Alice In Fuckin Chains!!!!!

jeffbr

Grrrle wrote:

yeah how is alice in chains back when UHM they're singer is dead? come on...can you say "hey I need money" and "hey im gunna milk this for all it's worth" they should be ashamed...whats next a "nirvana reunion"

Spoken like somebody who has no idea who Jerry Cantrell is, not what his contribution to AIC was in terms of writing, performing and singing. Layne wasn't AIC.

jeffbr

darthvedder88 wrote:

It's nice to see the guys back, but if they do go on they better change their name!!! Layne Staley WAS Alice in Chains if you ask me...

Luckily Jerry didn't ask you, and I'm sure doesn't care. If you pick one person to be AIC it has to be Jerry. But AIC was more than just one individual.

jeffbr

ryantremor wrote:

Give me a break. If they want to get back together and play music what the hell is the problem with that? So because Layne is dead they can't play music again? I'd rather listen to Jerry, Kinney, and Inez any day over 99.9% of the music that is out there today.

Absolutely! I saw their reunion show last year for the hurricane relief, and they totally kicked ass. Even Layne's mom attended the show in support of the guys, so the who "they should be ashamed" sentiment here is bullshit.

darthvedder88

enharmonic wrote:

Layne was certainly the voice that I most identify with the band, but Jerry wrote the music, or t least most of it as far as I know. Other bands have had to replace a critical member, and have still been able to move on and make good music. A band name is just a title under which to work. Sure, it also functions as a brnd for a certain set of musicians, but it can evolve into its own thing.

Under your logic, Pink Floyd should have changed their name, as well as AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Soundgarden, The Allman Brothers, The Who, and even Pearl Jam. What could possibly be more critical to a band than their drummer? Drummers change everything...often moreso than vocalists. When you get a new drummer, the entire energy of the band changes.

Just a thought or two.

You know, maybe I should've refrased what I said a little bit. But I will say I can see why ppl would say Jerry is AIC bc yeah, he wrote a good portion of the music but still, Jerry wrote most of the songs on their earlier stuff, ie. Facelift and Sap. On Dirt it was mostly Layne and Jerry writing songs together, and then their later stuff, Jar of Flies and Tripod Layne starting writing most of the songs. But really Layne wanted to keep the band on a more underground level, kind of like the way Pearl Jam has kept themselves today, while Jerry wanted them to be huge. While I love every member of AIC and I LOVE JERRY CANTRELL'S SOLO STUFF, Layne Staley's voice is what attracted me to Alice in Chains.

kiainot

this is too much for me, the last year I saw pearl jam after 15 years of waiting, i'm from argentina, and now alice's back, and they're thinking about touring sa, i love layne, but i'm pro reunion, i want to listen new stuff too!!.