r/alterbridge

Listening to it as I type this and I really can’t put my finger on how so many people universally dislike this song. To me it kicks serious ass with a badass riff, killer chorus and delightful outro.

I’d honestly go as far as to say I think it’s in the upper percentile of ab songs and I’d rank it about 5th in B-Sides (behind Breathe, Never Say Die, New Way to Live and Zero)

So that being said; why? Why do people dislike this song so much? What am I not hearing? Because all I hear is a badass song that IS a bit rough around the edges (which I think is forgivable considering the circumstances) but still manages to be a delightful listen.

This show has stories… odd sequence of events over a short amount of time. It is also has my most retold/acted out concert story about a concertgoer that I still think about.
18 years ago 3 middle aged dudes were pumped for this show. My buddies, one is a school principal, the other a cop and that are both marines and I walk in to the Webster. This place is a concrete rectangle that is a small general admission venue. We walk in and Alter Bridge just started. There was maybe 15 people there! We were like wft..we literally slowly walk to an empty space in front of Myles and Mark. We have our very own AB show for like 20 minutes as people slowly start coming in. It was kinda nuts. Watching Blackbird solo 5 ft in front of you with like 100 people. AB ripped. By the last song it was filling up.

Here is where things changed. AB finished, and it was like the Orc horn blow in Lord or the rings. The creatures came out. Me and my buddies are kinda looking at each other in disbelief. How did we just get to watch all that front row? Wanna stay here for 7dust? Sure….

So as we wait for 7D the place is getting crowed. Next to us is younger girl, maybe early 20’s. She is there alone, and just wanted to be close to the band. Me and my buddies are hanging and we notice this older creeper guy that is in his 40’s + wobble with his beer and starts talking to this girl. She wants none of it,and literally waves him off. My buddy the cop, the principal and me all noticed this. We are all dads. The guy shuffles away, but comes back and does it again. She is clearly annoyed. She wants nothing doing with this guy. We are on alert…this is happening next to us. He leaves, she is happy. The band is about to come on…you could feel such a shift in the energy of the room. It was unlike anything I ever felt. It was electric and packed.

The guy comes back….he is now hovering kinda behind her. She is against the rail. I am closet to the guy and we are keeping an eye on this.

LIGHTS GO OUT! Sevendust explodes and the crowd goes apeshit.

At this point I see our 20’ something year old friend turn around and she punched that guy so hard in the face he went down and out on the floor with his beer all over him.

He was out…

She turned around and rocked. Me and my friends looked at each other and dragged the guy off to the side…

We did our part!

The show was nuts, pit was crazy. My Marine buddies retreated…they made it through 1 and half songs. I stayed for like 4. I went back to find my buddies..and could see bodies flying and multiple people coming back on the sides all bloody. It was like a triage unit in the back.

I often wonder what that 20 year old girl is doing today? She is likely in a power position and the CEO of some company.

What a show.

A few of mine above

Don’t be shy, I don’t judge! I love all music :)

'One Day Remains' was released August 10th 2004... Does anyone else feel old?

(taking pics of my own arms was a little harder than I expected!)

The two original bird designs are by an artist friend of mine in Toronto. The one on my upper right arm with the lines to indicate soaring on the wind, and the one by my left wrist, smaller to indicate flying into the distance, are actually the same exact design. Just tilted a bit and reduced in size.

The text on my left upper and forearms don't quite align perfectly, and, being left handed, the first thing most people see is just "be broken again!" which kinda gives the wrong idea 😄 but on the whole I love 'em so much. Had 'em about 6 years now. ​

Pretty much what the title says. I’m guessing it’s not that simple, like they aren’t allowed to or something? And yes, I’m aware of Spotify’s “local files” thing and I use it for b sides- i just think it’d be cool to get these officially uploaded…

i mean, White Knuckles is also good, but i love the epics by Alter Bridge