Line #17 Music/AlterBridge


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2	[[caption-width-right:335:Commence {{Epic Rocking}}]]
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4	->''Now with 25% less Music/{{Creed\|band}}.''
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6	The swan song to the classic rock bands of the 1970s, Alter Bridge comprises three of four former members of Music/{{Creed\|band}}. [[{{Workaholic}} Mark Tremonti]] spent some time [[TookALevelInBadass practicing guitar]] after Creed split up and once he was sure he could [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siId0ykNui0#t=29s melt faces]], he [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether called up]] his former bandmates, found [[TenorBoy Myles Kennedy]], and formed one of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5jKMjLDpWw: rockinest]] rock bands this side of the pond.
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8	AB dropped ''One Day Remains'' in 2004. The album was largely recognized as a [[SurprisinglyImprovedSequel definite]] [[GrowingTheBeard improvement]] over Creed and very well received. AB spent the next few years trying to make the [[OldShame Creed]] comparisons end. They finally did after they released their second album, ''Blackbird'', in 2007.
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10	While they're popular in America, they're [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff huge in Europe]] and actually produced a live DVD in [[FreestateAmsterdam Amsterdam]] [[note]]although it's possible they did this [[Film/PulpFiction for other reasons]][[/note]] and another in London (Wembley Arena). By every account, the band is composed of some of the [[NiceGuy nicest guys]] you could ever hope to meet.
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12	'''Discography:'''
13	* ''One Day Remains'' (2004)
14	* ''Blackbird'' (2007)
15	* ''[[ChronologicalAlbumTitle AB III]]'' (2010)
16	* ''Fortress'' (2013)
17	* ''The Last Hero'' (2016)
18	* ''Walk The Sky'' (2019)
19	* ''Pawns & Kings'' (2022)
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23	!!Alter Bridge provides examples of:
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25	* TheAlcoholic: "Buried Alive"
26	** "Drank so much last night, I think that I drowned / But now my cup is empty..."[[note]]Burn It Down[[/note]]
27	* AlternativeMetal: with a bit of PostGrunge. Though since Kennedy tends to sound like 1/8 {{Yarling}}, 1/8 R&B, 1/8 blues and 5/8 [[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chris Cornell]]-belting, his singing could be called more true {{Grunge}} than PostGrunge. [[GenreBusting That or a new style entirely...]]
28	* AscendedExtra: Myles was originally only brought in for Vocals on One Day Remains... On the next record, he and Mark have battling guitar-solos during Blackbird...
29	%% * AudienceParticipationSong: Pretty common.
30	* BadassBoast: Any given fight song, like "Metalingus" and "White Knuckles".
31	* TheBadGuyWins: "Silver Tongue" from ''Pawns and Kings''
32	* TheBandMinusTheFace: Music/{{Creed\|band}}, minus Scott Stapp. Although this made Myles Kennedy the new face.
33	* BigRockEnding: Not to mention the guitar duel before "Rise Today" when the song is performed live.
34	* CallAndResponseSong: The song "Words Darker Than Their Wings" has sections sung by Tremonti, passed off to Kennedy. It works out to a conversation between the two.
35	%% * CallToAdventure: "Make It Right" and "Rise Today"
36	%% * ConceptAlbum: ''AB III'', loosely.
37	* ContemplateOurNavels: All of ''AB III'', but especially "Words Darker Than Their Wings", which was born from a philosophical discussion between Kennedy and Tremonti weighing their respective beliefs (or rather, Kennedy losing faith in his).
38	* CoverVersion: Very common and often spontaneous. In Tremonti's words:
39	-->"Before Myles joined Alter Bridge, he sang in many, many cover bands to put himself through college, and he knows every song known to man. So I want you guys to scream out the names to songs you want to hear, and I guarantee this guy here knows it".
40	* DarkerAndEdgier:
41	** Compared to Music/{{Creed\|band}}, quite a bit.
42	** ''AB III'', compared to their previous albums.
43	** ''Fortress'' is by far their heaviest album to date, featuring very few ballads and an absolute abundance of heavy riffs that wouldn't sound out of place on a metalcore album.
44	** While not quite to ''Fortress'''s heaviness, ''Pawns and Kings'' contains what may be their darkest imagery so far in their discography, though not without counter.
45	* ADayInTheLimelight:
46	** Kennedy alone plays the solo in "Isolation", though Tremonti plays all the mini-solos scattered throughout the song.
47	** Likewise, Kennedy does the vocals on most of "Words Darker Than Their Wings", but the Pre-Chorus parts are sung by Tremonti. The roles are completely reversed on a single track on "Fortress", where Mark Tremonti handles the Vocals and Myles Kennedy handles the Lead Guitar!
48	%% * DespairEventHorizon: "All Hope Is Gone".
49	* DownerEnding: "Wonderful Life," [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy maybe]].
50	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''One Day Remains'' is much heavier on the PostGrunge and oftentimes considered the only album they obviously sound like Music/{{Creed\|band}} on. A couple of songs, like the title track and "Metalingus" had hints of what they'd become. Those types of songs tend to dominate albums released after it.
51	* EpicRocking: "Blackbird" along with "Fortress" are just shy of 8 minutes. "Fable of the Silent Son" is their longest song at 8:22.
52	* GenreMashup: Myles' voice is essentially hard rock wailing ala [[Music/LedZeppelin Robert Plant]], grunge breathiness with a hint of soul, and his playing combines that of virtuosic {{Jazz}} with {{Blues}}. Mark's playing is basically {{prog\|ressiveRock}}gy {{Alternative\|Metal}} SpeedMetal with just a bit of blues, Spanish guitar and southern twang making surprise appearances. The rhythm section can have some progressive tendencies as well.
53	* GriefSong:
54	** "In Loving Memory", written about the death of Tremonti's mother.
55	** Also ''Wonderful Life'', which simultaneously celebrates and mourns the life of someone who's dying.
56	* GreenAesop: "Bleed It Dry", "The Writing On the Wall".
57	* LighterAndSofter: ''The Last Hero'' compared to ''Fortress'', not being as heavy and often having more melodic songs. The band itself described it as ''Blackbird'' meets ''Fortress'' prior to its release.
58	* LongestSongGoesLast: They have done this twice as of 2019, with ''Fortress'' closing with the 7:36 TitleTrack and ''Walk the Sky'' closing with the 5:46 "Dying Light".
59	* LongRunnerLineUp: Type 1, with all members having been constant since June 2004.
60	* LyricalDissonance:
61	** "Watch Over You". Beautiful ballad that's generally performed acoustically... and the lyrics boil down to "I can't deal with your problems anymore; I'm outta here."
62	** "One By One" has an refrain styled like that of a triumphant power ballad, but the words are about soldiers being needlessly sent to die in battle.
63	** "I Know It Hurts" is a typical Tremonti-style Heavy song, but the lyrics are surprisingly comforting, despite the melody sounding quite dark.
64	* NewSoundAlbum:
65	** ''Blackbird'' saw them sporting a more general AlternativeMetal and HardRock sound compared to ''One Day Remains''.
66	** ''AB III'' was overall darker and heavier with a subtle ProgressiveMetal tinge.
67	** ''Fortress'' is an almost pure metal record, with very few ballads (the softer songs on this one are more just HardRock songs) and a very strong ThrashMetal edge. It also bumped up the ProgressiveMetal influence considerably.
68	** ''The Last Hero'' combines the more technical songwriting of ''Fortress'' with ''Blackbird'''s overall songwriting style, and is generally not as heavy as ''Fortress''.
69	** ''Walk the Sky'' incorporates more synthesizers and keyboards than usual, but is still heavy.
70	** They change things up yet again with ''Pawns and Kings'', venturing back towards ''Fortress'' in terms of heaviness, but with a more pronounced prog rock/metal flavor.
71	* NonAppearingTitle: "[[Wrestling/EdgeWrestler Metalingus]]", "White Knuckles" and "Words Darker Than Their Wings".
72	* ProgressiveInstrumentation: "Metalingus" starts with bass, drum and guitar doing an intro then the voice joins. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJoCi2_MnUc In live performances]], this intro starts with the drums, then the bass joins, then the guitars, and once the song exploded, the voice joins.
73	* SelfBackingVocalist: Myles' voice is overdubbed quite a bit (including much echo).
74	* StepUpToTheMic: Tremonti sometimes does this live, and did this on the tracks "Waters Rising" on ''Fortress'', "Forever Falling" on ''Walk the Sky'' and "Stay" on ''Pawns & Kings''.
75	* TitleTrack: On every album as of 2022 except ''AB III''.
76	* WarIsHell: "One by One."

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