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El Fangel
12-12-2007, 12:42 AM
Alice In Chains

http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/images/artist/a/alice_in_chains/az_official/281x211.jpg

Alice in Chains is an American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) heavy metal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music) band formed in Seattle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle%2C_Washington), Washington (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington) in 1987. The band is currently fronted by William DuVall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_DuVall). The band has released three studio albums, three EPs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_play), two live albums, four compilations, and two DVDs. They are currently working on the first studio album recorded since the 1995 album Alice in Chains (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Chains_%28album%29). This will be the first album from the band without former lead singer Layne Staley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layne_Staley), due to his death in 2002.
Alice in Chains was one of the most successful bands from the Seattle grunge music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunge_music) scene, selling an nearly 11 million albums in the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) alone according to the RIAA. They have had two number 1 albums (Jar of Flies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jar_of_Flies) and Alice in Chains) on the Billboard 200 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200), eleven top 10 singles on the Mainstream Rock Tracks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainstream_Rock_Tracks) chart, and have been nominated for six Grammy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award)


1) Jimi Hendrix - 91
2) David Bowie - 89
3) Johnny Cash - 87
4) Tupac - 85
5) Guns N' Roses - 83
6) The Doors - 81
7) Iron Maiden - 80
8) Dio - 78
9) Dr. Dre - 77
10) Black Sabbath - 76
11) Metallica - 75
12) Ice-T - 74
13) Pantera - 73
14) Sonic Youth - 72
15) Garth Brooks - 68
16) Nine Inch Nails - 67
17) Wu Tang Clan - 64
18) Megadeth - 64
19) Outkast - 64
20) Anthrax - 62
21) The Killers - 61
22) Dropkick Murphys - 61
23) Eminem - 60
24) Slayer - 60
25) Tenacious D - 59
26) NOFX - 59
27) U2 - 40
28) Staind - 31
29) Rihanna - 28
30) 50 Cent - 27

Skippord
12-12-2007, 12:53 AM
10

my favorite band of all time

El Fangel
12-12-2007, 12:59 AM
I am only not giving them a 10 because thats reserved for my personal favorite, and legend bands.

So

9.5/10

Funky Fly
12-12-2007, 01:14 AM
6.5

Kinda overrated, IMO.

ron the dial
12-12-2007, 01:34 AM
5

No thanks.

KingofOldSchool
12-12-2007, 04:28 AM
9

O.G Loc
12-12-2007, 06:11 AM
9.5, only second to Pearl Jam.

Downunder
12-12-2007, 07:03 AM
6

meh

El Vaquero de Infierno
12-12-2007, 07:30 AM
10

God-like.

I'm also changing Downunder's vote to 10, as he clearly isn't thinking straight. I suspect he hasn't had his daily molest-session with a Koala.

RoXer
12-12-2007, 09:45 AM
9.5

FakeLaser
12-12-2007, 12:01 PM
6

Kane Knight
12-12-2007, 12:32 PM
AIC is Heavy Metal? :rofl: Sweet!

Eh. 6. Had some good shit, had some shit.

ct2k
12-12-2007, 02:59 PM
7

They produced some immense tunes but a lot of filler too

Avenger
12-12-2007, 03:21 PM
5

Kris P Lettus
12-12-2007, 07:36 PM
10

my favorite band of all time

Pretty much..

I f'n :heart: their Unplugged album specially..

Crossrine
12-12-2007, 07:48 PM
9.8

Skippord
12-12-2007, 10:00 PM
Everyone who didnt give them at least a nine is dead to me

Kane Knight
12-12-2007, 10:28 PM
Everyone who didnt give them at least a nine is dead to me

The curse of the over-emotional fifteen year old. If you don't like AIC, he'll remove you from his facebook.

Funky Fly
12-12-2007, 11:35 PM
Everyone who didnt give them at least a nine is dead to me

No room for faggotry in metal, Droopkis.

What Would Kevin Do?
12-13-2007, 01:36 AM
7

Kris P Lettus
12-13-2007, 01:57 AM
No room for faggotry in metal, Droopkis.

:foc:

Funky Fly
12-13-2007, 02:17 AM
:foc:

Not talking about AIC (they're not metal), I was talking about Droopkis crying over them not scoring higher.

Kane Knight
12-13-2007, 09:24 AM
No room for faggotry in metal, Droopkis.

Funk, Funk, Funk...I love you and all, but....

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

*Deep Breath*

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

FakeLaser
12-13-2007, 12:01 PM
I'm gonna have to agree with Kane Knight here.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

http://www.atomicned.com/wp-content/images/2007/whitelion.jpg

http://www.heavyharmonies.com/bandpics/poison.jpg

http://www.ticketspecialists.com/concert/concerts_img/warrant.jpg

http://blogs.argusleadermedia.com/uploads/2007/09/ratt1.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/59/195345165_1be4ab1d54.jpg

D Mac
12-13-2007, 12:43 PM
10 :heart:

RP
12-13-2007, 02:23 PM
10

Kane Knight
12-13-2007, 03:45 PM
I'm gonna have to agree with Kane Knight here.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

http://www.atomicned.com/wp-content/images/2007/whitelion.jpg

http://www.heavyharmonies.com/bandpics/poison.jpg

http://www.ticketspecialists.com/concert/concerts_img/warrant.jpg

http://blogs.argusleadermedia.com/uploads/2007/09/ratt1.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/59/195345165_1be4ab1d54.jpg


Yeah, Rob Halford alone should prove Funky wrong.

Crossrine
12-13-2007, 05:07 PM
Ya wasnt AIC considered Grungeish :wtf:

Kane Knight
12-13-2007, 05:33 PM
They were among the primary Grunge acts.

Funky Fly
12-13-2007, 06:00 PM
Don't know if I should even bother to point out that I was joking at this point.

Skippord
12-14-2007, 01:24 AM
:'(

Kane Knight
12-14-2007, 09:41 AM
Don't know if I should even bother to point out that I was joking at this point.

Metal ain't no joke!

Funky Fly
12-14-2007, 09:50 PM
Especially not Black Metal. Nope, no sir.

Kane Knight
12-14-2007, 10:14 PM
We're harder than you! We drop all the way to X!

OssMan
06-13-2008, 08:45 PM
10/10