Live

Personnel: Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell (vocals, guitar); Mike Inez, Mike Starr (bass); Sean Kinney (drums, percussion).
Producers include: Tony Wilson.
Compilation producer: Peter Fletcher.
Engineers include: Mike Walter, Mark Narficy.
Recorded live between 1990 & 1996.
Recording information: Dallas, TX (03/02/1993); Glasgow Barrowland (03/02/1993); Nagoya, Japan (03/02/1993); The Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO (03/02/1993); The Kiel Center, St. Louis, MO (03/02/1993); The Moore Theater, Seattle, WA (03/02/1993); Dallas, TX (07/02/1996); Glasgow Barrowland (07/02/1996); Nagoya, Japan (07/02/1996); The Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO (07/02/1996); The Kiel Center, St. Louis, MO (07/02/1996); The Moore Theater, Seattle, WA (07/02/1996); Dallas, TX (07/03/1996); Glasgow Barrowland (07/03/1996); Nagoya, Japan (07/03/1996); The Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO (07/03/1996); The Kiel Center, St. Louis, MO (07/03/1996); The Moore Theater, Seattle, WA (07/03/1996); Dallas, TX (10/24/1993); Glasgow Barrowland (10/24/1993); Nagoya, Japan (10/24/1993); The Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO (10/24/1993); The Kiel Center, St. Louis, MO (10/24/1993); The Moore Theater, Seattle, WA (10/24/1993); Dallas, TX (11/05/1990); Glasgow Barrowland (11/05/1990); Nagoya, Japan (11/05/1990); The Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO (11/05/1990); The Kiel Center, St. Louis, MO (11/05/1990); The Moore Theater, Seattle, WA (11/05/1990); Dallas, TX (12/22/1990); Glasgow Barrowland (12/22/1990); Nagoya, Japan (12/22/1990); The Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO (12/22/1990); The Kiel Center, St. Louis, MO (12/22/1990); The Moore Theater, Seattle, WA (12/22/1990).
Photographer: Marty Temme.
The simply titled LIVE offers a glimpse of AIC's moody, explosive live performances, captured between 1990 and 1996. Pre-dating the band's Columbia recordings is the country-punk track "Queen of the Rodeo," also found on the box set MUSIC BANK. This track is a notable inclusion, showing that Alice In Chains have a sense of humor behind the wall of musical gloom they've made for themselves.
Best displayed on "Would?" and "Angry Chair," the tasteful, all-too-often overlooked drumming of Sean Kinney shines brightly here. The included version of "Love Hate Love" has a Doors-like intensity, with Layne Staley's vocal dynamics piloting the track like a vessel. LIVE is short on stage banter and thankfully long in unpolished, raw, powerful live recordings of these seminal Seattle hard rock masters.