![]() ![]() Bassist Mike Inez appears in the video although the original track was recorded with original member Mike Starr. The video is available on the home video release Music Bank: The Videos. The music video was released in 1993 and was directed by Nigel Dick. "Down in a Hole" became one of the five video-singles from the album Dirt. Staley's pained howl guides the song, but its power derives from Cantrell's terrific harmonies, which give the piece heft and also a sense of unease." In 2014, Loudwire ranked the song number eight on their list of the 10 greatest Alice in Chains songs, and in 2021, Kerrang ranked the song number three on their list of the 20 greatest Alice in Chains songs. The verses build slowly to a soaring chorus with an irrepressible melody. But it really is an anthem first and foremost. Ned Raggett of AllMusic said that "Staley's.half-strangled but still amazingly evocative performance.is heartfelt and almost yearning" and that "the end result feels like a ruined man looking for some sort of comfort." Stereogum said of the song "Down in a Hole" is an anthem of loss, revulsion, and depression. "Down in a Hole" reached the top 40 in the UK and the top 30 in Ireland. The UK single was released in October 1993. "Down in a Hole" peaked at number ten on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. "Down in a Hole" was released as a single in 1993. It's hard for us to both understand.that this life is not conducive to much success with long-term relationships. It's the reality of my life, the path I've chosen and in a weird way it kind of foretold where we are right now. In the liner notes of 1999's Music Bank box set collection, Cantrell said of the song: ![]() Jerry Cantrell wrote the song for his then-girlfriend, Courtney Clarke. The composition is written in A ♭ minor, utilizing Dorian mode, and is centered mainly around Ab minor - Gb major - Db major chord progression, with Layne Staley's and Jerry Cantrell's vocal parts intricately harmonizing. Songwriter and guitarist Jerry Cantrell was at first hesitant to present the song to the band, feeling that the song was too soft, but after a positive response from the band, they followed through and recorded it. An acoustic version performed on Alice in Chains' MTV Unplugged in 1996 was released in a live album and DVD. The song was included on the compilation albums Nothing Safe: Best of the Box (1999) and Music Bank (1999). The single spent 21 weeks on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks and peaked at No. The song was written by guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell for his then-girlfriend, Courtney Clarke. It is the twelfth song on most pressings of the album and fourth or eleventh on others. The decision, the following year, to give Comes With The Fall vocalist William DuVall – a friend of Jerry’s from years before – a chance to play with the band was revelatory, however, and his permanent position kickstarted an unlikely resurgence that’s seen three excellent albums produced between 20 – as well as breathing new life into Layne’s old songs in the live arena." Down in a Hole" is a power ballad by Alice in Chains, and the fifth and last single from their album Dirt (1992). ![]() The vocalist’s death, from a heroin overdose in 2002, seemed to draw a line under an unprecedentedly innovative, unassailably brilliant catalogue.Įyebrows were understandably raised by 2005’s ‘reunion’ show for a south east Asia tsunami relief benefit, with stars like Maynard James Keenan and Ann Wilson of Heart performing Layne’s parts. ![]() Formed in 1987 by guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney, they would work with bassists Mike Starr and Mike Inez, and one-of-a-kind frontman Layne Staley on three EPs, three LPs and an iconic MTV Unplugged live album between 19, when Layne’s spiralling drug use ground activity to a halt. Alongside their Seattle grunge brethren in Nirvana, the original Alice In Chains had one of the greatest impacts across one of the shortest timeframes in the history of rock. ![]()
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