Alter Bridge's Myles Kennedy: 10 guitarists who shaped my sound By Andrew Daly published 30 June 23 Mark Tremonti's six-string partner-in-crime reveals the solo that made him realize that technique wasn't everything, and the player he thinks is one of the guitar's “best-kept secrets”
Yes, it’s really happening: PRS has unveiled Myles Kennedy’s long-awaited T-type signature guitar, and it’s a beauty By Matt Owen published 21 June 23 At long last, the Alter Bridge guitarist’s hotly anticipated Tele-a-like has become a reality – and it's joined by a standard-run NF 53
Watch Paul Reed Smith join Alter Bridge onstage – and blow Myles Kennedy away with his guitar’s sustain By Michael Astley-Brown published 14 February 23 The highly respected guitar builder for both Kennedy and Mark Tremonti lent some bluesy licks to Rise Today during a recent performance in Maryland
Mark Tremonti recalls his experiences playing a Kemper onstage with Alter Bridge – and explains why he didn’t stick with it By Matt Owen published 27 January 23 The Kemper Profiler only lasted half a tour before Tremonti decided to switch back to his tried-and-trusted PRS MT 100
Which is better: 4- or 5-string bass? By Nick Wells published 27 January 23 “Unless you’re Les Claypool, more than four is unnecessary!” Duff McKagan, Adam Blackstone and Glenn Hughes weigh in on the age-old debate
The 10 best guitar solos of 2022 By Jonathan Horsley published 14 December 22 As voted for by you, and featuring the lead guitar skills of Nita Strauss, Sophie Lloyd, John Frusciante, Polyphia, Steve Vai and more, here are the solos that lit up your year
Myles Kennedy bought one of Walter Becker’s guitars – and it ended up inspiring Alter Bridge’s longest-ever song By Matt Owen published 13 December 22 The late Steely Dan man's Alembic baritone was snapped up at auction in 2019, and was a driving force behind one of Alter Bridge's best new riffs
Watch Mark Tremonti give away his guitar to a young fan By Matt Parker published 28 November 22 The guitarist handed over his PRS after spotting the girl in the front row of a recent Alter Bridge show
Alter Bridge: “One of the hardest dances to do is to make something heavy and technical and still emotional at the same time” By Ellie Rogers published 24 November 22 Mark Tremonti and Myles Kennedy on making Alter Bridge's heaviest album yet with a PRS Tele-a-like, an impossible number of guitar picks and not one but two Dumble amps
Mark Tremonti embarked on a quest to “try every pick ever made” in a bid to improve his tone – and reveals the one that “made a huge difference” By Sam Roche published 28 October 22 “The pick is the thing that you’re interacting most with on your guitar,” the Alter Bridge man muses
Alter Bridge: “By learning how to turn down the noise in my brain, I can centre in on the music” By Australian Guitar published 28 October 22 As they wade through the waters of the new world around them, Alter Bridge have grown a new appreciation for their art, and developed new perspectives for how they should approach it
Alter Bridge partner with Mammoth WVH for North American 2023 tour By Matt Owen published 23 August 22 The 30-date, two-leg tour will kick off on January 25 and conclude April 1, and will follow the pair's 2022 European tour with Halestorm
From serene acoustic duets to sizzling drop-tuned action: here are this week's essential guitar tracks By Jonathan Horsley, Matt Owen, Sam Roche, Jackson Maxwell published 6 August 22 Start the month off on the right foot with hot new songs from Alter Bridge, Bullet For My Valentine, Chat Pile, Winter, The 1975, Cecil Alexander, Boris, Black Anvil and more
Alter Bridge unleash destructive dual-guitar action in explosive new single, Silver Tongue By Matt Owen published 3 August 22 In the second song shared from forthcoming studio album Pawns & Kings, Mark Tremonti decommissions the guitar solos to go all in with Myles Kennedy on the riffs
Alter Bridge announce new album, Pawns & Kings, premiere hard-hitting title track By Jackson Maxwell published 18 July 22 The band's seventh full-length effort is set for release this October
Mark Tremonti says Myles Kennedy wrote “the heaviest riffs” on the upcoming Alter Bridge album By Matt Owen published 12 July 22 “He's an amazing guitar player. He's got one of the best vibratos of any guitar player I've ever heard,” Tremonti said of his bandmate
Mark Tremonti: “The balance I’m always searching for is finding things that are fun and exciting to play, but carry emotive melodies that mean something” By Amit Sharma published 4 November 21 The Alter Bridge and Tremonti powerhouse talks ancient Yngwie licks, five-note pentatonic runs, covering Mateus Asato and getting a guitar from Eddie Van Halen
Alter Bridge‘s Brian Marshall: “Bass is a different skill set and a different mindset. I think we’re just born that way“ By Bass Player Staff last updated 6 October 21 Marshall checks in to share some advice for bass players and reminds us that “we're unicorns“
Myles Kennedy on his greatest gear finds and regrets, and how a '53 Tele made him fall in love with guitar all over again By Guitarist editors published 3 September 21 The Alter Bridge guitar man and vocalist recounts how sometimes you can strike gold when working in a music store – and there's money in horse manure…
Tremonti announce new album Marching in Time, promise “thrash-induced fret fireworks, wrecking ball grooves, and searing melodies” By Sam Roche published 8 July 21 The new effort from the Mark Tremonti-led outfit arrives September 24 via Napalm Records