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A new song, "The Killer Is Me", was performed for the first time during the concert. The acoustic version of "Over Now" (originally released on Alice in Chains' 1995 self-titled album) was released as a single. The album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart, and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. The performance was released on DVD ...
"Man in the Box" has been described as a grunge, [5] [6] alternative metal, [7] [8] hard rock, [6] and alternative rock song. [9] It is widely recognized by its distinctive "wordless opening melody, where Layne Staley's peculiar, tensed-throat vocals are matched in unison with an effects-laden guitar" followed by "portentous lines like: 'Feed my eyes, can you sew them shut?', 'Jesus Christ ...
The single "Man in the Box", which reached number 18 on the Mainstream Rock chart, helped Facelift achieve double Platinum status. [6] The band toured in support of the album for two years before releasing the acoustic EP Sap in early 1992. In September 1992, Alice in Chains released Dirt.
Alice in Chains was nominated for a Best Hard Rock Performance Grammy Award in 1992 for "Man in the Box". [11] Following the tour, Alice in Chains entered the studio to record demos for its next album, but ended up recording five acoustic songs instead. [33] While in the studio, drummer Sean Kinney had a dream about "making an EP called Sap". [39]
Cantrell performed a snippet of "Man in the Box" followed by a cover of Motörhead's "Ace of Spades" alongside Pantera during their concert at the Seattle Center Coliseum on March 1, 1992. [203] [204] Cantrell joined the band again for their performance of "Walk" during a concert in San Jose, California on February 6, 2001. [205]
The ending to the song was often used as a lead in to another famous Alice in Chains song "Man in the Box" in concert. The current members of Alice in Chains performed an acoustic version of "Angry Chair" with ex-Stone Temple Pilots/ex-Velvet Revolver lead singer Scott Weiland in concert on September 30, 2007 in Austin, Texas.
Live was the band's only live album other than the acoustic album Unplugged. ... "Man in the Box" (March 2, 1993, Glasgow Barrowland, Glasgow, UK) Cantrell, Staley:
Ned Raggett of AllMusic said, "The seeming schizophrenia between massive rock crunch and gentle acoustic numbers was actually one of Alice in Chains' strongest traits, and on the brilliant "I Stay Away" the two impulses fused to create what on balance was the band's most uplifting song, sonically if not always lyrically." [7]