# Do you like post-Staley Alice in Chains? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-post-staley-alice-in-chains/729304 "2015-08-29T17:26:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-post-staley-alice-in-chains/729304/1 "2015-08-29T17:26:04Z")
Pandora must have picked up some new rights because Mad Season songs are coming up a lot on my channel. Hearing Layne Staley again really struck a chord and got me listening to some Alice in Chains. Along the way, I pulled out the two albums Chains has released recently, with William DuVall replacing Layne Staley. I’d heard them before, but it had been a little while. I’m surprised how great they sound, actually. I definitely miss Staley, but DuVall is a great vocalist as well. It’s obvious he sounds a lot like Staley, but I don’t think it is an imitation. Neither of their new albums are as good as Dirt or the self-title one. However, they probably have 4-5 great tracks on each and that is pretty impressive. It helps that it isn’t just Jerry Cantrell and three other dudes. It’s 3 Alice in Chains members, with DuVall being the only one who wasn’t in the band until after Staley’s death. I don’t blame Cantrell for going back to Chains. it was a very creative and successful musical group and even though Layne Staley was a huge part of it, they do seem to have both moved on and kept most of their sound. Anyway, I think the newer album(Dinosaurs) is the better of the too. Has anyone seen them live? I know they still play their older songs and I assume DuVall does a great job. I saw them sing old songs on Jimmy Kimmel awhile back and it was impressive. Do you all still like them or do you find it lame that they are continuing? ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-post-staley-alice-in-chains/729304/2 "2015-08-29T20:10:19Z")
Voices was good. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-post-staley-alice-in-chains/729304/3 "2015-08-29T20:53:34Z")
The voice is really similar, I was surprised. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-post-staley-alice-in-chains/729304/4 "2015-08-29T22:19:39Z")
As much as I like Staley, I also enjoy the post-Staley output. It helps that the other guys were obviously huge contributors to the sound and songs, especially Cantrell. In some ways I think it’s too bad Cantrell’s solo albums were not able to become AIC projects and released under that name. I could be wrong, but I think they knew Layne was never going to contribute again but spent the last 6 years or so of his life being very respectful of his contributions and legacy in the band- and they never would’ve released anything under that name as long as he was still alive. Once he was gone, and after some time, you’ve got 3 members left including 1 who did the majority of the songwriting. It wasn’t like Layne WAS the band (like many “bands” are) and performed with a bunch of hired guns. Those guys are the band, too, and were unable to tour during the height of their commercial success and sat around for 6 years recording a couple songs and piecing together compilations. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-post-staley-alice-in-chains/729304/5 "2015-08-29T23:10:32Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > The voice is really similar, I was surprised. I know. [This song sounds like Layne was resurrected.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfAXr4RZPE0)