{"id":96557,"date":"2022-11-07T00:30:34","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T05:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=96557"},"modified":"2022-11-07T01:10:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T06:10:47","slug":"industry-source-confirms-scott-stapp-is-being-considered-to-replace-vince-neil-in-motley-crue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=96557","title":{"rendered":"Industry Source Confirms: &#8220;Scott Stapp is Being Considered to Replace Vince Neil in M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Former <strong>CREED <\/strong>singer <strong>Scott Stapp<\/strong> has been performing at solo concerts around America, showing fans that he can still sing with the best of them, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grunge.com\/123100\/scott-stapp-isnt-really-around-anymore\/\">his bad reputation as another rock star on a downward spiral<\/a>. Much like <strong>M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Vince Neil<\/strong>, Stapp has been the butt of jokes around the rock industry for many years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Now word coming out of the Crue&#8217;s camp is that Stapp is in the running to replace Neil as the new singer of the glam metal legends, <em>believe it or not<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Scott Stapp (Creed, Art Of Anarchy) comenz\u00f3 a trabajar en su nuevo \u00e1lbum de estudio junto a Marti Frederiksen (Motley Crue, Aerosmith, Mick Jagger, Buckcherry, etc). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zbx9vlSLzW\">pic.twitter.com\/Zbx9vlSLzW<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u00b5zq (@AcostaMzk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AcostaMzk\/status\/1351724456310419458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Video footage of Stapp recording in the studio with producer Marti Frederiksen (M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE, AEROSMITH) can be viewed at this link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=10156278187068866\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=10156278187068866<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">TMD was the first to report that Stapp <a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/motley-crue-fans-want-vince-neil-replaced-on-future-tours-vince-is-lousy-a-total-disappointment\/\">is on a short list of singers<\/a>, <strong>Nikki Sixx<\/strong> is now considering as Neil&#8217;s replacement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Stapp has gone on the record that <a href=\"https:\/\/blabbermouth.net\/news\/scott-stapp-getting-sober-really-changed-my-life\">he was diagnosed as bipolar<\/a> and finally knowing the truth helped him overcome some of his personal issues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Scott<\/strong>: &#8220;I think the most important thing was getting the depression taken care of, finally. And then getting sober. I mean, that was the key. Self-medication and depression don&#8217;t go well together, as everyone knows, that played out in public for me&#8230; and it&#8217;s really changed my life. Healthy lifestyle, exercise and just committed to living life one day at a time has been good for me, and I&#8217;m really excited on how the newfound clarity and passion and drive has affected the music.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vincesadhead-1.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  data-gnlv=\"hey\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vincesadhead-1-1024x776.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96573\" width=\"486\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vincesadhead-1-1024x776.webp 1024w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vincesadhead-1-600x454.webp 600w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vincesadhead-1-300x227.webp 300w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vincesadhead-1-768x582.webp 768w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vincesadhead-1-1536x1163.webp 1536w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vincesadhead-1-1170x886.webp 1170w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vincesadhead-1.webp 1554w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Vince Neil&#8217;s battle versus alcoholism has plagued the Crue&#8217;s comeback, which all was known well before The Stadium Tour kicked off, after he made a drunk Cameo video for a fan, then fell off the stage during a solo concert last year, culminating with the Crue&#8217;s ex-limo driver <a href=\"https:\/\/metaladdicts.com\/ex-motley-crue-limo-driver-claims-vince-neil-is-drinking-himself-to-death\/\">confessing<\/a> in a very public way that Vince is indeed drinking himself to death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/center><center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Saw an ad showing M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce and Def Leppard are co-headlining Hampden Park in Glasgow next year.<br \/>The thought of Vince Neil&#39;s non-functioning vocals trying to fill a venue that big. Sheer second hand embarrassment.<\/p>&mdash; Richard (@Richard0celot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Richard0celot\/status\/1586905717377847297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/metaladdicts.com\/ex-motley-crue-limo-driver-claims-vince-neil-is-drinking-himself-to-death\/\">Ex-M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE Limo Driver Claims VINCE NEIL Is Drinking Himself To Death<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/center>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former CREED singer Scott Stapp has been performing at solo concerts around America, showing fans&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96557"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96576,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96557\/revisions\/96576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}