![]() So the versatility of this band had always been on display, what with being able to flip from the heavy grind of Facelift, Dirt and their self-titled album with the acoustic EPs Sap and Jar of Flies with ease. But they had more than one trick in their bag. They were dark and heavy, sounding as mean as any metal band on the scene. ![]() ![]() Run through the first wave of that band - from “Man in the Box” to “Brother” to “Rain When I Die” to “I Stay Away” to “Grind” - and it’s a goddamned barrage of brilliance. Before looking backwards and discovering the bands of the 1960s and ’70s, there seemed to be a flood of music that seemed essential then and has only grown more significant since. Thinking of those important bands that came into my life as a teenager, Alice in Chains sits in rarified air. So, far overdue, here it is, a paean to the MTV Unplugged album that has been a spiritual guide since 1996. And I was stunned - a big, fat zero next to Alice in Chains. Which means I dip into the archives and loop through quickly to make sure I’m not repeating myself. Maybe I could come up with something on their self-titled 1995 album, under-appreciated as I feel it is, or maybe one of the EPs that dotted their early work between albums.īut because this site has been running far longer than it honestly should have, I have to check myself. So as I sat here, spending the better part of the week running up and down the original Alice in Chains catalog, I thought, maybe, it’s time to dip back in there. And there are certain albums I avoid on the assumption that I shouldn’t just keep talking about the same 15 records on repeat. There are a lot of records on the shelf, and even more on the harddrive, with new stuff coming out all the time. Still, for the tens and tens of people that will find this, I try to mix it up. It’s a place to process those thoughts, with the notion that this is a more productive way to accomplish that, rather than just annoying everyone else in reaching distance with them. Why does this space exist? More and more, it’s just a place for me to get some thoughts out on whatever I’m stuck on, whatever’s filling my ears. All the lightness and everlasting weight of Alice in Chains, unplugged
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