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Jul 30, 2021 · I remember the first time I heard Layne Staley. I saw the video for "Man in the Box" on MTV. It stuck with me— I mean, there was a guy with his eye's sewn shut, for fuck's sake. But it was Alice in Chains' MTV Unplugged special that really stuck with me forever as the defining moment.
- One of Layne Staley's Final Performances
- Acoustic Alice in Chains Is Nothing Short of Haunting
- It's The Little Things
- It's Historic
Alice in Chains Unplugged marked the second to last performance from Staley, who was battling a crippling addiction to herointhat was poignantly chronicled through the band's dark and agonising lyrics. His final ever performance was in the same year, when Alice in Chains replaced Stone Temple Pilots in an opening slot for the newly reunited Kiss. S...
It's not just the tragic backstory that makes Alice In Chains Unplugged a poignant piece of work, the tracks themselves are what make it a truly formidable live record. If you were to know nothing about the band prior to listening, odds are you'd still come away moved. AIC's down-tuned sludgy heavy metal somehow lends itself to the acoustic format....
The band manage to give Metallica (who for the knowledgable or keen MTV Unplugged viewers know were sitting in the front row of the show) a nod, breaking into the intro of both Battery and Enter Sandmanseamlessly in between their own iconic tunes, to which you hear the crowd's delighted response. But unlike traditional live albums, there aren't con...
It debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 chart, and has since been certified platinum by the RIAA, while the VHS video of the performance is also certified gold – if that doesn't prove what a spectacular, incredible piece of work this record is, I don't know what does. Not only that, but the performance itself has gained a legendary status t...
- Alice Pattillo
Apr 3, 2020 · In this saddening except from Alice in Chains: The Untold Story, author David De Sola recounts the final gloomy days of frontman Layne Staley. In April of 1997, an entity known as the Larusta Trust bought a three bedroom, 1,500 square-foot fifth-floor condominium at a building in Seattle’s University District for $262,000.
The performance was one of Alice in Chains' final appearances with vocalist Layne Staley and featured some of the band's highest charting singles, including "Rooster", "Down in a Hole", "Heaven Beside You", and "Would?", and introduced a new song, "The Killer Is Me".
Layne messed up several times, songs had more than one take, the band itself was playing together again after a long hiatus. According to a bio I read once, Layne was high ( and showed up high the day this was played), on his already alarming heroin addiction at the time.
Jul 30, 1996 · Six years after Alice in Chains’ Unplugged performance, in April of 2002, Staley’s body was found on his couch two weeks after his death at age 34, officially attributed to a drug overdose.
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Apr 10, 2016 · When Seattle grunge icons Alice In Chains arrived at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Majestic Theatre on April 10, 1996 for a live taping of MTV Unplugged, it’s unlikely anyone involved was aware...
