Alice in Chains

[LuminousAether]

Jar of Flies is insanely good. Sap is really good too, but not as good as Jar of Flies.

 

[Dee Snarl]

Even after their glam days, they were marketed as a metal band, before "grunge" was a niche. To wit, I saw them open for the Clash of the Titans tour (Anthrax, Slayer, Megadeth)....

 

[LuminousAether]

I know people that still consider them metal and refuse to call them grunge.

 

[Son of Evil]

I only have their album 'Dirt' and it is pretty good.

 

[MURAI]

I only have their album 'Dirt' and it is pretty good.

Yes, the same here. Maybe I'll get their other albums.

 

[lordcatfish]

I agree with a fair few here, Jar of Flies is amazing.

 

[The Heartbreak Kid]

You have the BEST NAME EVER!

 

[Nikki]

AiC <3

 

[Satanstoenail]

Dirt was my fave album for ages after it came out. The combo of heavy groovy riffs and cool vocal harmonies really did it for me after listening to extreme metal for so long.. Jar of Flies was also great.

 

[CF87]

Dirt is an essential 90's album. I enjoy everything by Alice In Chains and they are great musicians and solid song writers.

 

[lordcatfish]

You have the BEST NAME EVER!

Thank you

 

[Thoth-Amon]

Dirt was my fave album for ages after it came out. The combo of heavy groovy riffs and cool vocal harmonies really did it for me after listening to extreme metal for so long.. Jar of Flies was also great.

Dirt is great. By far the best thing they've ever released.

 

[Splinterhead]

it was pretty wild associating the song titles and lyrics to Staley's condition as time went on. Heroin=bad

 

[Deadline]

I know people that still consider them metal and refuse to call them grunge.

yes thats true, i know a few people whit that problem too...

 

[Nikki]

yes thats true, i know a few people whit that problem too...

that's me

 

[challenge_everything]

"You can't understand the user's mind
But try with your books and degrees
If you let yourself go and open your mind
I bet you'd be doing like me
- and it ain't so bad"

famous last words from Layne Staley

 

[insidethefall]

Dirt is one of the most amazing albums, which i think is closer to metal than grunge. Layne and jerry were a magical combo. I really don't think something like AIC will appear in the mainstream for a long time to come.

 

[LuminousAether]

I personally think that Alice in Chains epitomize the grunge sound.

 

[Imp!]

I'm surprised everybody mentions Dirt, and so few mention Facelift. The album sort of trails off for me toward the end, but it's still great. "Bleed the Freak," "Sea of Sorrow," and "We Die Young" are monstrous.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Facelift is the worst AIC full-length album, in my opinion...it's just...not as developed as anything else they would later do. It's still alright, though.