Alice In Chains - Check My Brain (Live at Sonisphere Knebworth, UK, 2010) HD 

I miss Layne, but the truth is that William Duvall stepped into impossible shoes and has won us over with true charisma and sincerity. He is so legit and let us all give him some love.

I miss Layne. But lets be honest, this song is so fucking good.

Here's a much needed shout out to SEAN KINNEY. His smooth as silk laid back groove is a huge part of AIC's huge sound.

Duvall is a rock star. He fits this band like a glove. Lane was brilliant but so is Duvall. Some negative comments on here about him. You should see them live.

It's nice seeing Jerry at the front

Them keeping Alice In Chains together, Keeps Layne alive........Keeps his music, his songs going on... Its a good thing..... Love You Layne

God listen to the chunk of that bass!!!

This band never gets old and they sound so good here. The bass guitar is really audible here too. Just don't tell Lars.

Saw Duvall live this year, flawless. AWESOME REPLACEMENT, nothing more to say. Layne is irreplaceable, but I'm grateful AIC is still alive thanks to Jerry

People need to chill. Obviously Layne Staley, one of the (if not the) greatest rock vocalists ever, was going to be hard to replace, and damn near impossible to please the fans with his replacement. But sadly Layne's dead, and if Jerry hadn't gotten the band back together, with a new, great sounding vocalist, we wouldn't have had one of the best rock albums of 2009 - let alone this awesome anthem. Will's not trying to oust Laynes memory, let alone trying to replace him. He's a new singer, with a different style, and should be considered as such, and nothing more or less.

As a black man who loves all forms of music these guys are bad as hell. Don't know a lot about Layne but William must be doing something right for Jerry & Sean to have chosen him.Keep rocking guys

Jerry no matter what age, still looks like he's in 1996. Sean for that matter too.

Man, I feel so bad for hating Duvall in that time. Thanks God I've matured and noticed that his a great singer

William DuVall is awesome. I love their albums with him on vocals.

Love William's addition to this band, and I'll bet Jerry is too.

To those who are hating; Would you rather these guys not make ANY music because the band does not have the original members? Be grateful.

Mike looks so happy all the time ✌️

0:11 True musicians you know...totally committed to their art. You have to respect that.Still one of my all-time favorite bands. Glad these guys still around, their music saved my life many times.

One thing I've gathered for certain outta this Jerry can nail it live. His vocals are spot on.

so i found myself in the sun oh yeah hell of a place to end a run oh yeah thats a deep ass line.

They NEVER TRIED TO REPLACE LAYNE. They are musicians..this is what they do. You can't replace Layne...if anything they are honoring him.

Love the way their 2 voice styles blend. Awesome .

Mike is such a happy guy, really lovable dude :)

one of their best songs ever.

Why the fuck are you talking about Layne here? This is a Duvall/Cantrell song. Go comment in Layne's songs!

Duvall, I had my doubts but he is the shit.

I remember seeing duvall on a vid for the first time. Can't remember which one but it was during the time I heard alice in chains had found a new vocalist. It had duvall come out and hit those vocals from this song, coming out from the shadows as the song started. And still to this the day that shit makes me want to grab my air guitar and bellow. Lol The guy is bad ass. Still love and miss layne but this guy was meant to be in aic.

Their voices go so well together!!!

Duvall voice really harmonize well with Jerry Cantrell's voice, I think Layne Stanley would be proud that Jerry Cantrell is keeping their AIC music alive in memory of him,RIP we miss you,love you and will never forget you😢🎸😎😍🤘🤘🤘

I am proud of AIC

Dude this riff is so sick

Just saw them in Oakland live and they blew the place outta the water! Duvall is Layne 2.0, Alice in Chains was his destiny.

Can't replace Layne, nor did they try, wisely. They chose a super talented singer and guitar player, William Duvall, to be a bandmate, share (wisely) the frontman job with Jerry. Listen to William SLAY the high vocal parts on this heavy tune... watch him perform and fluidly play guitar, and tell me he's not a f-ing Rock Star. Bravo!

I'm addicted to this riff! Trying to see how they accomplished the dirty grungy heavy duty metal sound on this. The other video didn't show them actually playing this so thanks so much for posting a live version.

RIP Mike Starr. you will be missed

Love this band and this song !!!

Jerry flerting with some chick in the crowd at 2:08 is priceless

Jerry's still rockin his long, golden locks! LOVE HIM! LOVE THEM ALL!!!

Such a awesome song, i like how they keep the vocal harmonies this good in a live concert.

Awesome live sound.......puts the "Q" in Quality, and the "C" in Classic......Rock !

This A.I.C. song the chord progression & harmony vocals makes for some great hell yes hooks. And their pulling it off live with that slight pitch bend thing ! If I know guitar players the way I know guitar player's . If Jimi Hendrix was still alive he'd might say Hay could I jamm with you dudes that pitch bend thing you do is fricken cool as hell ! Long Live Rock & Roll ! ! ! !

AIC's studio efforts are excellent. Make no mistake. But how is it that a band manages to write songs that ALL sound better live? One of the many reasons why this band is my favorite.

Saw them two weeks ago at Knebworth, they were fucking great!!!!

Layne is irreplaceable, but glad to see they moved forward. It will NEVER be the same though. We miss you Layne. Heroin SUCKS!!!

this is actually pretty great

Love this tune, has that old AIC sound that brought them to their success,. And William fits in like a true rock star,. Of course they couldn't replace Layne! But Jerry knew what he was doing when he chose William,

Even if Duvall didn’t join, I feel Cantrell could’ve carried the band vocally. Hes just as much Alice In Chains as Layne was. RIP Layne. You’re missed

My favorite live rendition.

I disagree completely. He actually does a fantastic job singing live. Sometimes his voice may waver, but he's much better live than most bands in the realm of the music similar to what AiC play.

This song kicks so much ass

Jerry aged pretty hard in 4 years. I just saw them in Luxembourg back in June. He can still melt faces, though. They were awesome.

I'm glad you can hear the harmonies in this video.

Saw them on Sunday at Sonisphere, they were golden.

That riff is sick!

I wish layne had the chance to experience this 😢 to watch the band grow

Love the bass on the chorus

Had this song stuck in my head all day! Great song :)

RIP MIKE STARR

Rock stars. I have earned the privilege to see them live in Dallas in September.

This riff melts my face every single time I hear it!

Did he say, "we might see the Stooges, later?" Oh, man, I saw Iggy & The Psychedelic Stooges in about 1970, at Cincinatti Summer Pop Fedtival. By the way, AIC kind of went through loss of their singer, similar to Pink Floyd losing Syd. This lineup is amazing!

rock at its finest!!!☠👽💀

Duvall was basically thrown to the wolves. It was literally make or break for AIC after Staley's death. Struggled at first, but he found himself within the band and they're still around because of it.

I saw this gig and everything sounded fantastic. The sound engineering was top notch.

I like it. You can never replace Staley but to squander the tallent of Cantrel and not let the music live on would be a crime. Staley lived and died on his terms, this is the price of freedom of expression and choice. The spiritual war we all fight, the blessing and the curse of our vices have brought us the ultimate joy and the ultimate sorrow. We who live for the sonic charge, feel the groove with our soul and understand firmly that there is a world beyond this one are the most blessed indeed.

Saw them at rockville in jacksonville fl. Back in april......great show...the legend continues.

they are playing Copenhell and I'm definitely going to see them again. They were so good at this gig in Knebworth 2010 ... what a crisp sound and good musicianship they showed off. I was hooked.

My take is that Layne can never be replaced but as a fill in this guy is good! It'll obviously never be the same but no one can control that. It's no one's choice but the band themselves on weather they should continue on. I just saw them at 98 rock fest and they were awesome and on key in every song! So pipe down everyone!

Timeless!!!!

when i first heard this song on the radio i was like LAYNE! i couldnt tell i was sceptical at first about the new singer, but i think im going to go buy black gives way to blue now

As an avid AIC fan from the very beginning I am sick and tired of people with their negative crap about William Duvall. Layne is gone he is dust! He did that to himself and left us on this rock all alone. Seriously was he thinking about you and worrying about your life or anything? Nope he wasn’t! Layne while in Alice In Chains was superb, He was the master, However another master took him out and he is gone! What was AIC to do? Go belly up because of Layne’s sickness? Hell no man! You move on and keep going. Layne would have wanted that I assure you! People don’t even realize that Mike Inez isn’t even original to AIC so where is the head hunting there? William Duvall had big shoes to fill coming in and although he can never fill them at least he is up there doing and carrying on the bands name and legacy and also with the monkey on his back that you fans put there....Give the man some slack....He has done great thus far.

California's alright, somebody check on Layne

That bass 👏

They came storming back, great song, great album! \m/

DAT BASS. Epic tone.

I went to a show these people need to shut up about there new singer he is pretty damn good and he has some balls to fill in Laynes place knowing people would hate it

I was there. Awesome. Slayer killed it that day. Rip Jeff Hanneman

i saw this clip on vh1 classic the other nite & it totally blew me away

miss layne staley , jerry cantrell sounds like 20 years ago great to see this band again

What an awesome performance!!! Haven’t seen this live one before thanks for uploading! 😊

@jedi_slemo This band is great! Keep Rockin'!

Heaviest. Riff. Ever.

Bottom line is, Jerry and the rest of the band are musicians. AIC wasn't just Layne's band although that's instantly what you think of when you hear the band. They couldn't remain idle too long, musician's have to play, regardless of the personal tragedies that plagued AIC and I give them all credit for continuing and making damn good music. Plus they look like they're all having a great time, let them be happy.

that bass is thunderous !!

Too all those hating on alice in chains new music bc layne isnt there.. jerry has always been alice in chains, he wrote most of the music and lyrics

aii my voluptuous Jerry Cantrell - what a man, just like wine - AIC and its electric vibe - delíciaaaa

When I first heard this, WOW, it blew my brains!

Big fat bass. Great song. Great band.

I can’t believe this song/album is over a decade old now. That took big balls to hire a new singer to replace Layne Staley & I always figured that when Layne Staley had passed away that, that would be the end of “Alice In Chains” like so many other rock bands in this World who had lost a very popular/talented front man & or lead guitarist or any type of dominant musician to their band at that time such as what Peter Steele was to Carnivore or Type O Negative where co-founding & keyboardist Josh Silver of Type O Negative had stated as well as guitarist Kenny Hickey & drummer Johnny Kelly that they wouldn’t be replacing founder/music writer etc Peter Steele. Bands like Stone Temple Pilots,Alice In Chains,Blind Melon,Soundgarden,Type O Negative all had very unique & very powerful frontmen in which imo can’t replace obviously but a musician & principal song writer as well as a very deep baritone voice like other in which is pretty much next to impossible \m/

jerry i love you!!

I feel like William is just new backing vocals.

The new AiC is HARD!!

I will never understand why people need to say stuff like Layne was the best, but this is still good. We all know layne was the best so why mention it? Enjoy this for what it is.

Mkes Bass sounds amazingly disgusting!

Feel the energy!

this is piece of ART!! i love it!!

I'll be haunted by the vision of someone crowdsurfing in a vinyl straightjacket forever. Great song tho

they're headlining rockfest this year, i'm stoked! and just wait, here in like 5 or 10 years people are gonna accept the new aic and say Will is a good replacement for Layne.

@natiunealternativa I'm glad we have you to tell us if it is or not alice I chains...

mike seems like a really down to earth guy