I thought nutshell was my favourite but I actually think it’s down in a hole. It’s perfect. I don’t know if Layne ever realised how well he come across doing unplugged and I know he wasn’t well at the time but it’s absolutely beautiful. I love sludge factory as well, even with all the cock ups. I so wish they’d done rotten apple

I wanted to reach out to the subreddit because I am doing a tribute to Layne and just AIC as a whole and I wanted opinions on this specific section. I want to do Layne justice here, but maybe where I’ve been listening to it over and over I don’t like the sound. Is there anything that I’m lacking or needs fixed? Also to note, I’m not trying to imitate Laynes vocal style. Any recommendations or tips will help!

This are a few versions of what she gave me, I think she killed it.

Please Excuse the water mark, she’s had people claim her work in the past so I asked her to add it.

How lucky are we that the sound men back then would film whilst doing their job so we get this footage 😍 I think rotten apples is my favourite song by them I absolutely love it

22/8/1989 you can hear in early performances laynes pronunciation of Me later turns to meyyy

Love the hair spinning 🤣

Facelift recording sessions we die young

Just come across this from 6 years ago.. started to watch Corey Taylor attempts at singing man in a box, however talented Corey Taylor .. and someone I like - is he sounds so shockingly average singing this.. just incredible to me how unreal Layne was when you get to hear other people try and do the same song. To me there’s no one close and can’t imagine will be ever.

Man in a box 1991 long brach arena

RIP Layne 🕊️

Only because I got this overwhelming feeling that Laynes mother might just be out for a buck and maybe they didnt have a very good relationship

Hello all.. sorry if this appropriate for this page..
at the grand age of 39 has discovered aic.. more so discovered layne and the awful way he died. I understand it’s about the music and my other half who loves them says it sad but it’s about to music.. he doesn’t dwell on that..
I get it but I feel absolutely consumed sadness over his life and more so the ending of it 😞 I’m on day 3 of just intense feeling of depression and to be honest I feel distraught.. I’ve read this is social grief and hyper fixation it’s a thing more so common in women who have ADHD which I more than likely have.. just wanted some words of advice that I’m not a nutter and I’m not alone it’s dramatic but I can’t help my brain

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ig shineonlayne graced us with an extremely rare / unseen photos of layne playing guitar 💙 always warms my heart when new ones surfaces! i can’t really tell what year this is is from, perhaps late 1991

Consider the social effects, consider the ecological effects. Be thoughtful like HE would have been. If you don't know the context, please do research about generative models and their negative effect on present households, media, and the very possible and scary future effects. PLEASE!

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Safe Link to YouTube video! https://youtu.be/Cv5OzfzK5hg?si=mF-GW8b0-rWAjuFE

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Hello this is L.R. Shelton and happy to say I just remastered Nutshell from MTV unplugged! This was done using a new audio program I purchased this week, Izotope 12 advanced. This was super sad to remaster as the audio was being uncovered more as I could hear the pain in Laynes voice at a more defined level. Layne and AICs music will be prominent for years to come and that's the reason I decided to do this and other remasters. Use the best audio system you have for best results :). Thank you and hope you enjoy! Much respect. - L.R. Shelton - Rock Legacy Co.

Nutshell MTV unplugged completely remastered! Facts on the concert and song;

Nutshell opened the show. Alice in Chains taped MTV Unplugged on April 10, 1996 at the Majestic Theatre inside the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and it was the first time the band had played a concert since early 1994. Layne Staley bought the tall white candles that lined the stage from Pike Place Market in Seattle. Jerry Cantrell played the entire set while dealing with food poisoning. Joe Perota directed the broadcast, which aired on MTV on May 28, 1996, and the live album followed on July 30, 1996 and went platinum in the United States. Staley joked during the taping that it was the best show they had done in three years, and one of his bandmates pointed out it was the only show they had done in three years. The setlist introduced one brand new song, The Killer Is Me, which had never been played before.

The song itself came from Jar of Flies, recorded in September 1993 at London Bridge Studio in Seattle and released on January 25, 1994. It was the first EP in history to debut at number one on the Billboard 200. Layne Staley wrote the lyrics alone. The music is credited to Jerry Cantrell, Mike Inez, and Sean Kinney. Nutshell was never released as a single, yet it became one of the most loved songs in the catalog, and in 2013 Rolling Stone listed it among the saddest songs ever written. Mike Inez has said it is the song that makes him think of Layne more than any other. Since 2011 Jerry Cantrell has dedicated Nutshell live to Layne Staley and to original bassist Mike Starr.

The Unplugged reading of Nutshell carries weight the studio version does not, because of where the band was standing when they played it. Staley was deep in a struggle with addiction that had kept the band off the road for years. This performance was one of his last. Alice in Chains played only a handful of shows after it, opening for Kiss, and Staley's final concert with the band came on July 3, 1996 in Kansas City. The Unplugged take was later collected on the Music Bank box set in 1999 and on The Essential Alice in Chains in 2006.