Crank the AIC and Long Live Layne and Mike

I'm a bit late to the wake here, but yeah, the original Alice In Chains bass player Mike Starr is dead, probably due to drugs. As you no doubt already know, this makes him the second original Alice In Chains member to have died, following Layne Staley's death in 2002, also drug-related. I have nothing new or interesting to say on the topic of drugs or mortality, so that's not what this post is about. On the off chance that you're new to the band and haven't been to a blog that's done something similar but better, here's an Alice In Chains mix for you. It's short and focuses more on the organ-rupturing, impenetrably thick, detuned sound the band was famous for than its melodic side. All the band's releases prior to its recent comeback album are represented: the LPs Facelift (1989), Dirt (1992) and Alice In Chains (1995) and EPs Sap (1992) and Jar of Flies (1994). Layne Staley sung backing vocals on tracks 4 & 7 and lead vocals on the rest and Mike Starr played bass on tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 9. The tracklist and link are below.

1. God Smack (Dirt)
2. Man in the Box (Facelift)
3. Junkhead (Dirt)
4. No Excuses (Jar of Flies)
5. Sludge Factory (Alice In Chains)
6. Angry Chair (Dirt)
7. Brother (Sap)
8. Head Creeps (Alice In Chains)
9. We Die Young (Facelift)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZQTGPNPX
All tracks 219-228kbps AAC