Creed and Third Eye Blind to Headline “Douchebags of Rock” Tour
San Francisco, CA – The world of rock music received a shot in the arm today when it was revealed that rock bands Creed and Third Eye Blind would be uniting for the first annual “Douchebags of Rock” tour.
The tour will take place this summer and is scheduled to stop in thirty five cities. It is also expected to play to sell-out crowds, as it is bringing together two legendary douchebag bands that have enjoyed a great deal of commercial success.
Creed brings three multi-platinum albums to the table, including “Human Clay” which sold over eleven million copies and is #54 on the 100 top selling albums of all-time in the United States. Creed has sold over twenty six million records in the U.S. alone.
Third Eye Blind took the music world by storm in 1997 with the release of their self titled debut album. It went on to sell over six million copies and yielded three top ten hits for the band including “Semi-Charmed Life”, which reached number one on the charts.
The tour is the brainchild of concert promoter Rip Knox, and it was at his insistence that the bands agreed to the tour. Knox initially had the idea when he was in Fargo, ND and a radio station there was playing a “Greatest Hits of the 1990’s” compilation that featured songs from both bands.
He said, “It was at that moment that I realized these bands were two of the all time heavy hitters of douchebag rock. We all remember that Creed was fucking sued by their fans because Stapp was drunk and/or drugged up during a show and couldn’t get any discernible lyrics to come out of his mouth. And Third Eye Blind, well, shit, just look at [lead singer Stephan] Jenkins and tell me you don’t want to punch him right in the fucking mouth.”
“But believe me, I’m no idiot. I realize that where’s there’s douchebag rockers, there’s going to be thousand of chicks, and where there’s thousands of chicks there’s gaggles of dudes trying to land the chicks because they don’t realize that the chicks would rather go home with a douchebag. That translates to a hell of a lot of overpriced ticket sales which translates to a shitload of money for me and the douchebags. It’s a win-win situation.”
The idea proved to be the easy part. The hardest work was in getting Creed to reunite. Its frontman Scott Stapp had gone solo, while the other band members had formed a new band named Alter Bridge. After meeting stiff resistance from all parties Knox finally got them all to sit down together. According to Knox, “Once I got them all in the same room I took out a sheet of paper, wrote a number on it and told them, ‘this is what you guys will take home for each show. Now multiply that number by 35.’ Once they heard that, they couldn’t sign up quick enough.”
