1. Myles Kennedy is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Alter Bridge and of Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators alongside guitarist Slash.
50 Facts About Myles Kennedy
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Myles Kennedy began his music career in 1990 as the lead guitarist of the instrumental jazz ensemble Cosmic Dust, with which he released one studio album.
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Myles Kennedy has released seven studio albums with Alter Bridge.
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Myles Kennedy then started working with Slash, featuring on the guitarist's 2010 eponymous solo album on two tracks and later serving as Slash's vocalist on tour.
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In 2012, Myles Kennedy filled in with short notice for Guns N' Roses lead singer Axl Rose when Rose refused to show up for the band's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
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Myles Kennedy began playing trumpet at the age of ten and was in a teen air guitar band with then best friends Michael Murphy, Mark Terzenbach and Bruce Kidd at 13.
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Myles Kennedy later traded for a real guitar copying the playing style of Jimmy Page.
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Myles Kennedy found his singing voice by listening to his parents' Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder records, and states that he was influenced by Robert Plant.
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Myles Kennedy spent some time playing in a local heavy metal band called Bittersweet with some of his friends Zia Uddin on drums, Jason Stewart as lead vocal, Mark Terzenbach on bass and Myles on lead guitar.
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In 1995, Myles Kennedy started teaching guitar in a store called Rock City Music.
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Myles Kennedy said that he got a call from his manager telling him that the filmmakers needed someone who could sing high and that his name was suggested.
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Myles Kennedy was the only actor in the movie whose actual singing voice was used.
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Myles Kennedy has since said that it is one of the most personal records he has made.
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The album has been critically acclaimed and Myles Kennedy has commented on how it and Fallout are much more popular now than when they were released.
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However, when asked about this during an interview, Myles Kennedy replied that he does not see it happening.
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However, in 2002, he was contacted by former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash, who was looking for a vocalist for a band he was forming, but Myles Kennedy declined the offer.
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Myles Kennedy is best known as the lead vocalist and one of the two lead guitarists in the band, alongside Mark Tremonti.
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The band's origins lie in late 2003 when Myles Kennedy was contacted by Tremonti, who was interested in having Myles Kennedy lay down vocal tracks for some songs he had recently written.
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Unlike One Day Remains, which was largely written by Tremonti, Blackbird featured Myles Kennedy's guitar playing as well as more of his songwriting contributions.
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Myles Kennedy has since played rhythm guitar on the band's subsequent studio releases, and played lead tracks on a number of songs and during live performances.
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Myles Kennedy received a great amount of press coverage in late 2008, owing to a rumour that he was to join Led Zeppelin.
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Myles Kennedy remained mostly silent about the rumours until January 2009.
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Myles Kennedy said that it was Bonham who "got the ball rolling", since the two had met on the set of the 2001 film Rock Star.
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Myles Kennedy maintains that the band, had it materialised, would not have been called Led Zeppelin.
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Myles Kennedy has performed two solo benefit concerts: one hosted by Paul Reed Smith and PRS Guitars to benefit cancer patients, and another to benefit abused children.
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Myles Kennedy described the material as "dreamy" and "[not] aggressive", saving those songs for Alter Bridge.
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Myles Kennedy had originally hoped that his album would be released in early 2010, digitally first and then on CD, but he has since put its release on hold.
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Myles Kennedy said in an interview with CraveOnline that "Love Rain Down" differs from anything else he has ever written.
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On October 11,2024, Myles Kennedy released his third solo album, The Art of Letting Go, revealing plans to tour Europe and the US.
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In interviews, Myles Kennedy described the album as a "full-on riff based rock record".
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Myles Kennedy has become very well known for his collaborations with Guns N' Roses lead guitarist Slash.
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On February 3,2010, Slash announced that Myles Kennedy would be the lead vocalist for his band on tour.
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On tour, Myles Kennedy performed a number of songs found throughout Slash's catalog.
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In late 2010, Myles Kennedy and Slash appeared on That Metal Show, a talk show on VH1 Classic.
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Myles Kennedy has reportedly said that some of the lyrics on the album are about his earlier experiences with drugs.
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Myles Kennedy is further well known for his work as a session musician and songwriter, having collaborated with several artists.
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Myles Kennedy worked with the Spokane based nu-metal band Five Foot Thick on their 2003 album Blood Puddle, providing backing vocals to the song "Ducked Out".
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Myles Kennedy is influenced by a wide range of artists of several genres.
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Myles Kennedy said that he owned Stevie Wonder's 1982 compilation album Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I, which was one of his earliest inspirations as a singer.
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Myles Kennedy has stated on several occasions that Jeff Buckley was, and is, a major influence on him as a singer.
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I'm doing GN'R songs I've never done solo before, and Myles Kennedy manages to own them without changing the style or trajectory of the song.
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Myles Kennedy began learning how to play the guitar by listening to Led Zeppelin records and mimicking Jimmy Page's guitar parts.
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Myles Kennedy knew we had called because of his voice and not because of his guitar playing and then that guitar playing kind of became our secret weapon.
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Myles Kennedy played rhythm guitar on Blackbird and has since played co-lead on several Alter Bridge tracks.
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Myles Kennedy has been identified as an avid reader and he says that he especially enjoys the work of John Irving, describing Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany as one of his favorite novels.
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Myles Kennedy has cited Effortless Mastery by Kenny Werner as one of his favorites.
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Myles Kennedy describes the dragon and the fish as symbols of strength, while the octopus was originally supposed to be a small squid but became much larger than he had intended.
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Myles Kennedy got the dragon tattoo first because of a toy he brought back from Japan as a child, and the koi was added a year later after he learned of an ancient Chinese legend of koi swimming up the Yellow River to become dragons.
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Myles Kennedy has said he wants to get more tattoos in the future.
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Myles Kennedy has served on the board of directors for the Mead Food Bank since 2003.