It's tough to accept a new Alice in Chains album is in stores. And it's not really because it's hard to accept that Layne has been replaced...what is hardest to accept is that it's finally official that he's really gone. He will be missed...but that's no reason for the band not to go on. Jerry Cantrell wrote most of the music...and sang on a lot of the songs...so there's not a very radical departure from their earlier material. The new singer does a decent job...and the album is overall very respectable to the Layne AIC legacy.
AIC isn't the first to continue on after replacing their lead singer...here are some of the best...
The 11 Best Bands Who Replaced Their Singer:
1. AC/DC (Bon Scott replaced by Brian Johnson)
2. Van Halen (David Lee Roth replaced by Sammy Hagar)
3. Genesis (Peter Gabriel replaced by Phil collins)
4. Iron Maiden (Dianno replaced by Bruce Dickinson)
5. Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green replaced "eventually" by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks)
6. Deep Purple (Ian Gilliam replaced by David Coverdale)
7. Faith No More (Chuck Mosley replaced by Mike Patton)
8. Judas Priest (Rob Halford replaced by Ripper Ownes)
9. Black Sabbath (Ozzy Osbourne replaced by Ronnie James Dio)
10. lush (Emma Anderson replaced by Miki Berenyi)
11. Killswitch Engage (Jesse Leach replaced by Howard Jones)
Buy the new Alice in Chains now. Black Gives Way To Blue.
2 comments:
i resisted at first, but I actually really dig the new stuff.
If we're counting Jerry Cantrell, don't we count Bernard Sumner? In which case, where's New Order!!!
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