James Hetfield and
Lars Ulrich of
METALLICA have interviewed
ALICE IN CHAINS for
FMQB Productions'
"Inside Alice In Chains: Black Gives Way To Blue" broadcast special, which will air on radio stations across the country starting September 25.
Hetfield joined
ALICE IN CHAINS on stage on November 26, 2006 at the Warfield in San Francisco to perform the song
"Would?". Watch a fan-filmed video clip at
YouTube. A professional-quality clip of
Hetfield playing
"Would?" with
ALICE IN CHAINS at the
Rock am Ring festival in Nürburgring, Germany on June 2, 2006 can be viewed below.
When asked by
Revolver magazine if he had a close relationship with late
ALICE IN CHAINS singer
Layne Staley,
Hetfield replied, "I wasn't really close with
Layne, but I remember going to see
ALICE IN CHAINS many times. I remember when we were down in L.A. [in 1991, making 'The Black Album'], I left the studio early to see them play on
Clash of the Titans with
SLAYER. I was driving like a madman in this rented van, going on the median and scaring the shit out of my friend — 'We gotta get there!' And we get there, and they'd just got off. I was like, 'Aw, man!' [Laughs] I hung with them a little bit, always just loved their music, and I'd say that
Jerry [
Cantrell,
AIC guitarist] and I share some life experiences, like getting a second chance at life and realizing how cool things can be. So we've got kind of a kinship that way. And seeing them play — I just love hearing those songs. Those songs are awesome and should be heard, you know? They were so unique, so ahead of their time. And out of all the Seattle stuff, that stuff is the most timeless. Unfortunately,
Layne just loved the junk too much, man, and that was that. I just read in his lyrics his obsessiveness about it. And he knew where he was goin'! It's like, in the school of driving, look where you want to go — and that's what he was doing, it seems like."
(Thanks:
The Metal Den)
