Mark Tremonti Celebrates Christmas, Looks Ahead to Creed Reunion

A few years in the past, a Christmas album helmed by Mark Tremonti may need appeared loopy, however following the discharge of final yr’s Mark Tremonti Sings Frank Sinatra, it makes a number of sense.

“When we put out the Sinatra album, a lot of folks were like, ‘You know, it sounds like you should do a Christmas record,'” Tremonti advised Chuck Armstrong on Wednesday night time’s Loudwire Nights (Dec. 13). “Funny enough, that’s the reason why I felt like I could do [the Sinatra album], because I was singing karaoke at Christmas parties. I would sing this stuff.”

Tremonti admitted that it was due to his love for Christmas music that he truly went down the rabbit gap with Sinatra within the first place.

“I love Christmas music,” he mentioned. “Some of my best memories in life are from Christmas growing up, being at my grandparents’ house and playing Christmas music with all of my cousins.”

In addition to that love, Tremonti shared that there was an influential voice in his life that pushed him to make the brand new file, Mark Tremonti Christmas Classics New & Old.

“My father told me I should write a Christmas song years ago. I’m like, yeah, you can’t do that in the rock and roll world. This doesn’t really work unless you’re Twisted Sister or King Diamond doing some metal version, so I thought this was a perfect opportunity. I think that Sinatra opened the doors that I could do this record. It was a lot of fun.”

From Christmas to Creed

In addition to celebrating the vacations, Tremonti can be wanting forward to 2024 as Creed put together for his or her first reunion in a number of years, which incorporates two sold-out Creed Cruises and a rising land-based tour, too.

While it looks like there’s extra on the horizon for the band, Tremonti wasn’t fast to reveal an excessive amount of data.

“There are definitely announcements that will happen as things kind of roll out,” he mentioned, with a slight smile on his face. “It’s just an exciting time. We’re trying to pack in as much as we can into the year because we have to be very aware that Alter Bridge needs to come out with a new record. We come out with a record every three years.”

Their seventh studio album, Pawns & Kings, got here out in 2022, so Tremonti admitted that he and the Alter Bridge guys need to keep on that schedule. On prime of that, he revealed that he is additionally engaged on his subsequent solo file beneath the Tremonti identify.

“I’m going into the studio in February, so right now, I’m spinning all of these plates,” he mentioned. And with a little bit of a chuckle in his voice, he added, “I should be writing my record right now, but I’m singing Christmas songs.”

Tremonti’s Favorite Christmas Presents

With Christmas proper across the nook, Chuck had to ask Tremonti about a few of his favourite items he is obtained through the years — each as a child and as an grownup.

“The best presents I got were these GoDaiKin Transformers,” he answered shortly. “When [my parents] would go to the mall, I’d always run off to the department stores in Detroit and they had these gigantic toys. I loved Transformers when I was a kid and these GoDaiKin Transformers were these gigantic versions. And it’s funny, I still have them.”

Though Tremonti nonetheless appreciates his Transformers, as an grownup, his tastes have shifted a bit bit.

“Pinball is my big gift,” he advised Chuck. “The James Bond 60th anniversary [pinball machine], I gave myself an early Christmas present this year.”

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Next to the brand new Bond machine in Tremonti’s residence stands a Venom machine, too.

“I did the soundtrack for that,” he defined in regards to the Venom pinball machine.

“I did the music for it. I think it’s a crazy great machine … When I did my last record deal, I said, ‘Hey, let’s make sure that this music is license-free for use in pinball.’ And they said, ‘Alright, whatever.’ So I got to load it up with my music.”

What Else Did Mark Tremonti Discuss on Loudwire Nights?

• Why his first Christmas album is not his final: “Hopefully I can do a volume two.”
• What it is like taking part in Christmas songs stay and the way he fashions Sinatra’s touring type in some methods
• What it was like writing an authentic Christmas music

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Mark Tremonti joined Loudwire Nights on Wednesday, Dec. 14; the present replays on-line right here, and you’ll tune in stay each weeknight at 7PM ET or on the Loudwire app; you may as well see if the present is obtainable in your native radio station and pay attention to interviews on-demand. Stream Mark Tremonti Christmas Classics New & Old at this location and keep up-to-date with every little thing happening in Tremonti’s world right here.