MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

By May 26th of 1991 –

Hard rock was sounding a whole lot darker.

Alice in Chains with “Man in the Box.”

(Music Cut #2)

At first –

the song was pretty much a commercial flop.

When the album Facelift was released in the summer of 1990,
for the most part – radio stations ignored it.

(Music Cut #3)

But then came 1991 –

and MTV’s Headbangers Ball
started playing “Man in the Box” in heavy rotation.

Within months, Facelift became the first Seattle grunge album certified Gold –

helping pave the way for Pearl Jam and Nirvana later that same year.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Feed my eyes (Can you sew them shut?)
Jesus Christ (Deny your maker)
He who tries (Will be wasted)
Oh, feed my eyes (Now you’ve sewn them shut)” – Alice In Chains

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