You have to give Creed credit for succeeding without having turntables or rap in their music.. it's just straight rock. There aren't many new rock bands that are the classic drums, bass, guitar, vocals.

Having said that, they do sound like a lot of existing bands. The first time I heard "What If" by Creed on the radio, I could have sworn that Stone Temple Pilots had come out with a new song. It sounds a lot like "Dead and Bloated" by STP.