Yeah, Tremonti's songwriting is like STP or Pearl Jam minus all that, ya know, talent. I don't think the man believes in chord changes, or maybe that's just his horrendously muddy tone that renders most of the notes indefinable by the human ear. As a lead guitarist he has skill, but as a songwriter he has jack. Even Alterbridge is just Creed with solos and a worse vocalist (I know, I thought that would be impossible, too).