# Scott Stapp claims he's broke and homeless **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 26, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-stapp-claims-hes-broke-and-homeless/705714 "2014-11-26T21:52:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-stapp-claims-hes-broke-and-homeless/705714/1 "2014-11-26T21:52:54Z")
I figured he’d probably end up this way eventually, assuming the story is true. [http://www.metalinjection.net/latest-news/we-watched-creed-frontman-scott-stapps-insane-homeless-confession-so-you-dont-have-to](http://www.metalinjection.net/latest-news/we-watched-creed-frontman-scott-stapps-insane-homeless-confession-so-you-dont-have-to) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-stapp-claims-hes-broke-and-homeless/705714/2 "2014-11-26T22:07:52Z")
I guess Kid Rock sex tape money doesn’t last forever. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-stapp-claims-hes-broke-and-homeless/705714/3 "2014-11-26T23:00:06Z")
This kind of makes me feel bad for all the mean things I’ve said about Creed over the years. Wait a minute–no it doesn’t. Creed sucks ass. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-stapp-claims-hes-broke-and-homeless/705714/4 "2014-11-26T23:31:16Z")
This story went viral in 2005. It’s just as funny now as it was then. > **[Scott Stapp Gets Punk'd (NEW PICTURES INSIDE) | The Official dManufacture Forum](https://dmanufactured.proboards.com/thread/281)** > > Entry one: Who's your favorite faux Christian ex-rock star? "So how did your last night in Gainesville go?" you curiously ask. "Sit down and let me tell you the tale of the best night of my ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-stapp-claims-hes-broke-and-homeless/705714/5 "2014-11-27T00:20:14Z")
Why doesn’t he just pray a little harder? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-stapp-claims-hes-broke-and-homeless/705714/6 "2014-11-27T00:28:18Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > This story went viral in 2005. It’s just as funny now as it was then. > > [Scott Stapp Gets Punk'd (NEW PICTURES INSIDE) | The Official dManufacture Forum](http://dmanufactured.proboards.com/thread/281) I don’t see why, they all just look like jerks. Nothing actually funny happened. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-stapp-claims-hes-broke-and-homeless/705714/7 "2014-11-27T00:47:13Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > This story went viral in 2005. It’s just as funny now as it was then. So what you’re saying is it wasn’t funny in 2005. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-stapp-claims-hes-broke-and-homeless/705714/8 "2014-11-27T01:06:28Z")
Sounds like he needs mental health services. Quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-stapp-claims-hes-broke-and-homeless/705714/9 "2014-11-27T03:32:48Z")
I found out a few years back that he lived very near me, close enough that he likely went to the same supermarket I do (assuming he ever went to the supermarket himself). I told myself to try to remember to look at his pic, so I’d recognize him if I see him. I never remembered to look at his pic, so if he was ever at my local Publix while I was there, I didn’t notice him. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-stapp-claims-hes-broke-and-homeless/705714/10 "2014-11-27T04:03:05Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > So what you’re saying is it wasn’t funny in 2005. :o I thought it was hilarious. So did a lot of other people, which was why it went viral in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-stapp-claims-hes-broke-and-homeless/705714/11 "2014-11-27T04:25:40Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > Sounds like he needs mental health services. Quickly. True. He probably needed them all along. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-stapp-claims-hes-broke-and-homeless/705714/12 "2014-11-28T17:01:49Z")
[Scott Stapp is broke; thanks Obama.](http://www.tmz.com/2014/11/27/creed-singer-scott-stapp-president-obama-broke-irs-interview/) On the plus side, Obamacare offers mental health services. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-stapp-claims-hes-broke-and-homeless/705714/13 "2014-11-28T18:58:49Z")
Damn. Yes, Creed sucked ass and all that, but I knew Scott back in college. He was a bit of a dick but nowhere near as bad as some of the other wanna-be garage band leaders. Used to go to “rehearsals” at his house and once even filled in for the bassist for a bit. Fun times. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-stapp-claims-hes-broke-and-homeless/705714/14 "2014-11-28T19:32:50Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Damn. Yes, Creed sucked ass and all that, but I knew Scott back in college. He was a bit of a dick but nowhere near as bad as some of the other wanna-be garage band leaders. Used to go to “rehearsals” at his house and once even filled in for the bassist for a bit. Fun times. Haha if that’s the case, there is no way in hell that you and I don’t know some of the same people. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-stapp-claims-hes-broke-and-homeless/705714/15 "2014-12-03T22:21:26Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Damn. Yes, Creed sucked ass and all that, but I knew Scott back in college. He was a bit of a dick but nowhere near as bad as some of the other wanna-be garage band leaders. Used to go to “rehearsals” at his house and once even filled in for the bassist for a bit. Fun times. He was much more of a dick after Creed got signed, trust me. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-stapp-claims-hes-broke-and-homeless/705714/16 "2014-12-03T22:31:52Z")
Yeah he did Eddie Vedder for the most part but I always thought Creed was a pretty serviceable arena rock band. The lyrics were just sound to me, couldn’t tell you what they were most of the time, but his voice worked most of the time, Mark Tremonti was, and still is, a great riff-meister. Creed was also huge at a time when most bands were barely playing their instruments (Nu-Metal inception).