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[Fast Caz]

ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell's official web site administrator, who goes by the name of "ceojc", has confirmed that the band will be reuniting for an appearance at the Nova Rock festival in Austria in mid-June (web site), with "a lot more" concert dates yet to be announced.

"I hate to keep on saying this, but as most of you have heard, ALICE will be performing at Nova Rock in Austria," "ceojc" writes on Cantrell's official message board. "This is true. ALICE is back.

"Europe is a long way to go for just one show, so I feel that we are going to have a lot more to do.

"Because this is Europe and a big festival, don't count on any special ALICE tickets but you never know what the future brings.

"Let me explain why things went down the way they went down. It was not the way we wanted it to happen. The festival promoter secured a bunch of really big bands like METALLICA, GUNS N' ROSES and ALICE. The promoter decided to have a big press conference on Monday [Feb. 20]. We had not finished securing the 'business side' of the show by the time Monday rolled around. Because Monday was President's Day, our office was closed and we could not make a decission regarding releasing the info to you guys. Our European agent, because our office was closed, made an executive decision to release the show info. We fully support his choice but could not say anything untill we spoke to him to get the full stroy and due to the time difference and travel we could not make the announcement untill just now.

"Guys, please remember that nothing is official unless it comes from our office. We like to surprise you but sometimes that is not always possible.

"Jerry, Mike [Inez, bass], Sean [Kinney, drums] and the managment team are doing our best to keep you guys informed. You mean a lot to the guys and they want you to know that."







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[lepeep]

taht's good news, but I wouldn't say that "alice in chains are back", as 50% of the AIC "sound" was mr Staley's voice!

a true shame, I stll think,everytime I think of him "what a shame"...but, fuck with smack....and smack fucks you.

I can't imagine them working without Layne Staley really.... His vocals were the main ingredient of the band for me.

[Jimmy Lucifer]

I'm gonna wait till I hear what they sound like sans Stayley before I pass comment. Jerry Cantrell is a pretty good singer in his own right (albeit with a far less distinctive voice than Stayley) and he wrote the bulk of the songs. Mind you, surely someone else will have to sing to do all the harmonies. I don't think certain songs will work with just one singer ("Would?" and "Down In A Hole" being two notable examples).

[Fast Caz]

Rumours are that it is some guy from Cantrell's solo albums doing vocals.


Heard from alot of folk he has a very very good voice and could be perfect for the part well bar Jerry of course

[psydoll]

Given that there's so many bands already there perhaps an all-star guest vocalist lineup thing might be viable?

[Broken Foundation]

umm, weren't the vocals on the Jerry Cantrell solo albums by Jerry Cantrell? He did actually sing a fair bit in AIC anyway...

[Dead Anyway]

Maynard may do vocal duties as he was one of many to perform at the AIC Tsunami gig and he is rumoured to be appearing at Download with Tool.

[lepeep]

Originally Posted by Dead Anyway

Maynard may do vocal duties as he was one of many to perform at the AIC Tsunami gig and he is rumoured to be appearing at Download with Tool.

*BLOIP*....
worth the ticket price alone!

[psydoll]

Originally Posted by lepeep

*BLOIP*....
worth the ticket price alone!

Seconded.

I vote a bit of Neil Fallon of Clutch wouldn't go down too badly on an AIC song AT ALL!