![]() You can't lower yourself to their level and you can't let them get to you. What am I gonna do? Am I gonna cry? Am I gonna lower myself to their level and fight them? Or am I gonna say "Fuck you" and walk away?' It's the 'kids on the playground' thing: 'Those kids are calling me names. ![]() You can say, 'Fuck you, you don't know what's up' to people as many times as you want, but it still hurts. "It was really hard to stay focused with all of the rumors flying around. I don't mind saying that it feels real good to be done with it. We worked on this record for six months, so completing it was a big monkey to get off our backs. I'm so anxious to get back out on the road. As Cantrell enthusiastically remarks, it's a "fuckin' dangerous record".ĭoes Alice In Chains plan to tour in support of this album? Cantrell refuses to discuss any of Alice In Chains' past or present problems or comment on Staley's drug use, but is happy to talk about the group's new self-titled album.īuilding on the exquisitely sinister, squalid self-loathing that permeated Dirt, which many critics hailed as the drug album of the Nineties, Cantrell and company have forged their most darkly introspective work to date.įrom the magnificent black walls of guitar riffery that propel Grind and Sludge Factory to the lush, kaleidoscopic harmonies of Heaven Beside You and Frogs, Alice In Chains finds the band once again scraping the bottom of their psychic barrels to emerge at the top of their musical game. ![]() I'm doing the best I can with what I got and that's all anybody in my band is doing."Įxcept for talk specifically related to the new record, the band's vow of silence remains unbroken. He pauses before adding, "We're definitely not perfect people, but I'm not apologizing for shit. We seriously needed the time to sit down and start fresh. "We were a fucking overloaded sponge that needed to be wrung out. "We made one final statement to the press when we decided to break the lines of communication," says guitarist Jerry Cantrell.
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