In the liner notes of 1999's Music Bank box set collection, Jerry Cantrell said of the song: It was produced, engineered, and mixed by Dave Jerden. The song, written by guitarist/co-vocalist Jerry Cantrell, concerns the late lead singer of Mother Love Bone, Andrew Wood, who died of a heroin overdose in 1990. In 2009, "Would?" was named the 88th Best Hard Rock Song of All Time by VH1. An acoustic version performed on Alice in Chains' MTV Unplugged in 1996 was released in a live album and DVD. The song was included on the compilation albums Nothing Safe: Best of the Box (1999), Music Bank (1999), Greatest Hits (2001), and The Essential Alice in Chains (2006). 15 on the Hot Rock Songs chart after it was featured in the trailer for the season 2 of the Netflix show The Punisher. 19 in 1996, and in 2019 the song peaked at No. 31 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1992, at No. "Would?" was released as a single and peaked at No.
The song first appeared on the soundtrack to the 1992 film Singles-where the members of Alice in Chains make a cameo appearance-and later appeared on the band's second studio album Dirt, also released in 1992. Cantrell sings the verses of the song, while Layne Staley sings the chorus. "Would?" is a song by Alice in Chains, written by guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell as a tribute to his friend Andrew Wood, lead vocalist of Mother Love Bone, who died in 1990. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.You should also add the template to the talk page.A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Polish Wikipedia article at ] see its history for attribution. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation.If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality.Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 1,365 articles in the main category, and specifying |topic= will aid in categorization.Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.METAL ANARCHY: Where do you see your band heading in 5 years?īEVAR SEA: More albums and tours overseas for sure. METAL ANARCHY: What can people expect when they go to your live shows?īEVAR SEA: To have a great time of course while we take them through a musical journey. With the backdrop of the lyrics portraying a tryst with the consciousness of man, storying into travels and visions within the self, the music on this song and over the course of the album pays homage to the glory years of the 70s and 80s hard rock and metal with the typical rifftastic stoner/doom sound the band has embraced on the two albums prior to this.Ĭheck it out on our bandcamp page:. METAL ANARCHY: What is your latest release and why should readers of this site check it out?īEVAR SEA: In February 2022, we released our 3rd studio album, “The Timeless Zone” which comprises 6 songs and runs for a length of 55 minutes. Black Sabbath, Budgie, Rush, Cathedral, Orange Goblin, Spiritual Beggars, Rainbow, Deep Purple and the likes. METAL ANARCHY: Who are your main influences?īEVAR SEA: We’re influenced by the 60s and 70s rock and 80s heavy metal bands. Mixed and mastered by the legendary Billy Anderson, the album was regarded highly for its 45-min hook-laden stoner/doom experience by fans and quickly garnered the band a firm reputation – in our country and internationally. In 2012 we released our eponymous album ‘Bevar Sea’ which earned us the “Best Emerging Act” at the Rolling Stone Metal Awards India, a slot in the coveted Maryland Deathfest in 2013 and rave reviews worldwide. However, the band formed into a quintet in late 2010 and currently consists of Avinash Ramchander, Michael Talreja, Ganesh Krishnaswamy, Srikanth Panaman and Preran Gulvady. Originally we were a bedroom project of Srikanth Panaman and Kaustubh Thirumalai. We’re Bevar Sea (pronounced as Bevarsi, a Kannada and Telugu (local languages) term for “Bastard”) originally called Dirt Bucket is a stoner/doom metal band based in Bangalore, India. METAL ANARCHY: Tell me a little about your band:īEVAR SEA: Hey there, thanks for having us. This time I have an exclusive Q&A with Bevar Sea. Time for the next edition of Metal Anarchy’s “new music showcase,” the feature where I introduce you to artists that readers of this site may find interesting.