ALICE IN CHAINS: MUSIC BANK BOX SET Album (1999)

ALICE IN CHAINS MUSIC BANK is a box set of a large variety of songs by Alice in Chains. It was released on October 26, 1999. The box set includes previously unreleased demos, hit singles, remixes, alternative versions and four new songs, Fear the Voices, Get Born Again, Lying Season, and Died.

The track Fear the Voices was released as a Single to promote the Box Set. The Music Bank box set consists of three music discs, 48 songs, including rarities, previously unreleased demos and mixes by the band, and previously released and remastered material from their albums Facelift, Sap, Dirt, Jar of Flies, Alice in Chains and Alice in Chains Unplugged and a CD-ROM disc containing various multimedia.

In 1998, vocalist Layne Staley reunited with Alice in Chains to record two new songs, Get Born Again and Died. Originally written for Jerry Cantrell‘s solo album Degradation Trip, the songs were released on Music Bank.

Disc One

1. Get Born Again (from Nothing Safe: The Best of the Box) Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell
2. I Can’t Have You Blues (1988 demo, previously unreleased) Cantrell
3. Whatcha Gonna Do (1988 demo, previously unreleased) Cantrell, Staley
4. Social Parasite (1988 demo, previously unreleased) Cantrell
5. Queen of the Rodeo (Live 1990, previously unreleased) Staley, Jett Silver 4:39
6. Bleed the Freak (1989 demo, previously unreleased) Cantrell
7. Killing Yourself (1988 demo, previously unreleased) Cantrell, Staley
8. We Die Young (from Facelift) Cantrell
9. Man in the Box (from Facelift) Cantrell, Staley
10. Sea of Sorrow (1989 demo, previously unreleased) Cantrell
11. I Can’t Remember (from Facelift) Staley, Cantrell
12. Love, Hate, Love (from Facelift) Staley, Cantrell
13. It Ain’t Like That (from Facelift) Cantrell, Starr, Kinney
14. Confusion (from Facelift) Staley, Cantrell, Starr
15. Rooster (1991 demo, previously unreleased) Cantrell
16. Right Turn (from Sap) Cantrell
17. Got Me Wrong (from Sap) Cantrell

Disc Two

1. Rain When I Die (from Dirt) Cantrell, Staley, Kinney, Starr
2. Fear the Voices (Previously unreleased) Starr, Cantrell, Staley
3. Them Bones (from Dirt) Cantrell
4. Dam That River (from Dirt) Cantrell
5. Sickman (from Dirt) Cantrell, Staley
6. Rooster (from Dirt) Cantrell
7. Junkhead (1991 demo, previously unreleased) Cantrell, Staley
8. Dirt (from Dirt) Cantrell, Staley
9. God Smack (from Dirt) Cantrell, Staley
10. Iron Gland (unlisted track from Dirt) Cantrell
11. Angry Chair (from Dirt) Staley
12. Lying Season (Previously unreleased) Staley, Cantrell
13. Would? (from Dirt) Cantrell
14. Brother (from Sap, alternate mix without Ann Wilson’s vocals) Cantrell
15. Am I Inside (from Sap) Cantrell, Staley
16. I Stay Away (from Jar of Flies) Staley, Mike Inez, Cantrell
17. No Excuses (from Jar of Flies) Cantrell

Disc Three

1. Down in a Hole (from Dirt) Cantrell
2. Hate to Feel (from Dirt) Staley
3. What the Hell Have I (Remix, original from Music from the Original Motion Picture – Last Action Hero) Cantrell
4. A Little Bitter (Remix, original from Music from the Original Motion Picture Last Action Hero) Staley, Cantrell, Inez, Kinney
5. Grind (from Alice in Chains) Cantrell
6. Again (Tattoo of Pain Mix, previously unreleased in the United States) Cantrell, Staley
7. Head Creeps” (from Alice in Chains) Staley 6:27
8. God Am (from Alice in Chains) Staley, Cantrell, Kinney, Inez
9. Frogs (from Alice in Chains) Staley, Cantrell, Kinney, Inez
10. Heaven Beside You (from Alice in Chains) Cantrell, Inez
11. Nutshell (from MTV Unplugged) Staley, Cantrell, Inez, Kinney,
12. The Killer Is Me (from MTV Unplugged) Cantrell
13. Over Now (from MTV Unplugged) Cantrell, Kinney
14. Died (Previously unreleased)

Personnel:
Mark Arm: vocals on Right Turn
Jeff Beck: graphic design
Jerry Cantrell: guitar, vocals, liner notes pages 48, 53, compilation title, cover concept
Chris Cornell: vocals on Right Turn
Peter Cronin: photography
Paul Hernandez: photography
Mike Inez: bass (disc 1: track 1, disc 2: tracks 16 & 17, disc 3: tracks 3, 11, 13,14), guitar (disc 3: track 12)
Dennis Keeley: photography
Sean Kinney: drums, liner notes (inner box), concept, cover concept, supervisor, direction, production concept
Stephen Marcussen: mastering
Scott Olson: guitar (disc 3: tracks 11 & 13), bass (disc 3: track 12)
Layne Staley: vocals, guitar (Angry Chair, Hate to Feel, Head Creeps, Died)
Mike Starr: bass (disc 1: tracks 2–17, disc 2: tracks 1–15, disc 3: tracks 1–2)
Ann Wilson: vocals on “Am I Inside”
Jonathan Meyer: graphic assistant
Peter Fletcher: compilation producer, foreword
Neil Zlozower: photography
Jeffrey Mayer: photography
Catherine Wessel: photography
Karen Moskowitz: photography
Michael Simpson: package supervision
Mary Maurer: art direction, design
Chris Cuffaro: photography
Doug Erb: design
Danny Clinch: photography
Steffan Chirazi: liner notes
Marty Temme: photography
Brandy Flower: design
Christopher Wray–McCann: photography

Layne Staley (August 22, 1967 – April 5, 2002)

Mike Starr (April 4, 1966 – March 8, 2011).

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