10 Amazing Rock Songs That Artists Hated Recording

10. Man in the Box - Alice In Chains

When you're an up and coming band making your first record, you don't really have that much time to waste. If you're reaching for the gold, you're going to make sure nothing stands in your way of making some of the best music you can. No drama...no personal issues...and especially not a broken limb.

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Around the time that Alice in Chains were making the record Facelift, they had already made some traction off of their demo album for We Die Young. The main event though had to be Man in the Box, and drummer Sean Kinney was out of commission...or so he thought. A few days before they were set to go into the studio, Kinney actually got into an accident and ended up breaking his hand, which was still in a cast once he showed up to record. When he saw that another session drummer was going to be brought in to play on the song though, Kinney wasn't going to be sidelined.

Taking off his cast against doctor's orders, Kinney blew through the recording of Facelift, with Man in the Box being the first song he did and being in a massive amount of pain through the song's length. The studio staff did at least give him some sort of compensation for his troubles, with a bag of ice being placed right beside the kick drum so he could nurse his wound after every song.

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