11/30/2022 0 Comments Alice in chains facelift blogspot![]() Not only a monster riff writer but a soloist up with the best. Jerry Cantrell could play his ass off to. Even if you could not relate, Layne wrote so well you felt his story. Growing up were I did my friends and family were living his lyrics. Layne could make you feel what he was singing. Not since the likes of Led Zeppelin has a band been able to be heavy as hell and mellow at the same time. They have made some of the best most original songs ever.period. They go from the snarling heaviness of a song like We Die Young to the seductive and hypnotic-ness of a song like "Don't Follow." There is years worth of vocal study in these A.I.C. None can do it quite like Alice and none ever will. Godsmack, Taproot, Shinedown and way way too many others to list. Just listen to any modern rock station and you will hear it. It seems like every hard rock band out today has ripped off the way A.I.C. They did them in a way all their own though. The likes of which had not been heard since bands from back in the day like the Beach Boys and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Layne Staley and Jerry Cantrell wove beautifully dark and melodic vocal harmonies. They were to metal to be grunge and mellow to be metal. Their music was worlds different than their contemporaries in grunge. They released the albums Facelift, SAP, Dirt, Jar of Flies, Alice in Chains and the new album with new singer Black Gives Way to Blue. I guess they just wanted someone with the same name so they couldn't forget what the bassist name was! The band has sold over 35 million albums. Star was replaced in 1993 with Mike Inez. The original band consisted of Layne Staley on vocals, Jerry Cantrell on guitar and vocals, drummer Sean Kinney and bass player and current "Celebrity Rehab" alum Mike Star. They came into prominence as part of the 90's grunge movement along with Soundgarden, Nirvana and scores of other flannel wearing rockers. Alice In Chains formed in 1987 in Seattle Washington. This edition of "Learn From" is from the 90's alternative/metal/grunge band Alice In Chains. ![]()
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