Alice in Chains

Travisthedog · June 2018

The biggest and most important band of my late teens early 20's and I'm finally getting to see them on Sunday.

Wetting myself with excitement. Even with William DuVall they sound so eerily close to the original line up, live they are on fire right now. Cantrell is one of my most respected guitarists

Anyone else going

Darren · June 2018

Saw them back in the early 90’s. They were the main support for Megadeth along with The Almighty on the RIP tour.

It was a great gig!!

Enjoy the upcoming show..

Cols · June 2018

Irritatingly, I only found out about the gig on Tuesday. By that time, the only tickets available were £110 from official Ticketmaster scalpers

Hope it’s an awesome gig, dead jealous

Travisthedog · June 2018

What a show!! So much love in the room for the band, at times you could see the band were taken aback by it

soma1975 · June 2018

Saw them at the Brixton Academy in the early 90s. Best gig of my life.

Travisthedog · June 2018

Yeah that was well up there for me

Musicman20 · June 2018

I went to the Leeds gig, and the sound was great, but they totally oversold the venue.....it was stupidly packed even right at the back. They should have upgraded to the First Direct Arena...

I would definitely go see them again. Two guys harmonising ace melodies over heavy melodic riffs is quite something.

Travisthedog · June 2018

Musicman20 said:

I went to the Leeds gig, and the sound was great, but they totally oversold the venue.....it was stupidly packed even right at the back. They should have upgraded to the First Direct Arena...
I would definitely go see them again. Two guys harmonising ace melodies over heavy melodic riffs is quite something.

I found the vocals to be a bit muffled and you couldn't hear what they were saying in-between songs but the harmonies did stand out in song

And shepherds bush was rammed too!!

joneve · June 2018

STILL not managed to see them live

One day, hopefully. Even without Layne, it's a bucket list item for sure.

Dopesick · June 2018

joneve said:

STILL not managed to see them live One day, hopefully. Even without Layne, it's a bucket list item for sure.

Same. AIC are my favourite band of all time but still never seen them live. Probably because the new material doesn't interest me in the slightest and I'm worried that's where the majority of the live stuff will be from.

Travisthedog · June 2018

Dopesick said:

joneve said:

STILL not managed to see them live One day, hopefully. Even without Layne, it's a bucket list item for sure.

Same. AIC are my favourite band of all time but still never seen them live. Probably because the new material doesn't interest me in the slightest and I'm worried that's where the majority of the live stuff will be from.

Not true. Only had 3 or 4 duvall era tracks rest was from Layne era.

Youre missing some real gems by ignoring the newer stuff. William DuVall is very very capable and Staley's are big shoes to fill

Bluebeard · June 2018

Seeing them at Rock Werchter in July. I can't wait

Dopesick · June 2018

Travisthedog said:

Dopesick said:

joneve said:

STILL not managed to see them live One day, hopefully. Even without Layne, it's a bucket list item for sure.

Same. AIC are my favourite band of all time but still never seen them live. Probably because the new material doesn't interest me in the slightest and I'm worried that's where the majority of the live stuff will be from.

Not true. Only had 3 or 4 duvall era tracks rest was from Layne era.

Youre missing some real gems by ignoring the newer stuff. William DuVall is very very capable and Staley's are big shoes to fill

Some of the material off 'Black Gives Way To Blue' was pretty good but I couldn't get into the next one at all. The new song doesn't excite me one bit. I will give the new album a try but I ain't holding my breath.

joneve · June 2018

Dopesick said:

Travisthedog said:

Dopesick said:

joneve said:

STILL not managed to see them live One day, hopefully. Even without Layne, it's a bucket list item for sure.

Same. AIC are my favourite band of all time but still never seen them live. Probably because the new material doesn't interest me in the slightest and I'm worried that's where the majority of the live stuff will be from.

Not true. Only had 3 or 4 duvall era tracks rest was from Layne era.

Youre missing some real gems by ignoring the newer stuff. William DuVall is very very capable and Staley's are big shoes to fill

Some of the material off 'Black Gives Way To Blue' was pretty good but I couldn't get into the next one at all. The new song doesn't excite me one bit. I will give the new album a try but I ain't holding my breath.

This sums up my feelings as well

Octahedron · June 2018

I FREAKING LOVE ALICE IN CHAINS.
Lucky I got to see them at Soundwave Festival a few years ago. They sound killer live. They nail the sound. The vocal harmonies are near-perfect with the album recordings. I have seen bands live where the vocal performance does not touch the vocal performance on the record, Alice in Chains on the other hand, nail it.

I love both the DuVall albums. But the original stuff is also delightful.

Creed_Clicks · June 2018

Haven't watched this yet, but will do! From Hellfest 2018

Teetonetal · June 2018

Never saw AIC unfortunately, but I did see Cantrell when he toured Degradation Trip. That was fab.

joneve · June 2018

Creed_Clicks said:

Haven't watched this yet, but will do! From Hellfest 2018

that video is actually Rock Am Ring from 2010 - great show.

This is Hellfest

William Duval's vocals are great. Not dissimilar to Layne, but he's not trying to copy the verbatim.

Travisthedog · June 2018

And actually if you listen to either of Jerry's solo records you realise just how much of the AiC sound is down to him

joneve · June 2018

Travisthedog said:

And actually if you listen to either of Jerry's solo records you realise just how much of the AiC sound is down to him

yup. Degredation Trip and Boggy Deppt are horrible underrated

Travisthedog · June 2018

Damn right

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