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Blackbird by Alter Bridge

Artist Biography For Alter Bridge

Alter Bridge Is An American Rock Band From Orlando Florida. The Band Was Formed In 2004 By Vocalist And Rhythm Guitarist Myles Kennedy Lead Guitarist Mark Tremonti Bassist Brian Marshall And Drummer Scott Phillips. After Their Former Band Creed Became Inactive In 2003 Tremonti And Phillips Formed A New Band With Former Bandmate Marshall And New Member Kennedy Alter Bridge Was Formally Unveiled In January 2004 Months Before Creed's Official Breakup In June. After Signing With Wind-Up Records Alter Bridge Released Their Debut Album One Day Remains In August 2004 Much Of Which Was Written By Tremonti The Previous Year. The Album Reached No. 5 On The U.S. Billboard 200 And Received Mixed Reviews And Was Certified Gold By The Recording Industry Association Of America In November 2004. This Was Followed In 2007 By The More Positively-Reviewed Blackbird Which Marked The Beginning Of A Long Partnership Between The Band And Producer Michael Baskette. The Album Reached No. 13 In The U.S. And Was Certified Silver By The British Phonographic Industry. Following Continued Activities With The Members' Other Bands And Side Projects Alter Bridge Released AB III In 2010. It Received Critical Acclaim And Commercial Success On Roadrunner Records With Its Lead Single "Isolation" Topping The Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart. Alter Bridge Released Fortress To Further Acclaim In 2013 As The Band's Members Continued Splitting Their Time Between Various Projects. The Last Hero Followed On Napalm Records In 2016 Becoming The Band's First Album Since Its Debut To Reach The Top Ten Of The Billboard 200 And Its First To Reach The Top Five Of The UK Albums Chart. Their Sixth Studio Album Walk The Sky Was Released In 2019 And Was Followed By Walk The Sky 2.0 In 2020. The Band's Seventh Album Pawns & Kings Was Released On October 14 2022. As Of 2023 Alter Bridge Has Sold Over 5 Million Records Worldwide. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Alter_Bridge Studio Albums
One Day Remains 2004 Blackbird 2007 AB III 2010 Fortress 2013 The Last Hero 2016 Walk The Sky 2019 Pawns & Kings 2022

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Blackbird

"Blackbird" Is A Song By Alter Bridge The Title Track From The Album Of The Same Name. "We Felt Like 'Blackbird' Was The Perfect Song To Use As The Title Track For This Record ” Commented Lead Singer/guitarist Myles Kennedy. “ 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. ” He Also Explains On The Wal-Mart Bonus DVD That Comes With The Album “ Like When We Were Working On 'Blackbird ' We Were All In A Room And Mark Had Had That Really Haunting Killer Guitar Part That Starts The Song Out. And We Were Trying To Find A Chorus For It So We Were Banging It Out For A Few Hours Not Having Any Luck So I Went Into The Other Room And They Were Still Working On Something And There Was An Urban Dance Group In The Next Room Because It's A Rehearsal Studio. And There Was Just This Cacophony Of Sound - I Heard Them And I Heard This Over Here And It Was Just Noise. And It Was Weird It Was Like Out Of Those Two Noises Even Though They Were Playing Something Completely Different Came This You Know Idea For The Chorus Of 'Blackbird.' ” Mark Tremonti Has Also Said That All Four Members Consider This Song To Be Their Favorite Song From Blackbird Which Was Why It Was Chosen To Be The Title Track For The Album. The Song Is The Longest Alter Bridge Song To Date Coming In At 7 Minutes And 58 Seconds. Also Worth Noting Is The Fact That Both Myles Kennedy And Mark Tremonti Have A Guitar Solo On The Song. Though Kennedy Is The Rhythm Guitarist For The Band He Provides The First Half Of The Guitar Solo While Tremonti Plays The Second Half. The Song Is Also Widely Considered A Favorite By Many Fans Of The Band. On This Note It Is Worth Mentioning That Kennedy Hits His Longest Recorded Vocal Note On The Song A High F# F#4 Held For 31 Seconds.

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