Alter Bridge July 23, 2007 - PRESS RELEASE 2007-07-23 by stefpretty | 10 Comments | ALTER BRIDGE NAMES NEW ALBUM ‘BLACKBIRD’
First Single “Rise Today” Hits Radio On July 30th
July 23, 2007 - New York, NY – Universal Republic recording artists Alter Bridge have announced the name of their forthcoming second album will be Blackbird.
Clocking in at almost eight minutes, the title track is clearly one of the masterpieces of the new album. "We felt like Blackbird was the perfect song to use as the title track for this record,” lead singer/guitarist Myles Kennedy commented.
“Though a majority of the album is not as dark thematically, we really hoped to draw attention to what we felt was one of the most challenging yet gratifying songs we’ve ever written. It was inspired by a friend of mine who passed away as the song was completed; it’s a story about the struggle to move on to a better place. It was my wish for him to finally find his peace."
There are many differences between One Day Remains and the band’s new album Blackbird with the most notable being the full integration of Myles Kennedy as a guitarist and songwriter. While One Day Remains was largely written before Myles came on board, this time around, it was a collaborative effort with Mark and Myles sharing the songwriting duties, while all four band members worked on the arrangements.
“It’s a natural evolution after three years of working together,” Mark Tremonti stated. “We knew Myles was an amazing singer, that’s why we hired him. What we found out when we toured the first record was that he’s also an incredibly gifted guitar player and songwriter, as well as a vocalist. It would have been a crime not to utilize all that talent. We wanted to use every weapon we had in our arsenal for this album.”
Blackbird will be the follow up to Alter Bridge’s debut album, the Gold-certified One Day Remains, which peaked at #5 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart its week of release. That release featured three consecutive hits on rock radio: (“Open Your Eyes,” “Find The Real,” and “Broken Wings”). The first single from Blackbird “Rise Today” has already gotten substantial early airplay before the official add date of July 30th.
Comprised of Mark Tremonti, Scott Phillips, Brian Marshall and Myles Kennedy, three of the four members of Alter Bridge made up the 30+ million selling band Creed. The band will be hitting the road upon the release of Blackbird this fall. Touring details will be released at a later date.
Full Track Listing For Blackbird
1. Ties That Bind
2. Come To Life
3. Brand New Start
4. Buried Alive
5. Coming Home
6. Before Tomorrow Comes
7. Rise Today
8. Blackbird
9. One By One
10. Watch Over You
11. Break Me Down
12. White Knuckles
13. Wayward One
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If I had've known this was about Alter Bridge, I wouldn't have clicked onto this.
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woops, sorry i'm new here, i changed it now!
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^^^^^
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ye as i said sorry
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I have never been this not excited.
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Mark Tremonti is a pretty good guitarist but always finds himself in shitty bands.
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Considering he's usually a chief songwriter, I guess he's not that good after all.
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Mark Tremonti is a good guitarist but I will never listen to this band on account of Scott Stapp being a ego-maniac.
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What does Scott Stapp have to do with Alter Bridge?
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I went to see Alter Bridge live at The Underworld, London last Tuesday and they were amazing! That place was FAR too small for them coz they are HUGE! I blogged about it here http://johnalexwood.blogspot.com/2007/09/alter-bridge-at-underworld-sold-out.html and have a look at this, my sharenow.com page which has more info and tour dates, video clips from the gig (playing tracks from Blackbird) and photos during the show and backstage - http://www.sharenow.com/folder/?352This Message Edited On 09.20.07This Message Edited On 09.20.07This Message Edited On 09.20.07
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