In a new interview with Ultimate Guitar, Mark Tremonti revealed the hardest Creed songs to play.
“The most difficult stuff with Creed is there’s a lot of isolated clean guitar stuff,” the guitarist explained. “If you miss one single note, everybody in the world’s going to hear it. It’s just a lot of intros where it’s just me, nobody else.”
Mark continued, “Nobody’s singing, nobody’s playing, there’s no bass. It’s just a finger-picked clean part. That to me, is way more challenging than the fastest of solos because you have everything going on.”
“So, even if a part seems simple and straightforward a lot of times when you’re standing in front of an arena full of people and it’s just you with a spotlight sometimes, it gets a little nerve-wracking, like one last breath. That finger-style verse when it’s just you and all those people. You got to make sure your guitar is at the right height and you’re ready to go,” the musician further shared.
Tremonti also spoke with Rick Beato about the band’s most difficult period in their early days. He talked about their struggles, saying, “The bad thing about the early part of our career is that everybody was doubting us the entire time.”
“I felt like I was fighting survival my entire career, up until our third Alter Bridge record [2010’s ‘ABIII’]. I felt like every record I put out, every single I put out, my career could be over, somebody else is going to take my job, right?” the rocker noted.
He added, “So, with ‘My Own Prison,’ we came out with that single, and they’re like, ‘Oh, you’re going to be a one-hit-wonder.’ And we came out with, I think, ‘Torn’ next, and that went number one. We’re like, ‘All right, we’re not a one-hit wonder.’ Then they’re like, ‘You’re going to have a sophomore slump on the next record.’ Well, thanks.”
Most bands have finished touring for the year, but Creed still has three shows left. Their next show is in Durant, Oklahoma on December 28.
