Alice In Chains fans...

[Seminole88]

Any on here?
Been going down a rabbit hole lately.
Prolly my favorite 90's alternative bands.
Layne was an amazing talent and Jar of Flies is as solid as it comes.
Favorite songs? Album? Thoughts?

 

[VERIZON MEDIA FTW]

Dirt is one of my favorite rock records ever, if not my favorite. They had a pretty unique sound imo - I really like how dark and raw they were.

 

[Sandford’s_Finest]

Their Unplugged session was the best of that whole series.

 

[Cotton Hill]

There is very little AIC that I don't like. Dirt, Jar of Flies, and obviously AIC Unplugged get most of the attention, but for some reason I like Alice and Chains (album) and Facelift the best.

Pro Tip: Check out Jerry Cantrell solo stuff if you haven't already.

 

[pdt811]

Love AIC. Here’s one of my other favorite artists with a cover you don’t hear often:

 

[22*43*51]

Their Unplugged session was the best of that whole series.

And it's not even close.

Lane was incredible(and higher than a giraffe's pussy) that night.

 

[PawPower1981]

Rotten apple when I’m drunk...

“Ehhhhhhh nuh nuh....I’m sooooo fuckinggggg hammmmmed...”

 

[Highwayman35]

AIC is one of the all time GOATS.

Mad Season got some good ones too.

To echo above...their unplugged was the best and there's not a close second.

 

[Ghost Hawg]

Favorite band from the alternative scene! A lot of good songs but my favorite would probably have to be We Die Young!

 

[Chris Farley]

Can’t believe nobody has said Rooster yet! The GOAT song

 

[cjvol]

Whole catalog is great...my only regret is not seeing them live before Staley’s death

Still a good show with DuVall on lead vocals

 

[JuliusLeRoy]

 

[Dinkis14]

Have been a fan since my dad turned my onto them with the self titled three legged dog album. Many great songs, but Nutshell will always be mine.

 

[Thasubliminal]

Can’t believe nobody has said Rooster yet! The GOAT song

Great video

 

[Thasubliminal]

Dirt is one of my favorite rock records ever, if not my favorite. They had a pretty unique sound imo - I really like how dark and raw they were.

Listen to Dirt all the way through on a car ride and it is almost like you can feel what heroin can do to you. so good.

 

[Belezabro]

Dirt, Jar of Flies, and Sap are on constant rotation for me. I regularly listen to Flies and Sap first thing in the morning with headphones from my computer while starting work....both great early morning music. Dirt, is currently in my suv disc player. If you've ever delved (fairly) deep into the drug world, Junkhead describes it perfectly.

Edit: also, back in the day, I bought the music book for Jar of Flies to learn how to play the songs. First album (and really only album) I could play every song.

 

[Go#10]

They were supposed to open for Metallica and then he goes to rehab. We got stuck with candle box instead . Would have been a goat concert. Still pretty good but candle box can't replace Alice and chains!!

 

[TJHall1]

 

[maize_N_brew]

Listen to Dirt all the way through on a car ride and it is almost like you can feel what heroin can do to you. so good.

Backstory is Jerry's inspiration to write this song was he knew he going to loose Layne to heroin. One of my favs from the album.

 

[BTAvenger]

I’m a Man Who Eats Box...

I mean ...

 

[Charles Norris]

 

[IamShado]

 

[MaizeBlaze]

Love AIC. Here’s one of my other favorite artists with a cover you don’t hear often:

Damn. That was fantastic

 

[Loudog]

Big AIC fan..stumbled across this Korn cover of Would? recently and really dig it. Also would say the Unplugged is my favorite album.

 

[PawPower1981]

Backstory is Jerry's inspiration to write this song was he knew he going to loose Layne to heroin. One of my favs from the album.

JFC, Lyane is high AF in that video. He can’t even open his eyes

 

[BoiseGator]

God I love this song....

 

[Richard N. Toze]

The opening of Unplugged with Nutshell hits me in the feels every time. Sets an incredible tone for the evening. Incredible shit. Love that baseline.

 

[usecd]

I google him this afternoon and read about his crazy drug use. Ir always amazes me how the tortured souls make some of the best music.

 

[Lethal34fl2]

I’ve been fucked up listening to a Jar of Flies way more than any other album ever.

While playing hockey on Sega Genesis.

 

[Davy Crockett’s Ghost]

And it's not even close.

Lane was incredible(and higher than a giraffe's pussy) that night.

Yeah, watch the full video of Unplugged and you can see it...

Layne fucks up Sludge Factory. They all stop and restart the song...that’s when Layne takes his sunglasses off and you see his eyes are as pink as his hair haha

 

[MegaPoke]

The best band of that era. Their music would be great no matter when it came out. Sabbath DNA.

The thing that sets them apart and makes them hard to cover is the vocal harmonies between Staley and Cantrell. Really unique and sets the mood perfectly by creating tension and working off the bass and melody with minor and major triads. Also though - the vocal tones of the two voices just blend end emote so powerfully it’s hard to replicate the pain and earnestness just by singing the same parts.

It’s really the secret sauce of why the music is better than great. Kind of like how Michael Anthony’s backing vocals were the secret sauce of the VH sound.

 

[Madturk]

Nutshell.

 

[catfishpunter]

It’s really the secret sauce of why the music is better than great. Kind of like how Michael Anthony’s backing vocals were the secret sauce of the VH sound.

I just mis-read this and wondered why I never knew that Anthony Michael Hall was in Van Halen.

 

[pdt811]

Damn. That was fantastic

He does an incredible version of Nutshell too:

 

[Tedneckerson]

Here is some footage I took from stage at Rock N Rio when I toured with AIC IN 2013.

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[Oskie918]

You’re welcome.