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Alice Unchained: New & Classic DLC Straight Outta Seattle

Filed under: DLC News / Tags: alice-in-chains, artist-pack, grunge, 1990s, 2000s / 20 comments

We've celebrated new album releases many times; this week we're celebrating that and the rebirth of a great band. Seattle grunge greats Alice in Chains are back, and we've got them and new DLC. Two songs from the revitalized band's just-released album Black Gives Way to Blue, plus three of their greatest hits from the first time around. So you don't have to argue about whether Layne Staley or new guy William DuVall is a better singer - you can rock with both!

It's been a long time coming - seven years in fact, since the overdose of original singer Staley. The band had no intention of carrying on after that, and it took a 2005 tsunami benefit in Seattle to bring the remaining three members back together under their old name. That show featured a number of guest singers, but over time it became clear that DuVall (who'd been working with guitarist Jerry Cantrell on his solo project) was the right man to step in. A fan since he first heard "Man in the Box," DuVall sang with them first on a VH1 tribute to Heart, and from there he was singing to tens of thousands at a festival in Portugal. New material started pouring out, as the band worked out its grief over Staley and finding that the music still felt right. As Cantrell has said, "We're evolving into what we could be now, not dishonoring what we'd been before."

There are a few surprises on the album - including a guest spot by Elton John - but we've gone with "A Looking in View" and "Check My Brain," which both sport a classic Alice sound. And if it's the vintage stuff you want, we've got three of their biggest: "Would?" (the song that broke them off the Singles soundtrack), "No Excuses" (their stab at a lighter, acoustic-driven tune), and "Rooster" (Cantrell's epic about his Vietnam-veteran father, with appropriate guitar firepower). If you were finally able to master "Man in the Box," don't look now - it's time to get back to work.

The songs will be available on Xbox 360 and Wii on September 29th and PlayStation 3 October 1st.

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w0ls0n...

OH MY GOD! The new Alice in Chains album ROCKS! I'm glad they kept the same sound. I am soooo downloading this!!!

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

SilentCricket...

i was watching VH1 on saturday night they had alice in chains on for an interview about the new album, and during the commercials it said that the entire new album was available for download for Rockband, was this a mistake on their part, or did they let something slip ahead of time?

Sunday, October 4, 2009

biG_wiLL004...

it would be awsome, and i mean AWSOME if they had Led Zeppelin for download. that's wut im waiting for

Sunday, October 4, 2009

verbistje...

all a litlle old

Saturday, October 3, 2009

biG_wiLL004...

more of this crap? great

Saturday, October 3, 2009

bong_man...

ALL of this pack ROCKS!!! old Alice in chains and new!!! I tottaly recommend downloading this pack 10* out of 10*

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Jarofeyes...

R.I.P LAYNE! GO HOME DUVALL

Thursday, October 1, 2009

weerb123...

HELL YAH CHECK MY BRAIN

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

weerb123...

HELL YAH CHECK MY BRAIN

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Drk_Net...

Hell yeah!

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

natrace...

'Bout time! Alice rules...now get some more Faith No More! Between Alice and Anvil I am set.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

IcyMike...

It seems that when I make a request, it comes true!! Let's try it again. Harmonix, may I please have some Violent Femmes, Queen, more Hole(something from "Live Through This" or maybe some classic Green Day? Thanks for the Alice in Chains. Hey bigwoORm, if you "dig all walks of music", then what 's the problem? And what's a ROCKJAMS? Wasted week?!? Alice in Chains not good enough to put in your library of songs?!?! More like one of the best weeks. If you don't like the great music they put out every week(little too much metal sometimes) then buy Guitar Hero.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

bigwoORm...

yo im down with making more songs from bands already in the mix, but i gotta say that there is a ton of real good ROCKJAMS still to be fretted. Giddy up already!!!
no dissrespect, i dig all walks of music but sitting here week bye week waiting watching, hoping that they release something good. "SHUX" another wasted week.like i said i like all types of stuff, but if anyones listening, stop making crap,not saying its all crap but everyone knows what im talking about. Billy Squire Christmas? OMFG. How about that for one instance? wheres the real stuff?

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

MattressX...

So excited for Would? !!!

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

bong_man...

Okay .... Just last week I was saying how some new dlc from Alice in chains would rock to have and what do the guys at rockband do? they hook it up once again thanks a bunch guys you rock keep up the great work!

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

TheRollingBones...

Sweet! This sounds great, since I like Alice In Chains.

BTW: You **** for posting like 30 of the same messages, guy below this.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

B34TER...

thank you hammonx and rockband but mostly ALICE N CHAINS you all rock

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

OMEGAKZ...

Im not an Alice in chains fan, but I like would? maybe i'll downlaod it but then again i rembember there was a rumor about songs of Queen and Pantera, so i'll save my points a few weeks

estelar, dudo mucho que metan algo en español, auque me gustaria que metieran matador de los fsbulosos cadillacs

Monday, September 28, 2009

estelar7...

Im have a question and one coment.
Why the perfil options dont has country selection? Im from Mexico and many players like me, from outsaide of USA need this option, if you dont count whit this information you can´t know the preferences of all the players in the world.

My comment:
Latin America and Spain have a decades long history of enjoying and making original rock n' roll, and since Spanish is the language with the second most native speakers.

We finally have ONE song in Spanish, Platero y Tu's "Hay Poco Rock n' Roll". One has to wonder if HMX is aware of the irony in the title (it translates to "there's little rock n' roll" for our non-Spanish speaking friends.) At my place we change the lyrics to "Hay Poco Rock en Español". Big thanks to HMX though, hopefully we will see more Spanish tracks down the road, maybe something from more seminal and well-known bands.

Saturday, September 26, 2009