Religious rockers Creed split, then rise again

The spiritually-inclined band Creed, whose anthemic songs Higher and With Arms Wide Open helped them become one of the top-selling rock acts in the US of the past decade, has split up.

Three former Creed members immediately announced they were forming a new band - minus singer Scott Stapp.

Creed’s three albums sold a combined 24 million copies in the United States.

While many critics dismissed them as pale Pearl Jam imitators, Creed members used that as creative fuel and laughed all the way to the bank.