Alice In Chains, Stone Temple Pilots Release New Albums .....
What was old becomes new again, right? Life is not just a box of chocolates, Forrest - it's a cycle. Things come, things go, and then the come back again. Whether it's politics, fashion or music, what was once in will inevitably come back - except for Jamz pants, we hope. For Grunge/Alt Rock fans like us, it couldn't come back fast enough.....
For fans of SC6, you know two of my favorite bands are Alice in Chains and STP. The Snake took away a major chunk of both bands for quite awhile there, but both seem to be back - and totally kicking ass... Alice in Chains has a new album, and after mourning Layne Staley's passing, Jerry Cantrell, Mike Inez and Sean Kinney found William Duvall, and he's a nice fit. The new album is familiar enough to not alienate diehard AIC fans (after all, Cantrell is the main songwriter), but Duvall does sound just slightly different enough from Staley to not make you pin him as a ripoff.
Meanwhile, Stone Temple Pilots were one of the hardest to peg groups of the era. They could do it all, and they did. Unfortunately, vocalist Scott Weiland did a lot of Heroin for a while too, and it sidetracked a great band. During the offtime, Weiland had two kickass CD's with Velvet Revolver (who needs Axl Rose, right Slash?), and the DeLeo brothers started Army of Anyone with Filter singer Richard Patrick, to slightly less raves. What do you do when a broken up band gets it shit straight? You reform. My brother saw them in Charlotte last Summer, and he said it was probably the second best show he had ever been to. Well, they got in the studio, and a new album is due out soon, with the first single being released on Monday.....
On a much lesser note, we hate to see this, but Sublime is doing a shot tour of six shows as well. Singer Brad Nowell died from a Heroin OD (do we see a trend here?), and after 15 years, they hired a new singer, although there is no mentioning of an upcoming CD. To us, it sounds like a mini-tour to rake in a few extra bucks. Sad, but not sad enough to dampen our spirits over AIC and STP back on the road!! Now if only Toadies and Spacehog would get back together, then my mid-90's music habit would be back in full force. Hmmm, Grunge is back - could a Republican takeover of the House be far behind? Here's Alice in Chains first cut, 'Check My Brain'.....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZTQ7xlFFA8
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2 comments:
Very good taste in music, my friend.
I've heard that Soundgarden is getting back together, too.
That is correct, Mitch. I frgot to mention that (I don't take notes, and the brain doesn't retain everything anymore). I think they've signed on for Lollapalooza, and a CD is in the works..
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