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Jan 30, 2018 · Story behind the song. It is one of Alice in Chains' best-known songs. The song is well-known for its emotional acoustic instrumentation and electric guitar solo, as well as dark lyrics...
Jul 9, 2024 · Written by the late lead vocalist Layne Staley, the lyrics delve into the complexities of human emotions and offer a raw glimpse into the artist’s personal battles with addiction and depression.
May 5, 2022 · The song was mixed by producer David Jerden in July of 1992. In the book Alice in Chains: The Untold Story, Cantrell recounts how frontman Layne Staley showed up to the studio with his drug dealer and Jerden was playing the song on the studio’s loudspeakers.
Sep 1, 2021 · Here’s how it works. Rooster by Alice In Chains may have become one of the band's defining tracks, but its meaning was rooted in humble beginnings. When guitarist Jerry Cantrell found himself temporarily homeless at the start of 1991, he turned to a fellow grunge legend for help.
"Nutshell" is a song by Alice in Chains that originally appeared on the band's 1994 extended play Jar of Flies. The band played it on MTV Unplugged in 1996, and this rendition of the song was included on the compilation album Music Bank (1999), as well as The Essential Alice in Chains (2006). [1]
The song starts with a boy who has to follow all his parents tell him to do “turn around you say” and like a typical teen he rebels and is resistant and shows some “tude”. The boy hasn’t eaten yet today because he is always sneaking out and finding ways to get into trouble with his friends.
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AiC uses blues, early rock and roll, and country sounds behind a hard rock/heavy metal approach. Notice the use of dominant 7th chords both in the chords and the vocal harmonies. Very bluesy sounding any time they do it. Notice how "country" they sound when they go acoustic. Not all the time, but its in there.
