Title: Them Bones
Artist: Alice In Chains
Album: Dirt
Bassist: Mike Starr
Difficulty: Beginner
Tuning: Drop D♭ Tuning
Key: A Major
Tempo: 165
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Bass Diary Entry
This was actually the first Alice in Chains song I ever heard — albeit through a cover version in Guitar Hero 2 (and later the master-track in Guitar Hero Smash Hits). At the time, I didn’t yet know much about the band themselves, but the song instantly stood out thanks to how aggressive and unapologetic it sounded compared to a lot of what I was playing in the game.
Once I later went back and heard the original recording on Dirt, it made perfect sense why the song works so well as the album opener. There’s no slow build or easing you in — it just absolutely slams into you from the very first note. No messing about, no warm-up, just straight into the chaos.
That’s exactly why it’s always been one of my favourites. The song gets in, does its job, and leaves you reeling from the audio assault — in the best possible way. It’s short, punchy and brutally effective, which is sometimes all you need a song to be.
From a bass player’s perspective, it’s another example of how Alice in Chains could deliver huge impact without overcomplicating things. The bass locks tightly with the guitars and drums to create this dense, crushing groove that drives the song forward, and when everything lines up properly, it just hits incredibly hard.
Even now, every time I hear Them Bones, I’m reminded of first encountering it through Guitar Hero and then later discovering the band properly. It’s still one of those tracks that feels like a punch to the chest every time it starts — and that’s exactly why it works so well.
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