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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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