Fozzy speaking highly of Alter Bridge

[aussiecreeder]

one line in paricular grabbed my attention but here is the full article from their website.

"Hey everyone. Thought I'd give you a little update from my brief trip to the studios last week where FOZZY is working on the new disc. I promise you that this album is going to drop a few jaws. It's the heaviest yet from FOZZY but also has a good mix of metal, melody and some surprises for everyone.

"I flew into Atlanta on Tuesday morning and met up with [singer] CJ [Jericho] who arrived from Kansas City after the previous night's 'RAW' in Topeka. We headed directly to the studio from the airport. After a getting situated Chris went right into the vocal booth and started to lay it down. For the next 13 hours it was non-stop metal.

"Later in the evening we had the pleasure of hooking up with former CREED guitarist/songwriter Mark Tremonti who was recording in Studio A downstairs. He laid down a scorching guest lead on the song 'The Way I Am' and was ultra-cool in general. His new band ALTER BRIDGE will no doubt be another success. And don't believe the hype. Mark is a metalhead at heart and can tear it up to say the least!

"Along with Mark there are a few other amazing players who you'll hear on the disc. For example, Zakk Wylde, Marty Friedman and Rick Beato layed down the sonic fury. What? Rick Beato? Isn't he the producer? Yes, but he's also a frightening player himself. You'll have to hear it all to believe it but I can promise you that there are chops a plenty flying around the studio!

"On Wednesday the vocalizing continued. Both days were very hard work but very productive. Weds. night hip hop superstar BONE CRUSHER came to the studio to add some flavor to one of the new tracks. I know what you're thinking. Hip hop? A rapper? What? Trust me. Besides being a very cool dude and a total studio pro, he surprised everyone in the FOZZY camp with his contributions. He kicked everyone's ass (and the studio's compressors as well)! Damn that man has a powerful voice!

"I'll be putting up a little video message from CJ in the next few days or so. I can't wait for you all to hear some of this. Even in it's unmixed, unpolished, raw state it kicks ass. Rich [Ward]'s songwriting and guitar work is the best he's ever done. Even you MOJO fans will be pleasantly surprised to hear how he's come back to the altar of heaviness for this disc. As I mentioned before Frank laid down the backbone for the tracks with his usual tightness and skillful drumwork. "Sean will instantly make his mark as the best bass player yet to work with the band and Ryan (aka The Kidd) also scorched some memorable leads across several tunes. There is no weak link to be found!

"So that's about it. CJ and I left the studio at 2 a.m. Wednesday night and went right to the hotel by the airport. 2 hours of sleep later it was back to the car and on the plane back home."

[Shadow]

Quote: (Originally Posted by handmedown)

"Later in the evening we had the pleasure of hooking up with former CREED guitarist/songwriter Mark Tremonti

Is that the line you're talking about?

[aussiecreeder]

Quote: (Originally Posted by Shadow)

Is that the line you're talking about?

ladies and gentlemen we have a winner!

1 its not offical and 2 i'm not surprised at hearing such things but i'm a little sad. anyone have a tissue?

[Bridge of Clay]

well, Paul McCoy (from 12 stones, not sure if it's spelled that way) also said Creed is done. He's the closest we'll get from Wind-Up I think...

I'll miss them!

[Trees of Wisdom]

Quote: (Originally Posted by Tremonti_Fed)

well, Paul McCoy (from 12 stones, not sure if it's spelled that way) also said Creed is done. He's the closest we'll get from Wind-Up I think...

I'll miss them!

When did he say that?

But yeah, a lot of people (Wind-Up people and even close friends of the band) have said Creed is over.

I think I read that on the Edgewater or 12 Stones board.

[Bridge of Clay]

BTW, just read Michael's post at the Pit.

The remark from FOZZY about "former guitarist" was written by their webmaster and not directly from him. He didn't spread any ...

[Trees of Wisdom]

Quote: (Originally Posted by Tremonti_Fed)

BTW, just read Michael's post at the Pit.

The remark from FOZZY about "former guitarist" was written by their webmaster and not directly from him. He didn't spread any ...

Um, could you cut and paste Michael's post? PM me or something or post it here. It'd be greatly appreciated.

[Bridge of Clay]

Quote: (Originally Posted by Gabriel)

And a big "whoops" goes out to Chris Jericho.

Michael

Quote: (Originally Posted by SevenDustLady)

Gabriel...what's the whoops to Jericho for? Are you talking about the excreed implication? lol He didn't write this, the webmaster of fozzy's site did, if you're talking about the (former creed) comment...

Quote: (Originally Posted by Gabriel)

Oh.Ok. Cool. Thanks for clearing that up for me. I thought it was a direct Jericho quote.

Michael

oh, my bad! SevenDustLady was the one to post the correction remark.

[Trees of Wisdom]

I'll assume this is the same type of "whoops" when the new band name was leaked.

[DangerousDan85]

I cant wait for Fozzy's new cd, their last one kicked ass, this one should be even better

[Higher_Desire]

Sweet. Thanks for posting the article. Fairly good read overall.


H-D

[hayley]

Quote: (Originally Posted by DangerousDan85)

I cant wait for Fozzy's new cd, their last one kicked ass, this one should be even better

Are they a full out heavy metal band?

Quote: (Originally Posted by handmedown)

His new band ALTER BRIDGE will no doubt be another success. And don't believe the hype. Mark is a metalhead at heart and can tear it up to say the least!

AWESOME!!! Thanks, handmedown. That's great to be hearing good stuff already about them, especially coming from a kick ass superstar. Cool stuff.

[GeeK_2004]

Quote: (Originally Posted by Trees of Wisdom)

But yeah, a lot of people (Wind-Up people and even close friends of the band) have said Creed is over.

God I sure dont hope so !!!!

[aussiecreeder]

Quote: (Originally Posted by Trees of Wisdom)

When did he say that?

But yeah, a lot of people (Wind-Up people and even close friends of the band) have said Creed is over.

I think I read that on the Edgewater or 12 Stones board.

could you post those quotes from the wind-up people if they exist?

[ibleedpurple]

For what it's worth, Mark's exact words were "Creed is over", at least according to the people who talked to him at the meet-and-greet in November. That's what started the whole drama at CreedPit about whether or not they were breaking up, or just taking a break, or whatever... we'll see how the new bands do and hey, you can never rule out anything in the future, you know?