Dunlop TV recently conducted an interview with
ALICE IN CHAINS members
Jerry Cantrell (guitar, vocals) and
Mike Inez (bass). Watch the chat below.
According to
Hits Daily Double, the companion web site of music industry tip sheet
HITS,
ALICE IN CHAINS' new album,
"Black Gives Way To Blue", is on track to sell between 130,000 and 140,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD will likely land in the Top 5 of next week's 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 the band's late singer,
Layne Staley.
AIC's new frontman,
William DuVall, had played with his own group,
COMES WITH THE FALL, as well as in guitarist
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.
