Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan wrote a short piece to promote Alice in Chains’ upcoming album “Rainier Fog,” saying about the band’s state since making a comeback back in 2009 (via Loudwire):
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“To watch Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney and Mike Inez gather themselves along with the brilliant William Duvall, was to me, like watching Rocky in 1976 as a 12-year-old.
“The underdog who put in all the hard work and experienced all the hard knocks and hidden trap doors life could throw at you, yet rose to fight back with elegance and power.
“Only they knew what they had at first, but with the release of 2009’s comeback record, ‘Black Gives Way to Blue,’ debuting at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and spawning two No. 1 singles and two Grammy nominations, the band remained at the very top of their game. The whole rock n’ roll world seemed to rejoice at once. This was our Rocky story.
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“On a personal note, I’m convinced the band doesn’t give a damn about Grammys or any sort of award-driven accolade. They make music for and about their ardent fans. Attending an AIC show is akin to going to church and coming out cleansed and feeling generally better about the chaos that is this life. Their pure artistry and songwriting takes us all to another place.”