Code Orange deserves a round of applause for their latest quarantine gig, featuring a powerful original performance of “Unplugged” along with a fantastic version of “Down in a Hole” by Alice in Chains.
The past few months have been filled with socially estranged virtual concerts, with Code Orange providing fans with regular entertainment since the COVID-19 pandemic closed the world’s live music industry. With the United States still unable to hold concerts, without some highly criticized events, bands like Code Orange have been making the most of a bad situation.
In the midst of their “Unplugged” set, the hardcore band brought fans back to the 90s, recreating the iconic Alice in Chains. MTV Unplugged set both sonically and visually. As the candles lit around Code Orange, guitarist / vocalist Reba Meyers took the lead on “Down in a Hole,” paying an appropriate tribute to Layne Staley’s haunting delivery of the 1996 performance.
Code Orange also removed the original tracks from their entire discography, performing acoustic versions of “Bleeding in the Blur”, “Ugly”, “Underneath” and more.
The full 45-minute concert can be viewed on YouTube, and the show begins an hour after the live broadcast. For the cover of Alice in Chains, jump to 1:23 in the video.
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