Alter Bridge took a temporary break in early 2009 with its members working on other projects, but the band continued writing music throughout the year. The band regrouped later that year to begin work on their third album, AB III , which was released in 2010 on Roadrunner Records worldwide,…
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Following a successful tour in support of the album, Alter Bridge announced plans for a second release. The album, Blackbird , was released in 2007 on Universal Republic to mostly positive reviews. Unlike One Day Remains , which was largely written by Tremonti, Blackbird featured Kennedy’s guitar playing as well…
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Kennedy is best known as the lead vocalist and one of the two lead guitarists in the band, alongside Mark Tremonti (formerly of Creed ). The band’s origins lie in late 2003 when Kennedy was contacted by Tremonti, who was interested in having Kennedy lay down vocal tracks for some…
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After The Mayfield Four’s unforeseen breakup, and due to a hearing disorder called tinnitus that he developed because of listening to music that he was recording at earsplitting volumes, Kennedy fell into depression in 2002. He said about music, “I can’t do it any more. My ears won’t let me.”…
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Though popular, The Mayfield Four never garnered enough exposure to break into the mainstream. In 2002, the future of the band began to look unlikely, and Kennedy began recording new music, which he described as ” Daniel Lanois meets Massive Attack .” The band went on hiatus that year, and…
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The Mayfield Four’s second and final album, Second Skin , was released in June 2001. Kennedy has since said that it is one of the most personal records he has made. The album has been critically acclaimed and Kennedy has commented on how it and Fallout are much more popular…
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Following the Fallout tour, Kennedy made an appearance in the 2001 drama film Rock Star starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston . He said that he got a call from his manager telling him that the filmmakers needed someone who could sing high and that his name was suggested. On…
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In 1995, Kennedy started teaching guitar in a store called Rock City Music. By August 1996, he became the lead vocalist and lead guitarist of The Mayfield Four , a rock band he formed with his childhood friends Zia Uddin, Marty Meisner, and Craig Johnson (also of Citizen Swing). They…
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After the release of Journey , Kennedy left Cosmic Dust to begin working on a new band that would become Citizen Swing, for which Kennedy provided both lead vocals and lead guitar. They were described as “a band that combined the sounds of funk , soul , R&B , blues…
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Upon graduating from high school in 1988, Kennedy enrolled in a Commercial Music/Jazz Studies program at Spokane Falls Community College . Using the skills he learned from this course, in 1990 he began playing guitar for a jazz group called the Cosmic Dust Fusion Band, which was formed by keyboardist…
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