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"I think with a lot of music these days, a lot of people go way too far with making everything too perfect": Mark Tremonti on why Creed's recording approach on their early albums made them special

"I'd rather see a band play those same songs live and hear them be a little looser, and feel a little freer"

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"A lot of our best songs happened that way": Mark Tremonti on the unexpected key to Creed's success on Human Clay and their remarkable comeback 25 years on

"The Creed stuff has a lot more clean guitar parts than I remembered"

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“Kim Thayil is one of the coolest and most inventive guitar players ever… Chris Cornell is definitely in my Mount Rushmore of singers”: Mark Tremonti weighs in on the biggest bands of the ’90s (including Creed)

As Creed return, Tremonti shares his thoughts on Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and a host of other ’90s icons

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“A lot of metal players won’t care – they just want to play metal. But cleans are important to me”: Mark Tremonti on what his signature PRS MT 100 amp has in common with his Dumbles – and why it does more than breathe fire

One of the best metal amps on the market? Sure. One of the most versatile? Most def. The Alter Bridge and Creed guitarist's signature head has three independent channels and they're all their own thing

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"The first three records of our career, everybody was talking about how we were going to fail. Each next step was going to be a disaster”: Mark Tremonti and Scott Stapp on the unlikely rebirth of Creed – and why they’ve always been cool

Thanks to a pair of sports franchises, a bizarre Super Bowl commercial and some shows that sold out in record time, Creed are back. Here, Stapp and Tremonti tell us how it all went down

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“Paul’s Perfect Pour”: PRS has brewed up guitars for John Mayer, Mark Tremonti and Carlos Santana – but now it’s making beer

Brewed in partnership with PRS' neighbors at Cult Classic Brewing, the Irish red & kolsch ale was masterminded to celebrate Make Music Day

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“We’ve also talked about doing replicas, beaten up so they look like mine”: Mark Tremonti says a relic’d recreation of his Dimebag-stickered PRS is on the cards – could artificially aged PRS guitars become a reality?

PRS has yet to officially release a relic'd guitar, but that could all be about to change

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Creed wrote megahit Higher onstage in front of 4,000 people, reveals Mark Tremonti

Singer Scott Stapp “liked to play this game where he would put the band on the spot and say, ‘We’re going to write a song,’” the guitarist explains

Metal Hammer

The Strat turns 70 and the return of the cooler-than-ever Creed – only in the new Guitar World

Featuring new interviews with Ritchie Blackmore, Brian May, Buddy Guy, Alex Lifeson, Adrian Belew, Tom Morello, Yngwie Malmsteen and Mick Mars and a review of the new PRS Mark Tremonti MT 100 amp

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“He would put the band on the spot and say, ‘We’re going to write a song.’ I would just start riffing… in front of a live group of people”: Mark Tremonti reveals one of Creed’s biggest hits was spontaneously written in front of 4,000 people

The track has helped spearhead Creed’s resurgence in recent years, and is used as a rallying anthem by two major sporting institutions

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"It was probably in front of 4,000 people": Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti reveal the surprising story of how the chorus of Creed hit Higher was written during a live show

"It was freestyle"

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“I love Alter Bridge, but more Myles Kennedy’s playing, rather than Mark Tremonti. Myles goes for the gross notes, which I really like”: Meet James Frankland, the classical-loving instrumentalist fusing Rachmaninoff and Guns N’ Roses

Frankland is taking influences from all across the musical spectrum to forge a sound that is all his own. He unpacks his journey from 13-year-old rookie to debut album, Fate’s Right Hand

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“For years we have been trying to find it”: Mark Tremonti’s cherished ‘My Own Prison’ Les Paul – which helped kickstart Creed’s career – has been found almost 26 years after it was stolen

Tremonti’s beloved Gibson, which played a crucial role in the recording of Creed’s debut album, was returned to its rightful owner on his 50th birthday

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“Sometimes life gives you opportunities to right some wrongs”: Mark Tremonti reunited with “My Own Prison” Les Paul nearly 26 years after it was stolen

It’s the guitar feelgood story of the year as the Creed/Alter Bridge guitarist is reunited with “prized possession” after his superhero manager Tim Tournier tracked it down for his 50th birthday

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“Chord voicings, amps and dynamics are all elements of how I solo. I’m not a guy who improvises… I use well-thought-out lines that are outside the box”: Yiannis Papadopoulos on taking Scott Stapp to a higher power

The Greek-born shredder says the Creed frontman is a “very, very good guy” and explains how they worked together to add a new heaviness to the singer’s solo output

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"Once we had it all arranged, we all looked at each other and it was one of those hairs-standing-up-on-your-arms moments": the story of the landmark Alter Bridge song that won them a greatest guitar solo award

Is this still Myles Kennedy and Mark Tremonti's greatest work?

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“Let’s be clear: this is not a bedroom amp. It’s designed to fill huge halls and stadiums with ferocious rock riffage”: PRS Mark Tremonti MT 100 review

Bucking the recent trend for compact heads, PRS goes large with its latest signature amp for the Alter Bridge guitarist

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Jimmie Johnson And Creed Team Up For Daytona 500

Creed joins Jimmie Johnson and Legacy Motor Club in NASCAR, securing a spot in the Daytona 500. The band's success, Grammy win, and upcoming tour add to th...

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NAMM 2024: "One of the best days of my career was the day I opened up that case with that guitar and my name on the 12th fret" – Mark Tremonti demos and reflects with his signature guitar and MT-100 head at the PRS factory

The full 'Monti: 23 years on from its launch, the guitarist recalls the beginnings and why the model has barely changed

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"Dave Grohl said Arms Wide Open was one of the best songs ever written." Mark Tremonti on Creed, Alter Bridge, singing Sinatra and everything in between

Mark Tremonti regales us with the life lessons he has learned through a career in music

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Watch Mark Tremonti perform O Holy Night at Christmas Special concert

Creed and Alter Bridge star Mark Tremonti releases pro-shot footage of track from Christmas show in Florida

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“I wouldn't be here right now if it wasn't for Master of Puppets”: Mark Tremonti on how Metallica's classic record changed his life – and how James Hetfield's right hand shaped his picking style

The metal trailblazers had an immeasurable impact on the Alter Bridge axeman – here, he discusses what makes Hetfield and Kirk Hammett such a potent duo

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"The grunge scene had a lot of that moody stuff going on, but when we had come about, it had been years since the grunge thing really popped.” Mark Tremonti explains what set Creed apart from the rest

According to the guitarist, Creed had a unique appeal compared to other bands around them at the time

Guitar World

Creed and Alter Bridge veteran Mark Tremonti has put together one of rock's most impressive catalogs of crowd-pleasing riffs and solos. Learn his muscular metal guitar style

Alternate picking, legato, sweep picking... we're throwing the kitchen sink at this one for an intense workshop in the Alter Bridge shred captain's six-string approach

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“Each channel alone is worth the entire price of this amp”: PRS has finally launched Mark Tremonti’s MT 100 signature head – and it has a new channel modeled on his favorite Dumble

Building on the MT 15, the expanded amp head features three separate circuits, spanning Twin-like cleans, all-out high gain and Dumble-inspired drive

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