[JAMik]

Let’s talk about your recent work with Alice In Chains. That was a pretty serious undertaking, I imagine.

“It was a big project. It took a lot of energy to get through that one. In many ways, it was a new band, and there were a lot of unknowns. Would people respond to what they were doing? Would the band still be relevant? A new singer filling Layne Staley’s shoes? That’s a big deal. And I was a little apprehensive myself, because I loved the Alice In Chains from back in the day. Would this be a Jerry Cantrell solo record with a different singer, or would this be Alice In Chains?

“So I met with Jerry and the new guy, William DuVall, and we hung out. They asked me tons of questions. But it came down to the songs. They played me what they had, and I was blown away. Immediately, I could tell they were a band. They were Alice In Chains. After I heard Check My Brain, I looked at Jerry and said, ‘Dude, I’m in. When do you want to start?’” [laughs]

On that record you got to work with a true rock legend, Sir Elton John, who played piano on the title track, Black Gives Way To Blue.

“That was one of the last things we did. It was heart wrenching, man. That was Jerry saying goodbye to Layne. When Jerry was singing it, you could hear a pin drop. A couple of the guys had to leave the studio – it was too much for them. I was literally sitting at the board with tears coming out of my eyes, weeping about a guy I had never even met. It was hardcore.

“The whole thing with Elton John happened because Jerry had written him a very heartfelt letter. He told Elton how much he meant to him and Layne and what the track was about. He said that the song needed something else…piano. A few weeks went by, and we didn’t hear anything. Then one day we got a phone call: ‘Elton will do it, but he can only do it in Vegas, and he has a window from, like 2 to 4.’ So we flew to Vegas – of course!” [laughs]

“We go to the studio, and Elton John walks in. I couldn’t believe it – there’s Elton John! I mean, I grew up on him, and there he was, ready to play on a track I was producing. I had goosebumps. So we listened to the song with Elton, and then he played a take. His first pass…well, he was playing, but he was playing hard. Too hard. And I’m sitting there thinking, Oh my God, how am I going to tell Elton John that he’s overplaying?

“Well, I got my courage up and turned on the talkback mic and said, ‘Hey Elton, that’s great, but it’s a little too much.’ And he was cool and said, ‘No problem. Let me do it again.’ And he played another take that was awesome! But see, it all goes back to what I was originally saying: You can’t be afraid to tell these guys the truth. They want to give you their best. Even Elton John. I had to tell him that what he did wasn’t right, and he was fine with the criticism. He did it again, and it was exactly what the song needed. [laughs] I hear myself talking about it, and it sounds so unreal. Telling Elton John to redo his piano was pretty heavy, but it’s what I had to do.”

[JAMik]

Alice In Chains’ acoustic show in Thackerville, Oklahoma that is scheduled for August 13th (after the original February date was postponed) is now up in the air again. The venue’s website pulled down the page for the show.

An Alice In Chains forum moderator mentioned that they had not heard of any change, so it is possible that this could just be a mixup with the venue’s website.

Może jakiś pro-szocik z tego,albo DVD? Parę piosenek z BGWTB zabrzmiało by fajnie w akustycznych aranżacjach a może i coś starego,czego nie zagrali na Unplugged

[JAMik]

Alice In Chains bassist Mike Inez was briefly interviewed by GuitarInternational.com at the recent NAMM show in Anaheim, California. He said the following:

Robert: What has AIC been up to since the tour ended?

Mike: We are going to take a much needed break. We did about 30 countries on this last tour, and then will start recording a new CD in the summer time. I’m going to reacquaint myself with my wife. [Laughing]

It looks like 2012 could be quite the year for Grunge with Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Mudhoney, and Stone Temple Pilots all working on new albums this year (unless one of them are able to get one out by the end of the year).

[Radivaar]

Ja po cichu liczę, że AiC pojawi się na polskim koncercie Sonisphere ;] a dlaczego? Rok temu grali kilka koncertów z tej serii, a dodatkowo w Polsce wystąpi Mastodon, a z tego co się orientuje to w 2010 roku bardzo często grali razem

[Radivaar]

[Chainer]

No proszę. Starr znów wrócił do nałogu. A taki już był grzeczny, tak się z matką Staleya obściskiwał. Ehh..historia lubi zataczać koło, a heroina lubi zabijać tak samo, jak i wtedy.

[aliveinchains]

[Breed]

[geetar]

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[SickOfLifee]

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