Grammy winning songwriter, platinum-selling solo artist, and Creed frontman, SCOTT STAPP has followed “Purpose For Pain” with “Name”. The new remixed single, arrives after Stapp’s first album in six years, The Space Between The Shadows, landed top spots on US and UK rock and album charts (charts below).
Watch “Name” lyric video here
“Name” speaks about breaking harmful cycles by overcoming, and ending, abuse and abandonment. It has resonated with audiences on The Space Between The Shadows Summer Tour (now extended into October) and at radio appearances where each performance has been met with pin-drop silence and standing ovations for lyrics like:
“I am a son without a father. He gave his name and walked away.
I am a man, now a father. And I swear my son will never know that pain.
I was a child, I was abandoned. Too young to fight to have a say.
Oh God what seemed so heavy handed. Made me the man I am today.
It’s so hard to forgive. Even harder to forget.”
“Name” also gives the album its title, as Stapp vows to make his hard-learned lessons count:
“I will…I will… be the space between the shadows.
I will…I will… be the light inside the sorrow.”
The Space Between The Shadows reflects the technicolor clarity of five years of sobriety, self-awareness, and a commitment to connect with others as he roars, rages, and copes with personal and universal injustice.
*The Space Between The Shadows debuted at:
#3 on the Billboard Current Rock Albums chart
#3 on the Billboard Current Hard Music Albums chart
#4 on the Billboard Record Label Independent Current Albums chart
#10 on the Billboard Current Physical Albums chart;
SCOTT STAPP roars on “Face of the Sun”, the latest in the advance track campaign for his first album in six years, The Space Between The Shadows, coming July 19 on Napalm Records. Each previously unveiled track (“Purpose For Pain,” “Name,” “Face of the Sun,”) is available now via album pre-order. Fourth track, “Gone Too Soon” will be available July 12.
Each track has debuted with an accompanying lyric video and the latest challenges the cross-talk and shout-downs that have become the norm. Fans, even those with opposing views, will see their frustrations reflected in the video as Scott sneers:
Don’t try and make me listen
To all your superstition
That you been selling for so, so long
You got to stop the hating
The self-medicating
It’s killing me ‘cause you’re so far gone
He continues:
I see a hundred devils
Preaching another level
Selling the high road too low, low, low…
They’re lying to our faces
And nothing ever changes
They’re saying yes I say no, no no…
Yet, as always, the Grammy winning songwriter, Creed frontman, and platinum-certified solo artist balances cynicism with an appeal to the best of human nature in his chorus:
Fly… like a flame through the face of the sun
Rise… with the fire till the battle is won
Blind… to what the world says can never be done
Fight until the end
In the name of love
Grammy winning songwriter, powerhouse frontman for Creed, and platinum certified solo artist, Scott Stapp today debuted the video for his new single, “Purpose For Pain”, revealing an auto-biographical rush of memories, from abuse, to escape, and going from bad to worse before finding the beauty in life’s hard-learned lessons. The single is the first from Stapp’s upcoming album, “The Space Between The Shadows” (July 2019 on Napalm Records) and will arrive during a summer tour that has now doubled its routing. Tickets for today’s newly announced dates go on sale Friday, April 12 (full list of dates below).
The video features an intense performance by Scott and his band intercut with the narrative of a young boy’s escape from the pain of an abusive home. As he runs down a lonely road, his journey goes from bad to worse when he is offered a chemical “solution” for his pain, but refuses, knowing there’s a purpose for his life outside of the struggles he’s enduring. He then arrives at a make shift fort he’s created where he’s covered the walls with pictures of his dreams, his hopes, and hand-written reminders to keep believing and stay strong. There, the boy breaks in frustration and pain. He screams, grieves, and lashes out in a moment of doubt fearing he will never overcome his situation. He then continues to run, desperately searching for answers and peace. He finally stops on a mountain top, gazing up towards the heavens, looking out into the great unknown knowing one day he will find freedom, peace, and the life he dreams of, if he just holds on to hope, knowing this struggle, this pain, will not last forever. He just has to hold on.
With lyrics that insist, “There’s got to be more cuz this life is insane. Gotta turn this around and find the purpose for pain,” and considering Scott’s real-life story of recovery, it’s clear which choice will win in the end.
Long time Creed/Stapp collaborator, Director Daniel E Catullo III filmed Scott Stapp’s performance in Puerto Rico where the rocker recently performed a sold-out show at the Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A Ferre Theater. The narrative of “young Scott” was shot on location in Joshua Tree, CA and portrayed by actor, Omar Mughannam.
“I’ve worked with Scott for many years now and consider him one of my dearest friends. I was honored to be able to collaborate with him on this video and to direct the first video on the album. Coming up with creative ideas is always fun with Scott and it is an extra bonus that we think alike in so many ways. For this video it was a true collaborative effort and we went back and forth on a bunch of ideas until we decided on the final storyline. I think the final video captured the essence of the song perfectly,” said Director Daniel E Catullo III.
Scott Stapp is known as a Grammy winning songwriter and frontman for Creed (over 50 million albums sold worldwide), and for his work as a solo artist who released the platinum-certified The Great Divide (2005) and Proof of Life (2013) which featured his first solo Billboard #1, “Slow Suicide.”
With a new outlook after the biggest fight of his life – five years sober and counting – one of rock’s biggest names roars on “Purpose For Pain,” the first song from Scott Stapp’s upcoming album THE SPACE BETWEEN THE SHADOWS. The album documents a five-year journey to find meaning – and redemption – in a world where shadows lurk and the space between is a gauntlet towards the light.
His evolution, both personally and professionally, now reflects a powerful vocal style from an artist with a strong sense of purpose in sharing the silver lining of his survival. As such, he is an inspiration to others who struggle with the often over-lapping illnesses of addiction and depression. Scott Stapp’s With Arms Wide Open Foundation helps military vets and their families with issues of drug addiction, PTSD-triggered mental health issues and suicide prevention. In 2017, the Florida Association of Broadcasters awarded Scott Stapp with the Florida Service Award and in 2018 he was inducted into the Florida Music Hall of Fame.
The Space Between The Shadows Summer Tour
(new dates in bold are on sale Fri. April 12)
6/20 Oshkosh, WI @ Waterfest Concert Series
6/21 New Buffalo, MI @ Four Winds Casino Resort – Silver Creek Event Center
6/22 St. Charles, IL @ The Arcada Theatre
6/27 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall
6/28 Toledo, OH @ Civic Music Hall
6/29 Boardman, OH @ Ribs-N-Rock Festival 7/02 Kansas City, MO @ Knuckleheads 7/06 Jefferson, IA @ Wild Rose Casino
7/10 San Antonio, TX @ The Aztec Theatre
7/12 Houston, TX @ House of Blues
7/13 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
7/14 Oklahoma City @ Tower Theatre 7/17 Rocky Mount, VA @ Harvester Performance Center 7/19 Stroudsburg, PA @ Pocono Event Center 7/20 Millville, NJ @ Levoy Theater 7/21 Huntington, NY @ The Paramount 7/24 Salisbury, MA @ Blue Ocean Music Hall
7/25 New York City @ Sony Hall 7/27 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom 7/28 Virginia Beach, VA @ Boathouse
8/02 Boston, MA @ Wilbur Theatre 8/03 Portland, ME @ Aura 8/08 Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom 8/31 Lake Andes, SD @ Fort Randall Casino
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