ALICE IN CHAINS Interview: Making WOULD? NUTSHELL, JAR OF FLIES, SAP & More Engineer Jonathan Plum
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Alice in Chains lineup throughout the Layne Staley era consisted of Layne Staley (87 - 98), Jerry Cantrell (87 - 98), Sean Kinney (87 - 98), Mike Starr (87 - 93) & Mike Inez (93 - 98).
Alice in Chains post-Layne Staley has consisted of William DuVall (06 - Present), Jerry Cantrell (05 - Present), Sean Kinney (05 - Present) & Mike Inez (05 - Present).
The We Die Young EP consists of three tracks: We Die Young, It Ain't Like That, Killing Yourself.
Facelift consists of twelve tracks: We Die Young, Man in the Box, Sea Of Sorrow, Bleed The Freak, I Can't Remember, Love, Hate, Love, It Ain't Like That, Sunshine, Put You Down, Confusion, I Know Somethin (Bout You), Real Thing.
Sap consists of 5 tracks: Brother, Got Me Wrong, Right Turn, Am I Inside, Love Song.
Dirt consists of 13 tracks: Them Bones, Dam That River, Rain When I Die, Down in a Hole, Sickman, Rooster, Junkhead, Dirt, God Smack, Iron Gland, Hate to Feel, Angry Chair, Would?
Jar of Flies consists of 7 tracks: Rotten Apple, Nutshell, I Stay Away, No Excuses, Whale & Wasp, Don't Follow, Swing on This.
Self-titled consists of 12 tracks: Grind, Brush Away, Sludge Factory, Heaven Beside You, Head Creeps, Again, Shame in You, God Am, So Close, Nothin' Song, Frogs, Over Now
The MTV Unplugged performance consisted of 13 songs: Nutshell, Brother, No Excuses, Sludge Factory, Down In A Hole, Angry Chair, Rooster, Got Me Wrong, Heaven Beside You, Would?, Frogs, Over Now, The Killer Is Me.
Black Gives Way to Blue consists of 11 tracks: All Secret Know, Check My Brain, Last of My Kind, Your Decision, A Looking in View, When the Sun Rose Again, Acid Bubble, Lesson Learned, Take Her Out, Private Hell, Black Gives Way to Blue.
The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here consists of 12 tracks: Hollow, Pretty Done, Stone, Voices, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, Lab Monkey, Low Ceiling, Breath on a Window, Scalpel, Phantom Limb, Hung on a Hook, Choke.
Rainier Fog consists of 10 tracks: The One You Know, Rainier Fog, Red Giant, Fly, Drone, Deaf Ears Blind Eyes, Maybe, So Far Under, Never Fade, All I Am.
Boggy Depot (Jerry Cantrell solo record) consists of 12 songs: Dickeye, Cut You In, My Song, Settling Down, Break My Back, Jesus Hands, Devil by His Side, Keep the Light On, Satisfy, Hurt a Long Time, Between, Cold Piece.
Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2 (Jerry Cantrell solo double record) consists of 25 songs: (Volume 1) Psychotic Break, Bargain Basement Howard Hughes, Owned, Angel Eyes, Solitude, Mother's Spinning in Her Grave (Glass Dick Jones), Hellbound, Spiderbite, Pro False Idol, Feel the Void, Locked On, Gone. (Volume 2) Castaway, Chemical Tribe, What it Takes, Dying Inside, Siddhartha, Hurts Don't It? (Instrumental), She Was My Girl, Pig Charmer, Anger Rising, S.O.S., Give It a Name, Thanks Anyways, 31/32.
Brighten (Jerry Cantrell solo record) consists of 9 tracks: Atone, Brighten, Prism of Doubt, Black Hearts and Evil Done, Siren Song, Had to Know, Nobody Breaks You, Dismembered, Goodbye.
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Rotten Apple is the most beautiful song ever written. So much soul and power, sadness and calmness. My all time favorite, love Layne! His voice will live in my head forever.
Me too with Nutshell.
Cantrell is one bad-ass mother fucker, great music and dealing with serious loss, What A MONSTER!
"Just throw a guitar at Jerry or a microphone at Layne..." That just shows how natural and God-given their talent and abilities are. Even many entrenched musical artists struggle with the creative process, but these guys...wow. Would love to be a 'gopher' for AIC for like, a week. Just to hang out with them on their own terms, hear stories, jokes, laughter, watch the creative process, etc. As much as I'd love to hang with Jerry and/or Layne, it's really SEAN that seems to draw me in (funny always has). He just seems really sharp witted, and add that to his snarkiness, and I'd walk away with a face sore from laughter.
I'm sure they spent many years toiling learning their instruments and vocal styles not to mention countless hours on tour performing that added emensily to their creative and musical abilities.
Mark Lanegan pretty much explained what's going on here.
Layne probably needed to get high, so he didn't have unlimited time for multiple takes.
Listening to Layne perform in concert you can tell when he's just done with Alice but he's contractually obligated to perform and make new records.
I could imagine since Layne was so talented it was spiritually crushing to be locked into the responsibility of making music for money.
And Jerry was going through his emotions watching the band come apart.
But if course all this angst created a lot of once a lifetime music. If only it could have lasted a bit longer.
My ex worked with them a lot. Layne wasn't using during Lollapolooza or the week they recorded JOF. I remember when he came home and played the songs for me after he mixed them. The band hadn't even heard them yet. I was blown away by the song arrangements, but they really weren't mopey-dopey, doom & gloom kinda guys at all so I didn't find the songs to be an omen or even autobiographical at the time. Remember, this was 1993. They were at the top of their game but still weren't big enough to headline enormadomes. That was the real crossroads for them. Jerry wanted more and Layne didn't need the same. I've always thought their break-up should be obvious based on their drugs of choice. They were all partiers. Imagine a controlling, judgemdental, coked out of his gourd Jerry Cantrell coming at you 24/7. Now imagine Layne in the opposite frame of mind nodding off with a crack pipe trying to navigate around that. The inner circle will never tell why it all really went down, but I assure you addiction was not the main reason for their "hiatus". Layne was a very deliberate person. He always knew what he was doing.
@@CatJolieI think Layne didn't like fame, he loved music though but the addiction usually occupies most of your thoughts . His mom said he didn't want to tour again because there was a lot of drug but he felt obligated because of contracts.
@@ArielAriel-rg8ng He was burned out on touring with Alice that's for sure.
@CatJolie Layne needed Mad Season like a fat kid needs cake. I wish he'd been able to continue with those guys. They worked so well together. Jbs was a top notch guy too. He needed it!
@@ArielAriel-rg8ng he also didn't like touring because it was harder to get them. He was a homebody because of that.
This interview is gold! I was just wondering about the vocal track on 'I Stay Away' the other day. The clipping is very noticeable towards the end of the song, but it really adds to the mindblowing power of Layne's performance.
Describing how Jerry was controlling or whatever, you kind of have to be if 2 of the 4 guys in the band are addicted to heroin and pills/heroin (Mike Starr). Someone had to lead and ensure they actually recorded some music. If not for Jerry, Layne might not have cared enough to get any of this music made. Sad, but possibly true.
Sad but true...
I feel like they’re talking about “Am I Inside” off of ‘Sap’ a lot here. That song breezes between major and minor melodies really quick inside of one stanza. It’s easily the most underrated AIC song, in my opinion. I get goosebumps every time I hear it. It really encompasses everything about depression, and the need to stifle it with drugs.
Dude, such a good interview. I love that you let him talk. Exactly the kind of info / studio vibes / birth of songs / albums info that I’m so curious about. I recently went to London Bridge Studios and met Geoff!
IIII KNOW THAT PAAAIN
AND IIII WON'T RUN AWAAAY
LIKE I USED TO _DOOOOOO BARRACUDA_
My impression of what really broke the band apart completely and I might be wrong but nobody talks about how Layne changed so much after Mike Starr was kicked out. Layne and Mike were a pair like Jerry and Shaun were a pair. When the new Mike came on the scene he fit better with Jerry and Shaun. What do you think?
All I know is that when they started the European
tour with Inez, Layne was mostly hanging out with
Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees were opening for
them). I think he talked about it in his book.
Was a great gig btw. I thought that Layne was sober,
because he was simply brilliant, but Mark says, that they
were doing dope together on that tour.
After that, I think they did the Lollapalooza, and what
I’ve heard, Layne was always hanging with the members
of other bands. Don’t know, were there really any problems
in the band at that time, or was it just the fact, that he was
a junkie, and the other guys weren’t. 🤷♂️
What broke the band up, was Layne's addiction. Period. His addiction gave us some of the best music ever made but it also is the same reason it was cut so short. The man literally saved so many lives with what little we got from him.
@@halloween4505agree. A heroin addict thinks most of the time about heroin. Everything comes second, so I think Layne lost interest and Jerry was mad at him for this, because Layne was an essential piece of the band. I think Jerry felt his dreams could be destroyed because of Layne's addiction.
@@halloween4505that last statement is just oh so true!!!! My goodness he saved me in my darkest hours, many times ❤️🙏❤️, saved me in some of my greatest times as well!!
Just wish we could have helped to save his and help him achieve his dreams of having a beautiful family with a few children running around ❤️🙏❤️❤️🙏🙏, then it would have ALL been worth it🙏❤️🙏❤️!!! But unfortunately it didn't work out that way 😢....
RIP dear Brother Layne, and all the rest that we've lost way too soon along the way 🙏🙏❤️
Great interview. I love your work. Keep on keeping on!
Man.
You do the best research and interviews.
Thanks for sharing with us.
From one Daniel to another.
Cheers bro. 🤘
Thank you bro! Killer name you got there haha
Such a great interview!!
Awesome interview, super interesting look behind the curtain
Priceless commentary. Thanks.
So sad how addiction just drives wedges between people, there's no reasoning or successful relating with severe addicts. I feel such empathy for Jerry in this but such sadness for Layne. If you have ever loved an addict, it's repeatedly devastating. It seems like they all got along fine until heroin really had Layne.
Such a good interview! Very interesting from the engineer's perspective.
I do feel like the band (and what I heard from sources close to these people) fell apart because the members didn’t get along that well like you think they did. And this happens to so many bands.
What I think is that Jerry and Layne were best buds at the very beginning. Layne was still a very outgoing and bubbly person back then. (Remember they both came from the hair metal scene first.) Layne and Jerry were both coke heads back then, which resonates with their personalities at that time. I feel like Alice in Chains was more Jerry’s child than it was Laynes. And when they got big, this pressure and responsibility + addiction got the best of Jerry. Really amplifying his controlling nature. Layne was NOT into the fame in the same way Jerry was. Jerry was a show off, he liked the lifestyle. Layne was very humble, really living in his own world. He didn’t really think about it in the same way. I think the pressure from Jerry made Layne turn more into himself and close himself off. And I also think this is the very reason he got in touch with opiates/downer drugs. He needed to cool off. He needed to release. People say Jerry looked at Layne a lot during performances because he cared so much about his brother that was slowly dying. And I do believe that’s partly true, but I also believe that Jerry did that out of control. He was constantly making sure Layne was good enough. The rest of the band was just having a great time, Jerry was monitoring Layne constantly, also Mike Starr occasionally.
I feel like Jerry knew Layne was the powerhouse of the band, and needed him to get to the stardom he wanted, so in order to keep Layne well enough to perform he kicked Mike out of the band. I think Jerry was behind this idea as much as the management. Mike was the person Layne felt comfortable with. And they could do their own little bad things together. Mike however was probably not as important as Layne in Jerry’s eyes so he got rid of him and thought he could be easily replaced.
I feel like this is what really drove the band apart. And what made Layne a recluse. He felt controlled constantly. By his management and band members. That and the insane lifestyle of the road and withdrawals. They could all have seen it coming. It would have been smarter if they saw him as an actual person, and not a money machine. They should have gave the band a year or 6 months off to all get in shape, make sure layne gets to be with his family, and check him into rehab. But they didn’t. It was all forcefully not in a caring way.
That’s probably also why he felt so alone
Thanks for your work man
Awesome interview!
48:22 You got your audios mixed in this part. Lol Still great video!
Are these interviews available on any podcast outlets? I looked up Daniel's name on Apple Pods and nothing came up. If they're not they should be.
Hey Daniel - I hope you get interested in what's happening today, but I must admit this is a great interview and the direct input information on Jar of Flies versus SAP I noticed the difference in production. SAP is ageless Jar of Flies seems to try and recreate SAP but pop and kind of bored to be working.
Jar of flies, Pop? Jar of flies was so good.
Yeah dude!
Could very well of had to do with going through withdrawals. Needing to leave too.
This was your second interview with him, recently?
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