Few people have bought into former Creed vocalist Scott Stapp's claims that his bank account was drained by mysterious unnamed individuals. His story of being penniless has sprung a few leaks after it was revealed, according to The Hollywood Reporter, that the performer received $1.5 million in advances as recently as 2013 for his last solo album, Proof of Life.
Stapp and his Creed bandmates—Mark Tremonti, Brian Marshall and Scott Phillips—also received a $3 million advance on 2009's Full Circle, although they haven't gotten royalties from that album as it hasn't recouped its label investment. Stapp's last solo project failed to recoup as well, meaning he's not receiving royalty checks from Wind-Up Records.
Although it's quite possible that the vocalist burnt through that sum in the last year, it somewhat discredits his aims to crowdsource nearly $500,000 for a new solo album. If anything, we should worry less about Stapp financially and more for health purposes as his wife claims he has a "history of going on drug binges and disappearing for days at a time."
"They're trying to discredit me, slander me," Stapp claimed in a video posted to the internet last week. "Someone had used my information and changed my online passwords to my bank accounts and transferred all the money out of my bank accounts so I had nothing."
If Stapp's financial issues are real, a solution isn't obvious considering the low sales his solo work has gathered and Creed sure isn't looking for a reunion, considering the steady success that his former band members have in Alter Bridge. Stapp's possible mental issues need to be dealt with first, regardless. He claimed to have postponed a series of tour dates for sobriety purposes during October but clearly that wasn't the case.
