You know a song is killer when you get Doug air drumming along with it

Layne usually gets all the praise, but all four guys were really phenomenal. Please don't wait another a couple of hundred episodes to listen to their song "The rooster". I promise you'll enjoy.

They were a far superior band than any other from that time period. Layne's voice is untouchable...

I love how Doug takes one read at the lyrics and spits out the perfect comment: "who are we supposed to believe? Who has the credibility?" The perfect summary

'Would?' would be a cool one to check out, Doug. It really shows off the band's instrumental abilities, and the vocals are superb; great hooks, too.

Layne Staley and Chris Cornell: 2 of my favorite singers ever. RIP both of them.

Layne’s voice was unreal, RIP.

I was lucky enough to see Alice in Chains live before Layne passed and to this day it was one of the best shows ive ever seen. His voice was spine tingling . I still feel sad about his loss when I listen to them. ❤

Don't Follow is my favorite song of theirs. I was a DJ at a rock station in 1997 and could play whatever i wanted overnight. I played it nearly every hour.

I love how easy is for you to follow the chord progression on the piano. Truly a great musician

Man the 90's hit different didn't it!

Rain When I Die. Best example of both the way they harmonize and Layne’s ridiculous grasp on theory and his own voice. Great choice. Can’t wait to see more AIC

I like the call and answer between Layne and Jerry during the chorus..

Cantrell’s message about the song cannot be any more relevant than it is today. Wow, if history doesn’t repeat itself

Alice in Chains is the best band ever… and Layne.. had the greatest, unique, amazing voice… RIP beautiful man.. you will never be forgotten ❤

According to some stuff I came across on KZfaq Van Halen (with Sammy) were very generous to these guys in the early days, taking them out on tour and mentoring them. Jerry Cantrell, in a Gibson Masters interview, said he was living in his manager's basement and after opening on a leg of a Van Halen tour, woke up one day to a shit-ton of EVH equipment in the garage, sent to him by Eddie himself.

Facelift came out in 1990. Man In The Box was the first of the big 4 that MTV played, in heavy rotation. Everyone talks about the other three bands but Alice opened the door first.

Absolute top-drawer track by Alice in Chains, Man in The Box is stunningly powerful; and, I learn so much from Doug's observations ... very insightful Mr. Helvering. Thank you and kudos!👍

AIC is very well known for their harmonies, one of their most defining features and I would argue they do it better than any other rock band of their era.

I love how you can see Doug's mind ticking over, seeing the music in his mind, conducting, playing along with his piano. He is an incredible musician- and makes me wish that I could have a greater knowledge of how music is constructed and played. And I love his take on the lyrical content too. This is a fantastic episode- AIC are one of my all-time favourite bands. Would love to see Doug take on one of AIC's live performances, 'Love, Hate, Love' Live at the Moore. And maybe some of Layne's other musical project, Mad Season. Thanks, Doug!

Ann Wilson, Geoff Tate, Layne Staley and Chris Cornell all trained with the same vocal coach in Seattle, David P. Kyle

In which Doug discovers the magic of AIC’s vocal harmonies!

Bleed the freak was probably my favorite from this album. I wish we could have got more out of this band with Layne. But i cherish what he gave us while he was here.

Sean Kinney, who plays drums for Alice In Chains, played this whole album with a broken hand.

You're onto it Doug. A piano version stripped down would be amazing.

Rick beato did a what makes this song great!! It’s so cool hearing the isolated tracks from everything from the vocals to all the instruments!!

Their album "Dirt" is marvellous. My favourite of that genre. Great harmonies, raw tones. Man in a Box hints at what will come. Okay. That CD is my first call tomorrow.

Saw them in a bar on this tour. They were great. Still have the autographed album cover.

"Again". Thats the Alice in Chains song you need to hear. :)

Love when Doug jumps on the keys! 🎹

Doug playing piano to this is so ironic. Made me chuckle.

Sad that 50% of this bands lineup here are gone.. I always thought AIC was the driving force of the Seattle Grunge movement not Nirvana. And Jerry holy smokes what a talented guy amazing singer/guitarist and song writer. Doug you have to react to Rooster.. Killer song. Jerry wrote it about the viewpoint of his father during his time in Vietnam. Such a powerful song and the vocals are chilling I still get goosebumps

The thing that always gets overlooked with AIC are the harmonies with Layne and Jerry. Made for some amooooth vocals. RIP Layne and Mike.

Love how you read the lyrics back and add to the music with your keyboard it lets me know you actually feel the music. And for THAT sir I BELL 🔔 you..! Love your channel don’t change anything ❤ can’t wait for more videos 👏🏼

Oh my god he's finally done AiC

I would recommend off of this same album, Sea Of Sorrow and Bleed The Freak

Other Alice in Chains songs that rock arr: them Bones, Would, damn that River

It's beautiful listening to you jamming on the keyboard to this

Rooster. So raw, would be a great one for the channel.

Great video Doug. It's a very good song off a phenomenal debut album. Layne's voice is unequaled, the harmonies are unmistakable, these guys were superb together and their body of work will be played for decades to come. Even the music after Layne is distinctively AIC to the core. Please do explore some other gems from the AIC catalog. Really enjoy your videos.

Excellent choice for your Metal Monday, and I feel gratified as well that you picked Alice. Still my favorite band of all time, especially with the follow-up studio LP they released in late 1992, regarded as their masterpiece. Unfortunately by the time those recording sessions began, Layne had just begun to get more seriously into his addiction. The album’s producer has said he noticed it was affecting his vocal performances. Then he got clean for the sessions of recording the EP that “Nutshell” appears on, but it was very temporary. Soon he was headed downward big-time, and their releases with him from then on were lesser works. But I think I remember Layne saying he was a bit stoned when he wrote the lyrics here. So even though chemical indulgences defined some of their material, I wish he could’ve survived that.

I know it seems easy but this is my favorite AIC song. FWIW, Nutshell is a close second. I’m excited that you reacted to this one!

Man in the box was on the first studio album, but We Die Young off of their EP 1989…. Brilliant!!!

Out of all the songs of theirs that you could do/haven't done yet, please do Would? next. His vocals are probably some of the best out there on that song.

I never knew the name of this song, nor did I know the band. If a DJ ever said it, I must've ignored it. This takes me back, to being a 5-7 year old boy. I love this song!

Funny how you mention Bon Jovi because that's exactly who inspired AIC to use talk box in this song :)

watch love, hate, love live at the moore!!! unbelievable performance from the entire band.

Great reaction to an awesome song from my favorite band. Man in the Box message truly applies to what is and has been going on by mainstream media and politics.

Love it when Doug plays along on piano….

No Excuses was my first AIC song. Then I got all the rest of their output. I still mourn Layne. ☮️😎

Wow I LOVE this guy! Respect

I love Doug's A Capella intro, sometimes listen to it a few times, what a great voice and sense of pitch, key and vocal harmony, he is music professor after all; Layne Staley was a superb vocalist and Jerry Cantrell complimented him with perfect backup vocal harmony, a great vocalist in his own right and a killer guitarist, such a good band, we all knew Layne was somehow doomed to his own self-fulfilling prophecies. RIP Layne Staley And Mike Starr

it's in Eb minor because they tun the guitars down 1/2 step (from Em)

We all miss Layne. Love hate love and nutshell, are AMAZING songs for the nexts episodes jejeje hugs from Argentina

Huge AIC fan here if you can’t tell by my user name lol… great breakdown! My man does the daddiest Dad dances ever and I love it lol! I got the same moves! Great work brother! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

Probably my favorite Alice In Chains song the only part of it I haven’t fully learned how to play is the solo. Jerry Cantrell has always been a big influence on my playing

5:42 LOL some other vocal/song reaction channels have keyboards in front of them, fiddle with a key or 2, and go “hmmm interesting” and you’re here just jamming out next to said song out of nowhere. Amazing content man

You should listen to Sludge Factory off their unplugged album!!

Doug , the working mans music commentary! Love it, Like hes in the room with you and your friends!

The Perfect storm, playing on the radio on deck while fishing swordfish.

"See my eyes. Now you've sewn them shut."

Entire album is killer. Dirt as well. All great songs.

I love watching musical people reacting to quality metal.

Foi a mais prazerosa reação que assisti, obrigada por compartilhar! Abraço forte aqui do Brasil! Uau! Amei ❤

Killer vocalist love mtv unplugged show,

I strongly suggest you do Love Hate Love from Alice in chains.

Love, Hate, Love is a moving song.

best band of the 1990!! All great hitz

u have t0 d0 "love, hate, love" !!!! Greatest he ever sang

I'm part of that generation. There was an influx of great music coming in during that time

This song is like a pentatonic generator 🎶🎶🎶 🎸 🥁

I love when you jam along to Alice. I grew up listening to these guys and Jerry was instrumental (lol) in my guitar learning. You open up so much for me musically. I look forward to you exploring them further. If you would consider Down in a Hole, Again, or Don't Follow I think I would lose my mind. Thank you for this and all your metal content. I appreciates you.

Interesting factoid about this song. During the entire final chorus, there's a guitar solo and it's buried in the mix, almost like they wanted to get rid of it but didn't. If you listen to the last "feed my eyes/now you've sewn them shut" it's probably the best place to spot it buried in there. Really weird. But cool.

I've never studied or played music, but watching you break down one of my favorite songs was phenomenal. You're pretty much speaking Chinese to me, but I somehow understand it. Great job.

Wow love your research great commentary!!!

Damn. Love you Doug. So cool to hear and understand how the music happens. Thanks man.

Oh DOug, I've waited a long time for you to get to Alice. Arguably my fav rock band of all time. Hope to see many more reactions to their stuff .

I loved this song ever since I first heard it back in the 90’s. This is how I love my rock, heavy and nasty with a killer vocalist. His screaming is beautiful because his voice is butter like Doug said.

great reaction, actually educational.

The guitars was tuned to E flat Standard

Rooster is my fav song by AiC. That one is a tribute to Cantrell's father who was in Viet Nam war and called "The Rooster" by his comrades.

That pedal, sub tonic, note is actually a low E-flat and the D-flat( minor7?) right before the octive played together giving that ominous chug sound.

Love, Hate, Love - Live at The Moore is one of the greatest vocal performances I've ever heard, and as always was backed up by awesome instrumental harmonies. Would love to get your reaction to that performance. Layne's voice is an orchestra in itself there.

OK, Doug. 'Love, Hate, Love' live at the Moore, 1991. The performance will change you.

The opening and main droning riff in “Man in the Box” reminds me of the Eagles song “Those Shoes” especially at about the 3:30 mark and then 4:30 to the end of “those shoes”. Joe Walsh rocks, and it took me forever to figure out where I heard the riff when I was listening to Alice In Chains way black when.

Does anyone else pick a different note to sing along with for the intro "It's the daily DOOOOOOOUG" jingle with each new video? No? Just me?

hearing Doug noodle over popular songs brings me joy

Wooow what a sound! I can't imagine!

I had the opportunity to talk to Layne and Jerry, after one of their shows early on. I asked Layne what it meant, and he said animal abuse.

My fav band! Greetings from Brazil!

Oh Yeah I always do this. It sounds pretty when played on piano. Perhaps you could give us a concert of selections that are pretty at their core. Maybe. Thanks again.

They made a great job in studio.

I was 17 when this song hit. Bk in the EmptyV days. As a musician and huge fan of the Seattle bands Alice is king in my book. I look back on those times w a huge grin and a tear of sadness. It's awesome to see new ppl discover these bands 30+ years later. Great reaction 🤘🏼💀🤘🏼

I just incredibly enjoy watching you experience my favorite things. The turn your life took after covid lead you here and you have found your groove here dude. 💜

“Lovely riff“ - Doug Helvering 😅

“Jerry’s playing guilty, shhhh…” 😂😂😂😂

Judas Priest, any song from the album Stained Class but recommend Savage, Saints in Hell. A 1978 metal masterpiece.

He's was able to sing that part louder and higher in live performance and the best I would say would be in Dallas live performance

At last.. some AIC

AIC with piano👍