Alice in Chains will receive the Founders Award from Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) at a virtual event to be held on December 1st. The broadcast will feature performances by Alice in Chains, as well as tributes from several notable musicians from the area.
A stellar roster of artists will be covering the band’s songs: Metallica, Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil, Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic, Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan, Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson, Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins, Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins, Mastodon, Jane’s Addiction’s Dave Navarro, and Chris Chaney, Corey Taylor of Slipknot, Fishbone, Korn and the debut musical performance of Lily Cornell Silver (daughter of Chris Cornell and Soundgarden/ Alice in Chains manager Susan Silver), among others. Obviously, the performances will be virtual.
Museum of Pop Culture’s Tribute to Alice in Chains Set List:
1. Alice in Chains — “Your Decision”
2. Ann Wilson — “Rooster”
3. Dave Navarro, Taylor Hawkins, Corey Taylor, Chris Chaney — “Man in the Box”
4. Duff McKagan & Shooter Jennings — “Down in a Hole”
5. Korn — “Would?”
6. Nancy Wilson, Mark Lanegan, Liv Warfield — “Brother”
7. Fishbone — “Them Bones”
8. David’s Van — “Dam That River”
9. The Human Missile Crisis — “Swing On This”
10. Katyrose — “Your Decision”
11. Talaya. — “All I Am”
12. Dallas Green — “Rain When I Die”
13. Liv Warfield — “Put You Down”
14. Mastodon — “Again”
15. Kim Thayil with Shaina Shepherd, Bubba Dupree, Bill Herzog, and Nathan Yaccino — “It Ain’t Like That”
16. Krist Novoselic & Kim Thayil with Jillian Raye, Jennifer Johnson, Jeff Fielder, and Ben Smith — “Drone”
17. Lily Cornell Silver with Chris DeGarmo — “Black Gives Way to Blue”
18. Mark Lanegan & Maggie Bjorklund with Jeff Fielder, Ben Smith, and Ryan Waters — “Nutshell”
19. Ayron Jones with Jeff Fielder, Ben Smith, Andy St0ller, Ryan Waters — “Heaven Beside You”
20. Members of Soundgarden with Tad Doyle, Mike McCready, and Meagan Grandall — “Angry Chair”
21. Billy Corgan — “Check My Brain”
22. Metallica — “Would?”
23. Alice in Chains — “No Excuses”
24. Eric & Encarnacion — “Black Gives Way to Blue”