In late 2008, Deftones frontman Chino Moreno, guitarist Stephen Carpenter, keyboardist/DJ Frank Delgado and drummer Abe Cunningham were shaken to their core by the news of bassist Chi Cheng’s devastating car accident. Instantly, the Sacramento visionaries were detoured onto a crossroads that no one can ever be truly prepared for.…
Interview with Jerry Cantrell: Alice In Chains, Too Long On The Outside
The scene at the Fillmore At Irving Plaza for Alice In Chains’ show three weeks in advance of their new album, Black Gives Way To Blue was one of complete adoration. From jaded press to passionate fans who may have never seen the seminal ‘90s grunge act before, the New…
Alice In Chains: Black Gives Way To Blue
I’ll admit when I first listened to Black Gives Way To Blue, I was put off by it. The scene was a listening event, where everyone’s expected to listen to music in a civilized yet impersonal way, as if you’re at a movie theatre or the opera—an amusing idea from…
Alice In Chains Get Dressed Up As KISS To Talk About Their New Album
The members of Alice In Chains recently got in full KISS makeup while being interviewed about the process of rebuilding the band. My favorite part, incidentally, is the MIDI-processed version of “Check My Brain” introducing the film. But the KISS thing is pretty cool too.
Interview with Alice In Chains: The Return
The prospect of an Alice In Chains reunion might have sounded questionable, given vocalist/frontman Layne Staley’s accidental death from a drug overdose four years ago, but last Feb., when AIC took the stage with a rotating host of singers (including but not limited to Maynard James Keenan of Tool, Ann…
