Kristin Winsents of the Norwegian broadcaster
NRK's weekly pop music show "
Lydverket" recently travelled to Seattle to interview
ALICE IN CHAINS,
NIRVANA "Bleach" producer
Jack Endino and
GRAND ARCHIVES, among others, for a feature story on the grunge scene (looking back on its rise in the early '90s as well as examining why
PEARL JAM and
ALICE IN CHAINS are experiencing a huge resurgence in popularity in 2009). Her unedited chat with
ALICE IN CHAINS can now be viewed below.
As previously reported,
"Project Runway" season three model
Amanda Fields is featured in the new video from
ALICE IN CHAINS,
"Your Decision", which was recently filmed in a "giant house between Santa Monica and Malibu off the Pacific Coast Highway." The clip is being directed by
Stephen Schuster, who previously worked with
ALICE IN CHAINS on the
"A Looking In View" video.
To coincide with the band's European tour,
ALICE IN CHAINS will release the
"Your Decision" single on November 16 in the U.K.
"Your Decision" is the second single to be lifted from band's first all-new album in 14 years, titled
"Black Gives Way To Blue", which sold 126,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 5 on The Billboard 200 chart (behind latest albums from
PARAMORE,
MARIAH CAREY,
BARBRA STREISAND and
BREAKING BENJAMIN).
ALICE IN CHAINS recruited pop legend
Elton John to contribute piano to the CD's title track, which is written in tribute to
Staley.
Singer
William DuVall had played with his own group,
COMES WITH THE FALL, as well as in
Jerry Cantrell's solo band, before joining up with
ALICE IN CHAINS in 2006.
"Black Gives Way to Blue" was recorded with producer
Nick Raskulinecz (
FOO FIGHTERS,
RUSH) at the Northridge, California studio of
FOO FIGHTERS frontman
Dave Grohl.
