Yesterday, Alice In Chains was awarded the prestigious Founders Award from Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture (MoPop). They were celebrated for their 30-year career by a cadre of their friends and peers playing AIC covers from the Rock and Metal world such as Metallica, Korn, Mastodon, Slipknot’s Corey Taylor, and Fishbone, as well as members of Guns N’ Roses, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Jane’s Addiction, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, and others. Alice In Chains also performed their first show since the end of their tour cycle for 2018’s Rainier Fog album in 2019. The event was This year’s celebration was broadcast virtually on Amazon Music’s Twitch Channel watched by more than 275,000 people and raised over $600,000 USD. Watch Metallica and Korn covering “Would?” and the entire show as well.
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The setlist (courtesy of Metal Sucks and Metal Hammer) was as follows:
Alice in Chains – “Your Decision”
Ann Wilson (Heart) – “Rooster”
Dave Navarro, Taylor Hawkins, Corey Taylor, Chris Chaney – “Man in the Box”
Duff McKagan & Shooter Jennings – “Down in a Hole”
Korn – “Would?”
Nancy Wilson, Mark Lanegan, Liv Warfield – “Brother”
Fishbone – “Them Bones”
David’s Van – “Dam That River”
The Human Missile Crisis – “Swing On This”
Katyrose – “Your Decision”
Talaya. – “All I Am”
Dallas Green – “Rain When I Die
Liv Warfield – “Put You Down
Mastodon – “Again
Kim Thayil with Shaina Shepherd, Bubba Dupree, Bill Herzog and Nathan Yaccino – “It Ain’t Like That”
Krist Novoselic & Kim Thayil with Jillian Raye, Jennifer Johnson, Jeff Fielder and Ben Smith – “Drone”
Lily Cornell Silver with Chris Degarmo – “Black Gives Way to Blue”
Mark Lanegan & Maggie Bjorklund with Jeff Fielder, Ben Smith and Ryan Waters – “Nutshell”
Ayron Jones with Jeff Fielder, Ben Smith, Andy Stoller, Ryan Waters – “Heaven Beside You”
Members of Soundgarden with Tad Doyle, Mike McCready and Meagan Grandall – “Angry Chair”
Billy Corgan – “Check My Brain”
Metallica – “Would?”
Alice in Chains – “No Excuses”
Eric and Encarnación – “Black Gives Way to Blue”