FIRST TIME WATCHING Alice In Chains | (“Man in the Box” REACTION!)

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[@nathancody1545]

Alice in Chains Love, Hate, Love Live at the Moore is exceptional. One of the best performances ever.

[@garylagstrom3864]

I saw Layne in a three piece suit at the start of their set on Lollapolooza in 93 and it was like 95 degrees that day! Needless to say he took the jacket tie vest and shirt off after playing Would the first song to start the show! Very charismatic singer and great stage presence! His voice very unique and an unbelievable range! RIP Layne!

[@realmoldy]

I've seen this comment more than once on other videos and realized you're the same guy lol.

[@puppetmaster8551]

A classic and layne’s voice was in peak form in this era, the Jerry/Layne duo is GOATed and always will be one of the best duos ever. Hope to see you do more AIC in the future they’re a very special and unique band

[@coldflamebluedragon196]

Imagine making this and getting ready to show it to the world. Must be an exhilarating feeling

[@blissed96]

You're so chill haha love your reactions

[@karlaklaus-hoobler5685]

They are the best band live with no auto tune.

[@tamibrandt]

This song's origins start with a lunch the band had with some A&R woman who was a vegan (no animal byproducts of ANY kind), who proceeded to tell them how animals were penned up in small crates and killed for steak, etc. So, Layne wrote Man in the Box from the perspective of a penned up calf. It was loosely based around Layne's idea of media censorship. Sean Kinney (the drummer) said it was about veal. LOL. Layne met Jerry Cantrell ONE TIME, found out he had no family in the area, he had little money left and Layne (drunkenly) offered Jerry a place to live, money, food, clothes, guitars and gear he needed, Layne set Jerry up with a life that could NOT fail unless Jerry let it happen. He set him up with a band when he gave Jerry the number to Sean Kinney's girlfriend and found out that the girlfriend was Mike Starr's sister. He encouraged Jerry to sing more because after all they were Jerry's lyrics, Jerry should sing them. I'm sure Jerry would have made it on his own without Layne, but it would have been the long scenic route to get there. Jerry wrote ROOSTER about his father's experiences in Vietnam and when Jerry saw his dad in the audience at one of their shows, Jerry asked Layne (and the guys) to play Rooster and they did. It was the first time Jerry's dad heard Jerry's music and knew that his son understood him through that song. It brought Jerry and his dad closer together. And Layne had a vital part in that reunion. (Meanwhile Layne's own biological father was an opportunist who showed back up in Layne's life AFTER Layne got famous and had money and did drugs with Layne.) Phil Staley was NOT the father Layne expected when he came back into his life. Layne had tried rehab 13 times, but he could never completely give it up. He tried quitting cold turkey on two of the last attempts at rehab, but that didn't work either. Mad Season is made up of Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees and John Baker Saunders and they all went through rehab. They all got together and dragged Layne out of his condo, got him excited about doing ABOVE album, thinking if he was creative he wouldn't want the drugs, and for the length of time it took to do that, Layne was excited about the project, but it didn't curb his drug habit. Layne wrote the lyrics to the songs he sang on the ABOVE album and he drew the cover art for the album. Layne was an amazing singer. Very few singers sound better live than they do in a studio version. Layne was one of the few. From what I’ve read and researched, heroin is the worst drug to be addicted to. You don’t want to do anything other than be there and nodding out. The fact that he agreed to do the KISS shows and performed them like he did shows the strength he had. From what I read, when you have the level of addiction Layne had, it is incredibly difficult to function at the intensity of performing a stage show in front of an audience as well as he did. He could have stayed home and stayed high, but Jerry wanted to do the shows. Somewhere, somehow Layne found the strength to do those shows despite what his addiction wanted him to do even though he survived an overdose after the last KISS show in Kansas City, Missouri, became a recluse, and the addiction got him in the end. Mike Starr was the last one to see him on April 4, 2002, for all anyone knows and what I took from that was that while Layne was telling Mike that he (Layne) was sick, he still tried to get Mike to give up his own prescription drug habit. After that, no one noticed he had died because he never answered the phone nor opened the door. It took inactivity over the span of two weeks for his ACCOUNTANT to notice something was wrong and called Susan Silver who called Layne's mother to alert her to the situation who then called 911. He died on April 5, 2002, but his body wasn't discovered until April 19, 2002. And to pour salt in the wound, MTV (and the music industry) has more or less blackballed Layne (and yet, they laud over Kurt Cobain every April 5th, because Kurt was the "face of grunge", meanwhile Layne gets a "by the way"). The Grammys went so far as to invite Jerry, Mike and Sean to the Grammy show in 2003 and then refused to put Layne's picture up in the memorial of the musicians who died in 2002. (Or they "forgot" to) which pissed Jerry, Mike and Sean off and they walked out on the show. At the age of 34 (when he died), he looked more like an 80-year-old man. He knew he screwed up, between the drugs and his own depression and then his former fiancee dying, Layne just couldn't find a way to dig himself out of his own mess and at the end with his teeth problems and organs failing on him, he gave up trying. He lost sight of who his true friends were and who was using him. He was never going to give up the drugs. Instead, he tried to attain the same high he felt the first time he did drugs and could never achieve it. Layne's story is more tragic and haunting because you can actually watch and hear him deteriorate over the 12 year span: from the mild use of drugs in 1990 all the way through 1996 when he was deep into a heroin addiction to dropping to 90 pounds by 1998 to 86 pounds when he died in 2002. Layne wrote songs that gave a normal person insight into the mind and journey of an addict. The pain and depression he endured to write the most brutally honest lyrics a musician could write concerning his feelings on his own addiction and the emotional and physical strength he had to perform those songs live when all he wanted to do was curl away and lose himself in the drug haze I can’t imagine what it was like for him. He was hounded by the press about his addiction. He was ridiculed for his addiction. The music industry blackballed him for his addiction. The Grammys forgot about him when he died. As far as MTV and Rolling Stone were concerned he’s just another addicted singer. They don’t want to acknowledge his contributions to music. Layne Staley deserved better than what he received from the people around him who he thought mattered. He wrote about things with maturity and knowledge well beyond his years. He didn’t deserve to be turned into tabloid cannon fodder by the press. Layne was so much more than his drug addiction. He was able to come up with lyrics and harmonies off the top of his head. He stacked his own vocals. He knew enough to know that Jerry Cantrell was playing with the wrong people and gave him contact info for Sean Kinney and Mike Starr. He wrote the lyrics for the songs he sang on Mad Season's Above album and drew the cover art for that album. Layne was a genius in his own right. He still was able to figure things out in a snap off the top of his head. Layne just had his demons. Layne's whole situation from his drug addiction, to how he died, to how he was found only weighing 86 pounds and the drug paraphernalia, etc is tragic and haunts me when I think about it (and I didn't even know the guy personally). "Whatever dramas are going on in my life, I always find that place inside my head where I see myself as the cleanest, tallest, strongest, wisest person that I can be." -- Layne Staley "My bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and my talent are my title." -- Layne Staley "When I tried drugs they were fucking great, and they worked for me for years, and now they're turning against me- and now I'm walking through hell and this sucks. I wrote about drugs, and I didn't think I was being unsafe or careless by writing about them. I didn't want my fans to think heroin was cool. But then I've had fans come up to me and give me the thumbs up, telling me they're high. That's exactly what I didn't want to happen." -- Layne Staley

[@Hammernms]

My granddaughter visited me and I had this playing. She said what is that! She loved it ❤

[@codytotten9545]

My favorite all time band, “Here they come to snuff the roooosteer”

[@Speed04GT]

Love, hate, love love from the Moore theater should definitely be in the mix. Also the mtv unplugged show is amazing as well.

[@Astroboy29]

hes saying "feed my eyes, now youve sewn them shut"

[@coreywickramasekera9968]

"FEED MY EYES, Can you sew them shut! Jesus Christ, deny your maker, HE WHO TRIES, Will be wasted, FEED my Eyes, now you sew them shut!"

[@kelleychilton2524]

Alice in Chains was just as much heavy metal as they were grunge, although they're usually linked with the grunge style.

[@manjeetbudhathoki4112]

Layne at his peak was an absolute monster. No one comes close

[@Tim31NJ]

I personally think think this was their best song in this phenomenal show. Love, Hate, Love highlighted how great Layne's voice was, but I just love when Layne and Jerry both shine.....they were just so in sync. The whole band crushed this whole set.

[@ChadH2023]

This was peak Layne. Love hate love gets all the attention from this show, but bleed the freak is my favorite song here. Live at the moore and their unplugged session is as good as music gets live.

[@lancerx1759]

Layne despite his proclivities was always a consummate performer dude was a freaking Legend

[@arnoldcox9128]

Freakin freakin love it

[@ethanfowler1752]

What happened to those amazing reactions to Tool? You still haven’t heard some of there most promising songs like Stinkfist, Parabol and Parabola, The Grudge, Jambi, Right in Two, and almost every song off of their 2019 album is pure gold and needs some patience in order to feel the magic that tool puts into there music, I also love how you react I love seeing people react to tool song for the first time ❤❤

[@coreywickramasekera9968]

They were/ are so great LIVE, I saw them 3 times with Layne, he's a G.O.A.T!!!

[@Roh_Echt]

First line of the chorus, he says; Feed My Eyes. It's; Feed My Eyes__Jesus Christ__He Who Tries__Oh, Feed My Eyes.

[@JoshRein9]

Song Request: Angela by Oktaf Kanis or Starlight by Oktaf Kanis, thanks!

[@mandyrhee]

Starlight of course ❤

[@bluerythmrecords-2705]

Yesss 'starlight' by oktaf kanis should be next.

[@mandyrhee]

@@bluerythmrecords-2705 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@coreywickramasekera9968]

You definitely have to watch LOVE, HATE, LOVE

[@guitarplayerz4893]

Hi Kathryn - Someone probably already gave you the info, but just in case they didn't Layne starts the chorus with "Feed My Eyes" Then Jerry Cantrell (Guitarst) responds with "Can you sow them Shut", then Layne sings "Jesus Chirst", and Jerry responds with "Deny your Maker". Then Layne sings "He Who Tries", while Jerry responds with "Will be wasted", and Layne 's last part is once again "Feed My Eyes" and Jerry finishes with "Now you've sown them shut." The reason why it's hard to figure out what Layne is singing is because he sings that first line like "Fay, ay ay ayd my eyes" instead of "Fee e e eed my eyes." Most likely because you can belt out the "A" sound louder than the "E" sound, I suspect. That's why his next line comes out as "Jay ay ay ay zus Christ" instead of "Jee e e e sus Christ." Again, you can belt out the "A" sound with more power than the "E" sound. He seems to only sing it with the "E" sound on his last part, like "Fee ee e e eed my Eyes" when he goes lower. The whole thing is freakin brilliant. Very clever idea by the pride of Kirkland, WA - Layne Staley. Rest in Peace Layne.

[@lfgamer1564]

The best singer

[@ThEmB0nEz]

Alice in Chains - Down in a Hole (MTV Unplugged)

[@laurawatters914]

Love Hate Love same concert, you will not be disappointed!! Awesome reaction!! 😊💓🤘✌️

[@AgtX999]

feed my eyes

[@LOVE-PRASETYO]

🎉🎉

[@willfromyadkinville]

i am the man in the box!!!!

[@alexbrowngaming6038]

Honestly just react to this whole show. It's absolutely insane beginning to end.

[@ryanwoolsey6972]

One of the best bands of the 90’s, and definitely the best band to come out of the Seattle music scene of the 90’s (or the GRUNGE scene)…:) few leads could match Layne…

[@fennigant]

Of course if you really want to go down the grunge rabbit hole. Listen to Mother Love Bone Apple Album all the songs are superb but especially"Cloe Dancer/Crown of thorns"

[@sourgir-wh6xd]

I can tell the screen is flipped backwards bc Jerry's always on the right and Mike on the left ❤

[@bobo_da_hobo]

Dumb question, do they use a voice box with guitar? Or it that all vocals?

[@rxcklessClip5]

Brother i don’t think they had voice boxes in 1990 but besides that it was just vocals and a guitar

[@macedo2607]

should give it a go, Miss... it's a really fun song, vocally

[@ruidos38]

Love hate love .. Regards from Chile South America

[@McLeod2022]

fan of the band. fan of the channel. hadn't seen this vid of theirs. sure as hell love your react. those vocals and guitar deserve a sexy as sin react. that was done did.

[@Aussiepappy66]

G'day Kathryn! Love your reactions!! Would love to see you react to Tommy Johansson's version of You Raise Me Up. Sung an octave higher, this young man has a killer falsetto!!

[@fennigant]

I suggest you listen to "Down in a hole" or "Rain When I die" You will not be disappointed. Also "No excuses" is insane

[@pleaseshutup7053]

The best Grunge band. I got their CD had to go to their concert they were playing in my area but I had no idea Layne Stanley died 😂

[@heatheral-hammadi3046]

What do you mean you had no idea Layne died? Don’t call yourself an AIC fan then.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

@@heatheral-hammadi3046 very early in my fandom 😂

[@petervandespanden1965]

Looked back at your other reactions and see you more or less keep floating in the same lake. Maybe some suggestions, Jinjer ,Slaughter to prevail , Lorna shore if you,re in to exceptional voices. Now there,s a rabbithole to fal into. Enjoy!

[@garethbryson]

You should listen to some Pink Floyd. A good intro would be the song "comfortably numb but don't listen to the album version. Listen to the "Pulse tour" live version is far better.

[@dalereed8727]

Still Got The Blues by Gary Moore ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@JohnDoe-uu6jl]

Gotta do them bones next!

[@chandlerburns309]

You should listen to either sometimes you can’t make it on your own or bad by u2! Both deep songs

[@derkabronen]

Dont know if it's a good thing... he is also named Layne...

[@powersurge7]

over the hills by Gary Moore

[@noobsc0uter1]

listen to NF How could you leave us

[@Cable2k]

Feed my eyes ....

[@skeeterfrost5717]

Please do “nutshell” by Alice In Chains unplugged. So sad…

[@KingRichard1013]

I know something better than Alice In Chains that came out around the 90s. React to fight, into the pits live. This was a band in the 90s that features former Judas Priest singer Rob fucking the metal god Halford. And be prepared to be blown away at how heavy the song is and how fucking fantastic Rob Halford’s vocals are.

[@giulianopogliacomi6814]

nirvana where did you sleep last night and you're know right PLEASE !

[@christianpintovillalobos5239]

Eres guapa y reacipas a una de mis bandas preferidas

[@denisnikitin2788]

Please keep reaction to Russian rap: (Guf : "it was a long time ago")- there many names of American artist, If you don't like it.. listen: miyagi : "Brooklyn". Thank you! You are so beautiful❤

[@thomaswhitejr.1196]

What about Eminem - No love?

[@brandonfiest6368]

feed my eyes can you sew them shut jesus christ deny your maker he who tries will be wasted

[@WheresWaldo05]

Ha! Not even one like or reply in the comment sections by this entitled Dame. Not even wasting my time by a user of people like her by watching this. P.s. that is also why she is about 40 (i can tell) and still single. The personality spills over into reality as well 100%.

[@donjackson5522]

Kathryn mentions her husband in her very first reaction.

[@WheresWaldo05]

@@donjackson5522 If there is no ring, there is no husband.

[@donjackson5522]

She is wearing a ring. It’s just small.

[@luisvaldebenito-595]

Hello reactions Los jaivas song la poderosa muerte en machu pichu

[@Mehdystation]

Please girl reacte to algerien rap

[@rifki9055]

Wow! Man u stop wwwayy to much! Lmao! OPINION 😉

[@TheStellalegs72]

It seems like your husband only has 3 fingers..............

[@pablosole4415]

why do you put reaction if you already know it? dislike

[@bartstarr100]

Somebody finally reacted to the proper version of this

[@mmm_Arg]

¿Grabas ''reacciones'' solamente para los shorts de youtube? por qué realmente has subido shorts reaccionando a buenas canciones que nunca has subido el video completo.. es una lastima y un total desperdicio, quita la originalidad y la atención haciendo cosas como esas. Spain.