Editing Alter Bridge (section)

===2004–2005: ''One Day Remains''===
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Alter Bridge lead guitarist and founder [[Mark Tremonti]], bassist [[Brian Marshall]], and drummer [[Scott Phillips (musician)|Scott Phillips]] were members of the rock band [[Creed (band)|Creed]] with lead vocalist [[Scott Stapp]], achieving significant mainstream success in the late 1990s and early 2000s. After releasing two successful albums, ''[[My Own Prison]]'' (1997) and ''[[Human Clay]]'' (1999), Marshall left Creed in 2000, which was followed by the release of their third album, ''[[Weathered]]'' in 2001. The band became inactive in 2003 following the conclusion of a controversial tour. That year, Tremonti began writing new material with plans of forming a new band with Phillips and Marshall. Being fans of [[Myles Kennedy]]'s former band, The Mayfield Four, they invited him to join as their new lead vocalist.<ref name="life after creed">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/a/alter_bridge/news_feature_040608/ |title=Life After Creed: Alter Bridge Look To A Stapp-Free Future |date=June 8, 2004 |publisher=[[MTV News]] |author=Joe D'Angelo |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629142551/http://www.mtv.com/bands/a/alter_bridge/news_feature_040608/ |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref> They named the new band Alter Bridge, after an actual bridge near Tremonti's home on Alter Road in [[Detroit]], and subsequently began recording their debut album.<ref name="vh1">{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/alter_bridge/artist.jhtml#biographyEnd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040619101637/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/alter_bridge/artist.jhtml#biographyEnd |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 19, 2004 |title=Alter Bridge – Biography |publisher=[[VH1]]}}</ref>

Citing creative differences and increasing tension between Stapp and the other band members, Creed officially broke up in June 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1488149/creed-have-been-split-up-months.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319065425/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1488149/creed-have-been-split-up-months.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 19, 2011 |title=Mark Tremonti blames tensions between band, singer Scott Stapp. |publisher=MTV |date=June 4, 2004 |author=Joe D'Angelo}}</ref> Coincidentally, Alter Bridge released their debut single "[[Open Your Eyes (Alter Bridge song)|Open Your Eyes]]" on June 11, 2004. The band members felt as if Creed had "run their course" and were determined to focus on their future with their new singer.<ref name="life after creed"/> Alter Bridge's debut album, ''[[One Day Remains]]'', was released on August 10, 2004, by [[Wind-up Records]] and received mixed reviews.<ref name="allmusic one day remains">{{cite web |url=https://allmusic.com/album/one-day-remains-r699341/review |title=One Day Remains – Alter Bridge |website=[[Allmusic]] |author=Johnny Loftus}}</ref><ref name="slant">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/alter-bridge-one-day-remains/500 |title=Alter Bridge: One Day Remains |author=Scott Shelter |magazine=[[Slant Magazine]] }}</ref> Produced by [[Ben Grosse]] (who has also produced albums by artists such as [[Filter (band)|Filter]], [[Fuel (band)|Fuel]], and [[Sevendust]]),<ref name="vh1"/> the album sold 750,000 copies worldwide and achieved gold status.<ref name="odr gold">{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Alter%20Bridge&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50 |title=RIAA Searchable database – Gold and Platinum |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |access-date=August 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924155118/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Alter%20Bridge&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> It peaked at No.&nbsp;5 on the [[Billboard charts|''Billboard'' charts]] for fourteen weeks.<ref name="billboard">{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=alter bridge|chart=all}} |title=Alter Bridge Album & Song Chart History |publisher=[[Billboard charts|Billboard]]}}</ref> After "Open Your Eyes", two more singles were released from the album in 2005: "[[Find the Real]]" and "[[Broken Wings (Alter Bridge song)|Broken Wings]]". Also, partially due to the fact that the album was almost finished by the time Kennedy joined the band, it is the only Alter Bridge record that does not feature Kennedy as a guitarist, although he did play guitar on several songs on the album's accompanying tour. The music was composed completely by Tremonti, who had also written most of the lyrics by himself, though Kennedy wrote or at least co-wrote the lyrics for about half of the remaining songs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefish.com/music/reviews/11617297/ |title=One Day Remains, Christian Music Reviews |publisher=The Fish |author=Russ Breimeier}}</ref>

Several songs from ''One Day Remains'' established an affiliation with [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]. Most notably, "Metalingus" was adopted by wrestler and Hall of Famer "The Rated R Superstar" [[Edge (wrestler)|Edge]] as his entrance theme in 2004, along with continuing to use the theme in AEW under the ring name Cope. In 2022, Edge, used "The Other Side" for a brief while, and that song was later used for the Judgment Day faction up until 2024 <ref>{{Cite web |last=Badrose |date=2024-12-30 |title=Judgment Day Debuts New Theme |url=https://www.wrestlingattitude.com/2024/12/judgment-day-debuts-new-theme.html#:~:text=Judgment%20Day%20Debuts%20New%20Theme%20%E2%80%93%20On%20the%20December%2030%20episode,Other%20Side%E2%80%9D%20by%20Alter%20Bridge. |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=Wrestling Attitude |language=en-US}}</ref> Alter Bridge would later appear with Edge in a backstage segment on an episode of ''[[WWE Raw]]'' in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/results/raw/050829.php |title=WWE RAW RESULTS |date=August 29, 2005 |access-date=December 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814141726/http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/results/raw/050829.php |archive-date=August 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> An edited version of "Open Your Eyes" was used in the video game ''[[Madden NFL 2005]]''. Alter Bridge released a rare instrumental song called "Ahavo Rabo Taco Salad" for ''[[Total Guitar]]'' magazine in 2005. It was solely a Mark Tremonti song originally, but the rest of Alter Bridge soon got involved.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.activemusician.com/Alter-Bridge-Biography--t8i3296 |title=Alter Bridge Biography on ActiveMusician |publisher=AciveMusician |access-date=July 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717025040/http://www.activemusician.com/Alter-Bridge-Biography--t8i3296 |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> A song called "Save Me" was included on [[Elektra: The Album|the soundtrack]] for the 2005 [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] film ''[[Elektra (2005 film)|Elektra]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6806322/a/Elektra%3A+The+Album.htm |title=Elektra: The Album Soundtrack CD |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]}}</ref> [[Fantastic 4: The Album|The soundtrack]] for another 2005 Marvel film, ''[[Fantastic Four (2005 film)|Fantastic Four]]'', also featured an Alter Bridge song, "Shed My Skin".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009OPO12 |title=Fantastic Four – The Album Soundtrack |website=Amazon }}</ref> That same year, the band released a four-song EP called ''Fan EP'' as a promotional CD in Europe.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alter Bridge - Fan EP |url=https://www.discogs.com/Alter-Bridge-Fan-EP/release/4811598 |website=Discogs |access-date=10 December 2018}}</ref>

Alter Bridge's relationship with Wind-up Records, who did not share the band's vision, began to deteriorate when band members began hearing rumors of the record label deciding not to release singles or promote the album as promised. The band had been asking to be released from the label shortly after the release of ''One Day Remains'', but their request was consistently declined. Sometime before 2006, Alter Bridge & Wind-up Records were "finally able to negotiate terms acceptable to both sides". All recording, publishing, and merchandising agreements were finally terminated.<ref name="alter bridge leaves windup">{{cite news|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=51580 |title=ALTER BRIDGE Part Ways With WIND-UP RECORDS |date=April 28, 2006 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622162236/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=51580 |archive-date=June 22, 2008 }}</ref> The true nature of the agreement was later described by Mark Tremonti in a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h5VvBpxuQc LoudWire] interview as "being screwed over", where he revealed that Alter Bridge had to “buy out” their agreement for an undisclosed sum, for which they were still paying off.<ref>{{Citation|last=Loudwire|title=Mark Tremonti - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?|date=2015-04-15|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h5VvBpxuQc|access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref> However, Alter Bridge continued to face difficulties, including criticism for disbanding Creed, pressure to reform Creed, and numerous false reports of a Creed reunion, in addition to some critics describing Alter Bridge's music as sounding like "Creed with a different singer." Despite Creed later reforming in early 2009,<ref name="creed reunion">{{cite magazine|first=Jessica |last=Herndon |title=Band Creed Reunites for New Album |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20274934,00.html |magazine=People |date=April 27, 2009 |access-date=April 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428175113/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20274934%2C00.html |archive-date=April 28, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Tremonti responded to these claims by stating that "Creed will never exist as a band again."<ref name="alter bridge leaves windup"/>