Live (CD - 2000)

Producers include: Tony Wilson.

Compilation producer: Peter Fletcher.

Engineers include: Mike Walter, Mark Narficy.

Recorded live between 1990 & 1996.

Audio Mixers: Mark Naficy; Tony Wilson .

Recording information: Dallas, TX (1990-1996); Glasgow Barrowland (1990-1996); Glasgow, Scotland (1990-1996); Kansas City (1990-1996); Lollapallooza (1990-1996); Seattle Moore Theater (1990-1996); The Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO (1990-1996); The Kiel Center, St. Louis, MO (1990-1996); The Moore Theater, Seattle, WA (1990-1996).

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. minimize