Alice in chains :: Biografije izvodjaca i bendova

ALICE IN CHAINS
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Alice in chains je bila grunge grupa koju je oformio pevac Layne staley [1967-2002] oko 1987 godine kada su se zvali alice n chainz i bili su glam-rock grupa. Iako alice in chains je vise bio metal svrstani su u grunge zato sto su bili iz Sietla.
Uz Nirvanu ,Pearl Jam, Soundgarden 1990 prodali su milione ploca i poznati su po mracnim pesmama koje pricaju uglavnom o drogiranju.

Opsirno:

1987 Layne staley je upoznao gitaristu Jerry cantrell-a i osnovali su Alice in chains sa bassistom Mike Star-om i bubnjarem Sean Kinney-em.
Poceli su da sviraju po klubovima u Seitlu

Bend je dobio ugovor 1989 sa Columbia recordsom i poceli su da pisu prvi album Facelift pre toga je izasao EP We die Young koji je usao na bilbordovu top 5 rock listu
August 28, 1990 izbacili su album Facelift.

Facelift: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facelift_%28album%29

1. "We Die Young" - 2:32 (Cantrell)
2. "Man In The Box" - 4:46 (Cantrell)
3. "Sea Of Sorrow" - 5:49 (Cantrell)
4. "Bleed The Freak" - 4:01 (Cantrell)
5. "I Can't Remember" - 3:42 (Cantrell)
6. "Love, Hate, Love" - 6:26 (Cantrell)
7. "It Ain't Like That" - 4:37 (Cantrell)
8. "Sunshine" - 4:44 (Cantrell)
9. "Put You Down" - 3:16 (Cantrell)
10. "Confusion" - 5:44 (Cantrell)
11. "I Know Somethin' ('Bout You)" - 4:21 (Cantrell)
12. "Real Thing" - 4:03 (Cantrell)

Iako mnogi kazu da je ovaj album 70 posto glam 30 posto grunge, ovo je prvi grunge album koji je prodao milion ploca zahvaljujuci hit singlu "Man In the Box"
Takodje ovaj album nije govorio o drogama sem pesme Real thing koja je cela o tome.

Posle toga band je izbacio EP Sap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sap_%28album%29

1. "Brother" - 4:27
2. "Got Me Wrong" - 4:12
3. "Right Turn" - 3:17
4. "Am I Inside" - 5:09
5. "Love Song" - 3:44

Sa 5 pesama koje su prisustvovali gosti Ann Wilson i supergrupa Alice Mudgarden [Clanovi Soundgardena, Mudhoneya i Alice in chains-a]. Hit singl "Got Me Wrong" je stigao na 7 mesto billboard liste.

1992 Nirvana objabljuje Nevermind i grunge postaje in. Reziser Cammeron Crowe pravi film Singles koji prica o dvoje mladih ljudi u sietlu sa ambijentom grunge musike. Uz film naravno izlazi i soundtrack

Singles za tu generaciju je znacio kao i Groznica subotnjne veceri za Disco generaciju.

Alice in chains se umesao i napravio prilozio pesmu "Would?" za soundtrack.

Pesma je postala njihov najveci hit do tada i prikazivala je AIC u drugom svetlu.

Septembar 29 1992 album
Dirt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirt_%28album%29

1. "Them Bones" (Cantrell) - 2:30
2. "Dam That River" (Cantrell) - 3:09
3. "Rain When I Die" (Cantrell/Kinney/Staley/Starr) - 6:01
4. "Down in a Hole" (Cantrell) - 5:38
5. "Sickman" (Cantrell/Staley) - 5:29
6. "Rooster" (Cantrell) - 6:15
7. "Junkhead" (Cantrell/Staley) - 5:09
8. "Dirt" (Cantrell/Staley) - 5:16
9. "God Smack" (Cantrell/Staley) - 3:50
10. Untitled ("Iron Gland") (Staley) - :43
11. "Hate to Feel" (Staley) - 5:16
12. "Angry Chair" (Staley) - 4:47
13. "Would?" (Cantrell) - 3:27

Ovaj album se smatra najacim albumom aic-a i donosi cak 7 hit singlova.
1.Would?
2.Them bones
3.Rooster
4.Down in a hole
5.Angry chair
6.Junkhead
7.Rain when i die

Ovaj album ima neverovatne lyrice.
Layne staley je patio od zavisnosti od droge i poceo da pise lyrice koje prikazuju njegovo trenutno stanje.

Kriticari su album nahvalili i album je prodao 4 milliona ploca.

1993 Mike Starr napusta grupu i mesto njega dolazi Mike Inez.

1994 grupa objavljuje http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jar_of_Flies
EP Jar Of Flies [tehnicki ovo je EP zato sto ima 7 pesama ali i metallicin Master of puppets ima isto 8 pa je LP]

1. "Rotten Apple" - 6:56
2. "Nutshell" - 4:16
3. "I Stay Away" - 4:13
4. "No Excuses" - 4:15
5. "Whale and Wasp" - 2:35
6. "Don't Follow" - 4:21
7. "Swing on This" - 4:01

Ovaj album je jedini EP u istoriji koji je stigao na mesto 1 na svim top listama uglavnom zahvlaljujuci hit singlu No excuses.

1995 Layne Staley osniva supergrupu Mad Aeason i prave isto imeni album i taj album ostaje jedan od kultnih grunge albuma.

Novembar 21 1995 AIC objavljuje isto imeni album.

Alice In Chans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Chains_%28album%29

1. "Grind" - 4:45
2. "Brush Away" - 3:22
3. "Sludge Factory" - 7:12
4. "Heaven Beside You" - 5:27
5. "Head Creeps" - 6:28
6. "Again" - 4:05
7. "Shame In You" - 5:35
8. "God Am" - 4:08
9. "So Close" - 2:45
10. "Nothin' Song" - 5:40
11. "Frogs" - 8:18
12. "Over Now" - 7:03

Iako je album stigao na prvo mesto top listi turneje nije bio posto je Layne staley bio na rehabilitaciji.
Takodje ovo je bio poslednji studijski album Alice In Chains-a.
1996 pozvani su da urade MTV UNPLUGED koncert.
Videlo se da se Staley vec jedva drzi.
Staley je takodje izbegavao intervijue zato sto su ga svi novinari pitali o drogama.

Posle unplugged kocerta bend je otvarao za Kiss i 3 jula 1996 u Kanzas Citiju odrzavaju poslednji koncert.

Cantrell i bend su pokusavali da dodju u kontakt sa Staleyom ali on se povukao .
Cekajuci 2 godine Jerry cantrell resava da objavi solo album.
Na albumu svira postava Alice In Chains bez pevaca [Cantrell peva]

1998 Jerry cantrell - Boggy depot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boggy_Depot

1. "Dickeye" - 5:07
2. "Cut You In - 3:23
3. "My Song" - 4:07
4. "Settling Down" - 6:12
5. "Breaks my Back" - 7:07
6. "Jesus Hands" - 5:37
7. "Devil by His Side" - 4:50
8. "Keep the Light on" - 4:49
9. "Sastisfy" - 3:35
10. "Hurt a Long Time" - 5:41
11. "Between" - 3:37
12. "Cold Piece" - 8:29

Album je prosao dosta dobro prodavajuci 1 milion.

1999 bend odlucuje da objavi box set Music Bank i napise dve nove pesme: Get born again i Died.
Music Bank je sadrzao 48 pesama i starije demoe.

Music Bank http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Bank

Disc 1

1. "Get Born Again" (Cantrell/Staley) - 5:24
2. "I Can't Have You Blues" (demo) (Cantrell) - 4:00
3. "Whatcha Gonna Do?" (demo) (Cantrell/Staley) - 2:53
4. "Social Parasite" (demo) (Cantrell) - 4:21
5. "Queen of the Rodeo" (live) (Silver/Staley) - 4:38
6. "Bleed the Freak" (demo) (Cantrell) - 3:31
7. "Killing Yourself" (demo) (Cantrell/Staley) - 2:38
8. "We Die Young" (Cantrell) - 2:32
9. "Man in the Box" (Cantrell/Kinney/Staley/Starr) - 4:47
10. "Sea of Sorrow" (demo) (Cantrell) - 5:21
11. "I Can't Remember" (Cantrell/Staley) - 3:43
12. "Love, Hate, Love" (Cantrell/Staley) - 6:29
13. "It Ain't Like That" (Cantrell/Kinney/Starr) - 4:38
14. "Confusion" (Cantrell/Staley/Starr) - 5:45
15. "Rooster" (demo) (Cantrell) - 5:46
16. "Right Turn" (Cantrell) - 3:14
17. "Got Me Wrong" (Cantrell) - 4:09

Disc 2

1. "Rain When I Die" (Cantrell/Kinney/Staley/Starr) - 6:03
2. "Fear the Voices" (Cantrell/Staley/Starr) - 4:57
3. "Them Bones" (Cantrell) - 2:29
4. "Dam That River" (Cantrell) - 3:09
5. "Sickman" (Cantrell/Staley) - 5:29
6. "Rooster" (Cantrell) - 6:14
7. "Junkhead" (demo) (Cantrell/Staley) - 5:10
8. "Dirt" (Cantrell/Staley) - 5:16
9. "God Smack" (Cantrell/Inez/Kinney/Staley) - 3:50
10. "Iron Gland" (Cantrell) - :43
11. "Angry Chair" (Staley) - 4:47
12. "Lying Season" (Cantrell/Staley) - 3:19
13. "Would?" (Cantrell) - 3:27
14. "Brother" (Cantrell) - 4:27
15. "Am I Inside" (Cantrell/Staley) - 5:08
16. "I Stay Away" (Cantrell/Inez/Staley) - 4:14
17. "No Excuses" (Cantrell) - 4:17

Disc 3

1. "Down in a Hole" (Cantrell) - 5:37
2. "Hate to Feel" (Staley) - 5:16
3. "What the Hell Have I" (remix) (Cantrell) - 3:54
4. "A Little Bitter" (remix) (Cantrell/Inez/Kinney/Staley) - 3:48
5. "Grind" (Cantrell) - 4:44
6. "Again" (Tattoo of Pain Mix) (Cantrell/Staley) - 4:01
7. "Head Creeps" (Staley) - 6:28
8. "God Am" (Cantrell/Inez/Kinney/Staley) - 4:11
9. "Frogs" (Cantrell/Inez/Kinney/Staley) - 8:17
10. "Heaven Beside You" (Cantrell/Inez) - 5:30
11. "Nutshell" (Unplugged) (Cantrell/Inez/Kinney/Staley) - 4:28
12. "The Killer Is Me" (Unplugged) (Cantrell) - 5:16
13. "Over Now" (Unplugged) (Cantrell/Kinney) - 5:55
14. "Died" (Cantrell/Staley) - 5:57

Ovo ce biti poslednji put da Staley ulazi u studio.

April 14 2002
Layne staley umire u svom stanu
Uzrok Predoziranje [Za fanove trovanje iglom]

iako nadjen tek 20 aprila u stanu

Aprila 14 1994 godine takodje je umro i Kurt cobain neverovatna slucajnost.

Jerry Cantrell koji je zavrsio drugi solo album Degradation Trip [2002] koji posvecuje Staleyu.
Bass Robert truhijo [Metallica] bubanj Mike Bordin [FAith no more]

Jerry Cantrell -Degradation trip http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degradation_Trip

1. "Psychotic Break" - 4:09
2. "Bargain Basement Howard Hughes" - 5:38
3. "Anger Rising" - 6:14
4. "Angel Eyes" - 4:44
5. "Solitude" - 4:00
6. "Mother's Spinning in Her Grave (Glass Dick Jones)" - 3:53
7. "Hellbound" - 6:46
8. "Give It a Name" - 4:01
9. "Castaway" - 4:59
10. "She Was My Girl" - 3:59
11. "Chemical Tribe" - 6:35
12. "Spiderbite" - 6:38
13. "Locked On" - 5:37
14. "Gone" - 5:08

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Obavezno poslusajte ovu grupu meni je potpuno promenila zivot.
Grupa nikada nije bila komercijalna i televizija ih nije previse pustala.
Iako je prodala 11 000 000 ploca.

Gomilu ljudi nije nikada ni culo za bend ali svako koje cuo uglavnom im je promenila zivot

Inace jedna od najvecih grupa 90tih godina sa cak 18 spotova.