Is it bad when one of a band’s weaker albums is still stronger than other artists’ best albums? That’s how I feel about AB III. It is not at the top of their catalog, in my opinion, yet Alter Bridge has undoubtedly done something special with this record. Standout tracks such as “Wonderful Life” and “Words Darker Than Their Wings” have this offering in my player more often than not.
Master Charger: “One For Sorrow”
Boston Manor: “Bad Machine”
The Brew: “Seven Days Too Long”
From Ashes to New: “Broken”
TrueHeights: “No Tomorrow”
Morne: “Scorn”
Wolfheart: “Breakwater”
I Hate Heroes: “Light the Way”
Spinn: “Shallow”
Thrice: “Only Us”
Steve Perry: “No Erasin'”
New Found Glory: “Barbed Wire”
Household: “Give Me Time”
Modern Mimes: “Stare”
Coheed & Cambria: “The Gutter”
Skynd: “Richard Ramirez”
Disturbed: “Are You Ready”
Romance & Rebellion: “Put Me Out of My Misery”
DORO: “It Cuts So Deep”
Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators: “Mind Your Manners”
Mushroomhead: “Devils Be Damned”
Images of Eden: “Harvest Day”
Beyond Unbroken: “Memories”
Future Fires: “Midnight Sky”
Gama Bomb: “666teen”
Sixgun Renegades: “My Way or the Highway”
Grave Digger: “Zombie Dance”
Hespera: “Remnants of Existence”
Oh, Weatherly: “Chasing California”
The Treatment: “Let’s Get Dirty”
Judas Priest: “No Surrender”
Springbrooke: “End of the Line”
Beartooth: “Disease”
Set It Off: “Killer in the Mirror”
Aesthetic Perfection ft. Nikki Misery: “Bye Bye Bye” (NSYNC cover)
Fozzy: “Burn Me Out”
Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators: “Driving Rain”
Unearthly Trance: “Mechanism Error”
Psychostick: “You Can (Maybe) Do It”
Make Them Suffer: “27”
Opia: “Ascend”
New Years Day: “Disgust Me”
Doro ft. Johan Hegg: “If I Can’t Have You, No One Will”
Graham Bonnet Band: “Livin’ in Suspicion”
Bobaflex: “Off With Your Head”
Metal Allegiance: “Voodoo of the Godsend”
Conan: “Vexxagon”
Crossfaith: “Catastrophe”
Hands Like Houses: “Overthinking”
Vista: “Witch Hunt”
Monster Truck: “Evolution”
Vherbal ft. Brett Carlisle: “Inside My Walls”
The Mayfield Four — “Summergirl,” from the album Second Skin (2001).
The Mayfield Four — “Mars Hotel,” from the album Second Skin (2001).
The Mayfield Four — “Sick and Wrong,” from the album Second Skin (2001).
The Mayfield Four — “Realign,” from the album Fallout (1998).
The Mayfield Four — “Always,” from the album Fallout (1998).
The Mayfield Four — “Forfeit,” from the album Fallout (1998).
Before Alter Bridge, Myles Kennedy was in a band called The Mayfield Four. I checked them out because I love all things Myles. My favorite song is “Sick and Wrong,” which comes from 2001’s Second Skin — my album of the week.
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