The last Alice in chains album I’ve heard got to stores on 1995, since than the band finished saying what they had to say. Seven years after, Layne Staley, Alice in chains front man soul went to heaven. For me, he was it!
He was a package full of heroin on two feet. A bag of depression that used to stand on the stage, holding the microphone and ripping his heart out for the fans.

Laynes’ death switched off the plug on AIC, without Staley there’s no Alice in chains, or so I thought.
Until last night in London.

Hard rock fans were shocked when AIC released a new single a few months ago. How can it be? Layne is dead!
Yes, Jerry Cantrell is still alive (thanks for that) and he even got his own albums and stuff (never listened to even one album of his) but Alice front man was so unique and without him there can not be Alice. But boy I was wrong. With the first chord of AIC single “a looking in view” I knew they are back.

When I got to the Forum, holding ticket to a show I never thought I’d see I knew I am not alone. So many people like me stood in the queue, most of them over their thirties, nineties kids who breathe Seattle all their youths.

The show was great! The Alice in chains sound blasting to our faces. They played a few songs from the last album, but the mosh pit really fired when Alice played grunge songs like “man in the box” and “rooster”.
Yes, Layne was missed no doubt about it, but William Duvall is such a great singer that as time went by, you would not be bothered about the fact it’s not Layne up there on the stage.

They could have a longer concert, but I don’t think it was necessary. It was almost two hours of awesome hard rock in a show that felt more intimate than having sex with the one u love.
And now I’m listening to Alice in chains all day 24/7, like I used to do years ago.
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