a Grammy for “With Arms Wide Open."
As a solo artist, Stapp released "Proof Of Life" (2013) and "The Great Divide" (2005). As recovery reshaped his perspective, Scott and his wife of fourteen years, Jaclyn, moved with their three children to Nashville, TN. There, Scott found a haven for his family in a community that nurtures creativity and is renowned for turning sad stories into amazing music. It was there that "The Space Between The Shadows" was written and recorded with producers Marti Frederiksen and Scott Stevens. The experience was not only collaborative but charged with a challenge amongst musicians to bring their best. The latest single "Survivor" is a superhero’s anthem and as someone who has received the help of others, Scott Stapp is a mentor to those who still struggle and, in gratitude, he ‘pays it forward’ through his own With Arms Wide Open Foundation, which helps military vets and their families with issues of drug addiction, PTSD-triggered mental health issues and suicide prevention. His efforts were applauded in 2017 when the Florida Association of Broadcasters gave him the Florida Service Award and in 2018, he was inducted into the Florida Music Hall of Fame