You find anything on eBay or Craigslist. Such as authentic memorabilia from Alice in Chains music videos apparently. One lister has made a few headlines by putting the titular chair from the '92 single "Angry Chair" for sale (he was a production assistant on set, apparently). He requests interested buyers contact him with their favorite Alice in Chains album, as "money isnt important to me, just want to give the angry chair a good home." It will also cost you $1,500, which for the record is not important to him.
Ultimately we, as huge Alice in Chains fans, have to question how much a beat up piece of furniture is worth. The chair, albeit named in the song title, isn't anything grand like the Iron Throne or similar. Nor is "Angry Chair" even one of the better songs on Dirt.
There are some items from the classic Alice in Chains videography that we wouldn't mind getting our hands on however.
05) Skeleton from "Down In A Hole" (1993)
"Down In A Hole" is an unusually dour song, even by Alice in Chains' standards. Thus it's somewhat interesting the band opted out of its typical heavy metal video shenanigans when shooting for this single off of Dirt. It's a collection of footage of the band hanging out in a somewhat arid environment, as grungy as you would expect from the band. One prop really catches the eye in an otherwise forgettable video: a science lab human skeleton wearing a top hat. It's as if the owner was trying to build a replica model of Slash from the Appetite for Destruction album cover and stopped after the hat. No matter...it's awesome. Of course, we could also buy our own skeleton and put a hat on it instead of shelling out for this particular piece of memorabilia.
04) Tubes from "Again" (1996)
"Again" features a number of nice touches for a band that accidentally inspired most of the nu metal movement: A hanging, plexiglass cage for the band to perform in, accompanied by a huge swinging spotlight and strobes aplenty. We have no space to put that however. Instead we're curious to get our hands on those bubble tubes that pop up throughout the video. About as wide as a typical PVC-pipe, the opaque tubes come in a variety of neon colors and run floor-to-ceiling, doing nothing else but produce bubbles. It's the sort of thing you could also win for selling like 10,000 subscriptions for your middle school magazine drive but we'd rather just buy it.
03) Smoking helmet from "Get Born Again" (1999)
The last music video featuring vocalist Layne Staley before the split of the band and his death, "Get Born Again" brings out all the heavy metal imagery, as befits the most underrated of all Alice in Chains songs. The main imagery revolves around a mad scientist and his fembot assistant, both of whom wear bizarre helmets. The female companion sports the best headwear however: a Kanye-type face mask with a series of spouts on the scalp that puff smoke throughout the video. Surprise all your fitted ballcap-wearing buddies when you show up wearing a fitted smokestack.
02) Claymation band members from "I Stay Away" (1994)
Claymation music videos are just a memorabilia madhouse. We imagine that if the California Raisins company sold off all of its figures from its claymation video series it could afford to take a year off from shriveling grapes. The same applies to Alice in Chains' "I Stay Away" video. There's an entire circus full of creepy claymation freaks for collectors to bid on. However we've still got to say that the figures of the band members themselves are at the top of the pyramid when it comes to our interests. Guitarist Jerry Cantrell looks unnaturally aged—hopefully on purpose—and Staley is the obvious cool guy with his clay shades.
01) Big faces from "What The Hell Have I"
Another under-appreciated Alice in Chains track, largely because it appeared on The Last Action Hero soundtrack versus an actual album from the band. It does feature the direction of Rocky Schenck, who handled the helm for Alice's best music videos: "We Die Young" and "Them Bones." This effort wasn't nearly as exciting, as it just features the band playing while surrounded by a circle of macabre faces with glowing eyes. Although it may not have made for the best music video, we see those giant faces as being awesome lawn ornaments. People buy ridiculous statues for their gardens all the time...SkyMall is always hawking Big Foot or an Easter Island Statue or something. Why not a giant face that lights up at night when you're chilling with buds. A nice touch for any creepy summer night.
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