LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 30, 2019…TWENTY THREE YEARS AGO ALICE IN CHAINS RELEASED THE LIVE ALBUM ‘UNPLUGGED.’ HERE ARE SOME QUICK TIDBITS CONCERNING ‘UNPLUGGED’:
-THE CONCERT WAS RECORDED ON APRIL 10,1996, AND IT AIRED ON MTV ON MAY 28,1996
-THIS MARKED THE FIRST CONCERT FOR ALICE IN CHAINS IN TWO AND A HALF YEARS
-THIS ALBUM DEBUTED AT #3 ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS, AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A HOME VIDEO RELEASE
-THIS SHOW MARKED THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF SECOND GUITARIST SCOTT OLSEN
-JERRY CANTRELL PLAYED THE SHOW EXTREMELY SICK WITH FOOD POISONING, AFTER EATING A BAD HOT DOG EARLIER IN THE DAY
-THIS PERFORMANCE WAS ONE OF THE LAST PERFORMANCES WITH SINGER LAYNE STALEY. THE BAND DID 4 MORE SHOWS WARMING UP FOR KISS BEFORE STALEY WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AND THE BAND HAD TO TAKE ANOTHER HIATUS
-MIKE INEZ’S BASS HAD THE PHRASE “FRIENDS DON’T LET FRIENDS GET HAIRCUTS…” WRITTEN ON IT, WHICH WAS A MESSAGE TO METALLICA SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE. THEY RECENTLY HAD THEIR HAIR CUT SHORT
THIS IS ALICE IN CHAINS UNPLUGGED, WITH A GREAT VERSION OF ‘ROOSTER’
