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TG221: Alter Bridge – The saviours of heavy rock guitar

On the site and in the mag this month

Matthew Parker, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 10:41 am GMT

Total Guitar issue 221 is now on sale and it's Alter Bridge's first ever TG cover, featuring a full tab and backing track for 'Blackbird', plus a massive Mark Tremonti and Myles Kennedy interview.

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