LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 25, 2019…’JAR OF FLIES’ IS THE 3RD STUDIO EP FROM ALICE IN CHAINS. IT WAS RELEASED ON THIS DATE 25 YEARS AGO AND WAS THE FIRST EP IN MUSIC HISTORY TO DEBUT AT #1 ON THE ALBUM CHARTS. IT HAS SINCE GONE ON TO SELL OVER 4 MILLION COPIES. ‘JAR OF FLIES’ FEATURED THE SONG ‘NO EXCUSES’. THE SONG IS ABOUT LAYNE STALEY’S BATTLE TO OVERCOME HEROIN ADDICTION. THE TITLE OF THE EP WAS TAKEN FROM A HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE PROJECT DONE BY JERRY CANTRELL. SOME TRIVIA FOR YOU, IN JAPAN, THE EP WAS TITLED ‘ANOTHER SIDE OF ALICE’
HERE’S ALICE IN CHAINS, WITH ‘NO EXCUSES’
