No Excuses

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""No Excuses""
""No Excuses"" cover
Single by Alice in Chains
Released 1994
Recorded 1993
Genre Grunge
Length 4:15
Label Columbia Records
Producer(s) Alice in Chains

"No Excuses" is a song by Alice in Chains, appearing on the 1994 EP Jar of Flies. The song's sound (and that of the entire EP) is a departure from some of the band's better-known, heavier work. Jerry Cantrell's subtle guitar riffs built around suspended chords--as well as Sean Kinney's soft, syncopated drumming--help lend an unusually airy feel to the song. "No Excuses" found moderate airplay on alternative rock radio and is considered a minor grunge classic. It was written by Jerry Cantrell about his frustration with Layne Staley and his drug addiction.

Although Alice in Chains had many hits previous, No Excuses is the only Alice in Chains song to hit #1 on the mainstream tracks chart.

Alice in Chains
Jerry Cantrell | Mike Inez | Sean Kinney | William DuVall
Layne Staley | Mike Starr
Discography
Studio Albums: Facelift | Dirt | Alice in Chains
EPs: We Die Young | Sap | Jar of Flies
Live Albums: MTV Unplugged | Live
Compilations: Nothing Safe: Best of the Box | Music Bank | Greatest Hits | The Essential Alice in Chains
Singles: "Bleed the Freak" | "'We Die Young" | "Man in the Box" | "Sea of Sorrow" | "Would?" | "Them Bones"
"Angry Chair" | "Rooster" | "Down in a Hole" | "What the Hell Have I" | "Got Me Wrong" | "No Excuses"
"I Stay Away" | "Grind" | "Heaven Beside You" | "Again" | "Over Now" | "Get Born Again" | "Fear the Voices"
Videos
Live Facelift | The Nona Tapes | MTV Unplugged | Music Bank: The Videos
Related content
Articles: Grunge music | Singles | Mad Season | MTV Unplugged
Categories: Alice in Chains | Alice in Chains Albums | Alice in Chains songs


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