My friend
Tom recently caught the newly reformed Alice In Chains at the Aragon Ballroom here in Chicago a few weeks back. He has detailed a beautiful and meticulous review over at his blog,
None But My Own. For my money, AIC did the impossible, they created a record that captures the spirit of the band at their prime, all without their lead vocalist. It's for this reason it made
my top ten albums of 2009. For those of you who are wondering if these guys can manage to execute AIC without Layne Staley,
read on. I wish I could have been there, but as usual, Tom nailed the review and reading it will make you feel like you were there.
Here's a snippet:
Usually the headline act in a major city who are riding high on the successful comeback trail Alice has been on, need only to “show up,” right? After all, the tickets all 4,500+ of them had been purchased many months in advance and what, at this point do they have to prove? Apparently the “what do you have to prove” memo wasn’t passed on to Alice In Chains and this was crystal clear the moment the house lights went out. Read the full review
here.
