Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue

Primary Artist
Alice in Chains
Album Title
Black Gives Way to Blue
Release Date
September 29, 2009 
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
It's hard not to feel for Alice In Chains -- all the guys in the band were lifers, all except lead singer Layne Staley, who never managed to exorcise his demons, succumbing to drug addiction in 2002. Alice In Chains stopped being a going concern long before that, all due to Staley's addictions, and it took guitarist Jerry Cantrell, bassist Mike Inez, and drummer Sean Kinney a long time to decide to regroup, finally hiring William Duvall as Staley's replacement and delivering Black Gives Way To Blue a full 14 years after the band's last album. Read More