Acoustic Bangers That Rocked the 90s

The creators of MTV Unplugged understood the power of a great acoustic performance. Even the loudest songs are often written on an acoustic guitar or piano before being transformed in a recording studio with dense arrangements. But some of the heaviest tracks from the 1990s were recorded with acoustic guitars, and are equally as powerful, if not more so, than their electric counterparts. I wonder what the “plugged in” versions of these three acoustic bangers would have sounded like.

“Brother” by Alice In Chains from ‘Sap’ EP (1992)

When Alice In Chains entered the studio to record “Would?” for Cameron Crowe’s 1992 film Singles, the band recorded another batch of songs, some of which ended up on the stopgap EP Sap. “Brother” features guitarist Jerry Cantrell on lead vocals, but the track gets its biggest lift from Heart’s Ann Wilson, who backs Cantrell with her iconic voice.Two years later, Alice In Chains released Jar Of Flies and became the first band to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with an acoustic EP.

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