Rooster
1992 · Columbia CK 52475 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Alice In Chains
- Title
- Rooster
- Release
- Dirt
- Year
- 1992
- Label
- Columbia # CK 52475
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Genre
- Rock · Grunge
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Grunge band, which also incorporated elements of Alternative Metal, formed in 1985 in Seattle, Washington, USA. The song "Rooster" (Columbia Records # COL 659057 2), off the 1992 album "Dirt" (Columbia Records # CK 52475). Written by guitarist Jerry Cantrell, it was named after his father's nickname while serving in the US army during the Vietnam War. Cantrell said in the linear notes of the 1999 compilation Music Bank that "it was the start of the healing process between my Dad and I from all that damage that Vietnam caused. This was all my perception of his experiences out there". The song referred to a soldier in combat in Vietnam: "the bullets scream... my buddy's breathing his dyin' breath". Of particular interest, is the reference to the treatment of US veterans back home, including the so-called "spitting-image", an area of controversy, which presented a narrative of US veterans being spat on by anti-war protestors. (1) The narrator said: "they spit on me in my homeland". Thanks koeeoaddi_there
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Metal Songs
Grunge band, which also incorporated elements of Alternative Metal, formed in 1985 in Seattle, Washington, USA. The song "Rooster" (Columbia Records # COL 659057 2), off the 1992 album "Dirt" (Columbia Records # CK 52475), written by guitarist Jerry Cantrell, was named after his father's nickname while serving in the US army during the Vietnam War. Cantrell said in the linear notes of the 1999 compilation "Music Bank" that "it was the start of the healing process between my Dad and I from all that damage that Vietnam caused. This was all my perception of his experiences out there". The song referred to a soldier in combat in Vietnam: "the bullets scream... my buddy's breathing his dyin' breath". Of particular interest, is the reference to the treatment of US veterans back home, including the so-called "spitting-image", an area of controversy, which presented a narrative of US veterans being spat on by anti-war protestors. (1) The narrator said: "they spit on me in my homeland". Thanks koeeoaddi_there
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
American rock band formed 1987 in Seattle, Washington ('Rooster'). [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
Combat · Vet · Spitting Image · Mistreatment of Vet · K.I.A.