Mike was just a maniac on stage. Absolutely no one had energy like Mike Starr. Great bass player. RIP, fella.

I just adore the fact they are doing their thing, enjoying themselves and not giving a damn about the lame audience. True passion right there.

Layne Staley. One the greatest vocalists in the history of humanity.

I love how Sean pounds on his drum kit like it owes him back rent. What a great band!

Layne's vocals at his best

Audio technician must be a bassist who holds a grudge towards guitarists.

Layne's voice is hypnotic

The energy of the crowd is amazing

That original line up had such chemistry

Behold the bass power of the mighty Mike Starr!

Aint Like That has the most addicting riff ever

I was at the Dallas show of this tour and was blown away. Bought the album (which came with a t-shirt and a VHS tape) on my way out. Been hooked ever since. Also, Layne kicked me in the face years later at a Queensryche show. A guy behind me kept flipping Layne off during their set. About 15 minutes into their set, Layne jumped off the stage and attacked the guy. I got a combat boot to the face in the process. Good memories.

What a treat, a hungry ambitious Alice in Chains trying to win over a crowd. 🤘🤘🤘

My dad went to one of their clash of the titans tour and I’m so jealous because they became one of my favorite bands, Layne Staley passed before I was even born 😢

Mike Starr- what a monster!

The Led Zeppelin of the 1990's. How many AIC fans would sell their souls to go back in time to occupy one of those empty seats?

Dear everyone who is about to comment about the lack of guitar in the mix: READ THIS FIRST. This audio is coming straight off of the board. It is the audio which is coming through the front-of-house main PA speakers. As most people who have stage experience will know, rock and metal stages are loud. The sound heard by the crowd is stage noise + PA noise. A lot of times with local bands with basic gear, the drums will be very loud, while the vocals will be the quietest. In this video, however, Jerry Cantrell is using a 100W Marshall Amp, which literally drowns out everything and everyone else. If you stood on stage and turned off all the stage monitors, you would basically hear nothing but guitar. Since the guitar is so loud, if not for the PA system, this would be Jerry Cantrell ft. A Group of Mimes. In order to compensate for this, the vocals, drums, and bass are cranked by the man working the soundboard. The stage carries the guitar while the PA system carries the rest of the band. Since we only have the audio going through the PA system, we get very little guitar, but if the sound guy had mixed it so it sounded good in this video then the result would have been a very crappy mix for the people in attendance.

00:00 - End of We Die Young 00:18 - Bleed The Freak 04:20 - It Ain't Like That 08:53 - Cuts to Man In The Box (Partial)

Does anyone truly realize how titanic on so many levels Jerry Cantrell was to this band? Seriously.

I was at the WI show. AIC did awesome..The only band with a short-haired singer. He did the head shake instead of head bang. Very cool but most of the crowd didn't get it.

That crowd had no idea what they were witnessing, Layne had some set of pipes!

I just had to smile seeing Mike getting off so heavily at first and rocking the shit out of himself in an L7 Shirt,- awesome footage...Layne at his best...sheer pleasure to watch

seeing mike starr play the bass gives me such joy and life! he inspires me so much with learning how to play.

Layne's vocal live seems even more out of this word than his studio performance. Just unbelievable

Saw them on this tour. Slayer fans spitting at Layne. He kept playing and in between vocal parts spit back gave the finger. A few month later AIC stold the crown and kicked ass doing it from there on.

In the early 90’s Layne was healthy and had no reason to cover his arms. Later on he was taping his damn shirts down around the wrists. So sad because he was the best, his voice was out of this world, amazing. #RIPLayneStaley #RIPMikeStarr

the best voice ever hands down, comes from devouted grunge/nirvana fan, Layne`s voice was out of this world, the best, no one comes close to him

1:27 a rare move Mike, rare...but awesome! Rock in peace ❤️

1:26 LOL, Mike kicking Layne's mic stand. Thanks for this, best quality i've seen from this tour.

I can't believe this crowd wtf? One of the VERY few bands with absolute raw talent. They sound like no one else. That's what I love about good bands the good ones don't sound like any other band that already exists. They had their own sound layne didn't sound like any other front man. I think other bands that came after tried to sound something like AIC but these men are still the only ones that sounded like this and its timeless. I love this band as MUCH as I did when they came out. RIP Layne and Mike. It breaks my heart I never got to meet or get an autograph from you

It's really good to watch the original four when they were all so young and in good health. The music videos give a much happier image of Layne and the band's relations than what was really going on.

Saw this tour and other than man in the box, didn't know their music. Remember thinking these guys are awesome! Picked up their debut album the next day and loved them ever since! 90's version of Zeppelin! THE best Seattle band!

This is great for appreciating Mike Starr's work. You can hear him cleary as Jerry's guitar is almost inaudible.

I love how you can really hear Mike's bass! His tone and playing were always killer! RIP

Greatest vocals ever!! RIP Layne and Mike

Unreal how good Staley was: the whole band unreal

The security guards keep looking back to watch.

Everything about this video makes my little metalhead heart happy. The epic headbanging, the voice, the bass line, the endless attitude. They don't make many musicians like this anymore, much less in will you find them in combination. Thanks for sharing this glorious moment.

I love lanes early voice before he lost himself, he had such a vocal presence, god I love that scream.

RIP Mike Starr. He was drunk as hell but maintained during this concert.

Perfect 👌🏾 Layne in his prime xx

Mike Starr was such a dufus, but you can't help but like him. Also Sean just killing it. He always gets overlooked.

Layne and Mike forever in our hearts ❤️🤘🏻🔥

STARR was a an energy like no other 🖤

You've found PURE GOLD here~!!

Mike Star with his insane bass!!

What a beast of a bass performance ❤️

Mike Starr freaking killing it .....

Seen these guys in 91, they opened for van halen. The crowd was a hell of alot more responsive in michigan then here. I guess all the rockers live in the north. They were awesome.

In the top 5 best bands of all time!!!!!! They are incredible!!!!!!

Mike starr was such a talented base player

Layne’s voice- unmatched power -As fflawless live as he was in the recordings. RIP, we miss you

Amazing quality to this performance and it's great to see a healthy Layne Staley performing

Bet the people that threw shit at them were pretty stoked to hear what Anthrax would sound like in a few years.

1:25 LOL I love how Mike just kicks the mic😂 3:58 Sean💖

Layne killed it! As he always did...

That bass so great, i thought that was played with pick, but is Starr's fingers of dirt

Absolutely amazing. The picture quality just blows my mind. Laynes vocal is perfect on this. R.I.P Layne and Mike ❤ Also if you have any more AIC, please upload. This sort of footage is like gold dust for AIC fans.... Thank you 😊

OMG!!! Layne's vocals were insane! Also, look at Sean Kinney playing with such joy! Liking new AIC work as well💝

Wow I was at the show when I was 15 I got to hang out with Lane afterwards by song 3 Alice in Chains gets booed off stage me and my cousin go to the back of the venue after the show where the buses are parked and Lane comes up to us and asks us for real bathroom and we pointed the bathroom right over around the corner with the line of people, I guess he want a little more privacy so he took off on his longboard to the middle of the parking lot in Arco Arena and hung out in a planter box and me and my cousin went out there afterwards waiting for Aunt to pick us up and we see Lane and we hang out with him and he tells us how Dave Mustaine call them up and ask them to open up the Clash of the Titans and he couldn't say no to Dave so there he was stuck on tour throwing his mic down on song 3 every night ! no one had heard of these guys at the time....

It must have been a difficult decision to kick Starr out of the band. The man's playing is tight and his sound and presence in this video are amazing. I hope he and Layne are at peace.

I love watching these early shows. They feel magical.

Jerry knew EXACTLY what he was playing and when he was playing it!! A vital key to this band!! Even though you could barely hear him…hell of a musican

God I wish I could have seen Alice live. Mike is such an underrated bassist. rip gentlemen thank you for your awesome tunes 🙏

I was at that show! People were in awe! Listening, observing, and enjoying the sounds of nature!

Rest In Peace Layne and Mike gone but never forgotten 💕🥀

Wish I could have seen AIC with Layne.. His voice will live on 4ever...

Aic,s music stood the test of time..thats musical genious to me

This has made not just my year but my life.amazing😉

Bleed The Freak - 00:18 It Ain't Like That - 4:20 Man In The Box (Partial) - 8:53

Sean Kinney is a great drummer. I could watch him all day.

I come back and watch this from time to time to remind me that all the shit today doesn’t matter. These guys were living like nobody else and they kept it simple and true.

9:19 Layne's perfection

My whole heart! AIC is the best of any and all time! 💋🤘🏽💋

Everyone who eluded to Mike Starr’s bass being super prevalent… You’re HELLA RIGHT! 😁 It’s Mike & Sean, and then you can hear Layne alright, but Jerry got the shaft!

I tried to shove money into my phone screen to pay for what my eyes were witnessing here. What did I just stumble upon?

2:02 one footed double kicks...only sean can produce such an amazing sound

Mike had an incandescent energy, amazing bassist and Sean is perfect also as always, he looks so happy with his drums

Bro I Always Loved Mike Starr his Awesome playing and His Presence was was always amazing he was also very tight and his Subtle Slides were also cool bro was awesome, I also like that Like double Slide thing He did at 6:12 is awesome, R.I.P Mike And Layne Hope you guys are at peace I Love Alice in Chains

Seeing old footage like this reminds you just how dam good layne was..he was a force!

Best vocalist ever

Thank you for this. Pure Gold right here audio distorted or not, still Epic. Us die hard A I C fans are very thankful

This band is the reason why it was ok for me to lose my 80s music. I am so grateful I was able to see Layne in his prime at Pine Knob in 91 & 93🤘

Layne at his best!!! An these fools didn't even realize...

So many empty seats... I bet many of the metal heads that skipped them on this tour were big fans a year and half later. But on this day they blew it.

I hear so much bass. I mean it sounds great. Mixer was a bassists

Mike Starr was so great too! Love his L7 shirt as well. :)

Being a relatively new alternative rock band at this time and getting on a tour with Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax was pretty awesome!!!

Saw this tour in Louisville Ky,AIC had a rough time trying to win the crowd...End of every song the Slayer chants would start.I kicked back and watched their set,they at least won one fan that evening.

So glad I saw them on this tour, fucking epic performance..

Love Layne he always gave it his all

Love how Mike came out

It's so true don't know what you got till it's gone Layne was by far my favorite singer RIP!!!

People in the crowd all looked shocked when in reality there watching the band at there finest.

The harmonizing between these two!! Jerry and RIP Layne!!

May 25, 1991 Pacific Amphitheater, Costa Mesa California. Thank you and God bless you a million times for posting this absolutely 💯 precious video footage. They look and sound so bad a$$ here. AIC came back to this facility with Van Halen on September 10 and 11, 1991. You can really hear Mike's bass guitar. Just don't tell Lars.

This is such a good lesson to pass on to your kids about why you should never trust a crowd unfamiliar with your work / art / story to tell you whether you should give up or not. These guys listened to enough music to know this was part of the growing pains and the process. This is the part where most give up. They knew they had all the ingredients to be stars. The lesson isn’t just for musicians, it can be applied to almost anything....except boxing or MMA 🥊 😂 It takes about 3 touch points with someone for them to give you a fair shot, known in the scientific world as the “exposure effect”. It’s human nature to hate the unknown. It’s built in our DNA to always scan for threats first and anything outside of our “tribe” could’ve meant death in those days ie. a wild animal, someone from another tribe, unfamiliar sounds 💀. If you actually do suck, wait until you have at least have a sample size first lol It’s not like AIC sucked at this point and then just improved either. The “opening band” label starts them as low-value too, so people only hear what their bias expects. Weird how similar this principle works with advertising / cold calling too. Added this to the archives 👌🏽 thank you for posting! A rare gem 💎

I'm freaking out seeing Mike and Layne on stage. I wasn't born yet but this band touched my life through music. RIP❤

Layne is such a sexy beast!! Damn. I miss him

jerry’s guitar needs to be turned way up 😂 definitely showed mike’s great bass playing though