Snippets of songs from The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here are featured in the film, such as the first two singles, "Hollow" and "Stone", and two songs that had not been made available before the album was released: "Voices" and "Phantom Limb".[4]
Synopsis
AIC 23 follows film studies professor Alan Poole McLard on his journey to make a documentary about Alice in Chains. McLard interviews other musicians who have been influenced by the band. Among them are country singer Donnie "Skeeter" Dollarhide Jr. (played by guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell), reggae singer Nesta Cleveland (played by vocalist William DuVall), black metal musician Unta Gleeben Glabben Globben Globin (played by bassist Mike Inez), and hipster blogger Stanley Eisen (played by drummer Sean Kinney).[1]
Alice in Chains' guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell told Loudwire that the idea for AIC 23 came out of five or six conference calls with the band wondering what they would do to promote their new album, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here. So the members made up their characters and had a loose idea of what they wanted to do, similar to what they did on The Nona Tapes (1995). The band brought up director Peter Darley Miller and actor W. Earl Brown, who is also a friend of Cantrell.[5] Alice in Chains' co-lead vocalist William DuVall stated that the band would rather do anything than a run-of-the-mill promo video, and that's why they decided to do this video.[6]
The script was co-written by Jerry Cantrell and W. Earl Brown.[7] Cantrell revealed that his character is a little bit his dad.[6]Sean Kinney improvised the "cuff" lines and "I was in a band back in the day".[7]
