“It’s always nice to come home, and we have a lot of memories in this particular building,” Alice in Chains drummer Sean Kinney declared as his band’s triumphant, 90-minute set wound down Thursday night at the Moore Theatre. “This is another one we won’t forget.”

Ditto, Sean. A in C is the first of the early ’90s “grunge” bands I fell in love with, and it was great seeing those guys back and firing on all cylinders – especially considering the tragic circumstances that ripped them apart. New songs “Check My Brain” and “Acid Bubble” sounded great, alongside classics like “We Die Young,” “Would” and “Rooster.” And this has been my favorite show in a week that’s been packed with the Monsters of Northwest rock. Even the band that kicked this here Northwest rock thing off, the Fabulous Wailers, is playing on Saturday (Sept. 26.) Sweet! Hit “more” for last night’s set list.

Alice in Chains set list
Moore Theatre, Seattle
Sept. 24, 2009

Rain When I Die
Again
Check My Brain
Dam That River
A Looking in View
We Die Young
Nutshell
Love Hate Love
God Am
Acid Bubble
Angry Chair
Man in the Box
Would?

Encore:
Black Gives Way to Blue
It Ain’t Like That
No Excuses
Rooster

Spotted watching backstage: Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson