Alice In Chains - Hollow

Band:  Alice In Chains (AiC)
Genre:  Grunge

I'm still staying away from both Rap and Metal for a little bit still, I know I probably burnt you out on them for a bit, haha.

So here' the plan for the April A to Z.  I'm gonna try and dredge up as much obscure stuff as I can.  Not there's a chance you might have heard them from me before, but I occasionally post obscure stuff.  The likelihood of me revisiting stuff like that is low though, so it's all good.

As an alternate option to that I'm also going to run and artist profile.  I'll probably do a mix of the two to make things work out easiest.  I will also really try not to wimp out when I get to the hard letters like Q and X.

A to Z Challenge: D is for Dirt

Alice in Chains.  I have posted them a lot and I want to make it abundantly clear that they are in my top 3 bands ever.  Period.  That being said, this album is actually quite amazing in it's own right.  Let's talk about a couple things here.

I have the greatest hits album AiC put out.  The two disc one that has a good 28 songs on it.  I would say it's safe to say that this is a really good selection of their material since it has a pile of stuff from a 4 or 5 album stretch.

Cool thing coming, aight?

10 of the 13 tracks on Dirt are on my greatest hits album.  10 out of freaking 13.  That's a lot.  I'll mark them with stars.

1. Them Bones*
2. Dam That River*
3. Rain When I Die*
4. Down In A Hole*
5. Sickman
6. Rooster*
7. Junkhead
8. Dirt*
9. God Smack*
10. Iron Man
11. Hate To Feel*
12. Angry Chair*
13. Would?*

Out of these I only see Iron Man not making the cut as a classic since it's a mostly noise track anyway.  This album is really solid and I would strongly advise you give it a listen.

At the very least listen to tracks 1, 4, 6, and 12 since those are some of my hands down favorite tracks they've ever put out.

Alice In Chains - Stone

Old AiC is amazing.  Seriously, their stuff is fantastic and I love it a lot.  New AiC is also good.  There are a lot of people that really don't like the new singer cause Layne is a legend, but I say that it's still good stuff.

This is a song off of the new album, which I haven't listened all the way through yet.  I feel weird posting this song because of that but seriously, listen to this freaking awesome bass tone.  It's huge and fantastic and it makes me sad that I can't get it.

I also really like the riff in general.  Just throwing that out there.  Also Alice In Chains puts on an amazing live show if you ever get the chance to see them.  Jaw dropping and loud and fantastic.

Alice In Chains - Angry Chair

EDIT 3.25.18:  Changed the name back to Alice In Chains, cause labeling Allison Chains just made me angry.

I'll admit, this was what I thought Alice In Chains was called for a good 4 years.  I wasn't too familiar with their stuff at the time though, so I'd say that it's ok.  (as it turns out this is actually the name of an all girl cover band for Alice In Chain.)

AiC was a big name in the late 80s and 90s grunge scene, right up there with Nirvana and the like.

Layne Staley is one of the more unique vocalists I've ever heard, but I'm not gonna get into that right now since this is supposed to be a short read.  Suffice it to say that in my book, there are very few vocalists who compare to Layne in the realm of rock vocals.

The track I've selected is called Angry Chair.  One of the special things about this song is that it was written entirely by vocalist Layne Staley, rather than Jerry Cantrell as most of the songs were.   I don't know how perceptive you are to feelings in music, but I personally can feel a lot of anger and frustration in the song and I think it improves the song.

Hope you like it, see you tomorrow.