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Happy Belated Birthday, Scott Stapp: 10 Gift Ideas for a Rock Icon

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7. Five Minutes Alone with Myles Kennedy

With Stapp firmly returned to the Creed fold, we think it's time that he finally has the chance to confront Myles Kennedy -- the semi-anonymous jag that essentially replaced him in Alter Bridge -- face to face. Just seems like these two should have words.

We're not saying Stapp should feel obligated to use his five minutes alone with Kennedy to knee him in the face repeatedly, choke him into unconsciousness or otherwise physically harm or intimidate his highly capable knock-off (not that we'd snitch on him). Maybe he'd prefer to arm-wrestle Myles, or just swap jokes about Mark Tremonti's beard.

Point is, that'll be up to Scott. It's his birthday.

6. Carlos Lee Marlins Jersey

Stapp has long been a loyal fan of baseball's Miami (neé Florida) Marlins, even going so far as to record the song "Marilins Will Soar" (WTF?!) in tribute to the club. Sure, Marlins fans shat all over it and loudly tried to distance themselves from the rock and roll pariah, but a true fan is a true fan.

That's why, as Houstonians, we think it'd be a nice gesture to get Scott an authentic jersey of Miami's new superduperstar, Carlos Lee. After his long tenure with Astros, Lee can probably relate to Stapp's well-earned whipping-boy status. With both men searching for a little redemption as they transition to a new phase of their careers, El Caballo is simply the ideal player for Scott Stapp to adopt as his on-the-field surrogate in the always-hot NL East playoff race.

5. His Own Prison

Sure, he created his own prison. But has he ever owned his own prison? We think not!

Luckily, there happen to be a few for sale out there. Just think what having his own prison to play in could do for Scott Stapp! In addition to helping him work out some of his more obvious psychological demons, it could help inspire future classic Creed singles, serve as a rehearsal and storage space, or even be used to lock away all physical copies of his remaining sex tapes to prevent leaks. Versatile!

Or, he could just, y'know, fill it with prisoners. Private prisons do pretty decent business, we've heard.

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Nathan Smith
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