Alice in Chains pissed me off...

butters · Post by **butters** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:16 am

I went to an Alice in Chains concert tonight. I was expecting a good show. I did not get what I expected...

The band came out and played for less than an hour. They were scheduled to play for 2 hours. They left without saying anything then the house lights came on and the roadies started packing up. I'm really surprised there wasn't a riot.

I think the problem was the small crowd. It's not our fault that whoever setup the show for them was an idiot and didn't realize that half the town would be gone this weekend for a big football game in the other side of the state...

MulletMan13 · Post by **MulletMan13** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:35 am

butters you can have my DeLoreon and go back to 1990, when people would have cared.

The time circuits are all set to go, just hop in and get 'er up to 88 mph.

Luriden · Post by **Luriden** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 1:16 am

I'm against bands replacing deceased frontmen with new people. Queen + Paul Rogers was fucking horrible.

Jeeba Jabba · Post by **Jeeba Jabba** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 2:46 am

Freaky Keneaki wrote:I'm against bands replacing deceased frontmen with new people. Queen + Paul Rogers was fucking horrible.

Yeah. While it isn't a fair assessment for the other members, the lead singer is the face and character of the group. If he dies, I think the band should be renamed when they find another frontman.

Post by **pixel** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:17 am

Freaky Keneaki wrote:I'm against bands replacing deceased frontmen with new people. Queen + Paul Rogers was fucking horrible.

Well, at least it's someone from the band. But with Alice in Chains, it's even more creepy and wrong because half the songs are about Layne's drug addictions.

butters · Post by **butters** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 12:30 am

Well found out what happened. The singer got pissed off at the sound dude because a monitor went out and he thought the sound sucked, so he walked off stage. I also saw the song list they were going to play, and they had made it about 2/3 of the way through it. It wouldn't have seemed so bad if they had actually told the audience goodnight, but we were left standing there wondering what the fuck was going on.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 2:24 pm

Considering Layne Stanley WAS Alice in Chains, seeing them without him kind of defeats the purpose. It'd be kind of like seeing Rage Against the Machine without Zach de la Rocha. You get Audioslave. :\

Or, a better analogy: think about how bad Sublime would have been had the remaining band members replaced Brad Nowell with someone else. A lot of the time, the singer is the heart and soul of the group. Without him...boo.

Not to say that NEW bands formed by remaining band members are all horrible; the Long Beach Dub All Stars and the Foo Fighters were/are good. But if they had been rebranded as "Sublime" or "Nirvana," they would have sucked, because they wouldn't have been like their source material.

I think my friend is going to the AiC concert when it hits our town. Should be interesting.

Luriden · Post by **Luriden** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 3:11 pm

Nick wrote:Not to say that NEW bands formed by remaining band members are all horrible; the Long Beach Dub All Stars and the Foo Fighters were/are good. But if they had been rebranded as "Sublime" or "Nirvana," they would have sucked, because they wouldn't have been like their source material.

I think it certainly helps that Foo Fighters were formed and their first CD was released while Kurt was still alive and Dave was still in the band. It's not like he formed Foo Fighters as an attempt to keep his wallet full after Kurt passed.

EDIT: Okay, maybe not. I just checked the case to the first CD and it is copyrighted 1995. I could have sworn that it was released towards the end of Nirvana. Can anyone fill me in on this? Maybe I have a reprint?

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 3:19 pm

Freaky Keneaki wrote:EDIT: Okay, maybe not. I just checked the case to the first CD and it is copyrighted 1995. I could have sworn that it was released towards the end of Nirvana. Can anyone fill me in on this? Maybe I have a reprint?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_fighters

Luriden · Post by **Luriden** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 4:09 pm

Thomas wrote:
Freaky Keneaki wrote:EDIT: Okay, maybe not. I just checked the case to the first CD and it is copyrighted 1995. I could have sworn that it was released towards the end of Nirvana. Can anyone fill me in on this? Maybe I have a reprint?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_fighters

wtf is the internet

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 6:53 pm

MulletMan13 wrote:butters you can have my DeLoreon and go back to 1990, when people would have cared.

The time circuits are all set to go, just hop in and get 'er up to 88 mph.

The only alice in chains song I know is "no excuses."

Post by **I.M. Weasel** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:32 pm

butters wrote:Well found out what happened. The singer got pissed off at the sound dude because a monitor went out and he thought the sound sucked, so he walked off stage. I also saw the song list they were going to play, and they had made it about 2/3 of the way through it. It wouldn't have seemed so bad if they had actually told the audience goodnight, but we were left standing there wondering what the fuck was going on.

Get used to it, ive seen/heard many times on how performers take out stage/venue problems on the audience.

butters · Post by **butters** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:38 pm

I.M. Weasel wrote:
butters wrote:Well found out what happened. The singer got pissed off at the sound dude because a monitor went out and he thought the sound sucked, so he walked off stage. I also saw the song list they were going to play, and they had made it about 2/3 of the way through it. It wouldn't have seemed so bad if they had actually told the audience goodnight, but we were left standing there wondering what the fuck was going on.
Get used to it, ive seen/heard many times on how performers take out stage/venue problems on the audience.

I really don't blame them though. The sound really did suck. I couldn't understand a word that the opening band sang because the guitars were too loud. With AiC the same thing happened, but they kept trying to fix it. I think they were just trying to be too loud for playing in an enclosed area...

Post by **I.M. Weasel** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 10:45 pm

Yeah sometimes its some small irky thing, sometimes, the crew just completely screw things up.

but a word of warning or a 'we're having technical difficulties' mini speech... would that have been to much to ask for?

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:24 pm

Freaky Keneaki wrote:
Nick wrote:Not to say that NEW bands formed by remaining band members are all horrible; the Long Beach Dub All Stars and the Foo Fighters were/are good. But if they had been rebranded as "Sublime" or "Nirvana," they would have sucked, because they wouldn't have been like their source material.
I think it certainly helps that Foo Fighters were formed and their first CD was released while Kurt was still alive and Dave was still in the band. It's not like he formed Foo Fighters as an attempt to keep his wallet full after Kurt passed.

EDIT: Okay, maybe not. I just checked the case to the first CD and it is copyrighted 1995. I could have sworn that it was released towards the end of Nirvana. Can anyone fill me in on this? Maybe I have a reprint?

It was released in 1995, after Kurt died. Dave had begun to pen songs while he was in Nirvana, some of which later appeared on various Foo albums. However, the self titled debut was not released until Kurt was dead.

Vlad Tepes · Post by **Vlad Tepes** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:50 pm

I.M. Weasel wrote:
butters wrote:Well found out what happened. The singer got pissed off at the sound dude because a monitor went out and he thought the sound sucked, so he walked off stage. I also saw the song list they were going to play, and they had made it about 2/3 of the way through it. It wouldn't have seemed so bad if they had actually told the audience goodnight, but we were left standing there wondering what the fuck was going on.
Get used to it, ive seen/heard many times on how performers take out stage/venue problems on the audience.

Ya know...I've been to more concerts than I can count...or even remember...and I've never seen a band take sound frustrations out on the crowd. I know it happens...I've just never witnessed it.

I saw that AiC was coming to my area, and I was all excited for about two minutes, but after thinking about it, I resolved that it would be pointless without Layne Staley...

butters · Post by **butters** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:41 pm

Vlad Tepes wrote:
I.M. Weasel wrote:
butters wrote:Well found out what happened. The singer got pissed off at the sound dude because a monitor went out and he thought the sound sucked, so he walked off stage. I also saw the song list they were going to play, and they had made it about 2/3 of the way through it. It wouldn't have seemed so bad if they had actually told the audience goodnight, but we were left standing there wondering what the fuck was going on.
Get used to it, ive seen/heard many times on how performers take out stage/venue problems on the audience.
Ya know...I've been to more concerts than I can count...or even remember...and I've never seen a band take sound frustrations out on the crowd. I know it happens...I've just never witnessed it.

I saw that AiC was coming to my area, and I was all excited for about two minutes, but after thinking about it, I resolved that it would be pointless without Layne Staley...

Jerry still kicks ass on the guitar though.