ALICE IN CHAINS REUNION? SOMEONE RECORD?

[sifacio]

HEY
WILL SOMEONE RECORD THE SHOW TODAY?THANKS
FROM ARGENTINA!

[RominiBikini]

uh?

[Lungsey]

The Tsunami Care Relief concert. It's this friday in Seattle.
I'm sure it'll get recorded and if anyone's interested I will keep my eyes wide open to see if anything surfaces.
My friend is going and will record if possible.

[Quim-Quizzle]

Lachman..... ........ ........

[Lungsey]

I know. But what can you do?

[mongo]

After reading this I would REALLY like to know if anyone recorded it......

Who would've thought Maynard James Keenan, the spooky singer for TOOL and A PERFECT CIRCLE, would have made a near-perfect singer for ALICE IN CHAINS? That was one of the many surprises Friday night when some of Seattle's brightest musical stars came out for a cause at Premier nightclub.

The cause was a benefit concert for victims of last year's tsunami and the stars included Ann and Nancy Wilson of HEART, NIRVANA bassist Krist Novoselic, SUPERSUCKERS, SIR MIX-A-LOT, THE CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION and others. But the brightest stars were the remaining members of ALICE IN CHAINS — drummer Sean Kinney, bassist Mike Inez and guitarist Jerry Cantrell — who performed together for the first time in six years.

Novoselic acted as emcee for the show, which was put on by radio station K-Rock (KRQI-FM/96.5) and raised more than $100,000 for relief efforts.

The reformed ALICE IN CHAINS featured several big names filling the shoes of late vocalist Layne Staley, who died of a drug overdose in 2002. Wes Scantlin from PUDDLE OF MUDD, Pat Lachman from metal band DAMAGEPLAN, Ann Wilson and Keenan all shared microphone duties throughout the evening.

While none of the vocalists were dead ringers for Staley, each turned in remarkable performances that paid justice to the fallen singer. The band performed two sets, one acoustic the other plugged-in, with Lachman taking the lion's share of the vocal duties.

But the evening wasn't just about ALICE IN CHAINS. The Wilson sisters performed a three LED ZEPPELIN covers along with "Barracuda" and "Crazy On You", SIR MIX-A-LOT offered up rap-metal versions of "Baby Got Back" and "My Posse's On Broadway", and SUPERSUCKERS played a blazing set.

But still, ALICE IN CHAINS owned the evening. The band's acoustic set started off with "The Killer Is Me", which was followed by "No Excuses". Lachman fared surprisingly well while Cantrell sang backup. Later in the set, which closed with "Down In A Hole", Ann Wilson brought a soulful edge to "Brother".

For its second set of the night ALICE IN CHAINS opened with "It Ain't Like That" from "Facelift". After the song Cantrell introduced Scantlin, a surprise guest, who sang "Again" with Lachman and then took over vocal duties for "Would" and "Angry Chair". Between the two, with Lachman's pointy goatee and Scantlin's Staley-esque stage movements, they could've passed for a Layne doppelganger.

But it was Keenan, another surprise performer, who proved the most natural fit at replacing Staley. His twisted and braided hair flew as he prowled the stage while singing. He impressively nailed "Man in the Box" and "Them Bones".

For the last song of the night, Wilson, Keenan, Lachman and Scantlin took turns trading verses and lines during "Rooster". The "We Are The World"-style rendition of the song was the perfect ending for a magical night filled with surprises.

ALICE IN CHAINS set lists:

Acoustic w/ Pat Lachman of DAMAGEPLAN:

01. The Killer Is Me
02. No Excuses
03. Heaven Beside You
04. Brother (w/ Ann Wilson of HEART)
05. Got Me Wrong
06. Down In A Hole

Electric:

01. It Ain't Like That (w/ Lachman)
02. Again (w/ Lachman and Wes Scantlin from PUDDLE OF MUDD)
03. Would (w/ Scantlin)
04. Angry Chair (w/ Scantlin)
05. Them Bones (w/ Maynard James Keenan from TOOL and A PERFECT CIRCLE)
06. Man In The Box (w/ Keenan)
07. Rooster (w/ Lachman, Wilson, Keenan and Scantlin)

[MR GUMBY]

does anyone else have problems with these celebrity fund raising events...

it really shits me, personally, especially telethon type things. i ain't gonna donate just cause rove mcmanus says so, someone should put a fatwa on that bitch...

[LDG]

I wish I could've seen Maynard...

[LDG]

...and from what I've heard, they have enough money over there already for the Tsunami victims, but whatev'. If good music came out of it, great.

[Lungsey]

www.seattle-sound.com/audio/

[MR GUMBY]

LDG said:

...and from what I've heard, they have enough money over there already for the Tsunami victims, but whatev'. If good music came out of it, great.

yeah, it's all good – i heard we're gonna hit em up for a loan next week and stuff.

[MR GUMBY]

in fact, they should have a charity concert for me – they can stop building houses and hospitals and stuff and build a gigantic stage and rock out for me. of course, they can't have a telethon cause of the lack of phones/houses/phone lines, but they could probably pass a hat around the crowd or something. yeah – that'd be the way. you'd get a good crowd too, they'd all be attracted to rare things like electricity, heat fresh water. yeah – gumby aid!

[mongo]

yeah charity sucks don't it ? fuck those 150,000 who died, fuck the millions living without food or clean water or medicine or a shelter to call their own, its also hard to go back to work when the building you worked in does not exist anymore.

can you imagine a city of 150,000 just being wiped from the face of the earth ? thats a hard one for me to imagine, and to say ok heres 10,000,000 have a nice day, my work here is done and now Im bored of this tragedy.....I think I will go get a double hazelnut mocha.

c'mon !!!!!!!

god damn I wanna hear Maynard singing those songs !

[carlito]

Mr said:

they should have a charity concert for me

i'm all about charity. especially when i get to see beck and cat power on thursday and help starving tsunami victims at the same fucking time. that is so convenient.

[MR GUMBY]

m0ng0 said:

thats a hard one for me to imagine, and to say ok heres 10,000,000 have a nice day, my work here is done and now Im bored of this tragedy.....I think I will go get a double hazelnut mocha.

c'mon !!!!!!!

to be fair, i think W upgraded the pledge after the furore it caused (at least here)

maybe he was high at the time.... not that he'd admit it ;D

and did you know that $10,000,000 is how much the war effort costs every four minutes or something like that? that's fucking incredible.

[MR GUMBY]

Mr said:

yeah, it's all good – i heard we're gonna hit em up for a loan next week and stuff.

that was a little harsh. sorry. but not sorrry, if you get my drift.

[Lungsey]

god damn I wanna hear Maynard singing those songs !

I got this off the grunge FM board, where someone posted a link they got off the Cantrell board. It's a thread with downloads of the ones Maynard sang.
www.vigetx.com/bb/jerrycantrell/viewtopic.php?t=4022

[MR GUMBY]

lane said:

i'm all about charity. especially when i get to see beck and cat power on thursday and help starving tsunami victims at the same fucking time. that is so convenient.

yeah, ok i gues that is cool.

but telethons are not. fuck you eddie mcguire and fuck your magpies too. the end.

[Quim-Quizzle]

pics.....

www.andysavage.com/photos.asp

[solcimbrado]

thanks all for reviews and links. But the mp3 links doesn´t serve. Shit.

[barriers]

mOng0 said:

Wes Scantlin from PUDDLE OF MUDD

Im very glad I did not see that

[marlboroman]

solcimbrado said:

thanks all for reviews and links. But the mp3 links doesn´t serve. Shit.

you can get the Maynard James Keenan ones from toolshed.down.net.

[solcimbrado]

el said:

you can get the Maynard James Keenan ones from toolshed.down.net.

Muchas gracias!!