They both were. Some of my favorite AIC songs were ones Layne wrote or helped write. I'm well aware Jerry was pretty much involved in everything though. Even the Madseason stuff was awesome. River of deceit is amazing.
@cart 55 obviously he could sing a song, the point is he can not sing it like Layne. He doesn't have anywhere the range Layne did. This is why it mattered so much to him to get Layne in his band because he knew he did not have the lead singer vocal range. He knew Layne had "it".
@@billpeart - Totally. I am glad to see that someone else here has some common sense and is also probably a decent musician. All of these people who say that Layne was 'the best singer of all time', are fans and largely speaking from ignorance. Like I say all the time, just because someone or a sports team is your favorite, that doesn't mean that they are the best. You said it correctly, Layne had a unique voice and it worked well with the band....and really well with Cantrell's vocals. But Jerry was the musician of that band.
@@michaelr.4878 He was a great singer not the best because the best singer doesn't exist. But he had a beautiful rich tone and a powerful middle range. I prefer Scott Weiland over him because he was more versatile than him but still Layne could had been as good or even better that Scott if he had the chance to live longer. He's voice is not overrated at all, he was a great vocalist.
I agree completely. I would do anything to have been able to meet him or see AIC live when he was still the heart and soul of it. It's a goddamn shame that I was born in '92.
You fucking mortals 😂 he's in a better place because of his demons. This place is in fact hell 😂 if you love this place you might be a food source for the demiurge. But too stupid to see. 😂
I love the tempo. It’s slowed down. It’s so much heavier. Layne’s voice breaks like Kurt’s in this version. Goosebump worthy. Greatest band of all time imho.
He was completely coked out and was doing heroin with Nirvana all night. That's why both their performances that night weren't the best. Their bassist even overdosed after this show.
@@DreamfactoryZero he was smacked out during Rio watch the Man in the box performance Layne's absolutely fuucked. And ya Mike Starr overdosed after he shot up with Layne after party with Kurt and Courtney all night. Starr credits Layne for saving him but if u watch the video of Starr explaining what happened it sounds more like Layne was just doing what he thought was right and really didn't do anything to help bring back Mike. Somehow he just came back to life. Pretty fucking crazy
@@theladieschains2 bro I wish they collaborated more often! like Chris Cornell, Eddie Vedder and Jerry Cantrell were always involved with other Seattle bands but Nirvana always kinda distanced themselves from the big 4
@@jackoakes1998 yeah me too, I've always wondered what Kurt thought of Alice in Chains, I'm sure he loved them, I just wish I was a fly on the wall at this party. If you remember Nirvana comes out in dresses at this show haha
The true is their music spent generations, I listem their music since my 13 ears old, I have 46, and now, my son only with 10 start to listem rio, it's imortal songs
Layne looks like the coolest dude on earth right here... he’s at his best. Yet, he couldn’t hit those high notes. It still sounded great, but he couldn’t hit them. Then fast forward to the unplugged show, when he looked frail and was at his worst, he hit those high notes flawlessly. Truly an outstanding voice and I wish he was still here. RIP Layne
That unplugged performance still makes me cry, absolutely beautiful! This song was huge when I was in highschool... and nobody could sing it b/c of Laynes amazing vocals!
Was he sick at this show? Other than his voice cracking he looks pretty healthy. For me the telltale signs are the fingerless gloves and his being extremely thin.
they got wasted with kurt the night before and im not even joking, both didnt have enough time to recover (cobain was actually really fucking high when nirvana performed)
Layne wasn't sick at this show. The night before they did a lot of drugs and the bassist overdoses in a bathroom, it was a terrible night for the band, and they performed anyways
Doing his best to reach the high notes *Respect*. Edit: daaaang I've never had this amount of likes in my life. Saw AIC live with Duvall, they're one of the best bands that I've ever found....I miss Layne so much, wish I could've seen him live. WOULD've been a blast 🤘
In this festival Nirvana had their little moment joking around the fans who paid the ticket to see a good concert while Layne and AiC did their best to ensure a good performance for their fans, they were on another level
He's literally ripping through his vocal cords to hit those notes and it sounds amazing. Literally the best singer of all time even though he is sick here.
When you think about it real hard sometimes it seems that fortune and fame get old quickly and you want to be left alone and hide and get some ME TIME,,the drugs are just an escape plan..then of couse depression sets in..and then Pow!!! NO TURNING BACK......DOWN SO DOWN,,DOWN IN A HOLE..
Addiction is a mofo. yrs ago I was in court and the guy b4 told the Judge that he was addicted to "HEREON" and the Judge replied you mean Heroin? Guy said, no your honor HEREON cuz once you use it, from Here-on you're FUCKED!! He had the whole courtroom Laughing 🤣😂
Esse show no Hollywood Rock foi o último da dita formação clássica, o baixista Mike Starr foi despedido por causa dos problemas com drogas, tempos depois ele confessou ter usado tanta heroína antes do show que mal conseguia se movimentar no palco.
Notice how he dialed in what notes he could pull off and what he couldn't. No shame in the breaks, he was figuring out what he could do that night, and so later in the song he stopped trying to go for such high notes. Also he sounded like Cobain a bit due to the raspiness. You can tell the sound of his voice changed due to being sick because he usually had a much more distinct voice
Aun con la voz desgastada lograba un rango tremendo, que muchisima gente que se dicen llamar "cantantes" no logran ni en sus mejores momentos. Simplemente la mejor voz del grunge y una de las mejores de la historia, QEPD Leyne Stayle, ojala hayas podido hayar la paz que tanto deseabas...
Tremenda poronga la voz en vivo, pero igual me encanta escucharlos en vivo, a nirvana a aic y a royal blood, joder unas ganas de hacer una orgia con ellos
@@lucianopalacios7304 ¿No has leído? En Brasil ya estaba acabado de tanto cantar y mezclar drogas y aun así mira los huevos que le ponía. Era único Layne.
@@elkevinski si cantaba mucho y todo lo que vos quieras, pero primero que nada no es brazil el concierto, su voz parecia que estaba afonico, y lo de las drogas no es justificación, es su problema si se droga el tiene que dar un buen concierto si o si, no es problema nuestro su vida ni le podemos decir hace esto y esto, pero el al menos el dia del concierto tiene que dar una buena presentación
Come on people !!! For crying out loud... when U just did 26 shows in less then 40days I wud EXPECT you people 2 get it... Plus if ur on this site U must be a AIC Fan 2 start w'. So give him a break !!! He PUSHED his voice on some songs & the normal good singers cud not Sing alot of them as him dones 2 start. Does it have 2 be "thus or that's Cas Thy are Not easy 2 sing (exp/ this 1 = 'Box' & "Bleed the Freak" Very hard 2 sing So pushes his voice often in many of the songs 2 start w'. Does it have 2 be "Coke" or any of Ur others belief you are "guessing at" What about singing 2 hours a nite - many shows - in a shot time & many are Hard 2 songs (like Adeles) anyone cud get a little sore throat or ur "cords" have just been pushed & need 2-3 days in a row every 2 weeks to Rest... Be Realistic !! evidenly - Ur NOT a singer.... Peace & Love 😚 bella bell
Adam Bialkowski he cried a lot before this concert, as mike starr (bass) overdosed before this concert, when doing heroin with cobain, staley (and maybe courntney love) and they brought starr back to life.. also touring too
I agree but on the flip of a coin im happy they kept going with Duvall to keep the music going i thought jerry cantrell did an awesome job on the solo albums he did with duvall and the rest it only made sense to make duvall part of alice in chains as well if that makes sense.....no one that iv heard can match laynes voice.. gone but never forgotten
TheKidBizzi 330 Duvall wasn’t on any of Jerry’s solo studio albums. He only toured with Duvall with his band Comes with the Fall, and he sang some AIC songs then on that tour about 2002, which I was able to see live. But Duvall didn’t record anything with Jerry until he was in AIC doing the Black Gives Way to Blue album, released in 2009.
I agree. Nothing against William Duvall, but he's missing that last 5% that Layne had. Rainier Fog is still a great album and the title track is so damn good.
Layne Staley...what a legend. The man with a voice like marshmallow wrapped in barbed wire wrapped in marshmallow. He could go from a mesmerising croon to a banshee-esque howl and back to a croon again without missing a beat. Even when sick his vocals went above and beyond what anyone else could achieve without ripping their vocal chords raw. We definitely lost a legend that sad April day in 2002😔. R.I.P, Layne. Your Wings Are No Longer Denied💜🤘🏻
Meu pai também estava! Vocês são sortudos! Até hoje eu peço para ele contar como foi esse show. Ele conta o que lembra pq diz que já estava bêbado hahahahah.Mas só de estar lá já valeu a pena.
Nobody ever gonna read this but typing it is therapeutic...so sad they aren't the 4 most amazing beautiful talented guys\my fav band in the early 80's I was early 20's life that I miss sooooo much now...sorry kinda went off the rails there.. 2024 RIP Layne and Mike S 💔💔 Luv and light to Jerry and Sean ❤️❤️
They were really good, but no one can be compared with Nivarna, mainly bc Cobain wroted all by himself and he had most insane voice ever in rock genres, some of great musicians said that, not to mention that sound he used perfectly fit his voice...
Meh they’re just the new Beatles wave respect his vision but nothing that the pixies didn’t do, Kurt was a force of nature but Alice In Chains is supreme. They were just pop and commercial punk.
Alice in chains é incomparável, a voz de Layne é espetacular e única muito marcante, o estilo sonoro de Jerry você identifica de longe, o ritmo totalmente preciso e no tempo certo de Sean na bateria, e o estilo contido e ao mesmo tempo veloz de Mike no contra baixo... Enfim é uma banda mais que completa tanto em talento como em estilo musical.
I love that there’s a corner of the world where Layne gets his due as the literal GOAT. Eventually I think more and more people will recognize just how good this dude really was. The fact that he, of all people, hooked up with one of the best songwriters of the 90s blows my mind. Those two dudes were a match made in heaven. We’re so lucky they found each other.
End of a tour plus no sleep plus a decent amount of cigarettes... A voice is a living thing that must be treated with respect. Even though he sounds immortal he was very human!
Neste show a primeira música foi them bones, e o volume ou o retorno do microfone estava baixo. Isso fez que Layne forçasse a voz para se escutar. Resultado: sem voz o show todo.
I wonder if kids will ever truly understand how cool the movement in Seattle was. I feel so lucky to have grown up during these unbelievable few years in the 90's. Not to mention the Hiphop happening at the exact same time. What a time to live through loving music.
@@someguy2744 Not really, Jimi didn't do much in Seattle. He got his first guitar at 15, went in the army at 19, and only returned a few times after that. He did play around some before leaving, but DID NOT have much influence on Seattle's music scene, outside of just being from there.
Nice video! Your style, enthusiasm, editing and interpretation is very refreshing for a reaction channel. Alice In Chains is my favorite band. Keep it up!
The 90's was a great time to be young, and a lot of that is because of the music. AIC is one of those bands that has stood the test of time; listening to what they created these days (as I often do) is still as haunting and inspiring as it ever was. Long may they be heard!
Funny to see all the current arguing about Harry Styles ,etc. wearing skirts when Mike is up there playing the dirtiest bass lines known to man in a skirt like it's no big thing in 1993. RIP Mike
This was Alice in Chains and Nirvana's first tour together and both bands sounded amazing at the Hollywood Rock festival in Brazil. They also partied their asses off in Brazil as well. What an amazing concert this was!
BlueBotMemes they are nothing but a softer metal band. Grunge is a music genre of simple riffs, a few chords and usually no solos. All of which Alice In Chains contridicts. There are many attributes to their music that prevent them as being labeled as grunge. Even Alice In Chains as a band agreed they weren’t grunge and were kind of annoyed they were being labeled as a grunge band, being that grunge at the time was very mainstream.
Layne Staley must have sang too hard in his warm-ups. He just has tiny voice cracks. (Probably because of the cocaine.) Still Alice in chains will always be my favorite band. R.I.P Lane Staley
@@chrisluckhardt yep and it changed his live sound a little bit. Eddie gave him a bunch of stuff while they toured together. Those 5150s where so loud and crunchy. I bet every metal band from the mid 90s to about 2005 used them.
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Drogado y todo pero supo como sobrellevar las notas altas y estuvo bien en no hacer el falsetto porque en el estado en que estaba seguramente hubiese terminado haciendo el grito de Tarzan. Pero no importa todo lo que dije, Layne fue y será por siempre el mejor vocalista que haya pasado por la Tierra
cara o vocal canta pra carai, mas é nitido que a voz dele foi-se embora nesse show, e os drivers dele saiam rasgando no microfone. Brabo demais esse vocal
if you watch the entire set Layne blows his voice during Love Hate Love. given how hard these guys were touring at this time, it's not surprising, especially the way he sings
Laynes sick as hell during this concert and still puts his voice and dignity on the line and BELTS would the way it requires him to for it to sound right. Mad respect most people wouldn't dare risk it.
Such a great song, and so hard to sing live (especially on tour, singing 2-4 nights a week, and singing this after burning your voice on a dozen songs before this one). AIC harmonies taught me how to sing.... I hope this chorus can be some small tribute to these legends. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C5qaU4K2ex8.html
Soo lucky, bet the show was incredible!! I got to see them open up for Van Halen in like '91 I think and they IMMEDIATELY became my favorite band and singer of all time, still to this day although Mad Season truly holds a special place for me too ❤❤🙏🙏
Escutei essa música 2 meses seguidos todos os dias durante uma das minhas piores fases com a cocaína. Foi a fase mais destruidora com a droga, 60 dias seguidos se drogando sem parar. Dormindo de dia e acordado nas noites.
I'll never understand why some people don't like when singers overly strained and sing like this, personally I love the sound and raw energy to it, but I know it's probably bad for the singers lol
