ALTER BRIDGE Interview

Posted by Dylan Du Toit 24 June 2011

Audio Interviews

VOICE OF ROCK RADIO reporter Dylan Du Toit had the privilege to catch up with ALTER BRIDGE and CREED drummer and co-founder Scott Phillips at Hellfest 2011 in France recently.

"It was great to meet Scott and get to know the band's plans for future" says an excited Dylan...

Alter Bridge is an American hard rock band that was formed in 2004 in Orlando, Florida by then-former Creed members, lead guitarist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall, and drummer Scott Phillips.

Lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Myles Kennedy, formerly of The Mayfield Four and the touring frontman of Slash's current solo project, joined shortly after the band's formation. Tremonti named the group after an actual bridge that used to be located in Detroit, Michigan near his former home on Alter Road. The bridge led to an unsafe area and the neighborhood children, who saw the other side of the bridge as the unknown, were forbidden to cross it. According to Tremonti, the name of the band symbolizes choice and looking to the future.

Despite Creed's multi-platinum success, Alter Bridge arose with only gold status with their first album, One Day Remains, which was released on Wind-up Records in August 2004 to generally mixed to negative reviews. Selling 750,000 copies, it peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 and remained at that spot for fourteen weeks. In October 2007, after signing to Universal Republic, the band released Blackbird, which received positive reviews and peaked at #13 on the Billboard 200 and at #4 on Billboard's Rock Albums chart.

After touring extensively over the next two years and working on other projects, Alter Bridge reconvened to work on their third album. Released in October 2010 on Roadrunner Records, and later self-released via EMI in North America in November 2010, AB III was met with critical acclaim and debuted at #17 on the Billboard 200 and more successfully on other charts.

  

ALTER BRIDGE Interview - Hellfest 2011 by VOICE OF ROCK RADIO

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