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The Next Chapter
s one of the busiest men in rock music, Mark here were never any plans to do a con-
Tcept record, but something happened
ATremonti never stops working. Up until now, during Alter Bridge’s 2017 ‘The Last Hero’ Euro-
pean tour that got the wheels turning. Mark was
through his work in Creed, Alter Bridge and - in more re- playing around on his guitar during a warm-up
cent years - his band Tremonti, Mark has always been session when the chord progression he was
playing triggered off a story in his head. That
known and highly regarded as a guitarist and songwriter. story became the song, ‘A Dying Machine’; a
song that would become the title track of
In 2018 he is getting ready to take his storytelling to a Tremonti’s fourth album. After spending more
different level with his first novel - ‘A Dying Machine’. time working on the story, Mark loved it so much
that he didn’t want to end it there, so he contin-
The book, co-written with award winning author John ued writing more songs to see where it could go.
Shirley, is set to be the perfect companion to Tremonti’s The album ended up becoming a narrative about
obsession, unrequited love, and war.
latest album, also called ‘A Dying Machine’, which is avail- As the story developed further, Mark was in-
spired to turn it into a book. Writing a novel is
able now. Black Velvet sat down with Mark to talk in something he’s wanted to do for over a decade
depth about this ambitious project, the challenges he and this afforded him the perfect opportunity to
tick it off his list.
faced and how it has helped him open up his imagination. “I probably spent more time lyrically on this
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