Hate to Feel

"Hate to Feel"
Song by Alice in Chains from the album Dirt
Released	September 29, 1992
Recorded	March–May 1992 at Eldorado Recording Studios, Burbank, California; London Bridge Studio, Seattle, Washington; One on One Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Alternative metal, grunge, heavy metal
Length	5:16
Label	Columbia
Writer	Layne Staley
Producer	Alice in Chains, Dave Jerden
Dirt track listing
"Iron Gland" (Track 9) "Hate to Feel" (Track 10) "Angry Chair" (Track 11)

"Hate to Feel" is the 10th track from Alice in Chains' album Dirt (1992). The song was included on the compilation albums Music Bank (1999) and The Essential Alice in Chains.

Origin and recording

In the liner notes of 1999's Music Bank box set collection, guitarist Jerry Cantrell said of the song:

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.^[1]

Staley wrote the song about his drug addiction which he blames partly on his father. Staley's addiction would kill him in 2002.

Reception

Ned Raggett of Allmusic said that the song "shows Alice in Chains in woozy, murkily descending riff mode, taking its time to grind down into the ground" and added, "The near-constant theme on Dirt about drugs, specifically heroin, doesn't disappear here: 'Used to be curious, now the shit's sustenance'."^[2] Although never released as a single it peaked at number 27 on Billboard Modern Rock Tracks^[3]

Live performances

A live performance of "Hate to Feel" can be found on the "Angry Chair" single.

Personnel

• Layne Staley – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Jerry Cantrell – vocals, lead guitar
• Mike Starr – bass
• Sean Kinney – drums

References

External links

• Review of "Hate to Feel" at Allmusic

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v t e Alice in Chains singles discography Facelift "We Die Young" "Man in the Box" "Bleed the Freak" "Sea of Sorrow" SAP "Got Me Wrong" Dirt "Would?" "Them Bones" "Angry Chair" "Rooster" "Down in a Hole" Jar of Flies "No Excuses" "I Stay Away" "Don't Follow" "Whale & Wasp" Alice in Chains "Grind" "Heaven Beside You" "Over Now" "Again" Black Gives Way to Blue "A Looking in View" "Check My Brain" "Your Decision" "Lesson Learned" The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here "Hollow" "Stone" "Voices" Other singles "What the Hell Have I" "Get Born Again" "Fear the Voices" "Man in the Box (live)" Other songs "Hate to Feel" "Nutshell" "Died"