AIC w/Gretchen Wilson - Barracuda

[Seventh]

This is pretty fucking awesome.

Gretchen Wilson & Alice in Chains "Barracuda" | Rock Honors 2007: Show Performances | VH1 Classic

[Dom Devore]

Thank you good sir! It's nice to see the guys on stage again, even without Layne.

[xKALECx]

Damn, that was a great job! BTW, want to check out some Heart and AiC together? For those part time AiC fans, check out the "Sap" EP that was released just before "Dirt". Two songs with the Wilsons on backing vocals behind Layne.

[miguex]

that did indeed rock

[kegkilla]

Gretchen Wilson and Alice in Chains pay tribute to Heart in this amazing "Barracuda" performance!

maybe i missed something but does "Heart" really deserve a tribute from Alice in Chains? lol


good performance though, still not real hot on their new frontman, i dunno i feel like "Alice in Chains" should have been retired after layne and then they could reform under a new name.

[Dom Devore]

Originally Posted by kegkilla

maybe i missed something but does "Heart" really deserve a tribute from Alice in Chains? lol


good performance though, still not real hot on their new frontman, i dunno i feel like "Alice in Chains" should have been retired after layne and then they could reform under a new name.

Heart put out some pretty damned amazing music in their time, and while most people may not be able to associate them with their songs, if you play Barracuda or some of their other big songs, people will generally recognize them.

I'm a little torn about them not reforming, but I'm waiting to hear some new music from them before passing judgment so to say.

In response to xKALECx, they also did some live work with Ann Wilson at the Tsunami Relief fund performance which is worth a listen.

[xKALECx]

Originally Posted by kegkilla

maybe i missed something but does "Heart" really deserve a tribute from Alice in Chains? lol


good performance though, still not real hot on their new frontman, i dunno i feel like "Alice in Chains" should have been retired after layne and then they could reform under a new name.

Yeah, thats the whole thing. Ann and Nancy Wilson were HUGE supporters of the Seattle scene (their hometown) during the early 90's. They helped a lot of early Seattle bands such as AiC, Mudhoney, Screaming Trees, etc...get widespread. They even had their own band "The Lovemongers" during that time, that played small clubs playing originals and Zeppelin covers. So the Heart + AiC connection goes back to AiC first days.

[Surlok TP]

Consider that 90% of Metal songs during the 80's-90's featured some variation of the Barracuda rythym ;if they only ever did that one song it wouldn't matter. While I realize that wasn't the first time syncopated rythym was used like that the song has become synonymous with it and as a result has become an important part of Metal and Hard Rock in general.

[Regime]

Originally Posted by xKALECx

Yeah, thats the whole thing. Ann and Nancy Wilson were HUGE supporters of the Seattle scene (their hometown) during the early 90's. They helped a lot of early Seattle bands such as AiC, Mudhoney, Screaming Trees, etc...get widespread. They even had their own band "The Lovemongers" during that time, that played small clubs playing originals and Zeppelin covers. So the Heart + AiC connection goes back to AiC first days.

As a massive AiC fan, salute!

[Azzikai]

Nice find. A hell of a lot better than that obnoxious Fergie duet thingy from some idol show.

As for the "maybe i missed something but does "Heart" really deserve a tribute from Alice in Chains? lol" comment, I'm going to guess you weren't alive during the 1970's. Women weren't exactly a huge part of the rock scene back then. There were a handful that managed to make a name for themselves, the Wilson sisters being two of them. So, yeah, they do deserve a tribute. Not only for being huge proponents of the Seattle music scene (from which AIC came) but for being pioneers in an industry that didn't exactly welcome women with open arms.