A heroic first chord sent vibrations through the rafters. There was a slight delay before the audience, in unison, seemed to realize what song had begun.

Somehow, along the way, people stopped hating Creed and Nickelback, and the hate gave way to pre-social media, millennial ...

Creed singer Scott Stapp spoke frequently of God and unity during the band's Houston Rodeo show.

After a return to classic rock last year, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has once again gone to the well of butt rock.