{"id":283250,"date":"2025-11-10T13:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T13:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/283250\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T13:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T13:14:09","slug":"i-walked-up-behind-him-hi-brian-johnson-im-a-guitar-player-do-you-want-to-go-onstage-and-jam-some-songs-he-went-yeah-mate-how-an-ac-dc-legend-and-a-heavyweight-gui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/283250\/","title":{"rendered":"“I walked up behind him: \u2018Hi Brian Johnson, I\u2019m a guitar player. Do you want to go onstage and jam some songs?\u2019 He went, ‘Yeah mate!'” How an AC\/DC legend and a heavyweight guitarist covered Led Zeppelin at a famous baseball player’s wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alter Bridge<\/a>\/Creed<\/a> guitarist Mark Tremonti once covered Led Zeppelin<\/a> with help from legendary AC\/DC<\/a> frontman Brian Johnson – and in the most surprising of circumstances.<\/p>\n

Tremonti makes the revelation during a new interview with Metal Hammer, saying that the two musicians crossed paths at the wedding of former baseball player Johnny Damon in Florida in 2004.<\/p>\n

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\u201cJohnny\u2019s a famous baseball player in the States: he lives in my neighbourhood and he\u2019s a friend of mine,\u201d the guitarist tells us. \u201cHe invited us to his wedding, and Brian Johnson was there. Somebody\u2019s like, \u2018You should go up to Brian and see if he wants to get onstage and jam with you. Go barge in on the wedding band\u2019s gear!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tremonti was quick to seize the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was getting a drink,\u201d he continues, \u201cand I walked up behind him like, \u2018Hi, Brian; I\u2019m Mark, I\u2019m a guitar player. Do you want to go onstage and jam some songs?\u2019 He grabbed his junk and went, \u2018Fuck yeah, mate!\u2019 Immediately. No second thought about it!\u201d<\/p>\n

The two proceeded to play three songs together, though Tremonti only remembers the first one they did: Rock And Roll, from Led Zeppelin\u2019s landmark 1971 album, Led Zeppelin IV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe didn\u2019t play a single AC\/DC song,\u201d the guitarist adds. \u201cAnd then it just went on, with other people getting onstage, and I think I played two [more] songs. I can\u2019t remember what the second or third songs were, but it got to the point where people were like, \u2018Oh, I\u2019ll sing!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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2004 was a year of great upheaval for Tremonti. His multi-Platinum-selling hard rockers Creed broke up at the start of the year, and he launched Alter Bridge with singer Myles Kennedy and fellow ex-Creed members Brian Marshall (bass) and Scott Phillips (drums) in June. Alter Bridge\u2019s debut single, Open Your Eyes, came out on June 11: exactly one week after Creed publicly confirmed their split.<\/p>\n

Creed have reunited twice, first from 2009 to 2012 and again in 2023. All the while, Tremonti has continued with Alter Bridge, releasing seven studio albums starting with 2004\u2019s One Day Remains. Their eighth, a self-titled effort<\/a>, will come out on January 23 via Napalm.<\/p>\n

On Monday (November 3), AC\/DC announced tour dates for 2026<\/a>, with legs in South America and North America scheduled to take place from February to September. The first show will be at Est\u00e1dio do MorumBIS in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil on February 24.<\/p>\n

You can pick up an exclusive Mark Tremonti bundle, featuring an alternate Classic Rock magazine cover, a section of Tremonti’s own on-stage backdrop and a signed letter of authenticity, only via the official Louder store<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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