Sunday Night Revival

Sunday night the 90s band Alice in Chains takes the stage at the Warfield here in San Francisco. Kelly and I plan to be there. I'm actually quite excited to see them. They are out touring with a "guest vocalist" for the moment and planning new work in the future with an as of yet unknown lead singer.

Alice in Chains was always one of my favorite 90s bands. They had a hard edge lacking in some of my other 90s favorites. Not really metal, but more visceral than a normal rock band they dug out their own groove and I really liked them. You may recall Layne Staley, the former singer, died about 4 years back.

It strikes me that in the last few months I will have seen Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam (3 times), Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters, and Sonic Youth. Clearly I am in the midst of a revival of musical tastes from days long past. In fact, all I need is for Chris Cornell and Billy Corgan to come walking through the door and I've covered it all. Though I never stopped to think about it 10 years ago, I find it surprising that most of my favorite musicians from those days are still our there in one form or another playing music. It must be a nice thing to be able to create music and spend your life playing it to other people for loads of cash.

Anyhow, I am really enjoying seeing these bands after so many years. So, bring on the show...