Review of One Day Remains by Alter Bridge **

A Creed Clone That Plays in the Vein of Def Biscuit and the Korn Tones.

Okay, some of the same artists are in both Creed and Alter Bridge.  Despite that, it seems silly to me that they changed their name simply because of their vocalist who was only as good as someone you can find at the local Karaoke bar.  However, I guess what I am getting at is that they probably don’t know enough about their instruments to be able to play them any differently.  This album rocks pretty hard.  I would imagine that someone who likes Smashing Pumpkins, Staind, or other similar pop acts would find this album to be just great.  However, the musicianship is just average.  Alter Bridge is way more popular than they deserve.  While they are playing large venues, your local jazz musician is probably better, though he is almost certainly not better paid.  The only reason I like bands like this is that they help draw new people into music.  For example, the band that got me into music was Nirvana, but I grew up and moved onto better things.  That is, very few people start out listening to artsy fartsy music, but it takes musicians that play accessible to attract new crops of musically inclined kids.