Looks like you’re gonna have to read about Alice in Chain’s upcoming House of Blues concert somewhere else.
Apparently, the band read something I wrote a couple weeks ago about Elton John playing on their new album and they’re not too happy about it.
House of Blues is really good to us here at Scene. We love them. They hook C-Notes’ writers up all the time with review tickets for shows. But I was just notified that for the first time ever, a band’s management came back with “No. Scene can’t have tickets to our show. We’re big babies who can’t take criticism.” Then (and we’re just guessing about this part) they all started crying again.
Of course, we could find some tickets to the sold-out show online and send someone to review it anyway. But there’s a pretty good chance the concert would suck and our writer would give them a bad review. Which would most likely cause another bout of weeping. And we certainly don’t want to have a reputation as the meanie who keeps making Alice in Chains cry. —Michael Gallucci
This article appears in Aug 19-25, 2009.
Hey dickwad, before you try to portray Alice in Chains as a bunch of crybabies, I think it’s important not to gloss over the derisive tone of your previous article. Layne Staley had one of the most unique and powerful voices that humanity has ever witnessed, and you decide to make light of his overdose and poke fun at a tribute from a friend (Jerry Cantrell) who worked with him for 15 years. Excellent work, sir.
On top of all that, you go on to call the band boring, and are somehow surprised that they will not grant you tickets. Please, show a little respect for a great band, even if your pansy ass can’t appreciate them.
What stardogchampion said. You’re a douchebag for not realizing that before writing this article. Honestly, I can’t believe anyone pays you to write anything, much less these juvenile blog posts.
So you panned both an album you haven’t heard along with a guest appearance. Then you stated you basically never liked Alice in Chains at all- and then complain about lack of access to their show. You haven’t stated any well-thought out and honest criticism, all I see is snippy comments and an attempt to sound elitist. Maybe you should try to be a decent reviewer with real criticisms and respect for an artist before running your mouth and whining about the consequences.