Also featured are scenes of a group of children playing with bubbles. Unplugged is a live album and DVD by the American rock band Alice in Chains, released on July 30, 1996 by Columbia Records. He's heard this song. [10] Alice Pattillo of Metal Hammer considers Alice In Chains' MTV Unplugged as the best live album ever made. Note that while the CD also lists the final song as "Killer Is Me," the DVD's track list lists the song as "The Killer Is Me." Print. The acoustic version of "Over Now" (originally released on Alice in Chains' 1995 self-titled album) was released as a single. The MTV Unplugged was Alice in Chains' first … Both the studio and the demo version of the song were featured on the box set Music Bank (1999). [7] Cantrell wrote the lyrics from the standpoint of his father.[12]. It is the fifth song on the original pressing of the album and sixth on others. Accordingly, the taping took approximately three hours to finish. On June 15, 2018, "Rooster" was featured on the ending of Part 5 of the Netflix series The Ranch, when character Rooster Bennett (played by Danny Masterson) leaves the show. In the Primus DVD Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People, Alice in Chains are seen playing the song live, with Les Claypool joining the band on stage dressed in a chicken suit. "Rooster" is a song by the American rock band Alice in Chains, featured on their second studio album, Dirt (1992). It was good for me in the long-run and it was good for him, too. [34], On December 12, 2017, the song was released as downloadable content for the music video game Rocksmith as part of Alice In Chains Song Pack II, which also includes the songs "Nutshell", "No Excuses", "Down in a Hole", and "Heaven Beside You".[35]. "Rooster" was the last music video to feature original bass player Mike Starr, who is pictured on the cover of the single. 2 on its list of "The Top 10 Best Alice in Chains Song" in 2020. Pieretti, who walks/runs extremely well with a prosthetic leg, performed a very graphic and difficult scene in which his leg was "blown off" by a land mine and Elliott's "Rooster" character offers life-saving medical aid on the battlefield. Actor James Elliott (Southland, Entourage, Mafia II, etc.) "[10], Cantrell wrote the song while living at Chris Cornell and Susan Silver's house in Seattle at the start of 1991. Part of the live acoustic performance series "Unplugged" put out by MTV. Jerry Cantrell often introduces his father on stage before playing the song at Alice in Chains' concerts. There's a variety of reasons for their inactivity -- primarily it's due to the health of certain members -- but the lack of concerts made the Unplugged performance seem … Alice in Chains performed an acoustic version of "Rooster" for its appearance on MTV Unplugged in 1996 and the song was included on the Unplugged live album and home video release. Alice In Chains - Down in a Hole (MTV Unplugged - HD Video) It’s more of a forum to dig deeper. [32][33], "Rooster" was mentioned on the 2016 novel Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not? In the liner notes of 1999's Music Bank box set collection, Jerry Cantrell said of the song: It was the start of the healing process between my Dad and I from all that damage that Vietnam caused. [17], The music video for "Rooster" was released in February 1993,[18] and was directed by Mark Pellington. Dale Dye provided Elliott with some of his own personal combat gear which Dye had actually worn during multiple tours in Vietnam, including his military watch and map light, among other items. Unplugged is a live album and DVD by the American rock band Alice in Chains, released on July 30, 1996 by Columbia Records. They then go into the "formal" take which was used on the CD. Alice In Chains: MTV Unplugged is amazing. [4], The performance was one of Alice in Chains' final appearances with vocalist Layne Staley and featured some of the band's highest charting singles, including "Rooster", "Down in a Hole", "Heaven Beside You", and "Would? [1][2] The band was offered to do the segment numerous times prior to the actual taping before finally accepting. 12 on its list of "The 100 best metal songs of the 90s" in 2018,[16] and at No. The M16A2 is used (which was not used until the 1980s), as well as the Nomex flight gloves which were not used until well into the Vietnam War. [citation needed]. To be honest, I didn’t really sit down intending to do any of that; it just kinda came out. 12 on its list of "The 100 Best Metal Songs of the 90s" in 2018, and at No. Cantrell Sr.'s scenes, filmed in stark black & white, show him hunting in the woods as an older man, while having "flashback" memories of his youthful Vietnam combat experiences (which are shot in full color). It even brought him to the point of tears. The electricity-free performances. Metal Hammer ranked "Rooster" at No. Staley responded to the heckler by shouting, "Hey, fuck you, man!" It was recorded on April 10, 1996 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Majestic Theatre for the television series MTV Unplugged. The concentrated catharsis in Alice in Chains' music is still best heard with the amps cranked up to 11." On April 10, 1996, Alice in Chains resurfaced to perform their first concert in two and a half years for MTV Unplugged, a program featuring all-acoustic set lists. It was beautiful. But that’s the great thing about music – sometimes it can reach deeper than you ever would in a conversation with anybody. It was an environment that wasn’t good for anyone, so we took off to live with my grandmother in Washington, and that’s where I went to school. Cantrell Sr. served two combat tours in Vietnam, and also appears in the music video talking about his war experiences. [citation needed] At the time the video was also the longest music video ever aired in full on MTV (running approximately 7 minutes long). On New Year's Eve 2020, Post Malone covered the song at the Bud Light Seltzer Sessions. [15], Metal Hammer ranked "Rooster" at No. Before "Angry Chair," Jerry Cantrell paid further tribute by playing the intro to "Battery" going into the Hee Haw song, "Gloom, Despair, and Agony on Me". [30], MMA fighter Tim Kennedy, himself an Army veteran, uses the song as his entrance theme at UFC events. * 6-part folding insert with 2 sides (12 pages total). The album has received platinum certification by the RIAA and the home video release has received gold certification by the RIAA. [1] It spent 20 weeks on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and peaked at No. [20] Cantrell Sr.'s scenes were filmed on what was then Cantrell's great uncle's property and is now the site of Jerry Cantrell's family ranch in Atoka, Oklahoma. This was all my perception of his experiences out there. Jerry Cantrell reacts by throwing a bottle at Claypool and chasing him off the stage. Genres: Acoustic Rock, Grunge. The "Rooster" character (played by James Elliott), was based on Alice in Chains' guitarist/vocalist, Jerry Cantrell's father (Jerry Cantrell Sr.), whose lifelong nickname was "Rooster." Directed by Joe Perota. The DVD's introduction to "Sludge Factory" also contains portions of ", On the DVD, the final song's title is listed onscreen as "Killer Is Me." "[8], The song was written by Alice in Chains guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell for his father, Jerry Cantrell Sr., who served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. I certainly had resentments, as any young person does in a situation where a parent isn’t around or a family is split. Watch our community members perform this song. But on Rooster, I was trying to think about his side of it – what he might have gone through. 7. Autoscroll. Alice in Chains is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1987 by guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney, who then recruited bassist Mike Starr and lead vocalist Layne Staley.Starr was replaced by Mike Inez in 1993. He said it was a weird experience, a sad experience and he hoped that nobody else had to go through it.[8]. Recorded on April 10th, 1996 using Effanel Music Mobile Recording. [7] Alone, late at night, Cantrell kept thinking about his father and the psychological scars from his time in the Vietnam War that contributed to the breakdown of his family. “Brother” by Alice In Chains, MTV Unplugged Listen to the new album, Rainier Fog: https://aliceinchains.lnk.to/RainierFogOn tour this spring and summer. [citation needed] AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote in his review of the album: "It doesn't offer anything that the albums don't already. Alice in Chains Unplugged marked the second to last performance from Staley, who was battling a crippling addiction to herointhat was poignantly chronicled through the band's dark and agonising lyrics. MTV Unplugged version as played live. How to play "Rooster" Font −1 +1. Recommended by The Wall Street Journal [13], The album initially received mixed reviews from critics. 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