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Originally Posted by LGA
Not really a release, but there were rumors floating around at some point or another of Alice In Chains getting back together. Of course the band would be REALLY different without Layne Staley, but they did do a concert thing (they were guests) where they had a bunch of guest singers run out and sing for them.
Jerry Cantrell sang a few, that guy from Puddle of Mudd, and most impressive of all...Maynard! It was pretty cool listening to it, he definitely gave the songs a different feel to them.
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On March 10th, the surviving members will be playing a show with Heart in Atlantic City which will be recorded and aired on VH1. Anne Wilson has sang with the band on occasion, including at the event you described. It is, after all, Anne who worked her magic on 'Brother' from the Sap EP.
The scuttlebut surrounding this is that they want to record together again. Not sure if they will replace Layne or not, but I would not be surprised to see a new AIC record in the next couple of years.
I have mixed feelings about it. Layne's death was not their fault. If they want to continue making music together as AIC, I understand that. At the same time, it's not really AIC if someone else is singing. Maybe Jerry will do all the vocals?
In the end, maybe they'll opt to take the Led Zeppelin route. Bonzo died and they were done. So many rumours flew around with replacement drummers...even Bonzo's son Jason was supposedly going to replace him at one point...but none of them ever materialized. I think that Plant and Jones were dead set against ever recording/performing as Led Zeppelin without John Bonham.