Alice in Chains

Scala, LondonBefore Alice in Chains' first song is halfway finished – a version of Rain When I Die from the band's 1992 breakthrough album Dirt – the front rows of a packed Scala are reaching out to press the flesh of lead singer William DuVall. It's testament to one of the many peculiarities of heavy metal. Not even Joe Strummer could fill the vacancy when Shane MacGowan left the Pogues, while fans of Phil Collins-era Genesis refused to countenance Genesis without him. Metal devo...

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