yeah, I sorta don't think Alice in Chains is Alice in Chains without Layne Staley. It's like PJ without Ed or Aerosmith without Steven Tyler. sorry for that reference.
Or AC/DC without Bon Scott ... oh, wait .
touche. (geesh I should have kept my mouth shut...there are some AIC diehards up in here. :? ) yeah, for me, before there was Pearl Jam, there was Aerosmith. Hail the grunge movement! Never went back.
First of all..Jerry wrote MOST of AIC's music, not Layne.
Second...I am a LOOOOOONG time AIC fan and i have seen them 3 times in the past 2 years and EVERY show was AWESOME!!! Will does a great job as front man and does Layne proud!
anyone who thinks they are doing it just for the $ or thinks they shouldn't call themselves AIC without Layne is a fool.
I agree, they are still 3/4 of original AIC members. Plus they said right up front that they are not trying to replace Layne, they even honored him during that first tour with DuVall!!! It was an amazing show and they still rock.
With that being said. I would go apeshit if they played with PJ at PJ20, but I can't really see that happening...we can all hope though can't we.
1998: Noblesville, IN 08-17
2000: Noblesville, IN 08-18
2003: Noblesville, IN 06-22
2006: Cincinnati, OH 06-24
2010: Noblesville, IN 05-07
2016: Lexington, KY 04-26, Wrigley Field 2 08-22
2018: Wrigley Field 1 08-18, Wrigley Field 2 08-20
2022: St. Louis, MO 09-18
2024: Noblesville, IN 08-26, Wrigley Field 1 08-29, Wrigley Field 2 08-31
So they're touring around labour day, okay a few weeks before! Here's hoping!
My PJ shows:
London 28/10/96, Las Vegas 11/7/98, London 29/5/00, Nurnburg 11/6/00, Prague 14/6/00, Salzburg 18/6/00, Verona 20/6/00, Milan 22/6/00, Zurich 23/6/00, New York 8-9/7/03, Boston 11/7/03, Reading Festival 27/8/06, Shepards Bush 11/8/09, Berlin 15/8/09, Manchester 17/8/09, London 18/8/09, Dublin 22/6/10, Belfast 23/6/10, London (HRC) 25/6/10, Alpine Valley (PJ20) 3-4/9/11, Manchester 20-21/6/12, Leeds 8/7/14, Milton Keynes 11/7/14 To be continued....
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I agree, they are still 3/4 of original AIC members. Plus they said right up front that they are not trying to replace Layne, they even honored him during that first tour with DuVall!!! It was an amazing show and they still rock.
With that being said. I would go apeshit if they played with PJ at PJ20, but I can't really see that happening...we can all hope though can't we.
London 28/10/96, Las Vegas 11/7/98, London 29/5/00, Nurnburg 11/6/00, Prague 14/6/00, Salzburg 18/6/00, Verona 20/6/00, Milan 22/6/00, Zurich 23/6/00, New York 8-9/7/03, Boston 11/7/03, Reading Festival 27/8/06, Shepards Bush 11/8/09, Berlin 15/8/09, Manchester 17/8/09, London 18/8/09, Dublin 22/6/10, Belfast 23/6/10, London (HRC) 25/6/10, Alpine Valley (PJ20) 3-4/9/11, Manchester 20-21/6/12, Leeds 8/7/14, Milton Keynes 11/7/14 To be continued....
it's not a tour. it's one show (festival). In Winnipeg. With a bunch of shitty bands.
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
Time frame is right, area is right. I can dream right?