Alice in Chains are celebrating three decades of their Jar of Flies EP by pressing up a… vinyl LP of flies. Prior to joining ALICE IN CHAINS in 2006, DuVall was a member of punk rock bands AWARENESS VOID OF CHAOS, NEON CHRIST, BL'AST! To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. In a serious challenge to Sleep’s weed leaf-embedded LP, AIC have worked a Jar of Flies vinyl pressing with actual flies inside into a slate of 30th anniversary merch that also includes a cassette tape, tri-coloured vinyl LP, blacklight poster, skateboard deck and more.

The band’s listing for the collectable “limited edition D2C exclusive clear vinyl,” which has since sold out, touts the inclusion of “real flies” inside the wax, which was “assembled by hand limited to 150 units. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Following an exhausting and transformative tour in support of the group's sophomore album "Dirt" (1992), "Jar Of Flies" offered the Seattle grunge icons a chance to record music in a more relaxed environment and intimate, acoustic style.Jar Of Flies" made retrospective year-end lists from both Rolling Stone and Guitar World, and in 2022 was certified four times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA). We have a regular newsletter with the week’s new releases that goes out every Thursday or Friday too. Jar Of Flies was also nominated for two GRAMMY awards in 1995 – Best Recording Package and Best Hard Rock Performance for the track "I Stay Away". The 5 star rating is for the album which is superb and is essential for any AIC fan,however I received a different copy to the one advertised,and the copy that is shown in the picture. Released a couple of years after their 1992 second album Dirt went multi-platinum, Alice In Chains’ acoustic EP Jar Of Flies made chart history by becoming the first EP to ever enter the Billboard 200 at number one in 1994.

It garnered the group two Grammy Award nominations for "Best Hard Rock Performance" ( "I Stay Away") and "Best Recording Package". The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. VG/EX means that the item's sleeve is in Very Good condition and the disc is in Excellent condition. JAR OF FLIES' was released in January 1994 and shows a side of the band that was unknown until then: predominately acoustic songs and the use of instruments like the harmonica and a talk-box. There are many great tracks here,my favorite being Rotten Apples and Brother, Alice in Chains managed to communicate genuine melancholy through their music,anybody who is a fan should own this.Despite the nomination, "No Excuses" and "Nutshell" are the only two tracks in regular live rotation for Alice In Chains – "I Stay Away" has been performed twice ever. DuVall also reflected on his 17-year stint as the ALICE IN CHAINS frontman, saying: "In some ways it feels like seven minutes, and in other ways it feels like 37 years. DuVall's long musical history also includes COMES WITH THE FALL and ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell's solo work. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Columbia Records/ Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, is abuzz with the announcement of a multi-format 30th-anniversary reissue of ALICE IN CHAINS' acclaimed "Jar Of Flies".

Long-term friends with a mutual admiration for each other’s work, the idea of a collaboration started when John joined Liam on-stage at his biblical Knebworth shows. Cantrell befriended the members of COMES WITH THE FALL in the early 2000s, playing shows with the band on the West Coast, then enlisting the musicians to tour with him as both opening act and backing group in support of his album "Degradation Trip". Powerful songs, magnificent vocals from both Staley and Cantrell, (THE 90s Seattle scene guitar god) and the best bass playing you could ever hope to hear. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Tracks like "I Stay Away", "No Excuses" and "Don't Follow" showcased the range of ALICE IN CHAINS, further establishing them as one of the most unique and engaging rock bands of the decade.Seven tracks of acoustic beauty, including the singles ‘No Excuses’, ‘I Stay Away’ and ‘Don’t Follow’.