================================================ Subject: Mark Tremonti From: "Agnieszka" To: Date: Wed 1 Aug 2001 13:04:11 +0200 ================================================ Cool Facts www.marktremonti.net NEVER TOO MUCH OF MARK!!!! - His full name is Mark Thomas Tremonti - He was born April 18th, 1974 in Detroit, MI - He's 27 - He is 6'1 1/2" - His favorite guitarist of all time is Stevie Ray Vaughn, but his favorite living guitarist is Zack Wylde - Mark has a new puppy named Max - His favorite city to play is Detroit, because it's where he grew up - The one thing he needs most while touring is his cell phone, to keep up with family and friends - He got his first guitar when he was 11, and it was a Gibson knock-off called a TARA - His favorite video game system is the PC - He has 2 dogs, Bo and Harley - Tremonti admits to a certain level of basic spirituality in the lyrics, but he insists he doesn't believe in organized religion, citing as preposterous the idea that millions of Muslims are denied an afterlife because they don't believe in Jesus. - Tremonti doesn't mind the Pearl Jam association, but thinks anyone who hears a resemblance should be fitted for a hearing aid. - Tremonti says he has ceased caring about what anyone has to say about his band, whether it's critics, Durst or VH1's recent ``Pop Up Video'' program, which claimed Stapp wanted to seem as messianic as possible in the group's ``Higher'' video. ``Nothing can affect me too much anymore,'' he said. ``They can `pop up' whatever the hell they want.'' (Webmaster's note: Hahaha) - He has a Signature PRS Guitar with his name on the 12th fret. Click here for more info. - His hair is black and spiked up - His eyes are brown - He is rumored to have a girlfriend named Victoria. - His favorite band is Metallica and his favorite CD is "Master of Puppets" - He plays Ping-Pong religously, at home and before concerts. Click here for more info. - He loves to play video games - He collects pinball machines - He used to work at Chili's and when Creed had their first photo shoot, he wore his Chili's cook shirt! The picture is here. - Once at a Creed show, his amps blew up, and he was forced to plug into former bassist Brian Marshall's amps! - He used to wash cars for a living - Tremonti means "Three Mounts" in Italian, and that was almost the name of this site! - His favorite song to play live is "Unforgiven" - He writes some of Creed's lyrics, but noone knows for sure which parts exactly - His first band was called "Wit's End" and they played covers - He used to play Gibson Les Paul's in concert but he plays PRS exclusively. - Mark wishes he had written Metallica's "The Call of the Ktulu" himself! - He said in a Guitar World interview that Blockbuster gets all of his money. Some of his favorite movies are Clockwork Orange, The Wall, and Excalibur. To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp