Product Description

Finally available on DVD, Music Bank: The Videos features all of Alice in Chains' award-winning videos, even the rare early version of "We Die Young" and the uncut version of "Rooster." As a bonus, this 95-minute compilation includes 10 minutes of behind-the-scenes home videos of the band in the studio, on stage, backstage, and everywhere in between. See the early years of Alice in Chains with a hometown TV documentary on the band's life prior to singing with Columbia Records, featuring performances of the rare songs "Social Parasite," "I Can't Have the Blues" and "Queen of the Rodeo." Songs: We Die Young (2 versions), Man in the Box, Sea of Sorrow, Would?, Them Bones, Angry Chair, Rooster, What the Hell Have I, Down in a Hole, No Excuses, I Stay Away, Grind, Heaven Beside You, Again, Over Now (MTV Unplugged), Get Born Again.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #36085 in DVD
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2001-08-28
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Best of, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 94 minutes

Amazon.com
That Alice in Chains were, in the early 1990s, routinely bracketed alongside Seattle counterparts Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden as exemplars of grunge always had more to do with geography than reality. Alice in Chains were a heavy metal band, pure and simple. And like most successful heavy metal bands, they attracted an unusually devoted fan base, who will be well rewarded by this generous 94-minute compilation. Music Bank contains all Alice in Chains' videos, plus the kind of curios that suggest that someone, somewhere, put some thought into this. The clips are broken up with grabs of on-the-road footage shot by the band members themselves, and the program begins with a local television documentary made about them before they'd signed their record deal: the scenes shot in the kitchen of the house they were sharing at that point are probably best avoided by the faint-hearted. --Andrew Mueller

Additional features
The DVD has two audio options: PCM stereo and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. There are interactive menus with which to select individual clips, and a nicely designed but basically redundant video discography. --Andrew Mueller

Customer Reviews

If you love alice you better get this video!!!!
When i saw Alice in Chains were releasing their music bank boxset I freaked out. I love them a lot. So I was like cool I will go out and buy it. But then i saw the Video Bank, and then I really freaked out!!!!! I love music videos cause they tell a lot more of the song and its something cool to watch. I'll tell you the videos on this bad boy. WE DIE YOUNG (2 VIDEOS, 1 OF THE ART INSTITUTE SEATTLE VERSION AND THE REGULAR ONE),MAN IN THE BOX,SEA OF SORROW,WOULD?,THEM BONES,ANGRY CHAIR,ROOSTER(UNCUT VERSION),WHAT THE HELL HAVE I, DOWN IN A HOLE,NO EXCUSES, I STAY AWAY,GRIND,HEAVEN BESIDE YOU,AGAIN,OVER NOW(MTV UNPLUGGED),GET BORN AGAIN. This is definitly the alice in chains video to buy and might be the only music video to buy at this time!! Also their is some documentary and clips from concerts. Very great item by a legendary group! BUY IT

A MUST for "Alice In Chains" Fans
Highly, Highly, HIGHLY recommended .... If you are an AiC fan then this is a MUST own...Completely and Totally worth every penny...With the included "home video" clips this compilation takes you "behind the scenes" so to speak of one of the BEST BANDS OF ALL TIME...you get to see the "lighter side" of the band members and it makes you miss Layne even more than you already do if you're a TRUE AiC fan. AMAZING !!!

A Must Have!! Great sound, if you have a good system.
I have been a fan since the early '90s. I kinda got hooked on them after they had already been around for a few years. So I missed most of the videos that were released on MTV. It was a pure treat to be able to see all these videos for the first time. The only one I had seen previously was "No Excuses". I had the best time cranking the sound system up to the point my 350W sub was going to clip, turn down the lights, and become completely absorbed. The 5.1 mix was really great, with just a few oddities like a cymbal crash coming from some strange direction. The sound quality was much better that CD, you can definitly hear the difference. One note, if you don't have 5.1, make sure you use the 2 channel mix or you will experience the same thing one of the previous reviewers did; missing channels. The sound is so good on this that I actually program my DVD player to just play the videos (cut the behind scenes) and leave my TV off. Then I just enjoy the great audio, just like one of those DTS music CDs. I sometimes prefer the audio only so that I can have the lights off and listen in the dark. As for the videos, they are all very good and fun to watch. I especially like the hard to find ones like "Get Born Again". Go out and get this thing! It is almost cheaper than a CD and has better sound.