ALTER BRIDGE
Guitarist|January 2023
Guitar duo Myles Kennedy and Mark Tremonti discuss their new album, custom guitars, the art of crafting long songs, and why you really, really don't want tinnitus...
George garner
ALTER BRIDGE

AIter Bridge’s singer/guitarist Myles Kennedy and co-shredder/backing vocalist Mark Tremonti are deep in contemplation. Sitting in Kensington’s Royal Garden Hotel, they’re discussing the name of their highly anticipated seventh album, Pawns é& Kings. It was a phrase that jumped out to us on many levels,” says Myles. With the title track’s lyrics, The last shall be first, and also that idea of rising above impossible circumstances? That’s empowering. That was a theme that we could stand behind.”

It’s little wonder that this underdog narrative appealed. Forged as they were from two imploded bands Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall and drummer Scott Phillips from Creed, and Myles Kennedy from The Mayfield Four few favoured Alter Bridge’s chances of success when they emerged back in 2004. Even Myles had been perilously close to packing it all in to become a guitar teacher not long before. Thankfully for everyone involved, what actually transpired was, of course, the emergence of amodern-rock behemoth, and one that was determined not to retread past glories on album number seven. In fact, they straight-up weren’t allowed...

“Scott Phillips is the master of that, the man drives me nuts,” grins Mark, saluting his drummer’s critical ears. Tl come into the studio saying, This is the best idea I’ve got’ And he’s like, You did that chord progression 10 years ago!”

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