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Alter Bridge rocks the house
Pumped: American rock band Alter Bridge entertains their fans with its signature blend of hard rock, metal and post-grunge at MEIS indoor stadium in Ancol, North Jakarta, on Saturday evening
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Pumped: American rock band Alter Bridge entertains their fans with its signature blend of hard rock, metal and post-grunge at MEIS indoor stadium in Ancol, North Jakarta, on Saturday evening. (JP/Jerry Adiguna) (JP/Jerry Adiguna)
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span class="inline inline-none">Pumped: American rock band Alter Bridge entertains their fans with its signature blend of hard rock, metal and post-grunge at MEIS indoor stadium in Ancol, North Jakarta, on Saturday evening. (JP/Jerry Adiguna)
Alter Bridge riled up thousands of fans on Saturday evening, as the American rock band made its local debut at MEIS indoor stadium in Ancol, North Jakarta.
Lead vocalist and guitarist Myles Kennedy, lead guitarist and backing vocalist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall and drummer Scott Phillips arrived in Jakarta on Friday after a concert in Singapore.
The show was opened by accomplished local alternative rockers Netral, comprising vocalist and bassist Bagus Dhanar Dhana, drummer Eno Gitara Ryanto and guitarist Christopher 'Coki' Bollemeyer.
Netral warmed up the crowd with a 50-minute head-banging set that started at 7:35 p.m.
Alter Bridge took the stage just before 9 p.m., opening with their latest single, 'Addicted to Pain', followed by 'White Knuckles' and 'Come to Life' from their latest album, Fortress, described as the band's best received and most dynamic work to date.
'Look at all these people! We finally made it! This is fantastic!' Kennedy said to the audience before leaping into 'Ghost Of Days Gone By'.
The band then belted out their signature blend of hard rock, metal and post-grunge to awaiting fans, giving up renditions of 'Open Your Eyes', 'Broken Wings', 'Watch Over You' and 'Rise Today'.
Eyes opened wide as the opening chords of 'Blackbird' sounded, with Kennedy and Tremonti each giving a virtuoso guitar solo. 'Blackbird', by the way, was voted the greatest guitar solo of all time by Guitarist magazine in 2011, beating out Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven and Jimi Hendrix for 'All Along the Watchtower.'
The concert in Ancol marked the end of the band's Asian tour, which included gigs in Australia, Japan and Singapore.
Tremonti said that Indonesia was an important place for Alter Bridge to be.
'We are seeing a very strong fan base in Indonesia, as we can see from their online presence,' said the lead guitarist.
Tremonti, Marshall, Phillips of the legendary Grammy-award winning band Creed joined forces with Kennedy of The Mayfield Four to form Alter Bridge in 2004.
The group took its name after a bridge near Tremonti's former home in Detroit.
Alter Bridge released their debut album, One Day Remains, in the same yea to lackluster reception with less than a million copies sold. Subsequent albums, however, established Alter Bridge as a critically acclaimed, multi-Platinum band rock band.
The rockers have since become a constant presence on the international scene, releasing a new album every three years.
