Alice in Chains - Unplugged [Import]

Nirvana's 1994 Unplugged CD was certainly ground-breaking, and has many similarities with Alice In Chains' 1996 effort. Both Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley were heavily dependent on heroin at the times of recording yet both managed to not only perform to an incredible level, but also manage to bring subtlety and melody to a genre previously decried as post-punk garage music.Where I think Alice In Chains' Unplugged set offers more than Nirvana's undoubted classic is down to the music itself, AIC capturing the dark beauty of the Seattle scene, Layne Staley's vocals particularly haunting given his state of health, and barely out of tune despite the fact that the band hadn't played a gig for nearly two-and-a-half years. All thirteen tracks are original works (where half the Nirvana equivalent are covers of one sort or another) and, while "the concentrated catharsis in Alice in Chains' music is still best heard with the amps cranked up to eleven" according to Sandy Masuo of The Rolling Stone Magazine, I think that this really captures the talent of AIC as a group and will appeal to anyone who loved the music coming out of Seattle at that time, particularly and obviously AIC fans.If you've got a lot of Nirvana, Pearl Jam or Soundgarden music, you will love this, whether you've got all of AIC's studio albums or never heard of them before today.

I just brought this DVD a few days ago and I have to say this is a truly great memorable live performance buy one of my favourite bands. Layne Staley's looking a bit frail and unwell when he first comes on stage and when the band are playing the first few tracks. But his voice improves and he settles well into the rest of the live performance. The standout performances are mainly the acoustic or more slower and melodic tracks like "Rooster", "Down in a hole" and "Heaven beside you". Although the performance of "Would" is great too. After the unplugged performance in 1996 Alice in Chains would only perform live once more opening for KISS on their reunion tour. Layne in this last days had become a reclusive, withered, tragic figure, even as his band's sound was being ripped off by crap bands like Puddle of Mudd and Nickelback, bands who can never be compared to Alice in Chains. I really recommend anyone who is a Alice in Chains fan old or new to buy this live DVD. This is truly one of the better music DVD's to be released.

Best unplugged iv ever seen.Best band in the world. That was made when i was ten yrs old. Atleast i can still enjoy them now.

I have the CD copy and have listened to it so many times its almost worn out, but never realized that there was a DVD of the show too.It really shows how great Alice in Chains are and especially how great a frontman Layne Staley was. Definitely on par with the Unplugged shows of Pearl Jam and Nirvana IMO.If you like Alice in Chains, do yourself a favor and buy this DVD!! You will not regret it!!

Amazing dvd and band

Arrived on time and looks spotless

Being a big Grunge music fan and having seen Nirvanas Unplugged performance, I was eager to find out how it would compare and it does'nt dissapoint, its absolute magic, the vocal harmanies are superb as always, this is one of the best intimate live performances ever!!!

As this show was filmed by MTV the production values are top notch and the dolby 5.1 mix is the best I've heard on a music DVD, which makes up for the limited extras on the disc. Alice's songs work really well in an acoustic format. This intimate, atmospheric set is well performed and the song selection is just about right, although it can be a bit depressing to watch following Staley's death. He looks worse for wear to say the least and its not suprising that this was the bands first performance for three years.

My favorite MTV Unplugged of all time.

El contenido del video es de buena calidad, solo la caja parece bootleg pero no afecta en nada a la calidad del dvd

Se avete un impianto ad alta fedeltà degno di questo nome, questo concerto vi terrà appiccicati al divano. Qualità rara, MTv unplugged ci ha abituati a buoni concerti, questo ne è uno dei migliori esempi. Non conoscevo molto gli Alice in chains, questo concerto me li ha fatti apprezzare. Consiglio vivamente. PS verificato sul sito di riferimento "dr.loudness-war" e con le orecchie, questo DVD suona al pari del vinile e sicuramente meglio del CD. In più il video completa l'esperienza. Straconsigliato

This is a recording from 96 so don't expect much in terms of video quality. Sound is clear. A good recording. The playlist is really satisfying with best songs from aic. Nice nostalgic experience for the olds. A weird look into our past for the youngs.

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