Alice In Chains New Studio Album
Them-Bones
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The band is gonna start working on an album after the holidays, I'm really excited to see how it sounds, and if it's any good, but New Album=Tour so even a shitty album won't be a bad situation.
And please if your just gonna post
"Layne was alice in chains"
Save it, I've heard it enough.
And please if your just gonna post
"Layne was alice in chains"
Save it, I've heard it enough.
"If my thoughts, dreams, could be seen, they'd probably put my head, in a guillotine, but it's alright ma, it's life and life only."
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You are correct that Layne wasn't Alice in Chains, but their isn't an Alice in Chains without Layne. Why bring it back? Money. I can see how Layne really hurt the careers of the other guys, so I can see why they want to get the band back together to make some cash. But it isn't Alice in Chains. Why tarnish a good thing?
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2006 ~ Toronto
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2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
Exactly. If not for marketing purposes, why would they keep the name AIC? They have every right to tour, record an album, and play AIC's music. But, let's be real here - its no longer AIC without Layne.
Maybe all those guys just like playing together, its still their music, and they also probably like writing music together too. I mean, I think its weird also, but then again, AC/DC got a new singer, and nobody says, its not AC/DC because its not Bon Scott singing. These guys should still be allowed to play together, and should be allowed to write music together and call themselves AIC.
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I dont care how bad/good it is i just want to see them tour... their first tour over here was crap only like the major hits even at AIC club shows.... but it was better than nothing
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ive been trying to make this argument about the blind melon reunion for week. it's like banging your head against a brick wall.
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and the way I see it, its the MUSIC that attracts me to AIC and BM, not the singer.
there, I said it.
I think it's just weird that they decide to do this so long after Layne died. In the case of the other bands, it was more of an immediate replacement...
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Another thing that really pisses me off is the ridiculous assumption that they are doing it just for the money. I somehow doubt that they are running out of cash, considering the MILLIONS of albums they've sold. Considering their background and the type of music they made, they don't strike me as the kind of people who give a shit about making massive pots of cash anyway, they seem far more about the music.
otherwise this isnt FUCKING ALICE IN CHAINS
WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND IT!
PLEASE!
why isn't is AIC?
Is pearl jam pearl jam becuase they dont have krusen ?
I think his emotional response to his friend's death kept him from thinking about his own life for long enough. Give him credit for waiting so long!
Who cares if it's not the same? The Pearl Jam that released Ten were VASTLY different to the band that released Riot Act. Things change. The only thing I expect to be the same, is the quality of the music. DuVall is a great singer and writer in his own right, and from seeing them live, they clearly have a great chemistry together.
And to the person who said it's basically a Jerry Cantrell solo album, well if we're getting technical here, he was always the dominant song writer in the band anyway, so it's going to be no more a Jerry Cantrell album than Dirt was.
Not so delighted at the thoughts of them continuing under the name Alice In Chains. Why not change to another name? As someone else said, any AIC fan will know who they are.
It would be more respectful to retire the name AIC after touring last year.
RIP Layne
Jerry's solo stuff was horrible. He is not a frontman, he needs someone with more soul to fill up his songs. Fortunately Layne was the perfect complimentary piece to the puzzle. I'm not sure how the new guy will be, but he's got some big shoes to fill.
yeah, a bunch of aging over-the-hill putzes who are hung up on the good old days will know who they are. nobody else would. keeping the name means jerry gets to hang onto his legacy and it means people might give the material a listen that otherwise never would have heard it. it means radio stations will at least give the single a chance becos they can play it as the new alice in chains, rather than them having to do the bullshit payola runaround to get their single heard. it makes sense to me.
how is it disrespectful to layne for the band to keep using the name? their success was just as much theirs as it was layne's. you think he's sitting in the afterlife going "those fucking pricks... i've never been so insulted!" i think it more likely he's happy they're making music together again and doesn't give a fuck what name they use. the only people who are upset about it are the loser trekkie fanboys who act like the band is THEIR band, not the band members' and who presume to know more about what layne would want and find disrespectful than the people who actually knew layne. and my opinion is that you all can 1) go fuck yourselves and 2) not buy the album if it's such an affront to your morals. maybe if layne hadn't seen fit to inject himself full of a lethal dose of heroin, we wouldn't have this problem cos they'd be able to tour.
My thought is that it's a practical thing.
Jerry toured as "Jerry Cantrell" after his other cds...he played new stuff and the old AIC songs...he didn't get as much of an audience as he's probably getting under the name Alice in Chains. Despite the fact that he's still playing his own songs!
Since he probably wants people to come and has found that more people come to listen when he's touring with the Alice in Chains name, why shouldn't he?