Vocal Coach Reacts to Alice In Chains - Love, Hate, Love LIVE

[@ladolcevitafl]

To me, Layne was the best singer period to come out of the Grunge era. The AIC MTV unplugged is also a great place to listen to them live.

[@truther4life]

Yup!

[@Gabriel_Moline]

I disagree. Layne was dead years before he showed up on that show, and he was a corpse of himself on the stage! Don’t try to sugarcoat something that needs to be open and exposed! Fuuuuuck!🌿🌸

[@tomking7080]

Agreed. Him and Chris Cornell were the best in the 90’s and Chris until he left us in 2017.

[@ribbitslipknot4932]

While the MTV unplugged performance was great, Layne was near the end at that point and knew he was going die from his addiction.

[@tomking7080]

@@ribbitslipknot4932 Layne died 6 years after this was filmed.

[@yoanasimeonova7235]

Down in a hole, nutshell and would from MTV unplugged are a must - you will be able to see his actual state of mind.

[@Timsentube]

My thoughts exactly. Layne's ending is sooooo tragic - worth a Wiki read, at least. It provides great context.

[@josephvanucchi5249]

I thought Sludge Factory was very impressive

[@BradCross1982]

Bleed the Freak from the same show live at the Moore is great. It Ain’t Like That or Would live Singles Pro Shot are very good as well.

[@alicaveltman3021]

Totally Agree 🤗

[@jayheins6148]

Still watching and commenting on AiC , BMC 👍😎

[@BradCross1982]

@@jayheins6148 🤘🏽 Still rockin on brother

[@JesseLJohnson]

Layne was in another band called Madseason. They had one album together. At this same show here Temple of the Dog performed too. Soundgarden there is a lot from that time. Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Screaming Trees, Mudhoney, TAD most all of those came from Seattle. There is also a track on Alice in Chains EP SAP called Right Turn that has Lanye and Jerry from AIC as well as Chris Cornell and Mark Arm on it. Mark Arm is the singer from Mudhoney and Chris Cornell from Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden, and Audioslave

[@Footsoldier1234]

There's no acting in Grunge. That's what made it special. It came from the heart and soul. There's no acting the torment those guys faced. Also, that interesting style you reference Layne is very famous for. He bends his vowels and either morphs them into another vowel, or into a consonant. That's why you heard "I tried to love you, I thought I coul-rrd." That's just his own style. Many tried to imitate him, none succeeded.

[@fredtello]

grunge was the beginning of the ''poor me'' woke movement we suffering with today

[@anthonyv6962]

Would hardly call AIC Grunge.

[@charlesmiv3842]

@@fredtello Brain worms

[@joycekunzelman7435]

He was young and healthy at this time - 23 years old. He performed until around 1997, then withdrew. Kind of faded away until he died in 2002 at the age of 34.

[@ysinvangulik1004]

Physically, he maybe was healthy. Mentally, he was already struggling. Accordingly, he started using heroine, begin 90's. The Dirt album, which was realeased, end of 92 album, is full of dark songs. This definitely wasn't an act. We all have witnessed his last dark years through his songs.

[@JJ8KK]

Their *vocal harmonies* are what really delighted my ears early on, that is after first being totally pulled in by their heavy melodic riffs. Of course, Layne's special vocal gifts convinced you that you were witnessing something astoundingly good...

[@leanna_vocals]

He's AWSOME

[@anthonywatt3758]

Pearl Jam - Release (Live in Holland 1992), Alice In Chains - Nutshell (MTV Unplugged))

[@cynthiahutchinson459]

Layne wrote this song about the love of his life Demri. Theirs was a deep yet tragic relationship. The last song he ever wrote was ‘Died’ which was also written about her. She died in 1996, he wrote Died in 1998.

[@gNome_5]

Layne is by far my favorite vocalist of all time! 🤘🏻❤️ RIP 🕊️💔♾️ Layne T. Staley 8/22/67-4/5/02

[@scooter7111]

Saw this very show. Best live performance I've ever witnessed. Layne was a Legend. AIC is still my favorite band of all time.

[@dhominator14]

This concert was in 1990, Layne didn’t start using H until 1992. He was a badass singer one of the best vocalist ever, this preference is pure talent and emotion.

[@JesseLJohnson]

The original bass player you see here died about 14 years ago too of an overdose. The band is still around though they have had a few albums since Layne died and Jerry has had a few solo albums too I just saw him here a couple months ago

[@ouvidopensante5552]

I really liked your real reaction, It's so natural! I suggest "Nutshell", from Alice in Chains Unplugged. It's so much emotional and beautiful moment.

[@anthonyv6962]

This is a great reaction. Thank you, it's nice to watch a reaction when the reactor puts some genuine thought and effort in. I'll just add that I was able to see them perform a few times in the 90's. It was great time to grow up as I was into listening and making music.

[@leanna_vocals]

Thank you for your comment! ☺️

[@TurnIntoGhosts]

I grew up in Belgium and, being born in 1977, I was the target audience for everything in the 90s. Alice in Chains were pretty big in Europe, but Nirvana and Pearl Jam were a bit more radio-friendly, so they were definitely more popular. It does make me very happy to see the younger generation discover this band and be completely mesmerised by them. They truly were something special, which is why they are still my favourite band of all time, mostly the Layne Staley era. I would highly recommend Would? and Them Bones from the Dirt album, if you don't mind reacting to studio version / official videos.

[@brandonhurt7980]

I promise you’re not the first vocal coach to be hypnotized

[@MdVio11]

I would be so grateful if you would consider analyzing “Down in a Hole” by Alice In Chains next. My personal favorite song by them. It’s amazing both lyrically and sonically. A cool idea would be to react to the original music video/studio version of the song and then react to the MTV unplugged version back to back. No other reactor or vocal coach has done a back to back comparison of the song. I think you and us viewers would love it! Please consider! (The MTV unplugged version is so beautiful by the way)

[@Kappowski]

Some of the greatest belting going on while Jerry's hair is flying. woooooaaa

[@ChefBeagz]

Layne was 100% feelings, and you hear it in his music.

[@jasonwerner4335]

Thank you for reacting to this! Layne is in my top 3 vocalists of all time. Please listen to Would, Down In A Hole, Right Turn, Black Gives Way To Blue and Nutshell

[@pwr27986]

I saw them live in 1992 at a college near where I live. Loved them from that point on. You feel their music. Sad day when Layne passed away.

[@rickitycricket82]

When i wanna sing live , I always go back to this concert. The 90s were the best and the worst....

[@kileypaet8221]

Oh wow! Trinity from the Matrix is doing reactions on KZbin.😂 What a way to start off your channel with a bang. Keep going with the Alice In Chains. Like others have suggested, check out “Down In A Hole “ and “Nutshell” from MTV Unplugged.

[@leanna_vocals]

Wow do I really look like her? Thank you!

[@tomking7080]

I’m 47 years old and I graduated high school in 1995. My license plate on my 1989 Saleen Mustang said “WEDYYNG” which is the only way I could spell “We Die Young “ which was one of my favorite songs at the time by AIC. In my opinion the 90’s had the best music era ever. From Rap/Hip Hop we had Biggie,2Pac,IceCube,Nas,NWA,Dr Dre,Snoop,Eminem,Eazy-E,EPMD,Wu-Tang,Cypress Hill,Tribe Called Quest,OutKast’s,Mobb Deep,MOP,Jay Z,Rakim,Big Daddy Kane,Busta Rhymes,Big Pun,LL Cool J,KRS-ONE,DMX,Bone Thugs,Beastie Boys and that list goes on and on. Rock/Grunge/Metal we had Korn,Deftones,Nirvana,Soundgarden,Pearl Jam,Tool,Alice in Chains,STP, Smashing Pumpkins,Radiohead,Oasis,,GNR,Green Day,Metallica,Megadeth,Slayer,Sepultura,Slipknot and that list goes on and on. Don’t even get me started on Pop music at the time with all the huge boy bands,Brittney and Christina,Whitney Houston,Boys 2 Men,En Vogue,Spice Girls, Alanis Morissette, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Madonna,TLC,AAliyah,U2,REM,Goo Goo Dolls,Bon Jovi and that list goes on and on and on. Someone name me 10 bands/groups who have come out in the last 5-7 years that are as good as the ones I mentioned. Because I can’t do it!!!

[@lagaddict9878]

23 χρονών παρακαλώ εδώ ο κύριος Layne Γενικά οι Alice in Chains σαν μπάντα και ειδικά Live μπάντα ήταν ένα φαινόμενο που δεν ξαναδούμε Πολύς κόσμος δεν τους γνωρίζει γιατί εκείνη την εποχή τους σκέπασαν οι νιρβάνα που ήταν το "χρυσό" παιδί της σκηνής Δεν τους συγκρίνουμε βέβαια RiP Layne/ Mike starr

[@davidhuguet1084]

From the same scene, listen "Black" to Pearl jam MTV Unplugged or/and "Fell on black days" by Soundgarden. I' so curious to see your reactions.

[@kilwrath]

I second this suggestion- two more epic grunge era singers, very different from Layne yet both with their own dirty vocal textures.

[@kilwrath]

Oh and also pretty much anything else by AIC, of course. If you feel like you connected with Layne’s voice, then the MTV Unplugged session is all gold. ❤

[@davidhuguet1084]

@@kilwrath We understand each other !! 🤪

[@adnap]

I could sing this song blindfolded, with one hand tied behind my back. True story.

[@Kaya97899]

Layne is just the best ❤❤❤ Love him and miss him …

[@rustcohle9647]

Love your reaction, if you liked this one, you may want to check another legendary rock live performance Tool - Sober at Reading Festival 1993 or maybe Layne Staley singing in a supergroup Mad Season in his last active years as a frontman song called Long Gone Day live at the Moore 1994. Thank u for your videos and for the subtitles, cheers

[@leanna_vocals]

@@rustcohle9647 thank you so much for the suggestions! Will look them up!!

[@daviddorge1559]

Absolutely loving your takes, both on a musical level and a spiritual level. You keep saying you’re jealous. I’m jealous because you’re listening to them for the first time. There isn’t anything even close in today’s world when it comes to their music. You might want to also look into Chris Cornell from either soundgsrden or I prefer him in audioslave Cheers from Canada

[@LouiseCantwell]

He was 23 here. This song was about his girlfriend/fiance Demri. He did have drug issues but things hadn't started to get bad with that yet. He was still pretty strong. In around 6 years time he had gone from this to a place where he knew drugs were going to kill him and his health was fading but he was still fighting it. Then Demri died from drug related heart complications and even though they had split up by then it hit him hard and not long after that he went into hiding and his body waisted away over the next 6 years until there was not much left of him, he weighed 84 pounds or something at the time of his death and was rarely seen by anyone. It's a sad story

[@1980bwc]

He was a severe heroin addict. At different levels, off and on, throughout his career. Which is how he eventually died in 2002, from a combination of cocaine and heroin overdose. Which are two of the deadliest drugs to combine. As bad as he got in the years after this performance, he was wasting away physically, but he usually could still pull off some of the greatest vocals ever. Much better vocals than any of us can ever dream of doing. RIP Layne. We miss you.

[@Grimwagon]

‘Have I gone mad?’ ‘I am afraid so, you are entirely bonkers. but I will tell you a secret… all the best people are.‘”; down the rabbit hole we go!

[@Neonlight80]

Πλάκα μου κάνεις έτσι the goat;;;; Ότι καλύτερο και πολύ δύσκολο από φωνητικής πλευράς.Το καλύτερο vibrato που έχω ακούσει ακόμα και στα τελευταία του.🎉Rip Layne rip Mike

[@Mobiggs_]

Other grunge bands to check out: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, The Smashing Pumpkins. A singer from today you could check out would be Aurora if you haven't heard of her. Her live versions are incredible. Start with something like "Runaway" from the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize concert or "Murder Song" from the same concert if you wanna just dive right in.

[@jamesgerhart1695]

I think you might like, falling in reverse - “The drug in me is reimagined” has that dark feeling and fantastic vocals

[@glenbud]

This is a song about a psychopath struggling with killing his love

[@brandonhurt7980]

Alice is goated. Most people know. Glad you do to

[@matthewkolp993]

I love the fact you forgot you were reacting to a video. Try listening to their album Dirt. All top-tier songs. RIP Layne Staley.

[@anatos1722]

i love how she tried to racionalize his voice at beggining later she was like "first he goes up then down then up again" hahahahaahah hes the GOAT he could do anything,while being on H and drunk af...and meds crazy guys,but crazy talented

[@MrK-wu7ci]

You should check out: Soundgarden - Beyond The Wheel, live in Germany Soundgarden - Cold Bitch Smashing Pumpkins - The Aeroplane Looks Right, Turns Left TAD - Satan's Chainsaw And don't believe or read gvt watchlists.

[@gordonjz]

Down In A Hole MTV Unplugged is just amazing music, vocals and harmonization.

[@jeffm1896]

Love Alice In Chains! Check out their song Would? (Official HD Video) , also the unplugged MTV performance. You also need to check out the band Tool and their live performance of the song Sober in 1993 at the Reading Festival!

[@Roh_Echt]

Alice in Chains made but three studio albums with Layne on vocals. I have those three plus their Jar of Flies/Sap and the 'Unplugged' albums/CD's. Every song on them are good and I never want to "skip" any of them. Yes...he was troubled by his addiction. He did say he wished he never started using drugs. He did another project with other addicts; forming a band called *Mad Season.* I encourage you to listen to some of those songs...when you can. Try: River of Deceit _ Wake Up _ I Don't Know Anything ... and the rest if you like.♥

[@dasninjastix]

👍 can confirm they (AIC) are in fact, a great band. All technically proficient musicians, but it's truly due to Jerry Cantrell that Alice is (imo) the best of Seattle bands. He took his songwriting cues from musicians like Elton John and Willie Nelson, and his playing from Iommi, Young, and Gibbons. He's an exceptionally talented songwriter and a riff lord. They don't have a bad album in their catalog, and while Nevermind by Nirvana is without question the most popular grunge album, Dirt is the best.

[@nqls4875]

6:12 thats like my impression when i first heard their songs😂 then i looked up the music video and wow the voice really didnt match his face 😂 he was so fricking amazing.

[@Nolimitcam._]

Yeah true😂 I would say Layne with shades and flannel matches his voice when he had it on earlier in this performance… the flannel kinda made look a little bigger tough guy lol

[@cynthiahutchinson459]

Audioslave Like a Stone. You will be amazed. Second only to Layne in my eyes.

[@jarrodbinthenc6810]

Wow you're pretty. AIC is my favorite grunge band. More please ❤

[@brianstrong6931]

Gotta do Bleed the Freak live at the Moore

[@mpd370]

If you like “dark,” then you should listen to their album “Dirt.” It’s beautiful, dark, and sad. Addiction is hell.

[@pivovinorakija]

Love reaction ❤

[@adamscott4199]

All that singing power and no shitty auto-tuner...

[@lxDastanxl]

Watch out with Korn guys that's too deeply dark but I will suggest Mad Season Wake up! Incredible performance and am pretty sure she is into Jazz or Blues

[@markspooner4883]

You want a dark vibe react to Nutshell

[@phillipmullineaux9641]

God i miss him and Chris Cornell. Layne and Chris never used falsetto, just ure high singing power. Chris could cover any song, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, anyone. Type in his cover here, type in , Chris Cornell, live studio version, nothing compares to you.

[@outspan87]

also take a look at Ronnie James Dio - for example the song Stargazer by Rainbow - you will not be disappointed

[@leanna_vocals]

@@outspan87 will do!!

[@anthonyguadagnino2681]

Gotta do “Would?”

[@lindachaney5092]

❤ Layne..RIP

[@Clowders15]

For a next artist, may I recommend Poets of the fall, song Carnival of rust.

[@chrisaath8475]

I totally agree with you!

[@jasonbryan9332]

React to stone temple Pilots No Memory/Sin Live reading festival 1993. R.i.p Scott Weiland an amazing vocalist and performer. Here is the fully remastered show. The song starts at 4:30 in the video m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/naWXZJqDYsh3d80&pp=ygUUc3RwIHJlYWRpbmcgZmVzdGl2YWw%3D

[@Garustfulous]

He was perfect the first parts of the song. He’s intentionally going off key later. It’s supposed to make you feel un at ease as he feels

[@Gabriel_Moline]

0:45. He was dead years before he stopped breathing. It’s not sad, sad to say.🌿🌸

[@anthonyguadagnino2681]

Grunge was born out of Seattle. Heroin was just a part of grunge and Seattle. Still is a major problem in Seattle

[@Raiderhater-m7k]

That's all right girlfriend you can't do it, I haven't seen a woman yet sing like Layne Staley not even close. Maybe you'll say different pitches are different tones but his style untouchable

[@zombiana]

I don't know if the singer from Muse sounds like Layne Staley or not, but if he does, he probably got it from Layne. Many singers in the 90s and beyond were influenced by Layne but no one every reached his level. I looked it up and Muse started around 1994 and Alice In Chains with Layne as the singer was slowing down by that point. You mentioned in either this video or your Man In The Box video that you like some Slipknot and Metallica. Corey Taylor said this: "It has to be Alice In Chains. Alice In Chains, to me, is one of the greatest rock bands that ever was. And I don't just mean that from a grunge standpoint or metal or anything like that. They revolutionized so much musically and they inspired me to change the way I write music. I mean, full stop, period, the end of sentence. "Layne Staley is still one of the greatest fucking singers that ever lived. Now, that is not a reflection of the demons that he had to fight, obviously, and that's everything to do with his talent. He just made it look so fucking easy, and he could sing anything, he could write anything, and the shit that he was writing about was killing him, and yet we loved it. To me, that was the greatest baring of the soul that I ever listened to. And if you need any more proof of that, all you need to do is listen to 'Nutshell'. It's one of the greatest songs ever written. And that's not even my favorite Alice In Chains song. "My favorite Alice In Chains song is 'Would?' Full stop. That song is fucking incredible. But 'Nutshell' is such an outpouring of trying to share with you the darkness that's in his heart. And even though you're hearing it, it's so light, you're just, like, 'Fuck. Where is he?' And we never knew." And Metallica loved Alice In Chains. Some of those guys were pissed off that Alice canceled opening a tour for them (for obvious health reasons) and acted like assholes about it, there's video of it. James Hetfield sang "Would?" at least a couple times and Lars Ulrich and his ex-wife named one of their sons Layne. When were you born? I was born in 1981 and Alice In Chains was my first favorite band. They were very popular and well known from the release of Facelift until the mid 1990s. All their albums with Layne are Platinum. Their EP Jar of Flies was the first EP to debut at #1 on the Billboard chart. I think for people younger than me would not know all this.

[@icorezx14r]

If you haven't heard Sleep Token yet, you have go there. Great NEW music.........

[@Solidhatzi]

more aic, from unplugged pls

[@walterlippmann6292]

mic slap

[@MrZugga]

Layne is singing about his longtime girlfriend/fiancee Demri, and there's definitely no acting in his performance or singing. 😅

[@georgegrunge9017]

Τι να πρωτοαναλυσεις εδω.. Έχεις ενα δίκιο.Οποτε βρεις ευκαιρία να βάλεις να ακούσεις για πάρτη σου και την studio version..

[@ΔημητρηςΠασχαλης]

Χαίρομαι που είδα Ελληνική αντίδραση! Αν συνεχίσεις να κάνεις reaction σε διάφορα παρακλάδια rock-metal θα βρείς πολύ περισσοτερη μουσικότητα,ταλέντο και αυθεντικότητα απο τι θα περίμενες!!Δεν σημαίνει οτι πρέπει να σου αρέσουν,γούστα είναι αυτά και η μουσική ατελείωτη(ευτυχώς), αλλά σίγουρα θα εκτιμήσεις,θα μάθεις καινούργια πράγματα και για μερικά θα αναρρωτηθείς πως γίνονται (τεχνικα).Ο προτάσεις μου για σένα είναι οι εξής : Nightwish - Ghost Love Score(Live at Wacken) και Jinjer - Pisches (live studio),με αυτο σε περιμένει ένα shock σίγουρα!! Συνέχισε και ακολουθούμε!!

[@leanna_vocals]

🥰

[@sotiroussis]

Και μόλις ψαχτείς με Alice in Chains, ψάξου και με Soundgarden (Chris Cornell ο τραγουδιστής), και συγκεκριμένα τον δίσκο Superunknown...Χαμός!

[@mikejohnson2127]

If you like the dark vibe, you will like most of the Dirt and Facelift albums. MTV Unplugged is very poignant as he is at the end and still has the voice but not the power

[@lowesthighest]

Μεγάλο συγκρότημα.... Η φωνή μοναδική....... Γράψανε ιστορία.......Σήμερα γράφει ιστορία το Συγκρότημα των Falling in Reverse, Ronnie ,The lead singer , Check: The Drug in me is Reimagined.... Θα ήθελα πολύ να δω την ανάλυση σου.....

[@leanna_vocals]

@@lowesthighest Θα το τσεκάρω!

[@pathofchaos786]

Great reaction and analysis of the techniques Layne used in this track.

[@leanna_vocals]

@@pathofchaos786 thank you so much!

[@anthonyguadagnino2681]

Layne was the best. The top in grunge are Layne, Chris Cornell, Eddie vedder, Scott weiland, Chester Bennington

[@tonyse7en523]

Why do all these vocal coaches mimic the singers? Just give us the breakdown

[@dionysiatrampouli4879]

[@apostoloskartas8086]

Κανε ενα reaction στο take hold of the flame απο queensryche ο τυπος ηταν εξωπραγματικός

[@FrancescoManiscalco-pl3ns]

Please reaction vocalist band Creed Scott stapp , for me best vocalist rock live . Creed Song: what if practice KZbin, incredibile vocalist

[@user-os2nl5ee3n]

You have good points… but you gotta stop pausing it so many times in such short intervals… Christ, he cannot even finish the first few bars without you stopping it right in the middle of the “feel”.. take the pauses during vocal or guitar action transitions ffs… Otherwise you have a good take on the song and the vocals 😊 He is an incredibly tortured man with a magnificent voice, and with the songwriting, guitar skills and vocal harmonies, these were my Kings of “Grunge” hands down I went to treatment with Layne twice, the second time he was in horrible shape 😓

[@Cosmic_Observer33]

He looks sad because he is sad.

[@fitzeefreshvids1888]

This was a sober year for Lane don’t be so quick to be yourself in front of us.

[@charlesmorgan6597]

Quit pausing every 30 seconds