Is the Rooster from Atoka?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh0__...%20in%20chains
I think he's an okie.
edit - doing some reading on this. I didn't know they found Staley in his apartment 2 weeks after he died. Dayum!
Is the Rooster from Atoka?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh0__...%20in%20chains
I think he's an okie.
edit - doing some reading on this. I didn't know they found Staley in his apartment 2 weeks after he died. Dayum!
"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves, in the course of time, a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it."
- Fred Bastiat
bet that smelled freakin fabulous.
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Oh yeah? Well OUR coach eats GRASS. Does yours? Yeah, I didn't think so.
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Absurdity is the only reality. - Frank Zappa
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In the video at the end there is a mailbox that says Atoka.
Would seem they did that for a reason.
How did I miss that?Originally Posted by StoopTroup
Oh well, guess that answered my question.
Staley could sure roar for a little fella
My favorite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJx-q...%20in%20chains
Last edited by Jerk; 7/16/2006 at 11:26 AM.
"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves, in the course of time, a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it."
- Fred Bastiat
story i heard was that The Rooster was Jerry Cantrell's dad, who is from Oklahoma (Atoka, i guess)
Jerry Cantrell is the guitarist and the young kid shown early on in the video
From Wikipedia...
Another article..."Rooster" is a popular single by the grunge group Alice in Chains. The single came out in 1993 and is featured on their second official full-length album Dirt. The song was written for guitarist Jerry Cantrell's father, who served in the Vietnam War.
The music video featured brutality and violence visually reminiscent of Apocalypse Now.
Jerry Cantrell on the song, from the liner notes of 1999's Music Bank box set collection: "It was the start of the healing process between my Dad and I from all that damage that Vietnam caused. This was all my perception of his experiences out there. The first time I ever heard him talk about it was when we made the video and he did a 45 minute interview with Mark Pellington and I was amazed he did it. He was totally cool, totally calm, accepted it all and had a good time doing it. It even brought him to the point of tears. It was beautiful. He said it was a weird experience, a sad experience and he hoped that nobody else had to go through it."
Oklahoma gets mentioned here...
Jerry Cantrell
Boggy DepotAfter making five platinum and multi-platinum albums with Alice In Chains, guitarist/songwriter Jerry Cantrell is taking a temporary break from the band and releasing Boggy Depot, his eagerly-awaited debut solo album on Columbia Records. Named for the area of Oklahoma where Cantrell's father, Jerry, Sr., (a/k/a "the Rooster") grew up, Boggy Depot features 12 new compositions penned by the man who's written many of Alice In Chains' most memorable radio hits including "No Excuses" (from Jar Of Flies), "Rooster," "Would?," and "Down In A Hole" (from Dirt).
Definitely Atoka.
the songs i heard on his solo album were pretty good
and Jerk, that's one of my favorites as well, i really liked the whole Dirt album a lot though
Great album.
My crazy neighbor from accross the street had some sort of shrine set up for AIC. She loved them. She had some sort of connection with one of the band members.
Personally, she seemed to old and crazy to be an AIC fan.
I loves me some Alice in Chains threads.
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