Alice In Chains - No Excuses (Official HD Video) 

ttech694 why the hell are they not in? The hall of fame is shit.

@@MrLump i agree. This hall of fame is only inducting non rock artist and shit

Yes! I agree 100% with that! The hall of fame is rigged like everything else!

they are a historical marker in my book that they define the era. the world only got worse and their meaning and raw truth... man.. u just don't get that from much any other band of that time, definitely not if we just are to consider actual rock and not like rap or underground techno of the time. ppl still struggling and AIC made us realize just how fucked we were with their open confessional of drug addiction. and sorrow.

When you have (C)rap artists in it, that tells you everything about it.

Technically, Jar Of Flies was an EP. Not an album. That said, it was fucking amazing!!

D'Accord

@John Kemp mmm Seattle, not so much heroin. I get the song was about making excuses to go in recovery from his perspective but it could be about delaying any new change in life. A new relationship, holding a job, moving somewhere to a neighborhood you have to learn your way around.

Greatest EP ever

Gregory Hajder umm it’s a ep

One of the most elegant and stylish drummers in rock

Justyn Boler exactly 👍

Yeah man,you're right!

Certainly stands out here . I'd have to go back and listen alot now.

It often reminds me of Steven Morris from Joy Division

I noticed that there's a lot of lyrics like this that almost seem like premonitions of what would happen to them a few years later

For real.

​@@SPENCERH30it was already happening

Fav part 🎉

Wait until you hear some of the lyrics from "Love, Hate, Love"

@Jerry Cantrell saw you in Boson his year. Keep it up brother.

Yes ma'am ! ...love the song "brother" with ann Wilson on backing vocals .

Saw Jerry Cantrell right after Layne passed away it was fucking awesome but wish he was there too 😢

True!

basic af why do you care

Not another like him

Been listening to thia shit since I was a youngster

You got that right.

Good, old fashioned, heroin-fueled music from the 90's. Nothing better.

Tons of drugs tho

And my generation has the worst music, I can’t stand the crap rap/ cheesy pop everyone listens to my age

oh yeh

Says every generation

AMEN!!

@@RC_928 nope, I’m part of Gen z and agree that this generation way far better than the crap rap and pop of my generation

NEVER❤

July 2024 nope love AIC!

Nope. They don’t.

Never!!

I absolutely agree! :-D Layne was an amazing and talented musician, he is missed.

+Snobbish Hipster and for me is very underrated

+Razerhdd I know right? They got that crazy , unique harmony thing going on , one of a kind for sure.

muy buena canción y el vídeo es impactante ,peero me suena como rock pop.

se llama sin excusas.

Hauntingly beautiful

QZL

They were an awesome duo, and I like to think that Layne watches over Jerry sometimes.

The best part of the group to me.

Their voices danced in and out and around each other, something extremely rare . Its a special phenomenon that usually only happens between siblings or parents and children. All the best singers have their siblings singing backup with them because of this. I know, because my sister and i do it. We dont even have to think about it or discuss how well do it. It just naturally happens. Our voices instinctively know how to dance and weave around each other. How to slip into perfect harmonies without even really thinking about it. Its a special gift between related people. But it does happen for people that are very close. Very like minded, like Layne and Jerry were and now Will and Jerry share it. Think of Stevie Nicks, Linda Ronstadt, Sheryl Crow, Heart. They all have siblings singing with them. Its very cool and amazes even my sister and i sometimes, how we just KNOW what and how to sing something with each other. CSN are " brothers " for all intentions and they have it. Layne and Jerry had it. I dont know if it has a name or what other people call it. I just know it is something that really exists and having experienced it personally, all i can say is yeah. I get it. Its a way cool and awesome thing. A gift.

So very true

I'm not happy, the lyrics kick me in the gut. Feels good.

Don’t feel good for me

Well spoken. Truth !

You nailed it!

Same here

I agree addiction sucks and leaves you isolated, vulnerable and just so miserable. True friends and family are the only thing that can keep you sane. Ultimately it's on you to fight that addiction. RIP Layne

@@dominicmontessi261 Living that life right now, and the tragedy of it, is that it's the only path away from the physical pain of a broken body. Hell is not having a choice.

@@scionofdorn9101 yeah I'm a full blown heroin addict and yeah need h to not be sick daily ,but now it's very much getting sick away primarily and getting high secondary, I'm sure you know what I'm saying

Up until the very end every single member of the band tried to help him. Sean has said every three months he’d call and whenever he was by Layne’s condo he’d try and get in and see him. It was only really around the last years of Layne’s life that anyone got honest about why the band wasn’t together as up until then they’d still try and cover for him and lie about his condition. Layne had a lot of friends and family who tried to help him in every way possible. It didn’t matter though. If someone won’t help themselves there’s nothing anyone else can do for them.

Cantrell's solo on Them Bones is extraordinary

They were the only band from the grunge era who depended so heavily on vocal harmony. It makes a difference. Plus Mike Inez is one of the great melodic bassists.

Staley's demise was sorrowful........:( Did you read about the details of his death?

He was told his Dad was dead. After becoming famous, his Dad looked him up and disclosed he was on and wanted to party with him because he knew Layne could get some good stuff. Layne had already cleaned up, reigniting his addiction was the end. I love Layne, being without his Dad was rough and connecting with him that way was his demise. R.I.P Layne love you bro, one of the greatest singers in Rock.

David TD .... this particular comment. This is EXACTLY where I am at right now. It's so hard. You want to do it for all the people you love around you, yet to find that love/reason for Yourself just isn't there? This probably don't make sense but it's how it is.... Loved AIC since 93 too! Jar of Flies/Sap always close at hand!! 🙂

+Freitag T15 My friend hated it. I don't see how, but we all have our own shitty opinions.

Freitag T15 playing it whilst sitting next to my girlfriend she's fairly indifferent

The first few times I heard this song it wasn't my favorite but the more I listen to it the more I like it.

It's in the top five for Alice In Chains easily. The bass and guitar complement each other perfectly. Amazing drumming. The combination of Layne and Jerry's voices is haunting as it always is. Anyone who dislikes this song is screwed up on multiple levels.

Tim C Their harmony does make this song haunting, I like the video as well.

+toology55 I love this part, really gets me :)

+Doc Zak Yea, definitely strikes a chord. Makes me think about how friendships throughout our life change because we change so much.

Definitely, especially when those who you consider your "close friends" are the ones from way back.

My favorite lyric in the song.

this part is really great because its about Laynes and Jerrys friendship

não vai mudar a sitauçlão

I also ways drum this song so hard on my steering wheel. Love it! Sean is underrated for sure.

If anything, sometimes it was triplets, and sometimes it was 4 before the kick. Even just those little variations were * chef's kiss *

He was doing trap hihats back in '94 before they were a thing

🤪

Indeed.

Dear Ken. We will never never ever forget Layne ❤. All the best from Denmark

Layne didn't even care about himself, what makes you think he cared about his fans the only thing he loved in life was getting high. So sad to have more talent then most people could ever dream just to die a hideous death alone in the dark. Tragic indeed.

@@thomasgary1219 He kind of gave up on life after his fiance died in 1996.

❤❤❤

Real songwriters write from their soul, their personal experiences... and spend more than half an hour writing the song, unlike today.

Nothing happened bro, stop with these cringy comments. There are over 4,300,000 entries on discogs for you to explore, and the number is ever increasing. People who make comments like that are just ignorant of all the good music released these days.

Like what? Name a song that's out there today that's as good as ANYTHING Alice ever put out.

everything from Selena gomez muahahahahahahahah...I'm kidding of course, I grew up with Alice in chains, pearl jam etc..

Pearl Jam boycotted a Raleigh NC concert this summer because NC doesn't allow chicks with dicks in public restrooms. ...I had a ticket.

Top10Archive

Top10Archive u ee xd

jjcreator.blogspot.com tribulation genders patience. ask for wisdom and you get a situation.

Top10Archive gracias👍😁

Top 10 Archive holy shit yes!!

Yea like davidic worship in the temple!!!!!

Zorichai couldn't of said it any better

Zorichai Jerry Cantrell is an underrated songwriter.

Possibly

such a beautiful sound

It's not underated but pretty much unheralded as a top rock song. But that fits AiC anyway.

Jesus Christ platonic love is so rarely sung about in rock music, it always has a big impact. Eminem surprisingly did this a lot, and it contributed to his immense popularity.

Jesus Christ well he’s with you now

@@Negrodammnus good one man lol

Me too.

@@Negrodammnus Unless he "denied his maker". 😃

Dakota Kelley-Greenleaf I'm sorry for this huge loss in your life. I get the feeling you're a young man. Much too young to say goodbye to your dad. Peace be with You

I lost my father back in June last year, I know that feeling all too well my friend. It’s okay to let yourself cry, often makes you feel better. I didn’t cry at all about his death for weeks after the day it happened. I went for a walk listening to my tunes and I just sat on a tree trunk overlooking the river and then Nutshell came on and man I didn’t realise how much I was sitting on. I cried so much but afterwards I felt like a new man, so much built up pain that I didn’t know was there was released and I felt amazing after.

I lost my father last August. Worst pain in my life. When my dad heard I was getting into grunge he was happy I'm in my mid 20 lols always like classic rock but got obsessed with Nirvana. He said "son nirvana rocks but you're not a man intill you listen to A.I.C." Every since then haven't looked back . Layne staley r.i.p. tell my dad hey

Sorry for your loss

Sorry for ur loss.....thanks for the dog name...wouldnt have though of it.

BECAUSE THIS SONG AND MUSIC VIDEO HAVE SUCH A DARK SOMBER FEELING , LOOK AND SOUND TO IT, ITS ABOUT LIFE. NO EXCUSES IF YOU REALLY LOVE ALICE IN CHAINS

Nothing better than that

Great times 💯 😎 💯

Yeah it came out summer 94. We had a nice little year for music that year from rap to alternative to rock and even folk. It sounds 90s cuz that’s when we all heard it.

Because Alice defined the rock sound of the early 90 s

truth.

Sadly, I was born in 2001, but I love this band any way.

this plays on mine like all the fucking time

same here!!

say what?

ValkyrieBSG i always felt that's what made this band stand out

Yeah, I wish Ronnie Van Zant & Steve Gaines would've had more time to do the same.

👍

it's COMPLEMENT not compliment wtf and I'm not even a native speaker...

MarcoTheDunker1 i'm heavily dyslexic so please go easy on me

So true. "No Excuses" is my favorite song to ever come out of Seattle. Perfect from beginning to end.

For me it's "Don't Follow". I love that song.

Rotten apple. Beautiful song off JoF

Rbzombie302 i listened and i had loved "voices": for a song of them

djay6651 Yeah man I love that song! My buddies and I jam it often, we even play the harmonica solo but none of us can sing lol

EVERYTHING

Shit, It's too the point now, where everything else I listen to, feels like it's some kind of music lite. Nothing hits like AIC.

It’s Top 3, at least with Pantera on there.

Reminds me of Crosby stills Nash and Young

@Josh Weaver I'm sorry what?

@@ashestostardust666 **Staley, lol.

@@ashestostardust666 Staley

They intertwine so perfectly. I try to sing with one of them and invariably end up drifting into the other. And the harmonies are so non-traditional it’s like you have to rewire your voice.

Kurt Hanson they didn’t show him or Inez in the video though. Maybe I just missed em.

Abfreakinsolutely agree!!!

I have been trying to master this drum track for a long time and can't quite seem to get it like he does it. The guy has to be one of the most underrated drummers in rock.

That's why I love it so much. It's a tragic-happy-song. Like "Do You Realize?" be the Flaming Lips. It's about redeeming all the shitty things that happen.

i hope it does because it's really broken

That whole album has downright blissful production.

Yeah , There's not a day that doesn't go by that I have to here it ( Morning before off to work , An on my home w/ a 6 pack !)

@@turtleman6281 My hart is broke, but i have some glue help inhale and mend it with you...

Literally my favorite lyrics of the song. Reminds me of my brother. ❤️🤘

Lol

Larry Ibarra Proven Truth 😂

And "they dont know" it

yea they do... braindead.

LOL

A.J. Rose ~ This is one of the few song that I even bother to sing !

Guitars are great too but I guess they always get attention. As a guitar player I actually listen for the drums and bass more especially after I started playing in bands.

+Jay Tee Bee as a singer/writer i can honesty say since being in bands it takes me a coupe of listens before lyrics and anything but the strongest melodies (like this song) sink in but i'm all over the music! weird eh? :-)

+A.J. Rose This song sounds Zeppelin-esque.

Couldn't agree more!

This music is deceptively simple to undiscerning ears. It is actually very sophisticated music.

When the levee breaks has it beat

@@CumLordGary alcohol had bonham beat

IKR that groove is genius

Same!!

It must hurt because they expose the hurtful side of life that the rest hide under sugarcoated words and chords. Save a few exceptions for the rest.

@@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq Their songs relate to my pain, and the darkness is so real

@@moondusk8385 A psychiatrist I love, Carl G. Jung, devoted entire chapters of his books to this kind of darkness, or obscurity, that looms over the world. These great musicians knew how to put it into art.

Fucking facts

I used to think of 1 friend in that context but as I'm older I realized he wasn't worth the importance.

@@ImYourHuckleberry_29 Man's best friend is himself.

Yes sir, I agree. You lose your ol' friends, and just don't or bother to make new ones

👍

Totally true but life must go on.

Agreed

He's with his buddy Andy Wood, on the other side...

+srujan00 and his best friend....Mike

Oh no no no.... because to put them in, would lead to comparisons with other bands who got in. We know there's no comparison for the quality of the entire body of work. They should stay above the fray and not be thrown in that mixing pot. Hell, they were so good, they broke rock, similar to how Neo broke the matrix. When the greatest guitarist who ever laced them up becomes the band's groupie (Eddie Van Halen), you know they're so far above the rest in the field, that no real comparisons can be made. Rock was all downhill after their time ended. Yes, Cornell & Bennington had smash hits afterwards, but those 2's entire body of work would not slay and overwhelm the way AIC's did, and continues to do so today, due to its timeless nature.

To come up with a song like this and have grunge songs and a bit of metal is unreal.

They must not have sold out like some others bc they should be in the R&R Hall of Fame.

The sound of the 90s

За это обожаю Джерри. Никогда ничего лишнего. Играет для музыки, а не для показухи.

This is very well written for only being 16, impressive and truthful!

You sure your 16? If so you need to be a writer , carry on kid

@@Neesie75 right I told him to write if he's only 16 he's already a writer

You are a writer coming from an experienced rock critic.

There’s plenty of songs about heartbreak in grunge.

I miss Layne every day too! Fav singer ❤️

Love that..❤✌ That's a big part of why I write lyrics myself (and want to learn more instruments again).

Why do the most talented people in music have to leave us in a tragedy I'm an addict myself and it's Scarry we never think we never know u don't have to b a rock star to die from abuse but it's sounds mean but I guess easier for them having the money to do whenever they wanted I guess I'm not really making any sense here at all but it's just a damn shame I'm an addict and it doesn't mean I'm a bad person this bad and good people everywhere there are some grimy scumbag drug addicts who just take take and steal there's some functionable addicts but most attics are good people and definitely talented people I don't know what I'm trying to say but it's scary it's almost like I want to say why why Lane why all of our singers and rock stars die of drugs how come I'm not Dead

We all nééd to thank them!! 👍💯💥

the pain slowly dulls over time.

It is hard to argue it is a masterpiece

"Artists" these days don't put the same soul into their music. If you take a look at it, most music is mass produced generic pieces of garbage that all sound like they follow a fill in the blank sheet. Things like One Direction, Beyonce, Kanye West, Taylor Swift, and many many more "artists" are all examples of people who use emotions of young insecure people to sell their "music". Almost none of the "artists" I mentioned even have a credible stand with an audience over the age of 25.

+Morgan Freeman Absolutely true, Mr. Freeman. Absolutely.

+Morgan Freeman F There's still plenty of underground musicians that put a lot of passion into thier music. No matter the state of mainstream music there will always be people that have passion for the art they create.

Morgan Freeman i really liked you in "Shawshank Redemption"....

+Mad Season it really is interesting how it is a specific task of creating non purposfull music that will just make them money they know their audience is just silly people so that's what they make for them the diffrence in the last few decades that some important philosophical music made it to main stream now most do not. NOW one must search for musical treasures

S G I agree

Look up badbadnotgood

Theory of A Dead Man, Dirty Heads, Stick Figure, Twenty One Pilots... just a few suggestions

agree. being a kid who listens to this and much others bands, i´ve never liked today´s songs, but i leave them alone until they talk bad about this masterpieces.

Trust me, there is good music - not as good as this of course, but great nonetheless - you just have to find it as mainstream media is trash and sell image more than talent.

WBM/Music I think it’s “no excuses that I know”. As in - there’s no good excuse I can think of for sitting about like this on my own.

+Kris Owens ~ I love the whole song.

+SUGAR XYLER Agreed. Just acknowledging that the percussion really draws me in.

+Kris Owens Does the same for me.

+Kris Owens Yea Sean Kinney does a great job throughout the whole song

+Kris Owens reminded Rush

Yes!!!!

Cold chills, indeed.

Yup

Right , I'm 40 years a junkie who is now1 year clean, no excuses

hello. hope you're doing well

If you guys are having trouble with abstinence don't forget about opioid replacement treatment. There's decades of evidence now showing how much safer and effective it is for recovering opioid addicts and treatment is free in most states for low income folks on medicaid

So cool

You have such an amazing name💗

I spin my cd regularly. Sounds better than YT

Agree 100% their harmony has a haunting type sound that went perfect with their music.

I hope he has found the peace he deserves.

What a great story, thanks for sharing. Your dad is now in a better place watching over you 🕊️

I've put this on AICs websites... I'm a 63 year old grandmother and I love everything from Rachmaninov to Rush....AIC is one of my favorites!!! .

You my friend I will defend

Hear Hear!

I know what you mean.

95.5 KLOS plays this song a lot

We are blessed now to be called classic. Stood in line during college to buy this EP. Classic to me means you've weathered the fucking storms and are still kicking ass.

Wow...where so you live that puts this on classic rock?? I never hear ANY AIC...radio sucks now. For years and years

Be happy! You knew this amazing talent when it was brand new! Enjoy it again, for the very first time! Besides, music & cars go 'classic' waaayyyy before people do!

I agree!

Now absolute garbage is created.

🤓

stargate comand !!! yeah !

thanks, stargate fan?

yes i am big fan of Hammond from Texas and Gen O'neill with two L

great. Those Asgard Beam weapons are AWESOME!!!!!!.

STEVE P RIP 😢😢😢

pan1396 Nope dude.. I have the same feeling too

Thats the AiC effect. It's the most nostalgic music ever.

@@OcelotDAD 34 years old getting married in a month.. listened to AIC as a kid.. about 6 months ago I developed a fascination.. I can't get enough!

Like a fine wineeeee!

Definately not the only one..