Austrian heavy 'zine
Stormbringer.at conducted an interview with vocalist
Myles Kennedy and guitarist
Mark Tremonti of
ALTER BRIDGE prior to the band's November 27, 2008 concert in Vienna, Austria. Watch the 13-minute chat below.
Mark Tremonti recently spoke with
Music Radar about the possibility of his former band
CREED reuniting next year if
ALTER BRIDGE singer
Myles Kennedy goes on tour with the instrumental members of
LED ZEPPELIN, as has been heavily rumored. First, regarding
Kennedy's chances,
Tremonti said, "We all have to be real hush-hush about it. We hear the rumors; we know what everybody's saying; but as far as what's really happening... I don't really know. Nobody does. The only thing I can say is that, no matter what happens next year, it'll be for the ultimate benefit of
ALTER BRIDGE.
ALTER BRIDGE is our number one priority. Nothing has changed that in anybody's mind."
As for a
CREED reunion possibly going forward if
Kennedy hits the road with
LED ZEPPELIN,
Tremonti said, "Who knows what can happen next year? 2009 could be one of the craziest years ever for us. Again, all I can say is that
ALTER BRIDGE is still very much a band and we have every intention of carrying on."
CREED broke up in 2004, with
Tremonti, bassist
Brian Marshall and drummer
Scott Phillips sticking together and forming
ALTER BRIDGE, while singer
Scott Stapp embarked on a solo career.
Tremonti told
The Pulse of Radio in 2005 that he could not envision
CREED ever reuniting: "We've really stressed the point that
CREED is never gonna happen again, and
ALTER BRIDGE is our band, and this is the band that takes 100 percent of our time, and nobody's — you know, we haven't even spoken with
Scott, so it's just not in our cards."
If
Kennedy does go on tour with the members of
ZEPPELIN,
Tremonti insisted that he will remain a member of
ALTER BRIDGE "without question."
ALTER BRIDGE plans to tour through the holidays and begin writing early next year for a follow-up to last year's
"Blackbird"... unless
LED ZEPPELIN and
CREED get in the way.
Reports of
ZEPPELIN guitarist
Jimmy Page, bassist
John Paul Jones and drummer
Jason Bonham jamming with other singers first surfaced a few months back, after
Robert Plant made it clear he was not interested in doing a
LED ZEPPELIN tour anytime soon.