Alice in Chains Behind The Scenes of Their MTV Unplugged

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Find out how the Alice in Chains MTV Unplugged show came together in today's episode (and why it almost didn't happen) Become a Patron: www.patreon.com/RNRTruestories MORE STUFF ---------------------- *Disclaimer: I earn a small commission when you click on a link and purchase an item* BOOK - Alice in Chains: The Untold Story: https://amzn.to/30wQxHg SNAKES T-SHIRT: https://amzn.to/2ApQx16 #aliceinchains #MTV #MTVunplugged #grunge #aliceinchainsunplugged What's going on everybody and welcome to Rock N' Roll True Stories And I had previously done a video on Alice in Chains as MTV Unplugged episode from 1996 but that one was more just about the performance itself This video I want to talk about what happened behind the scenes and maybe talk about some stuff that you guys haven't heard before especially from some of the MTV people who were involved with the actual show So there was a guy named Alex Coletti and he was a producer at MTV and he was involved pretty much with the whole MTV Unplugged series since its inception in 1989 So when it came time to go after Alice in Chains to do the show he said they have the songs they have the depth and they have the emotion where you basically strip it down you really find something there There was just something going on and according to Coletti it was MTV who approached the band Even though the show took place in New York the rehearsals actually began in Seattle but they didn't go well initially So Sean Kinney would tell journalist Greg Prato that it became more apparent that unless things seriously changed then the band couldn't go out and play to their potential at this level at least and he said we can't even get through a week and a half without drama and scary stuff going on That's about right when I mentally started preparing that it's done The same thing with MTV Unplugged they kept asking if we'd do it up to the moment it was a real nail-biter So barely any rehearsing at all The guys not showing up Same stuff We rolled out there and everything worked