Who is mark tremonti

Scott talked about forming a band, so they started holding auditions at a friend's house. Drummer Scott Phillips and bassist Brian Marshall were eventually picked. The band was originally named 'Naked Toddler' which was the headline of a newspaper clipping Mark carried around in his wallet. After realizing how bad of a name 'Naked Toddler' was, they changed it to 'Creed'.

In Creed released their debut album, 'My Own Prison', which has since sold over six million copies to date. In , following the release of their 2nd album Human Clay, the band released their VH1 Behind the Music special, which shows you how incredibly far Mark and the other members of Creed have come. Sign In. Edit Mark Tremonti. Showing all 19 items. Now that Creed has ended, he plays lead guitar for Alter Bridge , which consists of all the members of Creed except with a different singer, that being Myles Kennedy , who formerly sung for the band Mayfield Four.

His band Alter Bridge was named after an actual bridge located in Detroit. It separated a clean neighborhood from a drug-infested part of town and, according to Tremonti, symbolizes the unknown. He loves to play Ping-Pong and usually plays before concerts. He also collects pinball machines. His favorite band is Metallica.

He and his wife are expecting their first child a boy to be named Austen in May All I do is relax and rent movies every night. Blackbuster get all my money. Creed went on to sell over 30 million records worldwide in seven years. Due to personal issues between band members, Creed split and Alter Bridge was born in Creed regrouped in and released an album titled Full Circle with all of the original members.

He took extensive lessons from guitarist Troy Stetina. One of those goals was to get back to my rock and roll roots. After Creed took a break, band-mate Scott Phillips and I started to jam together again and realized that we both shared the same vision and were surprisingly anxious to get back out there and start doing it again. The name symbolized going over and into the unknown, and while the new band mates decided collectively on the name for the new project, it was inspired by Tremonti's youth in Detroit.

Alter Bridge is a real bridge in Detroit located near his childhood home. The children in the neighborhood weren't allowed to cross the bridge as it led to a bad section of town, and thus to them what lay on the other side was unknown.

Since Alter Bridge's formation, the band has released two studio albums: One Day Remains in and Blackbird in They are currently in the process of writing material for a third release. The DVD can be purchased through the Fret12 website. Rock Music Wiki Explore. Top Content.

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