ShirleyRocks Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 So the second album (of maybe three or four in my whole life) that I listened to for six months solid, barely letting any other music in, was Alice in Chains "Dirt" when it came out. The only other album I had listened to for that long before then was ... wait for it ... AFD (which I had on tape, until a friend shot holes in it with a BB gun while on a bender, so I had to buy another one).Anyway, I had no idea these demos of the AIC album were released. Since Google seems to have changed its algorithms to make all search results really spammy in the last week or so, I haven't been able to find out anything about how this was released or when. Anybody?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyGd-c7yxKU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 The "Music Bank" box set is what you're looking for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Bank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShirleyRocks Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 The "Music Bank" box set is what you're looking for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_BankThanks! I need to get on this. I should have some play money by the end of the month since it's "Workaholic January" for me with my two contract jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallex78 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Music Bank is great, I recommend it to any AIC fan, as there's some great unreleased stuff on thereLying Season in particular is a great song from those Dirt sessions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Reality Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Music Bank is also fairly cool (but unnerving, and maybe a little depressing) because it contains the last recording Layne did and he is basically mumbling his lyrics... it came out later on that by the point he recorded that song, his teeth had all fallen out due to his heroin abuse. Sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Yeah, these are great. Lip Lock Rock! I'm trying to get my hands on a Music Bank, but they're a bit pricey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I only have the Music Bank DVD, never seen the box set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 That's the big one, the one I'm after: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShirleyRocks Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 It was great to listen to this and hear how they were very much an '80s band. Layne's vocal style was very different in the early stuff and I had to ask if he was influenced by Axl in the later stuff. I shared the demo version of "Rooster" with a friend of mine (it's his favorite song) and he thought it was better than the album version. Impressive stuff. I love studio takes, even when the quality isn't great, because I think it's really interesting to sort of witness the creative process, at least in retrospect. The quality of this stuff blows me away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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