01 BLACKBIRD ALTER BRIDGE
(2007)
It was the album that paved the way for Alter Bridge to become the arena-conquering giants we know today. But when guitarist Mark Tremonti recalls the making of Blackbird, he refers to this period as the group’s “darkest moment”, and perhaps the only time it felt like their future was truly in question.
“We honestly didn’t know if we’d survive as a band back then,” he says. “We fought with our initial label and had to argue to get out of the deal when we felt we weren’t getting the support we needed. We were without management or a label, so it was a very in-between phase, just four guys trying to hang on to their career. We were desperate to continue, and luckily
