Most Shocking Concert Moments: Scott Stapp Gets Drunk, Sued

DATE: December 29, 2002

WHAT WENT DOWN: What's more pitiful than getting arrested for throwing an Orangina bottle at your wife? Being so waste that you forget the words to all your songs in front of thousands of fans. That's what happened when former Creed frontman Scott Stapp hit the bottle too hard before hitting the stage at a Chicago concert. Though Stapp remarked that his performance was a "symbolic, personal gesture" that had nothing to do with alcohol, guitarist Mark Tremonti remembers the singer "staggering, slurring his words" and holding a half-drunk bottle of Jack Daniels 15 minutes before taking the stage. The gig was so bad that the band was later sued by four fans, though the charges were dismissed.