Rooster - Alice in Chains - MP3 instrumental karaoke

Grunge music in the early 90s was characterized by loud guitars, crashing drums, and generally downcast lyrical content. Alice in Chains’s single “Rooster” ticks every box. The song was featured on the band’s second studio album Dirt (1992), produced by Dave Jerden. It was written by guitarist Jerry Cantrell, who set out to write a song in tribute of his father Jerry Cantrell Sr., whose childhood nickname was "Rooster." Cantrell Sr. was a Vietnam War veteran, and the song seeks to explore the pain and long-lasting damage inflicted by being exposed to armed combat. “Rooster” was released as a single in February 1993 and went on to become one of Alice in Chain’s most popular songs, spending 20 weeks on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart and peaking at Number 7. It is considered a high-water mark of the genre, garnering critical acclaim and consistently being voted one of the best songs of the 1990s.