Okay, maybe that’s not exactly how it went down, but they released his album either way, and sweet Jesus, does it suck. It’s actually worse than his former band Creed, if you can imagine that. One song, “Justify,” tells the story of meeting a man with a “half suit and dark blue jeans” in New Orleans, who asks him, “Hey, boy, have you seen the other side?” Stapp then bellows:
“I do not have to justify, the way I live my life
I do not have to justify, the reason I’m alive.”
Maybe not, Scottie boy, but someone has to explain how this stuff continues to pollute the earth. The really funny part is that the artwork is even worse than the music itself; the shot of Stapp underneath the CD is him shirtless, his back facing forward, with his arms up in Christ pose. In fact, there is only one shot of him with a shirt on, and it’s a wife beater. Who knew that Scott Stapp had such a devoted gay fan base?
Final irony: Wind-Up Records is owned by Sony/BMG, and yet this album doesn’t contain any copy protection. Big mistake; they should have made this album as hard to share as possible, because once people hear it, they’re not going to buy it. Except maybe to burn it.
