Jar Of Flies

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Released exactly 30 years ago today (January 25, 1994),the EP made history as the first of its format to debut at No. 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). There's also a deluxe box set featuring the EP on tri-colored vinyl, a logo-embossed jar with touch-activated red LED and faux flies, a 60-page hardcover book, and a double-sided poster, all housed in a screen-printed, UV coated shadowbox. 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.

Recorded throughout 2023 at the band’s home studios, Migration Studios in Gloucestershire, The Dairy in London and mixed at the band’s facility at Blueprint Studios, Salford, the album marks a significant. 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.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. 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". WDHA, ALICE IN CHAINS singer William DuVall was asked about a possible follow-up to the band's "Rainier Fog" album, which came out in August 2018.

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. 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. 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. All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.In the edit page, go to the 'Metadata' tab and add your Juno artist, label or release page for listeners to purchase your release / releases. 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.

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. VG/EX means that the item's sleeve is in Very Good condition and the disc is in Excellent condition. Shall I dial some palaeontologists when it’s time to dig up an expanded edition of The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here?

We have a regular newsletter with the week’s new releases that goes out every Thursday or Friday too. They also offered up a range of 30th anniversary editions of the album, including a clear cassette and a giant multi-format box set.

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. Originally released in 1994, Jar of Flies is the 4x platinum EP including hit songs “I Stay Away,” “No Excuses,” and “Nutshell”. 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. 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.After playing loud music for a year, we'd come home and the last thing we wanted to do was crank up the amps right away," Kinney later told Guitar World about the sessions that became "Jar Of Flies". 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". The EP was originally released on January 25, 1994, and here it is 30 years later standing the test of time. It garnered the group two Grammy Award nominations for "Best Hard Rock Performance" ( "I Stay Away") and "Best Recording Package". For the first time in the studio, singer Layne Staley, guitarist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney were joined by bassist Mike Inez, who joined ALICE IN CHAINS midway through their 1993 tour.