Comments on: ELTON JOHN IS ON THE NEW ALICE IN CHAINS ALBUM?!?

By: Noel

Noel — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:20:13 +0000

Jerry has said in the past that listening to Elton John albums when he was a kid made him want to be a musician. Some people are going apeshit over this news but Elton is just playing the piano parts that Jerry wrote. Again, just like EVERYTHING that this new incarnation of AIC does, people attempt to over-analyse or put their own twist on it.

Haven’t heard the song but all the reviews say it’s a shortish ballad in memory of Layne. It’s not “I’m Still Standing” or anything. Mind you, I quite like that song too………

Can’t wait for the album.

By: ZootJustZoot

ZootJustZoot — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:37:40 +0000

I imagine that AIC would be honored to have a musician of EJ’s calibre. Cripes! A living legend, who wrote no more than 8,257 ballads, don’t believe the posts here that inflate the number.

Keith Richards doesn’t just suck on guitar, he chews.

By: metalasdonpardo

metalasdonpardo — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:40:50 +0000

Elton John’s lyrics was the category that Dave Mustaine cleaned up on celebrity jeopardy. Approved!

By: Trollkien

Trollkien — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:06:35 +0000

Ha. He should’ve done another version of Candle in the Wind dedicated to Layne. He should do yet another version of Candle in the Wind dedicated to Layne. After all, as Keith Richards once said, “His writing is limited to songs for dead blondes”

By: Sammy

Sammy — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:19:51 +0000

Mike you ignorant slut. It’s no where near 29843 ballads. My crack internet research team has only discovered 26,663 ballads.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:25:13 +0000

I have no problem with Elton playing on this track as long as it suits the music and doesn’t sound like the piano on his 29843 ballads that he’s written over the years

By: steven

steven — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:53:41 +0000

nah, the music was good, everyone sounded tight as fuck and loud. just the la fan boy posering sucked.

By: Dustin @ Metalblade

Dustin @ Metalblade — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:28:36 +0000

“Funeral for a Friend” fuckin rocks…

By: Tommy

Tommy — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:41:34 +0000

Elton actually played on a couple of songs off of Saxon’s ‘Rock the Nations’ album. The songs are ‘Party Til You Puke’ and ‘Northern Lady’. Apparently they were recording in the same studio at the time and decided to collaborate on those songs.

By: Canvas Of Flesh

Canvas Of Flesh — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:27:15 +0000

Elton John is hugely talented. I’d pop in one of his albums way before I would consider listening to the crap that passes for “American metal.”

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:13:15 +0000

nothing wrong with a guy like elton john contributing to the new AiC album.

By: bucketochicken

bucketochicken — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:38:09 +0000

Not too surprising. Pretty sure Jerry is a huge Elton John fan.

By: dot

dot — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:21:14 +0000

layne probably got hair coloring tips from sir elton john. that’s why AiC and EJ are tight.

By: \m/Eluveitie\m/

\m/Eluveitie\m/ — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:50:06 +0000

Elton John is metal as fuck…love lies bleedin’ in my hands

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:44:06 +0000

whoa slash must have been wasted, way to fuck it up.

By: cougar party

cougar party — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:41:16 +0000

I saw them open up for Velvet Revolver a couple years ago. I am not a huge AIC fan, but the new singer sounded very good. I thought he was going to suck, but they sounded great.

Also, the version of boeheim rhapsody with GnR and Elton John is epic.

By: Sammy

Sammy — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:40:53 +0000

I’ve never been a fan of John’s music, but his early stuff was rock, to be sure. And seriously, there are very few vocalists who have his talent. And he is no slouch on the piano either. So what if he provides some support on this album? A lot of shitty artists sell 5 million copies of one album. But it’s hard to have 7 consecutive # 1 albums, 50+ top 40 singles, 9 #1 singles and about 200 million albums sold without some level of talent.

By: Shinaain

Shinaain — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:36:15 +0000

The only thing that put you off about the show was Duvall’s posturing? Nothing about the music?

Still not dissuaded.

By: Shinaain

Shinaain — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:34:37 +0000

WOW. Every time I think I couldn’t be more anxious to hear this album, you guys come back with something like THIS. Damn you, MetalSucks. Enough is enough — I just want to hear it already!

By: steven

steven — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:34:16 +0000

humpf. – slightly off topic, but saw alice last night – generally agreed that they fucking slaughtered it last night, HOWEVER, the new singers cheesy LA glam rock poses do not work with AIC.
AIC are great, old as well as new songs were beautiful to behold and still are as heavy as anything but enough with the fucking glam rock shit.