Alice In Chains - 09-20-91 In Concert '91 Man in the Box

[@Retrorevelations]

Of the "Big Four" of Seattle Grunge, Alice in Chains was the most heavy metal. Soundgarden was kind of bluesy in their own way. Pearl Jam was more 60s/70s rock influence. And of course Nirvana was very punk inspired. Each had their own sound and flavor, even being part of the same "scene".

[@CantrellJr]

Retro Revelations stop calling them grunge! U idiots!

[@ChingerBurger]

fuck u cantrelljr

[@whereswesker]

With soundgarden and pearl jam, I think PJ is the bluesy and SG influenced by 60s music such as black sabbath. Listen to dirty frank, ten was bluesy as heck.

[@metalfan7625]

Cool comparing

[@sakalamtvcommunity6896]

STONE TEMPLE I MEAN????

[@gameclipse8799]

here is Layne with all his power intact still.

[@juliusandreibaaco7571]

yup

[@bradenscott2]

Even near the end he sounded great imo.

[@sherrperejogin]

u r right. both.

[@samdee4621]

He was amazing

[@bogage1007]

Ya

[@user-hf8ie8mf3n]

Censoring the song is just sad.

[@christianshadrick1150]

I agree

[@DarlaKroupa]

Right…it pisses me off really

[@edward-gj2uz]

Yeah, i was really mad

[@tracyrichards6545]

Yep...when so many things that should be aren't 😡

[@joejokool]

no iphones. just people. now in their 40's or 50's, dead or homeless.. but that moment they had with layne.. lives forever.. life is crazy man

[@videnez]

Definitely way older than 40

[@ogrigut]

The world will never find a voice like Laynes. RIP my friend.

[@myothernameisnana7188]

His voice … his stage presence … his beautiful good looks. He had everything.

[@lauramalizia9636]

@Jerrycantrell018_ good. Can’t reach you any other way with my overloaded broken email.

[@unicornL]

Right? How did he not know? ❤

[@richevans609]

Such a sad downfall...

[@tonyaspencer215]

I'm in love with a man who died 22 years ago.

[@myothernameisnana7188]

@@tonyaspencer215Same!

[@dkvon]

Layne is once in a lifetime...nooo one can replace him.

[@melissacarlucci2365]

100% agree.

[@fartingpickle7255]

I love the fact that at 2:02...they tried censoring Layne, but his voice is so powerful that it echoed. You knew exactly what he was saying. 😂

[@kellymaney4354]

😂 I didn’t notice this until you pointed it out and I listened again! Thank you! Lol

[@lenaaustin6692]

Yeah and exactly smelling especially corporate Americans lol RIP LTS and Ms

[@RedroomStudios]

"buried in my SH (beep) IT"

[@lauramalizia9636]

@@RedroomStudios yep

[@fallen6060]

@@RedroomStudios I was gonna comment the exact same thing lol. ''SH-(beep)-IT''

[@mcathawk1490]

Is anybody gonna mention the fact that Jerry Cantrell wrote one of the best riffs of all time on this song? The wah pedal, used properly is an amazing tool.

[@SerezhaUstal-dx5sp]

It was talkbox pedal

[@mcathawk1490]

@@SerezhaUstal-dx5sp Ohhh, ok 👍

[@SerezhaUstal-dx5sp]

@@mcathawk1490 to be honest, I’ve mistaken. Here he used wahwah but usually he uses talkbox

[@mcathawk1490]

@@SerezhaUstal-dx5sp ok, thanks. I was trying to look it up but haven’t found anything yet

[@mcathawk1490]

@@SerezhaUstal-dx5spyou’re right, I’ve been searching and found live performances of him using both…and I think the wah sounds better

[@NicolasCageisGod]

Wtf they censored shit lmao. It's a ROCK song what did you expect? Smh

[@zaltaire]

MTV woo! yeah fuck MTV

[@larryeuthanazor818]

thats what i was thinking, what a bunch of chickens lol shit fuck dick but burp

[@SJ-ty5rw]

It was 1991 , and was broadcast on tv , so not surprised it was edited out . But agree would have been cool to have this without .. it for sure .

[@anngeecube1524]

Layne's voice is sooooo powerful!! 💔

[@clownchaostime3024]

I saw them in December of 91 open for van Halen in Shreveport Louisiana....they blew the freaking roof off the arena! Layne was so freaking loud! And crystal clear! Everyone was talking about AIC walking in the parking lot after the concert...Man in the box was playing on the radio just for a few weeks around here back then.

[@Seannone-ya-vc7pl]

​@@clownchaostime3024for sure, se them open for Van Halen in upstate NY, became my favorite band of all time immediately!! Soo crazy good, best show ever that I can think of- though hit a deer with my mustang GT at 5am on my way home after that concert.. lol, Worth it now though

[@Seannone-ya-vc7pl]

​@@clownchaostime3024yeah I was thinking it was Dirt I bought the next day after seeing them play with Van Halen but it must have been Facelift❤❤ Either way, I listened to them non stop every day after and learned every single song on guitar 🎸🎸❤❤

[@jakekology1756]

Staley. Cantrell. Starr. Headbanging in sync, yeah.

[@Darkwatercouldrin]

This was a mosh pit back then. I listen to this to relax before work now

[@echofoxtrot2.051]

That sound was his pain. That's why he's a legend. The best art comes from pain and suffering. It's raw realism. That can be recognized and remembered best through music.

[@kerbygator]

The very best artists are heroin addicts......

[@MonaJ888]

Omg, I miss this so much ❤❤❤❤. Mike energy was everything & Layne voice was so beautiful!!! LLLSMS

[@lauramalizia9636]

The difference between Layne's performance before heroin stole him and after is just night and day. Unbelievable and sad!

[@tgamble1000]

I believe he was "using" by 1991 and it just escalated from there...found dead in 2002, toothless, weighing 86 pounds...sad

[@EliteCitrus]

@@tgamble1000 6ft and 86 lbs i think

[@criskatan]

You mean before the heroin NARRATIVE stole him? It's just a story.

[@lauramalizia9636]

@@criskatan Narrative?!

[@criskatan]

@@lauramalizia9636 Just as I said: It's Just A Story!! I never saw him shoot up, did you?? I'd see him wherever, Pain in the grass, etc. etc. but he always looked super clean.

[@berlinfrancemcconnon1350]

Buried in my (Bleep) Shit!... Layne's astounding lyrics and voice should've never been censored here. That's ridiculous!

[@Toto-dd4hj]

That Bass!!!

[@wyattray9099]

i love the bass

[@bashmogd4468]

he looks like he is banging that instrument

[@q6ou]

@@bashmogd4468 ok

[@aidenmeier453]

@@q6ou shut up

[@bigkippa9608]

@@q6ou just shutup you fanny

[@melek1108]

The headbanging syncing with the music is awesome

[@thomasweatherford5125]

None of the people in that venue had any idea how fortunate they were.

[@Pippy187]

This performance gives me the chills... They were so powerful!

[@genom27]

The 90's Rock renaissance was an epic time in music. And AIC was in a league of their own. They weren't quite grunge, but they also weren't metal or a hair band either. They just fuckin owned the show their way.

[@mikeriggs1944]

genom27 it's all rock n roll to me

[@mpowe123]

And they still do. I've been to 3 since 2010 and it's always a jolly time.

[@MeLoNHeAd00]

Nope it's called Seattle sound my friend .

[@StudMacher96]

Grunge is dead my man. All that’s left are talentless heavy metal bands that think they’re Slipknot

[@jasonranone5008]

100% Accurate. I was 19 then a d went from listening to Zeppelin and Floyd straight to Grunge. This sound came out of nowhere and crushed the hair bands. Dam I miss this!!!

[@Clowders15]

How can this only have 6.2k likes???

[@The90sGamingGuy]

When Layne was in his prime vocally. Incredible performance and sound quality. Would be cool to see another early 90's or mid 90's official Alice in Chains live show released on DVD or Blu-Ray.

[@butthole9580]

PearlJammer07 he was always in his prime, it was the drugs man. Even they couldn’t take away his talent.

[@dougchoate2009]

AIC performs on mtv unplugged. I bought the cd+dvd combo. Still have it. Try to find it, you’ll love it.

[@The90sGamingGuy]

@@dougchoate2009 i have aic unplugged on dvd I've enjoyed that performance for years.

[@mcmahon64]

Probably the greatest live voice in rock music, sensational.

[@ЯрославШевченко-х7й]

@@mcmahon64 Staley and Cornell

[@saralouise144]

A voice like no other 💔

[@Mary-m8o]

Cornell and Staley are the IMMORTAL GOATS❤❤❤❤

[@serifcantemur6391]

this is maybe most beautiful performance i've ever seen

[@timedwards2277]

One of the greatest bands I've ever heard. Lots of Talent,,Layne the lead singer,,,,awesome

[@pablobombardiere5297]

what a performance

[@michellerene69]

I grew up in this era I was a Nirvana kid. I do not know how I missed so much of them. I was in the South. But we had every kind of music!!! I'm 54 learning about to them from top to bottom. He is at top performance to me here! Like a Jim Morrison!!!! BEAUTIFUL ♥️

[@jonnyafaninos123]

The alternation of headbanging at the start is everything

[@Driver8takeabreak]

AIC, Fishbone, and LL Cool J..... The 90's were wild!!!

[@vrocks907]

30 years passed I'm still here. This song is one of my fav from facelift. I remember playing my cassette tape with this music while driving on a hi-way on the way to vacation. Car windows down, defective AC, getting excited to my destination.

[@marcussegura395]

Old school heavy metal never ceases to pump the absolute shit out of me

[@margaretwebb389]

Look at Mike Starr being a Star!!!

[@MonicaCanas-zt2py]

Love him and I never met him 😢

[@laurennoel5176]

My fiancé and I (both Alice & Layne fans) picked up our marriage license at the county courthouse today and we were both kinda nervous about everything going okay. All of a sudden, from down the hall we hear a familiar bass throbbing and realize it's Man in the Box. I mean really, in a courthouse? We felt like Layne was talking to us and letting us know it was gonna be okay. Thanks Layne ! 💕❤

[@foto21]

Kurt Cobain was my favorite sardonic poet of his era, but AIC were the best raw rock band of the period, and Layne was the ONLY vocalist who could give Chris Cornell a run for the money on vocal chops. Layne had such a gutteral, emotional to your core vocal delivery that still stuns over lowfi video. Crazy talent. Sean Kinney underrated drummer. He had such a great swing and groove to everything he did. Sorry, I don't put PJ in the running with the other three Seattle greats. STP, Pumpkins, Collective Soul were the other greats of grunge NOT from Seattle. Pixies and NIN and RHCP preceded grunge. Just lay down a straight gritty minor riff in the verse, and then some power chords for a chorus, and have one of the best singers in rock history to make a counterpoint screamed melody work. Layne loves to imitate a wah guitar. Hilarious. I'll never forgive him for throwing his talent away, though. Then again, opiates took Cornell also. I'm pretty sure Cobain was offed. Still, stay away from opiates and their ilk. One would think the 90s impressed that message on people. Now we're going through an opiates epidemic that makes that era look like amateur hour. WTF is wrong with people. Life sucks, yeah, it really sucks on opiates. Just make it quick and walk into the ocean instead. You'll realize the water is cold and the planet beautiful.

[@JohnSGibb]

Was there. Great gig.

[@judymotto9829]

Love his vocals, ,,Michael is beast on bass

[@whiteyfisk9769]

God bless him for not using a pick like so many others in the 90s

[@Farewelltokingz]

@@whiteyfisk9769 he used pick sometimes too. Nothing wrong with pick but good that he used both whenever needed

[@alsherrard7524]

Only thing sad is he is gone

[@UnknownTheLoner]

Long Live Young King Layne 😎 & Rest Easy Mike Starr 🖤

[@bearmaxe7699]

1:09 Jesus fucking christ that note he hits is so clean.

[@josecuadros8908]

Super performance, Layne is pure energy.

[@trsc1052]

3:28 in the best scream of grunge !!!

[@lanea397]

It’s amazing but Kurt cobain singing the unplugged version of where did you sleep last night is pretty fucking powerful

[@joelapilainen]

@@lanea397 Cobain's singing sucked compared to vocal gods like Chris Cornell, Mike Patton and of course Layne Staley

[@perriello66]

@@lanea397 Not even in same ballpark. Nirvana had catchy tunes for the masses, with a better than average singer at the helm. Alice had a top 3 best rock vocalist ever, imo

[@criskatan]

@@joelapilainen What? Mike Patton?? Uh.

[@p0purlerm0bs60]

@@joelapilainen slipped mike patton in there like nobody would notice haha

[@melinda.stubleva]

thanks to you, Layne

[@Laney-py4db]

Oh my god! I just did the most killer comment but it was during a Seether song which I lovr BUT MY COMMENT WAS ON MY GUYS HERE! HOLY TOLEDO LAYNE JERRY REALLY! WOW! This NEVER EVER GETS OLD TO ME. F ING NEVER. Jerry. Uh,byour chest,arms hands jeans boots hair your fingers must harber some type of majestical powers solidified by electric impulses dude. Waaaah. Laynes voice No shit im getting chills going UPWARDS FROM MY FEET UP TO MY NECK STRAIGHT UP..NOW thats powerful

[@wingnutmcspazatron3957]

Music was so much cooler back then, holy shit.

[@Nesquick1121]

these boys could jam

[@nikkiroark8685]

The harmonies always on point!

[@mr.eastcoastgrow6132]

Everyone's always talking about Kurt Cobain but Layne was the best of all time. Even as tormented as he was he still put on a show for his fans. MTV unplugged he was a walking corpse and still put up the best performance that show ever had by far.

[@chercher304]

Cobain and nirvana are hyped because cobain was young and goodlooking when he died!! But he was the weakest of the bunch!! They were hugely influencially tho!! Staley is in a class by himself!! Only Cornell could do some sort of justice to staley's vocals. Cobain could not touch an AIC song on his best day!!

[@ChaoticMike]

Eddie Vedder craps all over them.

[@dominiqueyoung4951]

100% agree!! Unplugged belonged to Alice in Chains

[@lnewman5808]

Such power in his voice!!

[@jennribble8433]

Let’s not leave out the bass and drums especially in this song! Mike a hot bad ass!!

[@neilsimkins4074]

What a fantastic voice. That is simply God given talent.

[@zybenson3367]

Wow. Goosebumps. Powerful voice

[@anaprabelo]

Today marks 19 years since layne passed away and I came here to rewatch for the gazillionth time the first live perfomance I ever watched of AIC. how little did i know that my life was about to change because of them. layne has been my force of nature for so long, it's impossible to put into words what i feel for him and his voice. all i know is that he introduced me to a whole new world and in very different ways, he did change my life. his main purpose was to help people through his music and i hope he knows how much he's helped thousands of people around the world. your legacy lives on layne, along with your kindness and great sense of humor. i hope you've found your inner peace.

[@emekrea]

[@rubensuarez7343]

Mike Starr, wherever you are I just want to tell you that your bass sounded absolutely incredible and I can see in these video images how you also gave everything to sound spectacular, I hope you and Layne have a great band up there God bless you.

[@jatravonava7693]

THANK YOU MAN!!!!!!!!!! BETTER QUALITY ..... RARE VIDEO EVER! !!!!

[@Its_Steeeve]

Dam…. Layne was definitely feeling it that night!

[@edyboyaca1153]

No one……..not no one can replace this guy… rest in peace lane ❤️❤️

[@Adaoleaoas]

what a voice, jesus....

[@zachbursey2929]

love this song listened to it for the first time last year been hooked to AIC ever since the bass in this live version is incredible RIP to mike and layne this was incredible to watch

[@marialaurapanzeri2999]

What an incredible performance! I wish I could have been there (I was born in 1995, so...)

[@KillermanV3]

I was in late 2000, you beat me!

[@musicffan1863]

What a voice we lost 😢 so powerful

[@ricardolopes1482]

3:29 - perfect Voice Layne ❤

[@cobane9794]

Layne is the definition of badass

[@TammyM36]

They all are

[@aaronjschaefer]

I just see them as a rock band... one of the best...

[@Rada6ast]

The energy in that room is nuts!!!

[@LauraSeminoThea]

Layne and Jerry headbanging at the same time at the beginning of the song is EVERYTHING 💞💓💞

[@omfug7148]

so, so great...

[@joaomoreira9352]

cara o layne tinha uma voz extremamente foda 100% o cara tinha uma voz poderosa que ate as pessoas ficavam doida com a voz do cara ele vai vazer uma grande falta ao fans do alice in chains...

[@claudioricardo2235]

Voz foda mesmo brother.nao gostei vocal atual

[@kaikykando3015]

@@claudioricardo2235 e olha que o vocal atual tá desde 2002 kkk

[@analuizaluciano4]

sim, Layne era um cara único.

[@analuizaluciano4]

@@claudioricardo2235 viúva é assim mesmo, desmerece o trabalho do cara e bota na conta do cara algo que ele não teve culpa. WD não é Layne e ele e os caras do Alice in Chains sabem bem disso. Ele não ser Layne ou não ter uma voz como a dele não diminui o talento e o bom trabalho que ele vem feito, agora saudosista, vai curtir o som e para viuvar nos comentários.

[@ultimatebambi4461]

Throws growls Layne does is bone chilling

[@timedwards2277]

So much Talent, great voice......😮

[@polc]

such awesome performance and audio quality but the bleeps killed this video

[@mikeriggs1944]

Layne is awesome. So unique

[@carlhungus2521]

the way they bring it home...wow

[@jakevincent3057]

So powerful at this point. Stellar.

[@rodrigogoes4525]

2022! The 90's were amazing. Nothing compares.

[@BrettManZA80]

RIP to those cymbals.... Kinney can crack hard.

[@garrett2163]

This is so filthy and raw. I fucking love it so much

[@bkalinic]

Wow, I discovered this today and I love Layne's voice on breakdown later in the song. And the gig was played on date of my birthday, just perfect!

[@WilliamMonroe13]

Layne's voice was like a Hurricane 🌀 😳

[@johnsilvers8904]

Those poor security guards are fighting for their lives lmao

[@zaltaire]

1 person was left in the box

[@humorbegone]

Great performance, crowd goin wild, LOVE IT!

[@timedwards2277]

The best band, I've ever seen......😮

[@nikkiroark8685]

Layne is so incredible

[@SpinningGord]

Super fabulous!!!🎉🎉

[@zerozipper4299]

Mike's Spector has some serious balls here. Great early preformance.

[@andersonmeloprof]

Amazing forever. RIP Layne!

[@Мария-п7л6ч]

People in there are so fucking lucky to hear and see him alive like this, healthy and in a good shape, singing like no one else on a planet. Rest in peace little angel.

[@BenGordon-o5r]

Jesus…what a voice/

[@Steve-Potaz]

What an outstanding version!!!

[@rockydennis4497]

Ooooohhhhh myyyyy goddddd!!!so fking good!!!

[@aresmivoc]

The bass is powerfull

[@fortysixyou]

Thanks so much for posting stuff like this. I really, honestly appreciate your channel and the work you put in.

[@이정규-h6h]

layne staley voice is awesome. No one can imitate it.

[@FACF0416]

Wrong. I can.

[@theofiloshatzigiannis5308]

@@FACF0416 no

[@laurawatters914]

Awesome performance by everyone!!! R.I.P. LAYNE STALEY AND MIKE STAR!! 😇😇♥️♥️♥️♥️🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@michellerene69]

I LOVE THE BARK!!!!

[@Jnevergoesout]

Best voice ever.

[@DarlaKroupa]

I’m also in love with all the hair!!!!