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(More customer reviews)As of 2002, in the wake of Jerry Cantrell's continuing solo career, Sean Kinney and Mike Inez's new band, Mike Starr's book, and Layne Staley's endless drug problems, it is clear that Alice in Chains is history. It's a shame, considering their music was the most personal and harrowing of the Seattle Big Four. Even worse is the fact that music "historians" will center the grunge movement around Nirvana and Pearl Jam in years to come.
That being said, there's no denying what a devastating band Alice was. Thus, this video is an absolutely essential addition to even the most casual Alice fan. The video is even more essential since the band has not launched a proper tour since 1993, and half-hearted performing and Staley?s increasingly frail singing voice highlighted their final live performances in 1996.
Live Facelift captures the band in all their glory, showing how powerful the band was in their younger days, before drug addiction put serious limitations on the band's capabilities. Staley's voice is in full force in this video, and Cantrell's guitar playing is among his most expressive.
Unfortunately the performance is far too short (the band only knocks out about 5 songs on stage, followed by 3 music videos), and the black and white provides a rather grainy quality on what is an otherwise exceptional live performance. The video also could've benefited from some backstage features, as anyone who has seen the Nona Tapes knows that behind the drug-addled music lies a band with a huge sense of humor.
All in all, Live Facelift is a must-have for Alice fans, an essential footnote in the career of a band that was probably Seattle's most unfulfilled talent.
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