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Mark Thomas Tremonti
DOB: April 18. 1974
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Dark brown
Marital Status: Single, yet has long time girlfriend ~ Veronica
Influences: Metallica, KISS, Slayer, Anthrax, Black Flag, Celtic Frost, Soundgarden
~ Favorite Album: Metallica's Master of Puppets
~ Favorite Sports Teams: (Per 11/16/01 Q&A Session)
Baseball: Seattle Mariners
Basketball: The Wizards
Hockey: Detroit Redwings
Football: a tie between the Bucks and the Vikings
~ Favorite Car: '57 Chevy
~ Previous jobs: Car washer for 4 years, and he was also a cook at Chili's Restaurant�note the shirt he wore in the very first Creed photo shoot.
~ First picked up a guitar when he was 11 years old
~ Tremonti means "Three Mounts" in Italian.
~ Attended Florida State University to study finance. Also attended Clemson University, During a Q&A session, he said "My best friends from high school were going there, and a friend of mine from Detroit owned a bar there so I had a job in the bag. I left because it was too expensive."
~ Owns a beagle names Bo and two other dogs named Harley and Max.
~ Owns 17 pinball machines-favorite one is "Star Trek: The Next Generation, because its a real players machine!"
"Its all about the SUPER JACKPOT!"
~ Opening Night Live-January 2002
"We write everywhere. You can write on the toliet, write in the shower, write..."
~ Return of the Rock MTV2 DFP 4.0 Interview
"We fill a void. People have apparently missed the singer-guitar-bass-drum
approach to American rock and roll. We're sincere and we play
like we're in our basement, only our basement keeps getting bigger."
~ Guitar World - March 2001
"I'd love to have a side project where I can just solo like crazy over everything�"
"�All the attention is on me, and if I miss one note, it's all downhill!"
~ Mark Tremonti
"Flip is always running late, and I have the problem of always
needing to be on time. Good thing we're not married!"
~ 11/16/01 Q&A Session
"I don't like jello. But I do love pudding!"
~ 11/16/01 Q&A Session
"I like to make my guitar sound mean."
(The songs are) "�all my children, can't like one better than the other."