ALICE IN CHAINS, DAMAGEPLAN Members Share Bond

February 14, 2005

Launch Radio Networks is reporting that when the surviving members of ALICE IN CHAINS play together this Friday at a tsunami relief benefit in Seattle, Washington, they'll be joined onstage for several tunes by DAMAGEPLAN vocalist Patrick Lachman. The two groups have both seen members pass away: ALICE IN CHAINS singer Layne Staley died of a drug overdose in 2002, while DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott was shot to death this past December. ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell discussed how that shared loss brought the survivors together to perform. "When Dime was taken, you know, it was such a shock, you know, and still the senselessness and violence of that act is really hard to get your head around, especially if you knew Dime," he told Launch. "And of course, you know, it brings up some feelings of losing Layne too, you know, and knowing what that's about. And so it made a lot of sense to ask Pat."

Jerry Cantrell collaborated with DAMAGEPLAN on a song called "Ashes to Ashes", which surfaced last year on the soundtrack to "The Punisher".

This Friday's event will mark the first time that Cantrell, ALICE IN CHAINS bassist Mike Inez, and ALICE IN CHAINS drummer Sean Kinney have performed together onstage since 1996.

The bill will also feature NIRVANA bassist Krist Novoselic, former QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Chris DeGarmo, HEART lead singer Ann Wilson, and rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot.

Proceeds from the event, which is dubbed the OK-Rock Tsunami Continued Care Relief Concert, will go to the Care organization, which is dedicated to fighting poverty worldwide and helping people overcome their problems.

Find more on
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • reddit
  • email

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).