It’s 5pm on a Friday. Most people are about to call time on the working week. But Mark Tremonti’s not most people. The Alter Bridge guitarist is in a dressing room of Milan’s Mediolanum Forum di Assago arena with four hours to kill before showtime. And he’s not taking it easy.
Alter Bridge bandmates Myles Kennedy and Mark Tremonti must be really competitive. Or maybe they just don’t like sitting around the house. Kennedy, the group’s singer and rhythm guitarist, doubles up on those roles for Slash while nurturing a burgeoning solo career. Lead guitarist Tremonti, who co-founded Creed and co-wrote hits like the Grammy-winning With Arms Wide Open, has recently teamed up with members of Frank Sinatra’s orchestra to sing Ol’ Blue Eyes standards. Oh, and for the past decade, he’s fronted Tremonti.
Nils van der Linden