STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Talk about a sour note.

Grammy award-winner Scott Stapp, former vocalist for the rock band Creed, won't make music with his latest bandmates, who include three Staten Island natives, refusing to appear at concerts or promote their group "Art of Anarchy," costing them a recording contract and big bucks in the process, a $1.2-million lawsuit alleges.

The suit was recently filed in state Supreme Court, St. George, by Vice Inc., which inked contracts with Stapp and Art of Anarchy band members Jonathan and Vincent Votta; Ronald Jay Blumenthal, professionally known as Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, and John Moyer.

The Vottas are New Springville natives and chief executive officer and principal executive officer of Vice Inc., according to online records of the New York Department of State.

Thal, a Great Kills native, is a former guitarist for the mega-selling heavy rock band Guns N' Roses, and Moyer played with the group Disturbed.

Vice Inc., which is based in New Springville, alleges Stapp failed to tour with the band and participate in promotional photo and video shoots and publicity events as required by his contract.

"Despite Vice's repeated and specific directions to Stapp, and Vice's entreaties for his cooperation, Stapp repeatedly and continually shirked his contractual obligations," alleges a civil complaint.

Stapp's failure to live up to his contract led to the cancellation of the group's recording contact, the complaint alleges.

Stapp, who won a Grammy Award in 2001 as the vocalist and one of the composers of Creed's hit song "With Arms Wide Open," only performed at 18 concerts with Art of Anarchy last year, while performing solo on at least 80 occasions, contends the complaint.

The contract did not prevent Stapp from appearing solo, but said he also had responsibilities to Vice and Art of Anarchy, said the complaint.

"If Stapp had dedicated himself to Art of Anarchy with the same fervor that he dedicated to his solo career, Art of Anarchy would have had a successful concert tour and its record contract would not have been terminated," the complaint alleges.

Stapp signed on with Vice and the band in 2015 after the death of the original singer, Scott Weiland, formerly of Stone Temple Pilots, said the complaint.

The band had released one eponymous album with Weiland.

Stapp's shouldering the vocals "was understood by all to materially increase the likelihood of commercial success for the band," said the complaint.

In early 2017, the group recorded its second album, "The Madness."

Afterward, they briefly toured in April to promote the album, and also scheduled appearances on the "Make America Rock Again" tour from August through October, the complaint said.

The tour, which featured other musical performers, was to visit more than 40 cities in North America, said the complaint.

Vice booked a promotional performance for the group in July, but Stapp's failure to talk up the band on social media and instead trumpet his own participation in the tour "resulted in minimal attendance and canceled dates," said the complaint.

Stapp only performed solo on the "Make America Rock Again" tour, said the complaint.

In a last-ditch bid to boost sales of the second album, Vice arranged in October to film and record a music video on the deck of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on the Hudson River in Manhattan.

Stapp failed to participate despite Vice's instruction to do so, said the complaint.

The group's recording contact was cancelled at the end of October, according to the complaint.

Stapp also neglected to repay a $200,000 loan from Vice, denying its existence, the complaint said.

The vocalist had asked that the cash, which was for services to be rendered, be treated as a loan, for tax purposes, said the complaint.

Vice's lawyer did not immediately return a phone message seeking comment on the suit.

E-mails sent to Stapp's management company and web site seeking comment were not immediately returned.