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Dirt received critical acclaim, and is considered by many critics and fans alike as the group's best album. In a retrospective review, Steve Huey of AllMusic said "Dirt is Alice in Chains' major artistic statement and the closest they ever came to recording a flat-out masterpiece. It's a primal, sickening howl from the depths of Layne Staley's ...
The song was written by Alice in Chains guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell for his father, Jerry Cantrell Sr., who served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. "Rooster" was a childhood nickname given to Cantrell Sr. by his great-grandfather, because of his perceived "cocky" attitude and his hair, which used to stick up on top of his head like a rooster's comb.
"Them Bones" is a song by American rock band Alice in Chains. It was released as the second single from their second studio album, Dirt (1992). "Them Bones" peaked at No. 24 on Billboard ' s Mainstream Rock chart and at No. 30 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.
Staley first sang in a glam metal band known as Alice in Chains, or sometimes Alice N’ Chains, in the mid-‘80s. That band, however, broke up in 1987, and Staley briefly fronted a funk band ...
"Down in a Hole" is a power ballad [2] by Alice in Chains, and the fifth and last single from their album Dirt (1992). It is the twelfth song on most pressings of the album and fourth or eleventh on others. [3] The song was written by guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell for his then-girlfriend, Courtney Clarke. [4]
"Hate to Feel" is the tenth track on American rock band Alice in Chains' album Dirt (1992). The song was included on the compilation albums Music Bank (1999) and The Essential Alice in Chains. It has also been the ninth track on later prints of the album and eleventh on others.
Alice in Chains 4:42 Am I Inside: Cantrell / Staley: Sap (February 4, 1992) November 1991 London Bridge Studio, Seattle (Features guest vocals by Ann Wilson) Alice in Chains / Parashar: 5:09 Music Bank (October 26, 1999) 5:08 The Essential Alice in Chains (September 5, 2006) 5:09 Angry Chair: Staley: Dirt (September 29, 1992) March–May 1992
Alice in Chains rose to international fame as part of the grunge movement of the early 1990s, along with other Seattle bands such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden. They achieved success during the era with the albums Facelift (1990), Dirt (1992) and Alice in Chains (1995), as well as the extended play Jar of Flies (1994).