PWD PWD 1156: Blood in Rain

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Stargazer Rex said:
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On a bit of on AiC kick tonight. It is unbelievable that Layne Staley was only 34. The band was so washed up by the time it happened, you imagine a much older man dying like that. Like Scott Weiland I guess, where it was like oh he never figured it out and it finally happened. Anyway, sucks. I still like the reformed lineup.
 
Blunderbuss said:
On a bit of on AiC kick tonight. It is unbelievable that Layne Staley was only 34. The band was so washed up by the time it happened, you imagine a much older man dying like that. Like Scott Weiland I guess, where it was like oh he never figured it out and it finally happened. Anyway, sucks. I still like the reformed lineup.
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I really like them with Layne. Don't think I ever listened to the reformed line up so can't give an opinion on them. But with Layne they felt powerful, dark and had a lot of "beautiful" pain. I used to listen to them when I was an alcoholic and Layne brought the darkness and despair of addiction. There is a lot to learn spiritually from addiction but obviously the juice isn't worth the squeeze and there are better ways to grow spiritually. But there is something "beautiful" in the pain that I didn't fully understand until I got sober. Unconsciously, I was able to feel the connection. But it clicked more when I went to my final rehab and I started talking with this therapist there. She was a great women and spiritually inclined. She was very motherly and Id overwhelm her sometimes with my energy. She would admit that after we would talk she'd just sit there when I left and it would take her some time to comprehend everything I just said. I was, of course, a wreck. But I was spilling my soul out unfiltered because I knew I was on my last life. I couldn't feel any light anymore and she said something interesting, she called my pain "beautiful". I nodded in agreement because I could see from her perspective how it could be seen as that but from my point of view at the time it was far from beautiful. I was physically and metaphysically rotting.

But anyways, long story short, I understand exactly what she meant now and I can see the real beauty in AiC's more depressing songs instead of just relating to being in a dark place. There is a lot of beauty in pain but I don't know if I would say it to someone going through it at the time. Or, IDK, maybe, I should. This lady told me that 3 years ago and hear I am at 2 am still contemplating it...:)also I think that why AiC is cool because you can just rock out to their stuff or connect to it on a deep level. They can appeal to the casuals and the marks.
 
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Blunderbuss said:
On a bit of on AiC kick tonight. It is unbelievable that Layne Staley was only 34. The band was so washed up by the time it happened, you imagine a much older man dying like that. Like Scott Weiland I guess, where it was like oh he never figured it out and it finally happened. Anyway, sucks. I still like the reformed lineup.
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Just wanted to chime in and say "Rooster" by Alice In Chains will always be one of my favorite songs especially when I am feeling down. Additionally, Stone Temple Pilots "Big Empty" and "Creep" are what I call beautiful, sad songs.
 
Blunderbuss said:
On a bit of on AiC kick tonight. It is unbelievable that Layne Staley was only 34. The band was so washed up by the time it happened, you imagine a much older man dying like that. Like Scott Weiland I guess, where it was like oh he never figured it out and it finally happened. Anyway, sucks. I still like the reformed lineup.
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Stargazer Rex said:
I really like them with Layne. Don't think I ever listened to the reformed line up so can't give an opinion on them. But with Layne they felt powerful, dark and had a lot of "beautiful" pain. I used to listen to them when I was an alcoholic and Layne brought the darkness and despair of addiction. There is a lot to learn spiritually from addiction but obviously the juice isn't worth the squeeze and there are better ways to grow spiritually. But there is something "beautiful" in the pain that I didn't fully understand until I got sober. Unconsciously, I was able to feel the connection. But it clicked more when I went to my final rehab and I started talking with this therapist there. She was a great women and spiritually inclined. She was very motherly and Id overwhelm her sometimes with my energy. She would admit that after we would talk she'd just sit there when I left and it would take her some time to comprehend everything I just said. I was, of course, a wreck. But I was spilling my soul out unfiltered because I knew I was on my last life. I couldn't feel any light anymore and she said something interesting, she called my pain "beautiful". I nodded in agreement because I could see from her perspective how it could be seen as that but from my point of view at the time it was far from beautiful. I was physically and metaphysically rotting.

But anyways, long story short, I understand exactly what she meant now and I can see the real beauty in AiC's more depressing songs instead of just relating to being in a dark place. There is a lot of beauty in pain but I don't know if I would say it to someone going through it at the time. Or, IDK, maybe, I should. This lady told me that 3 years ago and hear I am at 2 am still contemplating it...:)also I think that why AiC is cool because you can just rock out to their stuff or connect to it on a deep level. They can appeal to the casuals and the marks.
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Stargazer Rex said:
This is one or my favorite AiC songs. I like how the lyrics are simple and there isn't much of them for a 7 minutes song but they hit deep.

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Darkavius said:
Just wanted to chime in and say "Rooster" by Alice In Chains will always be one of my favorite songs especially when I am feeling down. Additionally, Stone Temple Pilots "Big Empty" and "Creep" are what I call beautiful, sad songs.
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Rooster is one of those songs that I can vividly remember being 13 and hearing it for the first time and thinking "W-WTF is this" That opening riff can still give me chills. It's just so haunting and paints a picture every time.

It honestly wasn't till the last few years that I really started listening to all what Layne was saying and, man, it's all so heavy. He was even more talented as lyricist than he was as a singer.



No autotune, no backup singers, just a God-tier talent belting out a scream that's even better than the record. How the hell did he do that

I feel bad for Jerry Cantrell. Not only did he lose his best friend but he's a very talented musician who just happened to be in a band with an even more talented musician who was impossible to replace so everyone just forgot about him without Layne.
 
Stargazer Rex said:
I really like them with Layne. Don't think I ever listened to the reformed line up so can't give an opinion on them. But with Layne they felt powerful, dark and had a lot of "beautiful" pain. I used to listen to them when I was an alcoholic and Layne brought the darkness and despair of addiction. There is a lot to learn spiritually from addiction but obviously the juice isn't worth the squeeze and there are better ways to grow spiritually. But there is something "beautiful" in the pain that I didn't fully understand until I got sober. Unconsciously, I was able to feel the connection. But it clicked more when I went to my final rehab and I started talking with this therapist there. She was a great women and spiritually inclined. She was very motherly and Id overwhelm her sometimes with my energy. She would admit that after we would talk she'd just sit there when I left and it would take her some time to comprehend everything I just said. I was, of course, a wreck. But I was spilling my soul out unfiltered because I knew I was on my last life. I couldn't feel any light anymore and she said something interesting, she called my pain "beautiful". I nodded in agreement because I could see from her perspective how it could be seen as that but from my point of view at the time it was far from beautiful. I was physically and metaphysically rotting.

But anyways, long story short, I understand exactly what she meant now and I can see the real beauty in AiC's more depressing songs instead of just relating to being in a dark place. There is a lot of beauty in pain but I don't know if I would say it to someone going through it at the time. Or, IDK, maybe, I should. This lady told me that 3 years ago and hear I am at 2 am still contemplating it...:)also I think that why AiC is cool because you can just rock out to their stuff or connect to it on a deep level. They can appeal to the casuals and the marks.
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Fucking love AIC. even the new stuff is good, I miss Layne though for sure. Jerry Cantrell carrying the flame. His solo stuff was pretty tight from what I remember too. Shit like God Am, Sludge Factory, and entire Jar of Flies EP just blow my fucking mind with the lyrics.
 
borntoloseNOT said:
Fucking love AIC. even the new stuff is good, I miss Layne though for sure. Jerry Cantrell carrying the flame. His solo stuff was pretty tight from what I remember too. Shit like God Am, Sludge Factory, and entire Jar of Flies EP just blow my fucking mind with the lyrics.
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I had at least one Cantrell solo album, Degradation Trip, and yeah, it was great. I think the guy they got to replace Layne does a good job. Of all the 90s bands to have to replace an irreplaceable dead band member, they're the best I think. Blind Melon and Sublime come to mind.
 
Wrestlespective dropped a new mini doc about a defunct promotion, this time its about the old LPWA womans promotion from the early 90's
Im looking forward to checking this one out cause I dont know anything about this group except that I think Corny did commentary for them and in one match some wrestlerette squirted a stream of piss all over the place as she was flying through the air in a suplex
@My Spot are you familiar with this league?

 
Pliny Pete said:
Wrestlespective dropped a new mini doc about a defunct promotion, this time its about the old LPWA womans promotion from the early 90's
Im looking forward to checking this one out cause I dont know anything about this group except that I think Corny did commentary for them and in one match some wrestlerette squirted a stream of piss all over the place as she was flying through the air in a suplex
@My Spot are you familiar with this league?

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I think this was supposed to be the serious version of women's wrestling. GLOW was your sports entertainment and LPWA was your real shit!
 
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