Originally posted by Patient_Leech
I confess Creed was my favorite band in high school.I still like some of the heavier stuff for the nostalgia, but I admit that Scott Stapp gets on my nerves a bit now.
Mark Tremonti is tremendous though.
Goddamn, his Sinatra is fantastic. I didn't know about that.
I also didn't know he had solo stuff. I've listened to some Alter Bridge again lately and some of it is okay. Not a huge Myles Kennedy fan, but there's a few gems.
Originally posted by jaden_2.0
Yeah he does quite the range of stuff. His channel has another couple of Sinatra covers.
I'm still struggling to get into either Tremonti's solo stuff or much of Alter Bridge.
The somewhat Metallica-esque riffs are cool at times, but they clash with the clean singing and bland choruses. There's a disconnect or something. That's not the say that it wouldn't eventually grow on me if I listened to it enough, but I think it's requiring a bit too much effort.
Originally posted by Patient_Leech
I'm still struggling to get into either Tremonti's solo stuff or much of Alter Bridge.The somewhat Metallica-esque riffs are cool at times, but they clash with the clean singing and bland choruses. There's a disconnect or something. That's not the say that it wouldn't eventually grow on me if I listened to it enough, but I think it's requiring a bit too much effort.
A mate of mone has the same issue with Volbeat but I like that type of combination
You can really see the Metallica influence in this one. They've also toured a lot with them with Lars playing with them on occasion and they did Don't Tread on Me on The Blacklist album
Originally posted by jaden_2.0
You can really see the Metallica influence in this one. They've also toured a lot with them with Lars playing with them on occasion and they did Don't Tread on Me on The Blacklist album
Yup, that's castrated Metallica. 👇
Originally posted by jaden_2.0
Ach well. If you don't like something, you don't like it.
I'm being unnecessarily harsh. It's not that bad. The music is actually kind of cool, but it's just Metallica with mediocre vocals. So might as well just listen to Metallica. shrug
Originally posted by jaden_2.0
I'm the same with Myles Kennedy's vocals which is annoying because I'm a huge Slash/GnR fan and just wish he'd get a different vocalist for his stuff.
I can only take Axl Rose in small doses, heh. Oddly enough the song writing of Myles Kennedy in Alter Bridge is kind of growing on me (I haven't listen to much of his work with Slash yet). It's a little nostalgic for me, though, I must admit, because back in the day I knew Creed like the back of my hand and that's the rest of the band. They're a pretty solid rhythm trio.
I recently discovered that Slash has a solo album with different vocalists.. Did you hear it...? I haven't listened to it a whole lot, but oddly enough I like the Fergie track...
Yeah his 1st solo album had all different guest vocalists and was pretty awesome even with some howlers on it and I'd have preferred if he'd stuck to that format. I also like a lot of the one-off collaborations he's done over the years like with Elan, Black Pumas and a few others.
Vaguely related fact. Axl Rose has the largest vocal range of any artist on the planet. Well...had...
Originally posted by jaden_2.0
Yeah his 1st solo album had all different guest vocalists and was pretty awesome even with some howlers on it and I'd have preferred if he'd stuck to that format. I also like a lot of the one-off collaborations he's done over the years like with Elan, Black Pumas and a few others.
Hm.. I'll have to check out some of those others.
Originally posted by jaden_2.0
Vaguely related fact. Axl Rose has the largest vocal range of any artist on the planet. Well...had...
Did that include Chris Cornell and Mike Patton? hm
So thought I'd bump this back up because I've really grown to like Alter Bridge quite a lot. I've grown to like Myles' song writing and vocal abilities. I recently learned about The Mayfield Four, which I guess was his original band. They're okay, though, I haven't listened to it a lot yet. He's got some great songs with Slash, too. But I'd probably say he's written his best stuff with Alter Bridge. He's a very humble guy and has a great laid-back rock n' roll stage presence (to contrast with Scott Stapp of Creed, who just gets on my nerves because he oozes over-the-top religious fervor and certainty. I really can't stomach it anymore).
These are a couple really good Slash tracks with Myles...
A really good track from Myles Kennedy's latest solo album...
And a few Alter Bridge tracks for fun...