With the rather tumultuous life of a musician, I never thought I'd see a Pearl Jam, much less an Alice In Chains, album in 2009. For those of you who don't know (which most likely encompasses a vast majority of you), Alice In Chains' former singer Layne Staley passed away from a drug overdose in 2002, and the band disbanded (no pun intended) shortly after. To this day, the three remaining members of Alice In Chains still find it hard to cope with his loss.
It is a testament to both of these bands' members and their bonds with one another that they're putting out great albums almost 20 years after bursting onto the 1990s alternative/grunge scene. Pearl Jam's "Ten" is arguably the best album of the 90s and Alice In Chains' "Dirt" is a personal favorite of mine.
I've been starving for some good music, and will never stop listening to Pearl Jam or Alice In Chains for as long as I live, and these two albums are doubly sweet for me: they bring me back to one of my favorite musical periods and provide me with new listening material for two of my favorite bands of all time.
Music, like film, is something that's very personal and close to my heart. I have everything from Marvin Gaye to As I Lay Dying and everything in between on my mp3 player, and I enjoy them all as much as the other.
Needless to say, between these two albums, I think my music time will be occupied quite nicely for AT LEAST the rest of the year. I can only hope that the reader(s) of this blog will have their lives as musically enriched as mine will be for the next several months. Happy listening!
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