Originally Posted by: aschlemanI liked Creeds stuff from My Own Prison... I think that was the name of the album... everything after that was just... eh... I did see Alter Bridge play live... just out of curiosity... I think they should have went out and got a more dynamic vocalist. He only really has one sound. All the vocal tracks pretty much sound the same to me... Tremonti is underrated mostly because with Creed... he was never allowed to really use solos... Either way... you can deny deny deny... in mainstream/pop/modern rock... he's probably without a doubt the best guitarist out there. I obviously wouldn't put him in the same alley as the great metal guitarists and virtuosos... But he writes some great stuff. But then again... he has been named Guitar World Player of the year a few times... so I guess he can't be that overrated... but rather... Forgotten.

Yeah, he probably has been forgotten to some extent, but I actually preferred his guitar work in the Creed years to the stuff he plays with Alterbridge. I know it was mostly rhythm (although he got to play the odd solo as well), but I prefer an interesting, well-composed rhythm to an overdone, cosmetic lead. He writes songs for Alterbridge as well, but Creed was a more dynamic compositional unit, with significant input from a number of songwriters. Alterbridge seems to involve Mark pulling most of the weight, which leaves their work with less variety... :(

So yeah, he's a good player, but Alterbridge as a band leaves a lot to be desired, IMO.