Seriously? Aic stadium rock? That's ridiculous. Maybe some of their material. Layne staley was actually in favor of taking the band in a more underground direction. It was Jerry who wanted to move it towards the mainstream. I can see how you can the post-layne AIC a stadium rock band, but other than that I don't understand at all. If any of these bands are stadium rock, it's pearl jam and stp.
Ever heard of mad season? Is that stadium rock? I'd be really surprised if someone said so. That band showed Laynes underground sound a little more.
By the way, im a huge folk fan, it's one of my favorite types of music and I do praise aic's acoustic material, it's really great. AIC is a fairly diverse band, I think. Take their first album, "facelift", it's a pretty heavy album. Then take a song like "don't follow", which is pretty folky - a darker, heavier folk sound. And then there's the song "swing on this", which has a somewhat jazzy bass line and guitar solo. They were the most diverse of any of the bands.
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