[Dogstar]

I bought this one just for the Layne song...I really was kind of disappointed in it. They've just about abandoned the hard, kick-a** sound of Dysfunction, which I love...Mudshovel is the song that got me into them, and it remains one of my favorites of theirs. I really only listen to the Layne song on that CD...

I think it's hard to compare their Layne tribute to PJ's...I like PJ's because of the raw emotion of it. It seems Ed just recorded exactly what he was feeling at that time and I admire that. I also like Staind's, though, too. They performed it on one of the late-night talk shows just after the CD came out and it was really sweet. It was nice to see they abandoned the usual lets-play-the-hit-single-to-sell-more-CDs approach. I think Aaron really was hit hard by Layne's death.