ALICE IN CHAINS Sets New Album via EMI / Virgin

     MUSIC NEWS - 90s USA rockers, Alice In Chains have signed a contract with EMI's Virgin US division with plans for an autumn 2009 comeback album release.  It'll be AiC's first recorded music since the 1995 self-titled album, and the first since the death of original frontman Layne Stanley.  William DuVall will handle vocals duties on the upcoming release.  DuVall's been fronting the band since they returned to the road back in 2005.  See related story in Pop & Hiss on the long process involved in this release. 

In preperation, a good time to read Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music  by Greg Prato from ECW Press!