The new Alice in Chains kicks ass
 

Been listening to Black Gives Way to Blue for the past couple of weeks and it fucking rocks. :2 cents:

I heard a song on the radio and I thought "who the fuck is this, trying to be Alice in Chains?"

Then I found out it was Alice in Chains.

I have listened to some Alice in Chains music. I like it.

I also listened to Judas Priest, Slayer, Motor Head, Black Sabbath, and other metal bands.

One of my favorite grunge bands ever!!! :thumbsup

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actually new shit is kinda wack

Grunge died with Cobain!

Yeah, seems to be a pattern.

Kurt Cobain - Suicide Letter
"Since the age of seven, I've become hateful towards all humans in general."

"Thou shalt not hate your brother in your heart."- Leviticus 19

Purple Haze My Own Waze
"White collar conservative flashin down the street, pointing that plastic finger at me, they all assume my kind will drop and die, but I'm gonna wave my freak flag high." Jimi also stated " When I die, I want people to play my music, go wild, and freak out and do anything they wanna do." - Jimi Hendrix

*Jimi died at the age of 27 by choking on his own vomit which was caused by a drug overdose.

"There is a way which seems right unto a man but the end thereof are the ways of death" - Proverbs 14

Lead Singer of Queen
"Who wants to live forever? Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject." - Freddie Mercury

Freddie died of AIDS at the age of 45 and openly professed to be a homosexual. The Bible states you live on after death either in heaven or hell.

"It is appointed unto man once to die and then the judgment" - Hebrews 9
"Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination" - Leviticus 18:22


Death and Life in the Power of the Tongue
"Heroine will be the death of me" - Jim Morrison Lyrics

"Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. - Proverbs 18

insulting to the memory of layne.

So what's up with the bible quotes? This isn't the fucking 700 club!

Alice In Chains at their best:





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Cool music :thumbsup

I had the pleasure of seeing them right after Dirt came out in a little place in Seattle called The Crocodile Cafe. Maybe 200 people there. Layne was in the zone that night and sounded amazing and they blew the walls off that place. It was something I will never forget. Since that night I had tickets (or arrangements) to see them about five other times and they always canceled. At the time they sited a million different reason. Of course we later find out it was Layne and his battle with the junk.

To me there are a few bands the define the Northwest Sound and Alice In Chains is one of them. I'll give the new stuff a try, but I'm not sure I am that interested in it without Layne.

Probably my favor AIC song.

kicks ass

It's different... I think they would have done better to get the singer from Dark New Day...

yes indeed :thumbsup

I feel sorry for cantrell, he made Alice in Chains sound the way they did, wrote all the songs, then comes Layne Staley, i am tired of junkies ruining it for those who fly straight. Even on songs like Check My brain you can hear Cantrell and its like he sounds better than STALEY!!!

Now Cantrell has to pick up the pieces and continue because Staley was a piece of shit junkie. Cantrell was always billed as "co-lead signer" his voice is in every old song and it must have sucked tremendously for him to have to put his band at standstill for so many years because of a dead junkie.

I bet part of him wishes they never hired layne,

Private Hell is awesome.. you can almost hear Layne singing here

love the new Alice in Chains. Cantrell is awesome. :thumbsup

cantrell is great but if you listen to his solo stuff it just doesn't have the same feel that AIC did. staley may have been a junkie but he did his part to contribute and wrote some of the songs. cantrell did not write them all.

:2 cents: I can't bring myself to listen to it because of this. Who is the new singer?

*nevermind, read further down.

some songs that staley wrote. his contribution was mostly lyrics but there were a few songs he wrote the music and lyrics for.





wrote the lyrics and music for these 2





and of course man in the box, lyrics by staley


and just a personal favorite not written by staley

I heard The Croc recently re-opened. I always used to check that club when passing through Seattle. I would usually hit Sub Pop Records for a few hours, grab a bite to eat, and then hit a show. Good times!!! :thumbsup

My favorite Alice In Chains show was when they performed at the '93 Lollapalooza:

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check my brain!

its a pretty solid album.

bump for Alice in Chains

A great and explosive album :1orglaugh

It has been years since I had been to a show at the Croc, but it did just get remodeled and re-opened. It looks like they are doing shows there on the weekends now. Some of the best bands in the world have played there.

I wonder if Peter Buck still owns it or if he sold it.

Some of the early Lollapalooza's had the best line-ups. The only one I ever got to see was the one co-headlined by Pearl Jam and Soundgarden.

be careful :1orglaugh

Actually like the title song the best on the album:



Yea because Layne would want the rest of the band to have died along with him...sure. It's evident in the music how much they love and respect Layne, especially in this song.

To add to my last comment, if anything this album KEEPS Layne IN remembrance, so how it's insulting to the memory of Layne to some people is beyond me.