We thought of Godsmack when I got a cold sore and Sully said God smacked you for saying that stuff about my mother. However, the despite all this, they strongly deny they got their name from the Alice in Chains song despite copying everything else from them. A band that tries their hardest to emulate Alice in Chains by copying their vocals, logo, sound, album cover, album name, and even their transition to accoustic sound. Name of an Alice in Chains song from the album Dirt.Ģ. The kids find it quite moving in a spooky sort of way.1. I use this as an analyze poetry/ don't freaking do drugs lesson. Also, he is holding rare flowers in a tomb in the song and, in reality, he was found with heroin (made from poppies (rare flowers)) in the apartment where he spent almost all of his time watching himself deteriorate.
For example, Down in a Hole describes the narrator sitting and observing the sand raining down - either on top of him, thus burying him alive or through the hole of an hourglass indicating he knows that his time is short enough to be measured by a device that pinpoints a specific end. In Layne's situation, the words of Them Bones and others such as those of Down in a Hole, Nutshell, Rotten Apple map out a frighteningly specific path that would lead to his own tragic end. We know that Hamlet is on borrowed time because Shakespeare kills all of his tragic heroes therefore, we are able to see him holding a skull and foreshadow his own death. "To what base uses we may return, Horatio." Her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must "Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let "Did these bones cost no more the breeding than to play at loggats with 'em? Mine ache to think on't." If you love this song as much as I do, I highly recommend that you do a comparison of your own. I teach English and use this song when we get to Act V Scene I of Hamlet. Anger was inspired by AICĢ# Alice In Chains reunited in '05 with new lead singer William DuVall and intend to release an album later this year.ģ# Jerry Cantrell was himself a drug addict. 'Dirt' about murder/suicide all the way to 'Rooster' about the Vietnam WarĦ)There is a very well done copy paste interpretation on this pageħ)'Man In The Box' is about media sensorship.Ĩ)This song is not dedication to one of their friends who died of an overdose, but a song on this album, 'Would?' is.ĩ)I don't think being skinny inspired this song.įor anyone interested here are some facts on AICġ# Metallica intended to tour with Alice In Chains, but after Layne's death their new sound on St. The thought that all the beautiful things and knowledge and experiences you've been through just end when you end scares me, the thought that when you close your eyes for good, it's gone forever."Ĥ)Alice In Chains is yet to write a song about anorexiaĥ)The album that this song is from Dirt is one of the best albums of that era, and it is a very diverse and thoughtful album with songs like 'Them Bones' about death, It's a thought for every human being, whether you believe in an after-life or that when we die, that's it. "I was just thinking about mortality, that one of these days we'll end up a pile of bones. 1)Layne Staley died as a recluse by an overdose of speedballing, by no means suicide.Ģ)Jerry Cantrell wrote this, and the majority of songs on AIC's earlier albums, but this had changed by the stage "Alice In Chains" was releasedģ)This song was inspired by Jerry's fear of death, quoting him