Alter Bridge
Alter Bridge is an American rock band that emerged from the instrumentalists of the band Creed, and the lead singer of The Mayfield Four.
Biography
2004 found the former Creed members Mark Tremonti (guitar), Scott Phillips ( drums) and Brian Marshall ( bass) along with Myles Kennedy ( vocals, guitar), the band " Alter Bridge ", the style partly inspired by the predecessor band Creed, However, metallic sounds. Unlike Creed significantly more guitar solos are played with Alter Bridge. While Scott Stapp still often dealt with Creed with the belief that it is in Alter Bridge to only sporadically direct references.
With their first album, One Day Remains, they toured in autumn 2004 in Europe and the United States. 2005, they were together with the group 3 Doors Down in the U.S. and Europe on tour. In 2008 they were twice in Europe and were like two years ago at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park.
One Day Remains ( Wind - Up Records ) is the debut album of the band. It was published on 10 August 2004. The album climbed into the U.S. up to rank 5 in the album charts. In Germany, the album entered the Top 100 at number 61, in Switzerland on 54th place
In spring 2006, they parted Alter Bridge of Wind - Up Records, signed on 9 July 2007 Alter Bridge a new record deal with Universal Republic Records.
The album Blackbird was released on 9 October 2007 in the U.S., the first single Rise Today published on 30 July 2007. In Germany, the second album by Alter Bridge on November 2, 2007. For the new album not only changed the producer, but also changed the songwriting process. Mark Tremonti wrote One Day Remains almost completely alone, at Blackbird he shared the work with Kennedy, who now also also even some guitar parts grossed (including an extended solo part in the song Blackbird ).
The third studio album was released on October 8, 2010 in Germany and is named AB III. With the new album a label change was also once completed. In Europe, Alter Bridge will cooperate with the Roadrunner, an official press release on the label for the new album in the U.S. is still pending. The first single is called Isolation and can be listened to in full length as a stream on the website of Roadrunner. The European tour began in October in the UK, in November they were in Germany go. Early 2011, will tour Alter Bridge in the United States. In 2011, she appeared again at the German music festival Rock am Ring and Rock im Park. In October 2011, they will continue their tour in Germany.
The band began in April 2013 with the recording of their fourth studio album Fortress, which was released in Germany on September 27. Then the band played a tour in Europe, including in four German cities, in October and November with Halestorm.
Cooperation with WWE
The song Metalingus from the album One Day Remains was the entrance theme of the former WWE superstar Edge. Find the Real from the same album the theme song of the PPV's Royal Rumble in 2005, Open Your Eyes is was used as the theme for the Diva Search 2005. The first single from the album Blackbird, Rise Today, is the theme song for the PPV Unforgiven 2007.
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
- 2004: One Day Remains
- 2007: Blackbird
- 2010: AB III
- 2013: Fortress
Live albums
- 2009: Live from Amsterdam
EP
- 2005: The Fan EP
Singles
- 2004: Open Your Eyes
- 2005: Find the Real
- 2005: Broken Wings
- 2007: Rise Today
- 2008: Ties That Bind ( only in the UK )
- 2008: Watch over You ( U.S. only )
- 2008: Watch over You ( feat. Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil, only in Germany and Italy)
- 2008: Before Tomorrow Comes
- 2010: insulation
- 2011: I Know It Hurts
- 2013: Addicted to Pain
Music videos
- 2004: Open Your Eyes
- 2005: Find the Real ( Live)
- 2005: Broken Wings
- 2007: Rise Today
- 2007: Ties That Bind
- 2008: Watch over You
- 2010: insulation
- 2013: Addicted to Pain
DVD
- 2009: Live from Amsterdam