High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Scott "Flip" Phillips (born Thomas Scott Phillips, February 22, 1973, Valdosta, Georgia) is the drummer for the bands Alter Bridge and the newly reformed Creed. Phillips grew up in Madison, Florida. He started out playing in a band called Crosscut at 18. In 2004, he joined Alter Bridge with fellow then-former Creed members bassist Brian Marshall and lead guitarist Mark Tremonti. He is a self-taught drummer, ...