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If there are any Alice in Chains (AIC) fans in this forum, I'd really like to know how you feel about their replacement and their new album coming out soon. They've already released two songs for download of their site, A looking in view and Check my brain.
To refresh your memory or if you didn't know, the band ceased to exist after lead singer Layne Staley's death. He was credited as being a very talented individual with his unique style of singing.
But now they have a new singer. What do you think of the tracks they've released so far?
And if you dont know AIC, has any of your favourite singers passed away to only to be replaced? Did the band carry on well?
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Band member replacement has been a controversial issue over the years, just look at GnR!
I suppose depending on the sound, if you can argue it's not changed too much, you can justify keeping the same name. Otherwise it's just using the publicity which is quite greedy and not very respectful to the ex-member(s)
Not singers, but Smashing Pumpkins were an enormous success on their comeback having lost half their instrumentalists and replacing them. I don't think they would have been the same without Billy Corgan (singer), though...
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I know what you're saying, but unlike Freddy, Layne didn't write the lyrics nor most of the music, the guitarist did nearly all of it.
And the new singer sounds quite like him.
The only problem I feel is that because hes new, he approaches things different and has lead to other members having more influence on the music, which is why the new songs sound so different. The new tracks sound more like the guitarists solo albums.
Does the new GnR still have slash in it anyway?
For reasons which they could not comprehend, and in pursuance of a decision by default, on which they were never consulted, they found themselves made strangers in their own country.
All I know is that to see, and not to speak, would be the great betrayal. - Enoch Powell, Rivers of Blood speech, 1968.
either do it or don't. But I got places to be
Not an AIC fan myself, I did once see Jerry and Pacemakers at Butlins once and only 2 pacemakers were original makers of pace though, if that counts. It can work, Libertines carried on for a bit without SmackheadFace, although he hasn't actually died (yet). And Audioslave were basically RAtM with Chris Cornell. If the singer wasn't actually the main creative force then they could go on.Originally Posted by Patriot1
The only time I've had it happen to anyone I like was Everclear, although they had been in some decline before the bandmembers changed.
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While I totally agree with that example, it's not the rule. In some bands the instruments provide the main 'sound' associated with the name
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Ahaha!
And that I do disagree with. Same musicians and a similar sound butI think after the first album they seemed to get the hang of not being RATM and made some really good music.
And @ FactorFiction, thats exactly what I thought would happen. But since the singers new I think he doesn't have much influence on things yet and everything sounds like the guitarists solo album (which had the drummer and bassist in anyway).
So it doesn't always work.
For reasons which they could not comprehend, and in pursuance of a decision by default, on which they were never consulted, they found themselves made strangers in their own country.
All I know is that to see, and not to speak, would be the great betrayal. - Enoch Powell, Rivers of Blood speech, 1968.
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Rage are sooo much better than audioslave! Chris Cornell is terrible.
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either do it or don't. But I got places to be
Yeah, maybe that was a bit off. I'm sure MN would have seomthing to say about it too. Although I do quite like the 1st album anyway.
So much to learn young grasshopper...soundgarden rule! And one bad Bond theme does not a terrible artist make.
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
E. B. White
"To be honest, you think a/c jump the fence, I say the whole college jump the fence"
The wonder that is Angelcountry
"If we're going to have a police state, at least orgainise it properly!"
Guy Outside the Chilcott Enquiry as he was led away by police for causing a 'disturbance' (thanks to LA I now know his name is Michael Culver)
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Soundgarden do rule! CC's voice back in the day was like a banshee, he was incredible.
Audioslave's first album was very mianstream but still quite good and catchy. Second one is an acquired taste, I think its an awesome album to chill out too. And third one was completely awful apart from Moth and Wide awake.
Obviously if he died Soundgarden would have been nothing.
For reasons which they could not comprehend, and in pursuance of a decision by default, on which they were never consulted, they found themselves made strangers in their own country.
All I know is that to see, and not to speak, would be the great betrayal. - Enoch Powell, Rivers of Blood speech, 1968.
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I agree with Queen, Paul Rogers is a great singer, but you can't replace Freddie.
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