Jar of Flies Vinyl

Release Date March 22, 2024

Vinyl Edition

Originally released in 1994, Jar of Flies is the 4x platinum EP featuring the well-known songs "I Stay Away," "No Excuses," and "Nutshell." The EP made history by being the first to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in its first week of sales. Following an exhaustive and transformative tour in support of the band's second album, Dirt (1992), Jar of Flies offered the Seattle grunge icons an opportunity to record music in a more relaxed setting and with a more intimate, acoustic style.

For the first time in the studio, vocalist Layne Staley, guitarist Jerry Cantrell, and drummer Sean Kinney were joined by bassist Mike Inez, who joined Alice in Chains midway through their 1993 tour.