Behind the Scenes

Co-directed by Scott Stapp and Dave Meyers, Creed's 'Don't Stop Dancing' video was shot in one of Hoboken, New Jersey's oldest churches on July 28 and 29, 2002. Scott's son, Jagger, is one of the children playing Ring Around the Rosies. DSD screenshots.

Filmed a day after the car accident that left Scott with a back injury, Creed's One Last Breath video speaks volumes about the pain he endured on-set. In an MTV interview Scott discussed filming difficulties and his affection for artist Salvador Dali, which he shared with director Dave Meyers. If our screenshots aren't enough, we've got production photos from Heinz [pic 1] [pic 2] and Total Fabrication [pic 1].

It took Vision Scape two months and 15 members of staff working 18-hour days to complete the video for Creed's Bullets. And techie man hours don't come cheap - the cost came out to almost half a million dollars. To find out more about the symbolism in the animated video, you can read the full MTV article and browse our screenshots.

If you've attended a Creed concert you'll know that the band took no prisoners in their audio-visual assault. Lighting up the Weathered tour wasn't as easy as it looked. Read about the band's requirements in Getting Weathered and check out some beautiful stage shots. One of the highlights of the tour was the epic Who's Got My Back? for which Scott envisioned a desert setting and a Cherokee Indian. The Creed Production Journal has all the details.

Scott admits Creed had absolute artistic freedom in the creation of the My Sacrifice video, and he didn't hold back at all. As part of the symbolism, Scott asked for a scene with a lion. However, since a lion could not be located, a Bengal tiger was brought in instead - and who knew tigers could be on the wild side? Scott told MTV: "The tiger got in the pounce position like he was going to leap at me. It was pretty weird to the point where the trainer was like, 'He's fixated on you. Speak to him.' So I was talking to him like you would a dog. It was a pretty tense moment. It was amazing to see how powerful he was. He was standing on top of the car and as he walked down the front just one paw hit the windshield and it shattered. I don't know why I wasn't scared or nervous. We just had to have the shot and I knew it was an important element in the video, so I just felt peace."

As if a bad-tempered tiger wasn't enough, several sources report that Scott had a close call with electrocution. "All of a sudden, this 120-foot camera crane slowly started tipping over," one source said. "It was coming down into 1 million gallons of water that had been pumped on the set, bringing with it wiring and electrical equipment. It was about to hit the water when some stagehand threw an emergency shutoff switch. Another two seconds and Scott would've been fried along with the extras and safety divers."

Scott later said in a radio interview that the worry had been less a matter of electricity touching the water, since safety measures had been in place, and more a case of the crane falling on someone. Fortunately, no one was badly hurt. My Sacrifice video, screenshots and 'making of' video.

Everyone knows the touching story behind Creed's With Arms Wide Open, but the making of the video for that song wasn't quite as joyful. In a June 2000 episode, VH1's The Daily One reported that the WAWO video was "Filmed north of LA. First day of shooting for the video lasted nineteen hours, and then if that's not bad enough, they had a huge rain storm - washed out all the roads. The band was forced to spend the night out there too. Ah, the perils of success." WAWO video and screenshots.

Creed's Matrix-style Higher video may have been nominated for an MTV video music award, but the band isn't a big fan of the creation. Apparently some scenes are out of sync with what the band is actually performing. When asked why they hated the video so much, Scott had this to say to VH1's The Daily One: "I think we as a band have a specific vision for our videos and corporate America puts the clamp down." Higher video and screenshots.