Mark Tremonti
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Tremonti playing with Alter Bridge at the 2014 Rock im Park
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Mark Thomas Tremonti |
| Born |
April 18, 1974 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Origin | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, record producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass |
| Years active | 1987–present |
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| Associated acts | Alter Bridge, Tremonti, Creed |
| Website | marktremonti |
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PRS Tremonti Signature PRS Singlecut |
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Mark Thomas Tremonti (born April 18, 1974) is an American musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock bands Creed and Alter Bridge. He is a founding member of both bands, and has also collaborated with many other artists over the years. He formed his own band, Tremonti, in 2011, releasing the album All I Was in July 2012, followed by Cauterize in June 2015 and Dust in April 2016.
Since his early years with Creed, Tremonti has received positive recognition as a guitarist and songwriter and has received a number of accolades, including one Grammy Award for Creed's single "With Arms Wide Open." He was also named "Guitarist of the Year" for three consecutive years by Guitar World, and in 2011 he was listed in Total Guitar magazine as the fourth greatest heavy metal guitarist of all time.
Tremonti was born on April 18, 1974, in Detroit, Michigan. He grew up in an Italian Roman Catholic family in Grosse Pointe, just outside Detroit, for most of his childhood life before moving to Wilmette, Illinois. He began to become enthralled with music, and bought his first guitar at the age of eleven. When he was fifteen, his family moved again to Orlando, Florida, where he enrolled in Lake Highland Preparatory School. During this time, his mother was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus, which left Tremonti devastated. After graduation, he moved to Clemson, South Carolina to attend Clemson University to major in finance. After his freshman year in college, he moved back to Florida to enroll in Florida State University, where he was reunited with his then future Creed band mate Scott Stapp, who Tremonti had known in high school.
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