How does Alice in chains return after death of lead singer layne staley?
The pioneering grunge band has just released “Black Gives Way to Blue” — it’s first studio album since singer Layne Staley died from a heroin and cocaine … Sources: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_0_t&usg=AFQjCNExxHLlGgWs-hdrpbFVVjv23gteiw&sig2=hTt1UaGaF_k3gPjFP_lTzA&cid=1445284698&ei=TmLLStjrGImm8wSB2Z2sAg&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2009%2FSHOWBIZ%2FMusic%2F10%2F06%2Falice.in.chains.
Alice in Chains offers 1st CD since singer’s death Monday, October 5, 2009 By MARK KENNEDY NEW YORK — AC/DC did it. So did Black Sabbath. Van Halen did it, but not everyone was happy. INXS didn’t do it. Nor could Queen. And Motley Crue probably shouldn’t have even tried. The examples of rock bands who succeed in a second wind without their original lead singers are few and far between. Alice in Chains is hoping they’ll beat the odds. The Seattle-based rockers this week release the 11-song “Black Gives Way to Blue,” their first CD since the 2002 drug overdose death of their lead singer, Layne Staley. “The loss of Layne is an unfillable hole. We’re not trying to fill that space. There’s a space that remains empty and we take it with us — that’s his, always,” says co-guitarist and co-vocalist Jerry Cantrell. “We’re creating new space around it, that’s all.” The quartet includes Mike Inez on bass, Sean Kinney on drums and new guy William DuVall, who takes on co-guitar and co-vocalist dutie
