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从很多方面来看，alice in chains乐队都是90年代一个重要的重金属乐队。它汲取了后“van halen”式重金属的吉他套路和后朋克的阴郁气质，从中发展了一种荒凉、虚无之声，将硬摇滚和原声音乐结构进行了平衡。该乐队风格对金属乐迷而言已足够有力，而黑暗的主题和朋克式的攻击又将其推向了西雅图grunge摇滚乐队的前列。
在80年代中期，layne staley在高中组建了该乐队的最初原型，alice n chains。staley于1987年在西雅图的仓库排练场the music bank与jerry cantrell相遇并开始合作。cantrell的朋友mike starr（贝司手）和sean kinney（鼓手）也加入其中，乐队更名为alice in chains并开始在西雅图的俱乐部演出。columbia唱片公司在1989年与乐队签约，并使之迎合重金属乐迷的喜好。1990年初，该公司推出了宣传用EP《we die young》，颇受重金属电台欢迎。乐队藉此于当年夏天推出了首张专辑《facelift》。该专辑充满了black sabbath式的降调（将琴弦调得低于标准音高的手法）音响，它也是乐队定型的第一步。《facelift》在最初8个月未能进入《公告牌》专辑榜，但随着alice in chains为van halen、poison和iggy pop的演出担任开场，它开始受欢迎，《facelift》在年底成了金唱片。其中单曲《man in the box》获得了格莱美奖提名。这时，乐队准备下一张专辑，并于1991年推出了包含4首歌曲的EP《sap》。
面对成功，staley更进入了异化、毒品和压抑的世界。在第2张专辑发行前，西雅图由于nirvana乐队的惊世成功而成了媒体热点，而alice in chains也成了一支另类摇滚乐队，而非重金属乐队。乐队推出了一首单曲《would?》，于1992年夏天收入了《singles》电影原声带。该单曲预示了荒芜的第2张专辑《dirt》。该专辑发行后，staley因不适应巡演而离队，其空缺于1993年1月由乐队1年前为ozzy osbourne开场时认识的osbourne的贝司手mike inez填补。《dirt》于1992年底达到白金销量，但其阴郁的歌词，特别是《junkhead》和《angry chair》招致了许多关于staley染毒的谣言。alice in chains当然地否认了这一点，并成功地参加了1993年第3届lollapalooza 巡演，虽然他们排名于primus之后，但实际上是最受欢迎的——这也使《dirt》销量达到300万张。
在1994年早些时候，乐队推出了低调EP《jar of flies》。它刚一推出便打上榜首，创造了EP占领榜首的纪录。该EP证明了乐队对安静之声的喜好，而cantrell也成了西雅图的吉他英雄。尽管乐队十分走红，但他们没有巡演，而这使得staley染毒之说更甚嚣尘上。同年晚些时候，staley作为gacy bunch——一支包括pearl jam乐队的mike mccready和screaming tree乐队的barrett martin和john baker saunders的西雅图超级乐队的成员，参加了几场演出。该乐队后来更名为mad season并于1995年初推出了专辑《above》，在流行榜上升至第24位。同年，alice in chains推出了一张同名专辑，打上了美国榜首。乐队又一次拒绝巡演，关于毒品与乐队解散的猜测再度弥漫。1996年，乐队进行了3年中的首次演出，为MTV“不插电”节目表演，并在夏天发行了该演出的现场专辑《unplugged》。6月，乐队还为kiss乐队的重组巡演头4场演出担任了开场嘉宾。这些举动和cantrell于1997年推出个人专辑一样，并不能消释关于alice in chains之未来的种种猜疑。
西雅图邮报4月20日报道，西雅图消防局日前在前“艾丽斯囚徒”乐队(AliceInChains)主唱莱恩-斯特利的家中发现了一具尸体。这具尸体在屋中已有多日，并已经开始腐烂。从现场的各种迹象分析，警方怀疑尸体很可能就属于现年34岁的斯特利本人，但警方没有透露更多的详情。有关方面目前正在对尸体进行解剖检查，关于其确切身份还需进行进一步的鉴定。————斯特利多年来深受毒瘾的困扰。如果这具尸体的确是他的，那么斯特利之死就与8年前涅?乐队主唱柯特-科本如出一辙。1994年，科本在西雅图家中用一支霰弹猎枪结束了自己的生命，他的尸体几天后才被人发现。
“艾丽斯囚徒”曾是20世纪90年代所谓的Grunge摇滚音乐时代最成功的乐队之一，与之齐名的还有珍珠酱、涅?、MotherLoveBone、ScreamingTrees和Soundgarden等来自西雅图的乐队。除珍珠酱乐队之外，其他乐队现在都已销声匿迹。
Grunge摇滚部分受重金属音乐鼻祖“齐柏林飞船”和“黑色安息日”两支乐队的影响，风格浓重而阴郁，“艾丽斯囚徒”就是这种音乐的典型代表。该乐队组建于1987年，和其他乐队相比，其曲风显得更加病态和扭曲，主要描写了死亡和腐朽的事物。1992年，“艾丽斯囚徒”的专辑《Dirt》中的《Would?》和《Rooster》成了当年的热门歌曲。他们又在1994年和1995年录制了《JarofFlies》和《AliceinChains》两张专辑，一经推出就打入了美国流行歌曲排行榜冠军的位置。该乐队还获得过数次格莱美音乐奖的提名。但由于斯特利吸毒成癖不能自拔，“艾丽斯囚徒”乐队1996年年初在进行了最后的一次演出后便宣布解散。

Ten is the debut studio album by American rock band Pearl Jam, released on August 27, 1991, through Epic Records. Following the dissolution of their previous band Mother Love Bone in 1990, bassist Jeff Ament and guitarist Stone Gossard began rehearsing with guitarist Mike McCready.

The first single taken from the 2002 album, 'Riot Act'. The title track is backed with 'Bushleaguer' & two non-LP tracks, 'Down' & 'Undone'. Digipak. Epic.

Compilation of rarities and previously unreleased songs.
The album was released on December 14, 1992, in Europe, and December 15, 1992, in the United States.

Previously unreleased songs: "Hairspray Queen", "Aero Zeppelin", and "Big Long Now" were officially unreleased at the time, as well as the versions of "Been a Son", "Aneurysm", and "(New Wave) Polly", which are different from the versions previously released on the Blew EP, the Smells Like Teen Spirit single, and the Nevermind record, respectively.

Previously released songs: "Dive" and "Sliver" were released on the Sliver single in 1990. "Dive" was also previously released on The Grunge Years compilation album in 1991.
"Stain" was released on the Blew EP in 1989.
The three cover songs, "Turnaround" (Devo), "Molly's Lips" and "Son of a Gun" (The Vaselines) were released on the Hormoaning (Exclusive Australian '92 Tour EP) in 1992, which was only released in Japan and Australia.
"Mexican Seafood" appeared on the 1989 Teriyaki Asthma Vols. I-V compilation.
"Beeswax" appeared on the 1991 Kill Rock Stars compilation album.
"Downer" appears on the CD version of Nirvana's 1989 debut album Bleach.

Nevermind is the second studio album and major-label debut by American rock band Nirvana, released on September 24, 1991 by DGC Records. It was Nirvana's first release to feature drummer Dave Grohl. Produced by Butch Vig, Nevermind features a more polished, radio-friendly sound than the band's prior work. It was recorded at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, and Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, in May and June 1991, and mastered that August at the Mastering Lab in Hollywood, California.

Written primarily by frontman Kurt Cobain, Nevermind is noted for channeling a range of emotions, being noted as dark, humorous, and disturbing. Its themes include alienation, frustration, anti-establishment and anti-sexist views, and troubled love inspired by Cobain's broken relationship with Bikini Kill's Tobi Vail. Contrary to the hedonistic themes popular in rock music at the time, writers have observed that Nevermind promoted the image of the sensitive artist in mainstream rock. According to Cobain, the sound of the album was influenced by bands such as Pixies, R.E.M., the Smithereens, and Melvins. Though the album is considered a cornerstone of the grunge genre, it is noted for its musical diversity, which includes acoustic ballads ("Polly" and "Something in the Way") and punk-influenced hard rock ("Territorial Pissings" and "Stay Away").

Nevermind became an unexpected critical and commercial success, reaching the top 10 on charts across the world. On January 11, 1992, it replaced Michael Jackson's Dangerous at the number one spot of the US Billboard 200 and was selling approximately 300,000 copies a week. The lead single, "Smells Like Teen Spirit", reached the Top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100 and went on to be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Its music video was also heavily rotated on MTV. Three other successful singles were released: "Come as You Are", "Lithium", and "In Bloom". The album was voted the best album of the year in Pazz & Jop critics' poll, while "Smells Like Teen Spirit" also topped the single-of-the-year and video-of-the-year polls. The album also garnered the band three Grammy Award nominations in total across the 34th and 35th Grammy Awards, including Best Alternative Music Album.

Nevermind propelled Nirvana into worldwide superstardom, with Cobain being dubbed the "voice of his generation". It brought grunge and alternative rock to a mainstream audience while accelerating the decline of hair metal, drawing similarities to the early 1960s British Invasion of American popular music. It is also often credited with initiating a resurgence of interest in punk culture among teenagers and young adults of Generation X. It has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. In 2024, it was certified 13× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Among the most acclaimed and influential albums in the history of music, Nevermind was added by the Library of Congress to the National Recording Registry in 2004 for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", and is frequently ranked highly on lists of the greatest albums of all time, including being ranked number six on Rolling Stone's 2020 and 2023 lists of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". The album has since been reissued with alternate takes and live performances.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs已有相当大的进步——从他们同名EP那附庸风雅却又美妙的垃圾朋克，一直到Machine中直逼人心的紧迫感。《Fever to Tell》是乐队的第一张专辑（也是张标有Parental Advisory的专辑），乐队在专辑中的表现也同样显示他们的不断成长，但也显示这个组合开始不再完全拥有他们过去的一些特点。在时间利用效率上，他们的EP会是很好体现差异的范例，在乐队从前发行的EP中，噪音、旋律、混沌以及歌曲的总体结构所占的份额都在这个15到20分钟里安排得相当平衡。似乎乐队需要一张EP的时间限制来给他们的专辑限制界限——或许37分钟，因为《Fever to Tell》确实在几个不同的时段里听起来有点散漫而单调。这个问题主要是归结于差劲的专辑排序——乐队以他们所能录制出的最粗鲁最狂暴的声音作为专辑开篇，却又一下子转变成没完没了的实验以及优美的民谣作品——嘲讽的是，这种突然的转变就象这张专辑是他们有意把两张EP硬生生的拼起来的一样。乐队无论是崭新的一面还是延续以前的一面，都有非凡卓越——也有令人沮丧的时刻。
《Fever to Tell》的不足之处（象No No No，听起来冗长又罗嗦的一首朋克单曲，还捎加实验元素，不过这种实验音乐听起来有点笨拙。）也许他们应该从以前EP里拿来一些尝试过又获得成功的单曲，但这么做对于象Yeah Yeah Yeahs这种机敏善变的乐队来说无疑会让他们陷入停滞。事实上，他们在如此之短的时间内能够炮制出那么多的歌——尽管这只是他们的处女作——这张专辑听上去好象乐队正处于转型期；Yeah Yeah Yeahs也已经从根本上去重新思考他们音乐的发展。总而言之，《Fever to Tell》可能会让你觉得有些失望，但和EP中的好歌对于乐队成长的影响比起，专辑会显得更有价值，而这张专辑也无不证明就算Yeah Yeah Yeahs的音乐处于摇摆不定的阶段，但他们仍是一支令人激动的乐队。