“Killing Yourself,” recorded during the “Facelift” sessions, was featured as the B-side to the 1990 “We Die Young” vinyl single.
The song was featured on Alice in Chains’ 1988 demo tape.
A remix was included on the 1999 box set, “Music Bank.”
“The song is us against the world, those people who put you down: ‘I put up with many years of you putting us down and watching us bleed, now I'd like to see you bleed some back.’”
Jerry Cantrell
On This Day in 1993— Staley hit the stage in Japan.
Alice in Chains performed at Nakano Sun Plaza Hall in Tokyo during their international leg of touring.
On This Day— Blind Melon’s Shannon Hoon died October 21, 1995 at the age of 28.
Leaving behind his partner and infant daughter, Nico Blue, his legacy lives on through his music and the band’s 1996 tribute album, “Nico.”
“It was Jerry’s concept of having him start out the song, Layne come in, and then we finish up [with a] two-sides-to-the-story type of thing, which I thought was a brilliant concept.”
Producer Toby Wright
Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell, and Sean Kinney with Sam Hofstedt (recording/mixing engineer) and Toby Wright (record producer/mixing engineer) in 1995.
Layne Staley on the set of the music video for “Man in the Box.”
The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1992.
🎥 Director: Paul Rachman
















