Alice in Chain's "I Stay Away" is the perfect transition from metal to grunge. Discuss.

[Taverner]

[Swede]

1. I dunno about that,but I loved AIC.

Lane left way to soon.

[nomorenomore08]

2. Meh... I'd say it's more a transition from grunge to "singer-songwriter" type stuff.

Not that I'm knocking the song at all ('Jar of Flies' is a fantastic record, as short as it is), but if you really want the metal-to-grunge change-over, your best bet would probably be something like Green River or Mother Love Bone.

Mother Love Bone - "Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ44MDnliPw

I'd say this song makes a great bridge from Zeppelin-esque cock rock to Pearl Jam and their ilk, but that's just me.

[Taverner]

3. Thing is Zeppelin WAS Pearl Jam

That was their schtick

It worked

MLB was just Pearl Jam with an Axl Rose clone on vocals (sorry Mr. Wood, but how else would you describe that voice?)

AIC did the whole ballad thing on that tune, but it wasn't a Metal Ballad like "Every Rose has its Thorn" but something different - something darker.

And it had the whole Stairway 'end on a crescendo' but was with the atonality of grunge, as opposed to the baroque style of metal.

[nomorenomore08]

4. Ohhh... I see what you were getting at now. And I kind of agree.

It is a great song, although I think those two Temple of the Dog songs ("Hunger Strike" and "Say Hello to Heaven"), along with AIC's "Rooster" and PJ's "Black," will always be the ultimate grunge power ballads for me. And the aforementioned "Crown of Thorns," of course.

[Taverner]

5. Exactly

You put it perfectly