Album Rating: 3.5

It took Cantrell over a decade to reform the band anyway, I presume within that time he was grieving over the loss of Layne.



It doesn't feel weird to me, they still feel as if they genuinely enjoy writing new music and they definitely don't just turn up at live shows.



However, I can see the other side as I really don't think they have anything more to prove, which shows in their more recent output.

Yeah, I mean the band did grieve. I know they did. I’m sure it was rough on all of them. So, idk what my point is really. Just that it unsettled me somewhat? But I mean that’s on me. If other fans wanted them to continue under the same name then more power to them I guess.

Album Rating: 4.5

"idk what my point is really"



Sput needs more of this honesty.



Also, I think it's a pretty good argument that musicians have to play music to make money.

Album Rating: 3.0

"Selling art may be a business, but it's not the same thing as owning a deli. A band especially is a group of musicians. And when one of the founding ones dies, it is often considered in good taste to retire a particular group name. I'm not saying they have to, but it just makes me feel a little iffy. If they truly wanted to move on from Layne's legacy, they would also leave behind the AIC name, since he had a major part in establishing it."



So Metallica should have retired when Cliff Burton died? Maybe Atheist should have retired when Roger Patterson died?



Or do arbitrary made-up rules about musician "legacies" only apply to vocalists and not any of the other guys in a band?

Album Rating: 3.5

Zep retired when Bonham died. Every band must follow their example

Album Rating: 1.0

Should've stopped at their creative peak

https://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=295704

Album Rating: 4.0

"Again" tells what I've been through during my teenage years, especially the lines "you said you were my friend" and "you made a fool of me again"

Album Rating: 3.0

Black gives way to blue after 10 years and that's all.

Really don't understand why they should retire. It's noone fault if Staley died.

Album Rating: 4.0

That's a good point actually. But it's not easy for a band to lost such iconinc member as Layne was. I mean everyone loves Layne and Jerry equally, but obviously Layne has been the trademark of the band since the beginning. His vocals and his lyrics were everything. He told things that other grunge singers couldn't even Cobain, and he wrote some fucked up songs (like polly and rape me) but Layne belongs to another realm.

“Sput needs more of this honesty.



Also, I think it's a pretty good argument that musicians have to play music to make money.”

My original comment wasn’t an argument anyway, just a personal sorta anecdote. Sitar just came at me like a dick monger.

Album Rating: 5.0

It's like how John Haughm started a new project under a new name after Agalloch broke up. Never mind that it was originally John's solo project. Because some butthurt fanboys were like "Agalloch would be nothing without the other guys", he had to start a new project.

Album Rating: 3.5

Pretty weak willed of him huh

Album Rating: 3.0

"Zep retired when Bonham died. Every band must follow their example."

Zep was probably done before Bonham died. Those guys didn't continue as Zep cos they were pretty sick of each other, not cos of respect to Bonham.

Album Rating: 3.0

"My original comment wasn’t an argument anyway, just a personal sorta anecdote. Sitar just came at me like a dick monger."

Your insults are as inane as your anecdotes.

Album Rating: 4.5

So you don't deal in dicks?

Album Rating: 3.0

Not anymore. The financial crisis of 2008 hit the dick business pretty hard.

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

AIC sound completely "drained" in here.



"Shame In You" is a great song.

Album Rating: 3.5

Drained in a good way?

Album Rating: 4.5

AC/DC took just 1 year to find a new singer and record a new album all about hard drinking and partying after their previous lead singer died of hard drinking and partying.



Soooo... coulda been worse for Alice in Chains

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

-- Drained in a good way?



Well, in this case, half-bad/half-good, I like the album's lethargic vibe in general, but song-writing-wise, I wasn't drawn to anything whenever I heard it.