36 Facts About Mark Tremonti

Mark Thomas Tremonti was born on April 18,1974 and is an American guitarist and singer, best known for his tenures with the rock bands Creed and Alter Bridge.

Mark Tremonti is a founding member of both bands, and has collaborated with many other artists over the years.

Mark Tremonti formed his own band Tremonti in 2011 and has released five albums with them, including A Dying Machine, which was adapted by Tremonti and science fiction novelist John Shirley.

Mark Tremonti was named "Guitarist of the Year" for three consecutive years by Guitar World, and in 2011 he was listed in Total Guitar magazine as the fourth-greatest heavy metal guitarist of all time.

Mark Tremonti was born on April 18,1974, in Detroit, Michigan.

Mark Tremonti grew up in a Catholic family of Italian descent in Grosse Pointe, just outside Detroit, for most of his childhood before moving to Wilmette, Illinois.

Mark Tremonti began to become interested with music, and bought his first guitar at the age of eleven.

Mark Tremonti is a founding member of the American hard rock band Creed.

Mark Tremonti formed the band with lead vocalist Scott Stapp in 1994 with fellow members Brian Marshall and Scott Phillips joining as bassist and drummer, respectively.

Mark Tremonti was temporarily replaced by touring bassist Brett Hestla.

In June 2015, while promoting his second solo album Cauterize, Mark Tremonti claimed in interview with Kerrang that he "[hasn't] been a close friend of Scott's in 9 years".

Mark Tremonti said that Stapp thought that Tremonti, Marshall and Phillips would return to Creed permanently and forget their work with Alter Bridge.

Mark Tremonti teaches warm-ups, alternate tunings, finger picking style, legato techniques, and other advanced exercises.

Mark Tremonti later began expressing interest in releasing a solo album in 2010.

Mark Tremonti later said that the album is "probably heavier than either Creed or Alter Bridge", and that it would have "lots of soloing".

On January 20,2012, Mark Tremonti launched a website for his solo album where fans can sign up to receive news, previews, live streams, and giveaways.

Mark Tremonti later launched a new website for his solo work after the album's release.

Mark Tremonti recorded their second album with Wolfgang Van Halen playing bass for the 2015 release.

On March 3,2015, Mark Tremonti released a sample of the song "Radical Change" whilst revealing the album title Cauterize and the track listing for the upcoming sophomore effort.

On March 17,2015, Mark Tremonti released another song preview for the track "Flying Monkeys" and gave a concrete release date of June 9,2015, for Cauterize.

On March 20,2015, Mark Tremonti unveiled via Twitter that the first single, titled "Another Heart", was released March 24,2015.

Mark Tremonti supported Iron Maiden on the European leg of their Legacy of the Beast Tour in June 2018.

Mark Tremonti has worked with several artists since his beginning years with Creed.

In 2001 he collaborated with comedian Larry the Cable Guy on his comedy album Lord, I Apologize, on which Mark Tremonti is credited as a performer and songwriter.

Mark Tremonti later began performing in the neo-classical metal genre with guitarist Michael Angelo Batio, whose 2004 album Hands Without Shadows featured Mark Tremonti as a guest musician on the Deep Purple cover "Burn".

Mark Tremonti said that he is "really good friends" with Batio, and that working with him was "an honor".

In 2004, Mark Tremonti co-produced, with Don Gilmore and Kirk Kelsey, some songs on In Due Time by Submersed, whom Mark Tremonti helped get signed to Wind-up Records.

Mark Tremonti's Alter Bridge bandmate Myles Kennedy appeared on the album.

In March 2022, Mark Tremonti announced that he would be releasing a covers album of Frank Sinatra songs that were recorded with former members of Sinatra's band.

Mark Tremonti, who gained some playing tips from Troy Stetina, has collaborated with him.

Besides Mark Tremonti, it featured, Michael Angelo Batio, Eric Friedman and Bill Peck.

Mark Tremonti is featured on the track "Burn" from Stetina's band's album Beyond the Infinite.

Mark Tremonti said that the last time he was with him, he wrote a couple couple of the solo's for Stetina's record.

On December 14,2002, Mark Tremonti married Victoria Rodriguez, with whom he has two sons, Austen and Pearson, and a daughter, Stella.

Mark Tremonti's mother died in January 2002 and Alter Bridge's song "In Loving Memory" is a tribute to her.

Mark Tremonti was named "Guitarist of the Year" for three consecutive years by Guitar World magazine, and in 2011 he was listed as the fourth greatest heavy metal guitarist of all time by Total Guitar.