I first heard Creed when they were still BC.  They were the first or two opening bands for DOTN at this small, tiny, dive of a venue in Miami called the Chilli Pepper.  They blew everyone else away...so much so that no one wanted DOTN (the headliners) to come on stage.  They were being played on the local radio station in Miami (ZETA) on the "ZETA Goes Local" show.  Needless to stay, they were getting regular air time pretty quickly!

-Mad