Before the lights went down and revered Seattle rockers Alice in Chains took the stage Tuesday night at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, a cavernous and sparse emptiness filled the space. It wasn’t too long until that gave way to a ferocious spectacle of lights and smoke. The smoke billowed from the fog machines, from the pumped-up crowd, but, most important, it billowed from Jerry Cantrell’s searing guitar. In this live setting, the Alice in Chains cofounder and his bandmates enthusiastically reminded us how incredibly hard they can rock both in comparison to their grunge and alternative counterparts or pretty much anyone else.
