Posted on 07/01/2009 4:14:00 PM PDT by aic4ever
The new release as of today from Alice In Chains. This has been my favorite band since I was 14 years old. This harkens back to the days of Dirt in terms of the heavy riffs and the melodic feel. Very cool. I can't wait until they announce their US tour.
Enjoy!
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By far the best of the Seattle bands. Too bad Layne couldn’t overcome his demons.
Even I, at my age have, and like my Alice In Chains CD.
I hope they don’t mind.
AIC was always my favorite of the “Seattle Bands” during the grunge days. I’m still a bit wary of the new lineup, simply because Layne Staley always struck me as the driving force behind the darker/gloomier elements of their music. He and the more grounded Cantrell were the perfect balance to each other, musically (all IMHO, of course).
That said, I enjoyed that song quite a bit. I’d be interested to hear more from them.
I’m 44 and I love Alice in Chains
What made AIC special was Jerry’s backing vocals combined with Layne. Kind of how Michael Anthony’s backing vocals were a critical part of the Van Halen sound.
I agree about the vocals. Definitely a case of a whole being greater than the sum of its parts.
Great band from a great musical era.
Do they sound like Alice Cooper or Alice Nelson-Franklin?
Older than you and like them too. :)
Sounds great and has that edgy side I love in AIC..
This little tidbit was really cool about the song “Rooster”:
It was written by guitarist Jerry Cantrell for his father, who served in the Vietnam War. His nickname was “Rooster.”[2] It is unknown where the nickname originated, but there is speculation that it may have been in relation to the 101st Airborne Division, in which Cantrell’s father served. The 101st Airborne wore patches on their arms featuring a bald eagle. There are no bald eagles in Vietnam, so the closest thing to which the Vietnamese could reference them was the chicken. They referred to them as “chicken men”.[3]
In the liner notes of 1999’s Music Bank box set collection, Jerry Cantrell said of the song:
It was the start of the healing process between my Dad and I from all that damage that Vietnam caused. This was all my perception of his experiences out there. The first time I ever heard him talk about it was when we made the video and he did a 45 minute interview with Mark Pellington and I was amazed he did it. He was totally cool, totally calm, accepted it all and had a good time doing it. It even brought him to the point of tears. It was beautiful. He said it was a weird experience, a sad experience and he hoped that nobody else had to go through it.[1]
I’m a casual listener but there is something about “Man In The Box”(?) that just rocks the nuts.
Plenty of college memories of AIC. I still like listening to them. Something I heard during AIT training was that in the song “Rooster” it refers to what the Viet Cong called the Army Airborne because of the screaming eagle patch they wore on their sleeves. The VC translated it as Rooster. “They come to snuff the rooster, You know he ain’t gonna die!”
Should be the official song for all Vietnam Vets.
Too many good songs to list. LOVE that band. Their harmonies, dark lyrics and smoking guitars make them rocking and timeless. They are right up their in my top groups of all time.
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