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“I plugged into my first Dumble at a PRS gig. I ran right for it. I beat Carlos Santana and David Grissom to it. I’m like, ‘Out of my way!’” Mark Tremonti on how Paul Reed Smith got him hooked on Dumbles

The Alter Bridge guitarist looks back on how he beat his PRS peers to play the amp of his dreams – and never looked back

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"I went from sleeping on a mattress to playing arenas inside two years": Creed's rise and fall was fast, but now, thanks to the TikTok generation, they're selling more tickets than ever

Twenty-five years ago the Human Clay album put Creed on top of the world, but it was the calm before the storm

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“We actually pooled all our money, the whole band fund, and we were able to afford one cabinet and one amp to share – even the guitar was borrowed!”: The Offspring’s Dexter Holland recalls recording the landmark Smash on its 30th anniversary

The punk rock frontman also gives us the low-down on the new album SUPERCHARGED chasing down Queen legend Brian May, and issues a come get me plea to Ed Sheeran

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"It’s always been the song that we would say, ‘This is our best song'": Creed's Mark Tremonti on the track that the band think is their finest

On the 25th anniversary of their mega-selling second record Human Clay, the Creed guitarist looks back on its success

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“You plug into a great Dumble and it is this awe-inspiring warm feeling you get”: Mark Tremonti reveals how he bought one of his sweetest-sounding Dumbles at a swap meet and explains why they are the holy grail of tube amps

The Alter Bridge and Creed guitarist is the proud owner of four Dumbles, confessing that he now has a whole room dedicated to amps and he'll just go in there to look at them

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Mark Tremonti says Creed are here to stay

Guitarist Mark Tremonti is working hard to make future room for reunited Creed in his jam-packed schedule

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"It's the best-sounding album I think I've ever recorded": Why Mark Tremonti believes his 20th studio album recording raises the bar for his guitar tone

A very special Dumble amp is involved

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“He’s like, ‘What color do you like?’ I said, ‘Black.’ The next day, he brings me a black Wolfgang. It’s one of my prized possessions”: Mark Tremonti on how Eddie Van Halen supported him during his early Creed years

A young Tremonti was supporting Van Halen in the late 1990s, and came away with a guitar gifted to him by Eddie

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Win a Tremonti PRS Guitar signed by all members of Creed, plus a vinyl copy of Human Clay, a subscription to Guitar World and a Classic Rock Collector's Edition with signed setlist!

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If Creed release new music, Mark Tremonti insists it will not stray too far from their original sound

There could be new music from the reunited Creed –and guitarist Tremonti vows it won't get too "progressive"

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The 13 new metal songs you need to hear this week

From Nightwish’s mega-symphonic single to Lordi’s metal mobile phone tie-in, hear the best heavy tracks of the week. Plus, vote for your favourite.

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"I think with a lot of music these days, a lot of people go way too far with making everything too perfect": Mark Tremonti on why Creed's recording approach on their early albums made them special

"I'd rather see a band play those same songs live and hear them be a little looser, and feel a little freer"

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"A lot of our best songs happened that way": Mark Tremonti on the unexpected key to Creed's success on Human Clay and their remarkable comeback 25 years on

"The Creed stuff has a lot more clean guitar parts than I remembered"

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“Kim Thayil is one of the coolest and most inventive guitar players ever… Chris Cornell is definitely in my Mount Rushmore of singers”: Mark Tremonti weighs in on the biggest bands of the ’90s (including Creed)

As Creed return, Tremonti shares his thoughts on Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and a host of other ’90s icons

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“A lot of metal players won’t care – they just want to play metal. But cleans are important to me”: Mark Tremonti on what his signature PRS MT 100 amp has in common with his Dumbles – and why it does more than breathe fire

One of the best metal amps on the market? Sure. One of the most versatile? Most def. The Alter Bridge and Creed guitarist's signature head has three independent channels and they're all their own thing

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"The first three records of our career, everybody was talking about how we were going to fail. Each next step was going to be a disaster”: Mark Tremonti and Scott Stapp on the unlikely rebirth of Creed – and why they’ve always been cool

Thanks to a pair of sports franchises, a bizarre Super Bowl commercial and some shows that sold out in record time, Creed are back. Here, Stapp and Tremonti tell us how it all went down

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“Paul’s Perfect Pour”: PRS has brewed up guitars for John Mayer, Mark Tremonti and Carlos Santana – but now it’s making beer

Brewed in partnership with PRS' neighbors at Cult Classic Brewing, the Irish red & kolsch ale was masterminded to celebrate Make Music Day

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“We’ve also talked about doing replicas, beaten up so they look like mine”: Mark Tremonti says a relic’d recreation of his Dimebag-stickered PRS is on the cards – could artificially aged PRS guitars become a reality?

PRS has yet to officially release a relic'd guitar, but that could all be about to change

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Creed wrote megahit Higher onstage in front of 4,000 people, reveals Mark Tremonti

Singer Scott Stapp “liked to play this game where he would put the band on the spot and say, ‘We’re going to write a song,’” the guitarist explains

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The Strat turns 70 and the return of the cooler-than-ever Creed – only in the new Guitar World

Featuring new interviews with Ritchie Blackmore, Brian May, Buddy Guy, Alex Lifeson, Adrian Belew, Tom Morello, Yngwie Malmsteen and Mick Mars and a review of the new PRS Mark Tremonti MT 100 amp

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“He would put the band on the spot and say, ‘We’re going to write a song.’ I would just start riffing… in front of a live group of people”: Mark Tremonti reveals one of Creed’s biggest hits was spontaneously written in front of 4,000 people

The track has helped spearhead Creed’s resurgence in recent years, and is used as a rallying anthem by two major sporting institutions

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"It was probably in front of 4,000 people": Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti reveal the surprising story of how the chorus of Creed hit Higher was written during a live show

"It was freestyle"

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“I love Alter Bridge, but more Myles Kennedy’s playing, rather than Mark Tremonti. Myles goes for the gross notes, which I really like”: Meet James Frankland, the classical-loving instrumentalist fusing Rachmaninoff and Guns N’ Roses

Frankland is taking influences from all across the musical spectrum to forge a sound that is all his own. He unpacks his journey from 13-year-old rookie to debut album, Fate’s Right Hand

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“For years we have been trying to find it”: Mark Tremonti’s cherished ‘My Own Prison’ Les Paul – which helped kickstart Creed’s career – has been found almost 26 years after it was stolen

Tremonti’s beloved Gibson, which played a crucial role in the recording of Creed’s debut album, was returned to its rightful owner on his 50th birthday

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