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Alice In Chains reunion.
I liked them OK back in the day, but no Layne Staley, no AIC.
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10113155/alice_in_cha...
Alice in Chains Reunite to Tour
Velvet Revolver's Duff McKagan to join the band live, with guest vocalist in tow
When the three remaining members of Alice in Chains -- guitarist Jerry Cantrell, bassist Mike Inez and drummer Sean Kinney -- return to the stage at
L.A.'s Roxy May 18th to kick off a world tour, the reunited band will have some friends in tow, including Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan and
Comes With the Fall vocalist William DuVall.
"These guys are my bros from way back, and for me it's kind of a dream come true to play with Alice in Chains," McKagan said the other night at a
viewing party for the VH1 Decades Live tribute to Heart featuring the new Alice. McKagan will be joining the band for selected gigs, including
England's prestigious Donington festival. "It's a band I've always wanted to play in," he added. "I played with them in their first gig in L.A. I got
up and played 'Man in a Box.'"
DuVall, who will be touring with the band full-time as a guest vocalist, is also thrilled to join the group. He and Cantrell actually became friends
on tour around the time -- April 2002 -- when founding Alice vocalist Layne Staley died of a drug overdose.
"Cantrell and I suffered through touring through Layne's death and the aftermath of that," says DuVall. "We were on the road, so that was something I
experienced in very close proximity to him. One of the first gigs we did was at the Key Arena in Seattle right after Layne had died. It was a really
emotional thing. So you go through those kinds of things together, and when something like this comes up it kind of settles the score a bit."
DuVall believes the fans will welcome back the Seattle grunge band, who during their mid-Nineties heyday scored four straight Top Ten albums --
including two consecutive Number Ones, 1994's Jar of Flies and 1995's Alice in Chains. But more than their commercial success, Alice in Chains were
one of the more influential groups of the Nineties, an outfit to which bands like Godsmack, Days of the New, Creed and Taproot owe some of their
sound.
Fellow Seattle-ites Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson have been close friends and big supporters of Alice for some time, and they share Duvall's optimism.
"What happened with Alice is they could've been so huge, but then the singer died," says Ann. "They were like [Led] Zeppelin, where they decided they
weren't going to come together with another person until now."
The new Alice in Chains have been rehearsing in L.A., and DuVall says the band will have some treats for fans when they hit the road. "We're going
deep into the catalogue. I've made up four sets, and there's very little overlap between them," he explains.
"I think it's overwhelmingly positive," DuVall predicts of the response to the reformed group live. "It's going to be a cathartic thing for everybody.
There's going to be a great outpouring of emotion -- from the stage and from the audience."
Alice in Chains North American tour dates thus far:
5/18: Los Angeles, The Roxy
5/19: San Diego, CA, House of Blues
5/21: Chicago, Cabaret Metro
5/22: Boston, Avalon Ballroom
5/23: New York, Bowery Ballroom
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Color me skeptical on this one...
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I agree. I liked this band alot. That record JAR OF FLIES is truely an amazing record. If this happens I would be very dissappointed in that band for
doing it.
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"What happened with Alice is they could've been so huge, but then the singer died," says Ann. "They were like [Led] Zeppelin, where they decided they
weren't going to come together with another person until now."
They should not do this. It cheapens the image of this band.
Each aspect of the soul has it's own part to play, but the ideal is harmonious agreement with reason and control.
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I was never a big fan of them, but there seems to be NO point to them playing without Layne. Allthough.... Jerry did probably write all the lyrics. It
worked with Oasis when the other brother sang... so maybe it could work for AIC. Ehhhh probably not.
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Staley wrote alot of the lyrics and Cantrell did I believe most of the songs. The bass player I guess was pretty much a writer of music too. I know
Cnatrell did a couple of the songs off Flies. Man I love that record.
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I was a fan back in the day, still listen to Dirt every now and then, but this is stupid. If the were going to do it, why not have Jerry sing, it
would seem more legit that way.
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Ive been listening to Alice in Chains lately. What a coincidence. I'd go see this. I saw Jerry Cantrell open for Metallica a bunch of years ago,
and he played a bunch of AIC songs. It was great even with another dude doing Layne's vocals. Im sure Jerry will still do his share of the vocals
though.
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They must really need some cash.
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