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Old 05-19-2006, 07:43 AM   #1
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Arrow Billy plays with Alice in Chains last night

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Seattle rock band Alice in Chains, one of the biggest acts of the early 1990s until drugs got in the way, launched its first tour since 1996 in Los Angeles on Thursday with the help of a few famous friends.

Former Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan turned up at the packed Roxy Theatre to sing a tune, as did former Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan. Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan, playing guitar, accompanied the band on five songs.

The sold-out show at the 450-capacity venue was the first of five that will take the band to clubs in San Diego (May 19), Chicago (May 21), Boston (May 22) and New York (May 23). The band played a last-minute "open rehearsal" in Seattle on Tuesday. A European jaunt begins on May 26 in Lisbon.

Alice in Chains last toured in June-July 1996, when it opened four shows for Kiss. Subbing for vocalist Layne Staley, who died of a drug overdose in April 2002, is William DuVall, an old collaborator of guitarist Jerry Cantrell.

The afro-coiffed DuVall, sporting an unbuttoned leather shirt, effectively channelled the menace of his ill-fated predecessor. Cantrell in a vintage Eveready t-shirt, bass player Mike Inez in a Led Zeppelin t-shirt and drummer Sean Kinney kept things just as heavy as they did in their heyday.

The economical 70-minute performance centred on tunes from the band's breakthrough 1992 album "Dirt," including "Down in a Hole" (sung by Corgan), "Rooster" (Lanegan), "Junkhead," "Angry Chair," "Would?" and the final song "Them Bones." Others *******d "Man in the Box" and "We Die Young" from 1990's "Facelift," and "Again" and show opener "Sludge Factory" from the band's final studio release, the self-titled 1995 "three-legged dog" album.


 
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Old 05-19-2006, 07:46 AM   #2
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i need to hear this!

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 07:47 AM   #3
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No you don't Kahlo.

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 07:48 AM   #4
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Hey Davin, I bet you bills now going to be at the chicago show. Go quickly and buy some tickets.

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 07:57 AM   #5
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fucking awesome

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 08:07 AM   #6
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i'd like to hear bill sing 'down in a hole'
neat

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 08:23 AM   #7
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alice in chains/smashing pumpkins ticket would be nice

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 08:38 AM   #8
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Sweeeeettt!

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 08:40 AM   #9
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this is fucking sweet, i gotta hear this

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 08:46 AM   #10
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WOW after the pumpkins they were my favourite band of the 90's - got to hear this

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 08:53 AM   #11
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oh my, and they're coming to Poland!

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 09:21 AM   #12
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"Rooster" (Lanegan)
why did you bold that? this isn't a Mark Lanegan Board Discussion Forum, here.

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 10:02 AM   #13
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The chicago show sold-out in 5min and I didn't get tickets. They fucked up the presale and didn;t put a limit on it, so they sold out and the public onsale got cancelled.

I was thinking of getting tickets through a broker like I did for Tool already, because I dig AIC and never saw them in the 90's. Problem is, they are like $400 and they don't have any new material, so I took a pass. Anyway, I doubt this will happen again.

This was probably just for the "first show" and because Billy was in LA with Jimmy (just a guess).

I'm sure there will be other Celeb guests at the various AIC shows (I heard Phil Anselmo from Pantera and Weiland are supposed to show up at a couple shows along the way).

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 10:07 AM   #14
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Hey Davin, I bet you bills now going to be at the chicago show. Go quickly and buy some tickets.

Yeah Davin, quick, Esty wants to go to the show with you! I think this is his way of finally asking you out on a date!

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 10:08 AM   #15
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why did you bold that? this isn't a Mark Lanegan Board Discussion Forum, here.
I thought it was pretty cool. Meh.

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 10:13 AM   #16
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me too, man. thanks for posting.

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 10:32 AM   #17
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Yeah Davin, quick, Esty wants to go to the show with you! I think this is his way of finally asking you out on a date!
It makes me sad to see you use a spaceghost avatar and not be one bit funny. Sad day.



Actually davin, I have one ticket which I can't use. Its yours if you leave netphoria forever. If not, i'll just go and see if my lame ass friends want to go instead.

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 11:04 AM   #18
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why wasn't corgan on guitar as well????

OH YEAH
because he would be outplayed and out shredded by Jerry Cantrell AND the BASSIST from Guns N' Roses.

take that one to heart faggots

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 11:14 AM   #19
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Is this the coolest thing Corgan has done in a couple of years?

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 11:19 AM   #20
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hmmmm...tough call. much cooler than playing with courtney certainly...

...but the TFE shows were not as bad as the rap they were getting. At the very least, TFE shows were quantity, though maybe not very high in rock quality.

I'll hold final judgement until I hear it.

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 11:34 AM   #21
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Billy's nasally twerpy voice singing Down In A Whole?? I am excited and apprehensive to hear this. I disagree with whomever said Jerry could out shred Billy, I think it would be a pretty even match, remember geek u.s.a.

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 12:07 PM   #22
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This is pretty cool to hear.

I knew Billy was an Alice in Chains fan. In 2002 after Laynes death I remember Billy talking about Layne and about seeing one of the last AIC shows in 1996.

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 12:18 PM   #23
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Billy's nasally twerpy voice singing Down In A Whole?? I am excited and apprehensive to hear this. I disagree with whomever said Jerry could out shred Billy, I think it would be a pretty even match, remember geek u.s.a.







 
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Old 05-19-2006, 12:29 PM   #24
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i think billys fucked up whiny voice is PERFECT for a song like down in a hole...it was pretty much borderline whiny when layne sang it and don't even say otherwise


"down in a hole and i dont know if i can be saved" can easily be "the world is a vampire sent to drain"

"i'd like to fly but my wings have been so denied" can easily be "despite all my rage i am still just a rat in a cage"



though this song is much more mature and i dont doubt that either



i love alice in chains and im pretty pleased to hear all this but still...down in a hole is one of their more emotional and serious songs and i think his voice probably captured it perfectly but it waits to be heard

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 12:39 PM   #25
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i'll be there sunday at the metro and flooding the jukebox at yak-zies with aic pre-show.

my cousin somehow got four tickets. never got to see aic back in the day, so even without layne, i'm still pretty pumped about this concert.

imo, the metro is the best place on earth to see a show.

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 12:41 PM   #26
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lucky you...this weekend i'll be running from bears in the woods...fuck you bears and DAMN YOUR EYES you never even like the porridge i offer

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 12:54 PM   #27
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holy shit, that has the potential to be cool!!! unless bill fucked it up, but at least there's potential!!!

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 12:55 PM   #28
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i was surprised to hear they were playing a venue as small as the metro (approx. 900 people), but when i read about l.a. last night and that being only half the size of the metro, it made more sense i guess.

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 12:56 PM   #29
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pumpkins/AIC reunion tour....now that would be THE SHIT!

 
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Old 05-19-2006, 01:01 PM   #30
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my brother in law keeps predicting the pumpkins reunion tour kicking off labor day weekend at wrigley field. i obviously think he's nuts, and i believe the cubs are at home that weekend anyway, but that would be very cool.

 
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