Hate to Feel

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"Hate to Feel" is a track from Alice in Chains' album Dirt. Harsh and dissonant, the song represents Alice in Chains' sound at its most brutal, and Layne Staley's lyrics at their most bleak. This is one of their songs that propelled rumors that Layne Staley had become addicted to heroin.

Jerry Cantrell on the song, from the liner notes of 1999's Music Bank box set collection: "Again, a lot of pride in seeing Layne grow as a guitarist and songwriter to create something so heavy. He's always been so honest in his songs, which is like all of us. We don't bullshit in our music, we always pushed each other to say it as it needed to be said. We've always been fully for letting it all out."