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Tacoma Rock City
Monday, June 8th, 2009
Posted by Ernest Jasmin @ 08:35:42 am

Alice in Chains will release a new album in September. So says a press release issued today by the band’s new label, EMI. The band started recording with producer Nick Raskulinecz (Rush, Foo Fighters) last October at Studio 606 in Northridge, Calif., according to EMI’s release.

In 2005, singer-guitarist Jerry Cantrell, drummer Sean Kinney and bassist Mike Inez reunited for their first show performance together since the tragic death of lead singer Layne Staley, a benefit for Indonesian tsunami victims held at the Premier in Seattle, a venue since renamed Showbox SoDo. The band started touring with with new lead singer William DuVall after that first reunion show.

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Categories: upcoming releases
Posted by Ernest Jasmin @ 12:00:01 am

Anyone intimately acquainted with Tacoma’s hard rock scene probably knows Carl Zook for his stints shredding with I Defy, Buckwildz and probably a bunch of other bands he was in before I met the guy.

These days, he’s building up a new, stoner-metal project that’s simply called Zook. After last weekend’s performance at Hell’s Kitchen he handed me a few demos of songs that will probably wind up on the band’s forthcoming debut album. They're pretty tight, so I thought I'd leak 'em here and on the South Sound Mix Tape. Enjoy and leave comments.

Saddle Up

Big Baby Blues

Ton of Lead

War Dance

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