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Alice in Chains at the Roxy in L.A.... Corgan & Lanegan join the AIC!

GivenToFlyFreakGivenToFlyFreak Posts: 86
edited May 2006 in Other Music
WOW... I saw Alice in Chains open their tour in Seattle at the Moore Theater a few night ago and it was awesome, but to have been at the Roxy in L.A. last night would have been a dream come true!!!!!

My favorite musician joined AIC on stage and took the vocals on 'Down in a Hole', that and Mark Lanegan did 'Rooster'... WOWOW!!!!

Here's an article about the show from Reuters:

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Seattle rock band Alice in Chains, one of the biggest acts of the early 1990s until drugs got in the way, launched its first tour since 1996 in Los Angeles on Thursday with the help of a few famous friends.

Former Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan turned up at the packed Roxy Theater to sing a tune, as did former Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan. Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan, playing guitar, accompanied the band on five songs.

The sold-out show at the 450-capacity venue was the first of five that will take the band to clubs in San Diego (May 19), Chicago (May 21), Boston (May 22) and New York (May 23). The band played a last-minute "open rehearsal" in Seattle on Tuesday. A European jaunt begins on May 26 in Lisbon.

Alice in Chains last toured in June-July 1996, when it opened four shows for Kiss. Subbing for vocalist Layne Staley, who died of a drug overdose in April 2002, is William DuVall, an old collaborator of guitarist Jerry Cantrell.

The afro-coiffed DuVall, sporting an unbuttoned leather shirt, effectively channeled the menace of his ill-fated predecessor. Cantrell in a vintage Eveready t-shirt, bass player Mike Inez in a Led Zeppelin t-shirt and drummer Sean Kinney kept things just as heavy as they did in their heyday.

The economical 70-minute performance centered on tunes from the band's breakthrough 1992 album "Dirt," including "Down in a Hole" (sung by Corgan), "Rooster" (Lanegan), "Junkhead," "Angry Chair," "Would?" and the final song "Them Bones." Others included "Man in the Box" and "We Die Young" from 1990's "Facelift," and "Again" and show opener "Sludge Factory" from the band's final studio release, the self-titled 1995 "three-legged dog" album.

Reuters
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  • BriskBrisk Posts: 84
    LOL! would have loved to have heard Corgan on DIAH!!!
  • RiffJamRiffJam Posts: 143
    What a gig!
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  • coerycoery Posts: 57
    Wow! I didn't even know AIC was playing again!
  • RiffJamRiffJam Posts: 143
    Anyone got tickets for the London - Mean Fiddler - show?
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  • Carlos DCarlos D Posts: 638
    GivenToFlyFreak wrote:
    WOW... I saw Alice in Chains open their tour in Seattle at the Moore Theater a few night ago and it was awesome, but to have been at the Roxy in L.A. last night would have been a dream come true!!!!!

    My favorite musician joined AIC on stage and took the vocals on 'Down in a Hole', that and Mark Lanegan did 'Rooster'... WOWOW!!!!

    Here's an article about the show from Reuters:

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Seattle rock band Alice in Chains, one of the biggest acts of the early 1990s until drugs got in the way, launched its first tour since 1996 in Los Angeles on Thursday with the help of a few famous friends.

    Former Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan turned up at the packed Roxy Theater to sing a tune, as did former Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan. Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan, playing guitar, accompanied the band on five songs.

    The sold-out show at the 450-capacity venue was the first of five that will take the band to clubs in San Diego (May 19), Chicago (May 21), Boston (May 22) and New York (May 23). The band played a last-minute "open rehearsal" in Seattle on Tuesday. A European jaunt begins on May 26 in Lisbon.

    Alice in Chains last toured in June-July 1996, when it opened four shows for Kiss. Subbing for vocalist Layne Staley, who died of a drug overdose in April 2002, is William DuVall, an old collaborator of guitarist Jerry Cantrell.

    The afro-coiffed DuVall, sporting an unbuttoned leather shirt, effectively channeled the menace of his ill-fated predecessor. Cantrell in a vintage Eveready t-shirt, bass player Mike Inez in a Led Zeppelin t-shirt and drummer Sean Kinney kept things just as heavy as they did in their heyday.

    The economical 70-minute performance centered on tunes from the band's breakthrough 1992 album "Dirt," including "Down in a Hole" (sung by Corgan), "Rooster" (Lanegan), "Junkhead," "Angry Chair," "Would?" and the final song "Them Bones." Others included "Man in the Box" and "We Die Young" from 1990's "Facelift," and "Again" and show opener "Sludge Factory" from the band's final studio release, the self-titled 1995 "three-legged dog" album.

    Reuters

    HOLY SHIT!What a concert.
    It may be the devil or it may be the Lord
    But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

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  • MeddleDealMeddleDeal Posts: 2,547
    I read that this morning, and I was in total shock. Billy singing Down In A Hole?! WHOA?! :eek: very awesome! And Mark too! Sounds like a killer set!:) i wonder what else AIC have up their sleeves? hmmm
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  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,561
    holy jesus christ

    best show ever!
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,561
    just think is layne was there
    the best show ever!

    maybe if cornell was there, what a party ;p
  • manonkouchmanonkouch Posts: 56
    The show is up at dimeadozen.
  • shahrilshahril Posts: 288
    would someone be kind enough to upload the show for all the torrent-free university students? ;)

    long shot i know..but eh..u never kno..its friday...good spirits maybe?
    I've seen so many people try and copy Eddie Vedder's voice. It's as if if you don't sound like him you're not a man. - Emmett Roslan

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