Alice In Chains 'Man In The Box' REACTION & ANALYSIS by Vocal Coach / Opera Singer

For over a year you've been begging for me to review Layne Staley's vocals from Alice In Chains, and it just hasn't gotten to my list. And so my patrons answered. Voting this to the top on our July poll, I finally shifted Alice In Chains onto my recording schedule and get to see what so many of you have been screaming about for so long!

Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she listens to Alice In Chains for the first time, performing "Man In The Box”.
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Performed by Alice In Chains - Words and Music by Alice In Chains
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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[F.A.F.O.]

So I’m sitting at the bar and this guy with pink hair is next to me grabbing some beers, this is in Bonn Germany 1993. We chatted for about 10 minutes with the Screaming Trees on stage behind us, was a real cool guy. About 30 minutes pass and these lights behind a white curtain come on, the shadows of the band are showing through, the sheet drops and there’s that guy I was chatting with jumping up and down singing, I didn’t have a clue it was Layne Staley I was talking to. That was one of the most memorable times of my life, and I still get tears welling up in my eyes when I hear him sing, beautiful voice, the world lost a truly great vocalist when we lost him.

[mduckworth]

I am literally screaming in my basement ("NO the best part is COMING!!") as she pauses the video two times right as Layne is about to let it go MY EYES".

[untilvalhalla]

Definitely check out "Rooster" at some point. It's a really deep and powerful performance.

[rugbyrick]

Spit was a dub, we all know what the real word he was singing was.

[amberbeigel]

Layne and Jerry were musical twin flames. Jerry knew immediately when he heard Layne’s voice how special he was. No one could have crafted the songs and harmonize so perfectly with Layne. Everything Jerry did on his end really showcased Layne’s incredible talent.

[IAmCommSheprd]

As several other people have mentioned, "Love, Hate, Love - Live at the Moore" is a great next step into seeing Layne's power and control on display. I would also recommend "Down in a Hole - Unplugged" as a way to see the softer side of his vocals with a greater emphasis on the harmonies with Jerry Cantrell.

[TheContingencyPlan]

“I really liked the harmonies”.
Welcome to Alice In Chains.

[ThatRedHusky]

The dude wasn't just the voice of pain, he WAS pain. As melodramatic as that sounds, anyone who grew up in Seattle in the late 80s and early 90s (like me) knows very well that he was constantly battling himself. Dude just fed all his hate for himself and his addiction through his voice. Completely effortless power. Much like Chris Cornell.

[christophertaylor]

The thing to understand about this song is that when it came out, it hit people in the ears like a bomb. NOTHING was like it, nothing. It was shocking and amazing and stunning. I could not hear it enough.

[ali-]

“Would?” Is a really good display of Layne Staley’s powerful vocals especially the third chorus where he holds the note longer.. amazing

[thomasmeyer]

"I know I haven’t got much of a voice, but Layne has one hell of a voice.” - Kurt Cobain

[bluedogrulez]

Man in the Box was one of the first if not the first “grunge” songs to get radio and MTV play, and really defines the grunge sound for me. And Layne’s vocals were so powerful…and they were just as inspiring live. True talent.

[ethancowan]

Did you know the chorus of this song is one of the hardest things to ever replicate. How long and straight he keeps that note is insane. Layne was an amazing singer and one of the most talented

[brianjordan]

Lane's voice is like a thousand souls crying out in pain.

[juditab]

Layne Staley's magic was the fact that his vocals were so remarkably powerful and yet so incredibly vulnerable at the same exact time. No one else could ever do it.

[capoman]

Layne TOLD US in his lyrics that he would die of his addiction. It is both sad and beautiful to see such things play out. To know someone is sick. But to be able to really feel their sickness in the music and know that it is real. Almost like watching a horror movie.

[HaleysTusk]

"Understanding this grunge thing"....having grown up in the Seattle area in the '90's, one of the biggest things I recall was that Grunge was basically a rebuke of the over abundance of "Hair Bands" w/ their speed solos, each album required to have some kind of metal ballad. People were tired of these excesses which followed a formula (it's what the record execs looked for to promote), Grunge brought music back to a more grounded musical expression reflecting on real life feelings of anger, hurt and isolation, the opposite of the 'party all the time', chicks and rock and roll, excesses of the Hair band era

[ethanfoglesong]

“Down in a hole” shows how well layne and jerry sang together

[KyleS.]

The way Layne attacks that chorus after the guitar solo always gives me chills. He always had another gear to kick into when a song needed a punch.

[rightchick]

LOVE this sweet lady and her appreciation of grunge & metal! I’m so in awe of her knowledge and breakdown of Layne’s vocals as well as others. Her giddiness makes me smile and I look forward to watching her every morning while drinking my coffee. ❤️🙏🔥🤘