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Podcast: What the Riff Next Gen
Episode: 1994 - January: Alice in Chains “Jar of Flies”
Description: Seattle based Alice in Chains may have been associated with the grunge music for which Seattle was famous at the time, but they departed from the standard grunge scene in many ways. Jar of Flies was actually an EP rather than a standard album, and so was shorter than the extended length albums that many groups were producing during the CD era. While Alice in Chains had more of a heavy metal sound than many of their contemporaries, this album was their second acoustic EP. It was also the first EP to ever debut at number one!
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