As much as we wanted it to be, this wasn’t the Layne Staley that we all remembered. Rooted to the spot where his microphone stand stood, every so often shaking his head to the music. Sean Kinney was fully committed to energizing the band, and then there was Layne Staley. Jerry Cantrell struck his chords of his guitar with everything he had, knowing that this could be Alice In Chains’ final show for some time. From what I saw they had the support of the folks from Kansas, no one was hiding the fact that they had their problems.”ĭuring set opener “Again,” Mike Inez jumped around, with his legs wide apart, and his head down and ferociously banging.
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“He was really happy, this was a KISS crowd for sure but the fans were into Alice, plus they had their own fans there. “Jerry went on stage and kind of looked back in surprise,” says Palmer. The lights went down and a huge roar greeted the band. I’m pretty sure one of their guys had to run down the hall and knock on Jerry Cantrell’s door to get it sorted, I remember there was panic at the time.” I remember having to ask one of their guys where are the setlists? That clearly wasn’t my job, but I didn’t want anyone to screw up. Usually you’ll have five, maybe ten copies lying around the stage – and there were none. “What I remember,” says Steve Palmer, an in house technician at the Kemper Arena that night, “is that they were coming on stage in like three minutes or so and no one from their crew had put out the setlists. Layne Staley’s final concert took place on an early Wednesday evening on Jin Kansas City at the Kemper Arena. Alice In Chains may have played just a small part of the tour, but for dedicated AIC fans the shows remain significant, as these were Layne Staley’s final live shows with the band. The Alive/Worldwide tour opened up in Detroit at Tiger Stadium on Jin front of 40,000 fans, and ended a year later after almost 200 shows. Layne Staley performing live with Alice In Chains at Tiger Stadium on June 28, 1996. But Alice in Chains were now ready to return to the road to support a band that they had grown up listening to, committing to four opening slots with KISS. This decision was shocked the music industry given that the record had shot to No. A couple of television performances followed, but Alice in Chains had not toured behind their self-titled record released in November 1995. The second was their high profile comeback show of sorts when they were invited to play on the prestigious MTV Unplugged series. The first was the lone show to promote Jar of Flies in Los Angeles in January 1994, a charity concert with Fishbone. Indeed, the band from Seattle had played just two concerts since then, and both had been acoustic shows. Staley’s heroin addiction had meant that Alice In Chains had in effect ceased touring since the Dirt tour ended in 1993. In came Alice In Chains, a band that also had problems with their enigmatic lead singer, Layne Staley. However, Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland entering rehab forced STP to pull out. It was no surprise that tickets sold out in minutes. Set to join KISS on tour were Stone Temple Pilots, who had once performed dressed as KISS in 1993. KISS were reuniting with their original lineup of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, the two former band members were joining Stanley and Simmons on stage for the first time since 1979. This is the real deal, with guaranteed quality of the recording, mastering & pressing.In 1996 the biggest story in rock music hit MTV News with a thud, and we all ran for tickets to what would surely be the hottest gig that summer. The tension and excitement in the audience is palpable throughout the entire show, and it makes this a fantastic record of the greatness of Alice In Chains.Music On Vinyl have decided to press the record on double 180 gram black audiophile vinyl, as opposed to the many colorful bootleg cuts that have been released over the years. The band perform songs from both Alice In Chains and Dirt albums as well as their critically acclaimed E.P.’s Sap and Jar Of Flies, creating new and exciting arrangements for their heavier songs while reinventing others. Visibly frail, he and band members Jerry Cantrell, Mike Inez and Sean Kinney still out-performed many of the other acts that crept in front of MTV’s camera, making this one of the most legendary performances of the series. Unfortunately, it also turned out to be one of the last ones they would ever do, as lead singer Layne Staley’s drug addiction was already getting the better of him. In 1996 Alice In Chains performed their first show in three years for MTV Unplugged.
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