Rolling Stone listed the album at No. The most metal of the Seattle bands, they were marketed as metal for 1990's 'Facelift,' then touted as grunge for 1992's 'Dirt.' We're not doing this for money; there is no money in the music business anymore. Alice in Chains - Would? I've been using this phrase a lot, but it makes a lot of sense: It's really easy to die; it's really hard to live. [271], Although Alice in Chains has been labeled grunge by the mainstream media,[94][272] Jerry Cantrell identifies the band as primarily heavy metal. Mad Season released one album, Above, for which Staley provided lead vocals and the album artwork. The album came at the height of the first wave of grunge, and launched a career that would span 30 years, several albums and more than it’s fair share of tragedy. [1], Staley's funk band also required a guitarist at the time, and Staley asked Cantrell to join as a sideman. They took Slayer vocalist Tom Araya with them and went to the Joshua Tree desert for four or five days until things calmed down, then moved back into the studio and started recording the album. Watch breaking news videos, viral videos and original video clips on CNN.com. All of the poison that builds up during the day we cleanse when we play. I didn't want my fans to think that heroin was cool. 6 years ago | 13 views. It's a primal, sickening howl from the depths of Layne Staley's heroin addiction, and one of the most harrowing concept albums ever recorded. Alice in Chains is an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1987 by guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney, who then recruited bassist Mike Starr and original lead vocalist Layne Staley. Those five and "Sickman" are the only ones talking about that type of mentality [drugs]. [63] Inez played his first concert with Alice in Chains on January 27, 1993 at the Camden Underworld in London. 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With Dirt, it’s not like we were saying ‘Oh yeah, this is a good thing.’ It was more of a warning than anything else, rather than ‘Hey, come and check this out, it’s great!’ We were talking about what was going on at the time, but within that there was always a survivor element – a kind of triumph over the darker elements of being a human being. [10] The new line-up have released the albums Black Gives Way to Blue (2009), The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013), and Rainier Fog (2018). Learn everything an expat should know about managing finances in Germany, including bank accounts, paying taxes, getting insurance and investing. [26] It features Tom Araya of thrash metal band Slayer on vocals, as well as Layne Staley. [151] In April 2009, it was reported that the new Alice in Chains album would be released by Virgin/EMI,[152] making it the band's first label change in its 20-plus year career. [14], "Check My Brain" was released to radio stations as the first official single from the album on August 14, 2009,[163] and was made available for purchase on August 17, 2009. Dirt was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. With new songs written primarily on the road, the material has an overall darker feel than Facelift, with six of the album's thirteen songs dealing with the subject of addiction. Starr was replaced by Mike Inez in 1993. Watch Alice In Chains - Would (Live Jools Holland 1993) - The Madgypsy on Dailymotion. "[227], The band started recording their sixth studio album on June 12, 2017. Alice in Chains - Would? [26][1][3] The last straw for Staley was when they auditioned a male stripper â he decided to join the band after that. [33] Nick Pollock wasn't particularly thrilled about it at the time and thought he should come up with a different name, but ultimately both he and James Bergstrom gave Staley their blessing to use the name. "[289] According to Mike Inez, they were always the metal stepchildren of the Seattle scene. [246] the band also revealed that they talked to director Adam Mason, who is making a dark sci-film, about doing two separate pieces of art and maybe molding them together, and that the music video for "The One You Know" is the first chapter of molding Mason's film and the band's music videos together. [104][105] Cantrell dedicated his 2002 solo album, Degradation Trip, released two months after Staley's death, to his memory. 9 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart. The 12-minute performance for a crowd of 67,000 people featured a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" accompanied by the Northwest Symphony Orchestra. 3:37. About File Formats . "[319], Street musician Wesley Willis wrote a song about the band entitled "Alice in Chains", featured on his 1996 album Feel The Power. [114] The band featured Damageplan vocalist Pat Lachman, as well as other special guests including Maynard James Keenan of Tool and Ann Wilson of Heart. Staley described the other theme as being about "painful relationships and involvements with persons. "[53] Cantrell said, "We deal with our daily demons through music. [49] The EP also features Mark Arm of Mudhoney and Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, who shared vocals with Staley and Cantrell on the song "Right Turn", credited to "Alice Mudgarden" in the liner notes. It's more than just making music, and it always has been. That's exactly what I didn't want to happen. [260], The band also commemorated the release of the album with a pop-up museum installation at The Crocodile in Seattle on August 23 and 24. "[230], At the press room of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on April 14, 2018, Cantrell revealed that Alice in Chains had just signed with BMG, and that they had finished mixing their new album. Sortie: 7 juin 1992 Them Bones Sortie: 8 septembre 1992 Angry Chair Sortie: 6 décembre 1992 Rooster Sortie: 15 mars 1993 Down in a Hole Sortie: 30 août 1993 modifier Dirt est le deuxième album studio du groupe de rock américain Alice in Chains , originaire de Seattle . [37] Facelift was not an instant success, selling under 40,000 copies in the first six months of release, until MTV added "Man in the Box" to regular daytime rotation. You can buy album Them Bones 1993 - Alice In Chains. I already feel like I've won. [35] Cantrell stated the album was intended to have a "moody aura" that was a "direct result of the brooding atmosphere and feel of Seattle. Tracks 15 have some distortion. After its success, the label rushed Alice in Chains' debut album into production with producer Dave Jerden. Alice in Chains - Would? "[214], On January 18, 2015, Alice in Chains performed in the halftime show of the NFC Championship Game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Green Bay Packers at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. How do you move on? [17], With songs written primarily on the road, the material is darker than Facelift. It's hard for us to both understand...that this life is not conducive to much success with long-term relationships. [44] On October 6, 1995, the band released the studio version of the song to radio via satellite uplink to stem excessive spread of taped copies of the song. Alice in Chains are a Seattle-based rock band. Mar 27, 2016 - Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. ^ II Track 9 or 10, "Iron Gland", appears without a title on the album. The autopsy concluded that Staley died on April 5, two weeks before his body was found. [24][10], The lyrics to "Rain When I Die" were written by Cantrell and Staley about their respective girlfriends. The album also debuted at No. We did it step by step. Forgot account? "What the Hell Have I" is a song by the American rock band Alice in Chains. 26 on its list of the 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time. [149], In October 2008, Alice in Chains began recording its fourth studio album at the Foo Fighters' Studio 606 in Los Angeles with producer Nick Raskulinecz. The band toured in 2006, with DuVall taking over as lead vocalist full-time. 2:31; Alice In Chains - We Die Young (Official Video) 2:33; Lists. Schenck submitted a photo of model/actress Mariah O'Brien and the band chose her. That's exactly what I didn't want to happen.."[28], Unable to continue with new Alice in Chains material, Cantrell released his first solo album, Boggy Depot, in 1998, also featuring Sean Kinney and Mike Inez. 1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks, while "Lesson Learned" reached No.