Bleed the Freak
"Bleed the Freak" | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() US promotional vinyl single | ||||
Promotional single by Alice in Chains | ||||
from the album Facelift | ||||
Released | 1991 | |||
Recorded | December 1989 – April 1990 | |||
Studio |
| |||
Genre | Grunge[1] | |||
Length | 4:12 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jerry Cantrell | |||
Producer(s) | Dave Jerden | |||
Alice in Chains singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Music video | ||||
"Bleed the Freak" on YouTube | ||||
"Bleed the Freak" is a song by American rock band Alice in Chains and the third single from their first album Facelift (1990). The single was released in vinyl format only. A demo version of the song was included on the box set Music Bank (1999).
Lyrics
In the liner notes of 1999's Music Bank box set collection, guitarist Jerry Cantrell said of the song:
The song is us against the world, those people who put you down: "I put up with many years of you putting us down and watching us bleed, now I'd like to see you bleed some back."[2]
Music video
Leading up to the release of Live in 2000, footage from a 1990 performance of the song at the Moore Theatre in Seattle was used as a promotional music video. This same performance is taken from the home video release Live Facelift.
Live performances
The song is a fan favourite and was frequently played as an opener for shows in 2006. A live performance of "Bleed the Freak" can be found on the live album Live. The same performance of the song is also included on the home video release Live Facelift.
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
1. | "Bleed the Freak" | 4:12 |
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
1. | "Put You Down" | 3:22 |
Personnel
- Layne Staley – lead vocals
- Jerry Cantrell – guitar, backing vocals
- Mike Starr – bass
- Sean Kinney – drums
References
External links
- "Bleed the Freak" Official music video on YouTube
- v
- t
- e
- Layne Staley
- Mike Starr
- Facelift
- Dirt
- Alice in Chains
- Black Gives Way to Blue
- The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
- Rainier Fog
- Unplugged
- Live
- Live Facelift
- Nothing Safe: Best of the Box
- Music Bank
- Greatest Hits
- The Essential Alice in Chains
- Live Facelift
- The Nona Tapes
- Music Bank: The Videos
- "We Die Young"
- "Man in the Box"
- "Would?"
- "Them Bones"
- "Angry Chair"
- "Rooster"
- "Down in a Hole"
- "No Excuses"
- "I Stay Away"
- "Don't Follow"
- "Grind"
- "Heaven Beside You"
- "Again"
- "Get Born Again"
- "A Looking in View"
- "Check My Brain"
- "Your Decision"
- "Lesson Learned"
- "Hollow"
- "Stone"
- "Voices"
- "Tears"
- "The One You Know"
- "So Far Under"
- "Never Fade"
- "Rainier Fog"
- "Bleed the Freak"
- "Sea of Sorrow"
- "What the Hell Have I"
- "Got Me Wrong"
- "Over Now"
- "Fear the Voices"
- "Sunshine"
- "Brother"
- "Hate to Feel"
- "Nutshell"
- "Died"
- "Black Gives Way to Blue"
- "Phantom Limb"
- Black Antenna
- AIC 23
Category