The sounds and the tones were really good. We just went into the studio with no songs written, to check out the chemistry. We did Jar of Flies to see how it was to record with Mike Inez. That stuff was written on buses and whenever we had downtime. Drummer Sean Kinney had said, "After playing loud music for a year, we'd come home and the last thing we wanted to do was crank up the amps right away. Despite Cantrell's assurances, the band did not have any planned tracks before the session began. Wright reacted positively and booked ten days at the London Bridge Studio. ĭuring Alice in Chains' June–August 1993 appearance at Lollapalooza, guitarist Jerry Cantrell called record producer Toby Wright with a proposal to collaborate on new material. Homeless, the band then moved into the London Bridge Studio in Seattle.
In Great Britain, the album was certified silver after selling 60,000 copies.įollowing Alice in Chains' extensive 1993 world tour for Dirt, bassist Mike Starr getting fired during the tour for his drug use, and Ozzy Osbourne bassist Mike Inez joining the band, the members returned home to Seattle after the end of their Lollapalooza tour and found themselves evicted from their residence after failing to pay the rent. In Canada, Jar of Flies was certified double-platinum for the sale of 200,000 copies. The EP was well received by critics and has been certified triple-platinum by the RIAA, selling 4 million copies worldwide, making Jar of Flies one of the band's most successful releases. Jar of Flies was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1995: Best Recording Package and Best Hard Rock Performance for "I Stay Away".
The tracks " No Excuses", " I Stay Away" and " Don't Follow" were released as singles to promote the album.
The self-produced EP was written and recorded over the course of just one week at the London Bridge Studio in Seattle. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, with the first week sales exceeding 141,000 copies in the United States. This is Alice in Chains' second acoustic EP, preceded by 1992's Sap, and it is the first EP in music history to debut at No. Jar of Flies is the third studio EP by the American rock band Alice in Chains, released on January 25, 1994, through Columbia Records.
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