Andy! I completely forgot about that, but yes - Layne's sister (or step-sister?) did indeed go to School of the Arts. Jamie Elmer. The first picture that popped up on Google is of the two of them when she must have been a pre-teen, but I remember that face. Crazy. What a weird, sad thing to have hanging over your head at that age. Easy to understand why there's not much middle ground on this band, but for me they were a huge gateway band from metal to alternative and other types of music. Not unlike Nirvana and Soundgarden, I'm 99.9% certain I was first exposed to Alice in Chains through Headbanger's Ball on MTV. (And speaking of, I swear to God the 'Ball - which was on Saturdays - played "Smells Like Teen Spirit" before 120 Minutes - which was on Sundays - did.) If you were a young teenage ding-dong getting bored with hair metal, then boom: "Man in the Box" was there to hold your hand and lead you to a strange new land. And oddly, I've forever remembered being more of a fan of the album and EP that came out before this one, but listening again I'm wondering if that holds true any more. I enjoyed all of this. The words were all still in the recesses of my brain and I really like the overall sequencing. If it were 9 songs instead of 13, I would rank it even higher. I don't know that we need ALL three of "Sickman," "Junkhead," and "God Smack," but it helps sell the theme. And what a depressing, grimy ass theme it is! Made all the worse by what inevitably happened. Can a cry for help also be multi-platinum and on the radio? Strange. Anyway, I'll die on the hill that "Would?" is the best album closer of the entire grunge era. Also, that hill will be made of heroin.