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The Nona Tapes is a 1995 mockumentary by the American rock band Alice in Chains directed by Rocky Schenck to promote the band's self-titled album.[4] Released on VHS on December 12, 1995, it features journalist Nona Weisbaum (played by Jerry Cantrell) interviewing the band in Seattle and also includes the music video for the album's lead single, "Grind", and outtake footage overdubbed with the second single, "Heaven Beside You".[5] The Nona Tapes became a cult hit despite Columbia Records not liking it at first. It peaked at No. 23 on Billboard's Top Video Sales and at No. 25 on the Top Music Videos chart. Because it is no longer for sale, original copies of the VHS are considered a rarity. However, in 2006, Best Buy offered a DVD version for free for a limited time with purchases of the compilation The Essential Alice in Chains. On June 19, 2017, Alice in Chains' official Vevo channel uploaded the video on YouTube.[6]

The Nona Tapes
Video by Alice in Chains
Released	December 12, 1995 (VHS)[1] September 5, 2006 (DVD)[2]
Recorded	September 24, 1995 [3]
Genre	Comedy, music, mockumentary
Length	25:03
Label	Columbia Music Video Sony Music Video
Director	Rocky Schenck
Producer	Katherine Shaw David Naylor Samson Aslanian
Alice in Chains chronology
Live Facelift (1991) The Nona Tapes (1995) Unplugged (1996)

Plot

The Nona Tapes follows aspiring journalist Nona Weisbaum (played by guitarist Jerry Cantrell) on her quest to "find some Seattle rock stars" for a breakthrough story. Throughout the video, Weisbaum scours the streets of Seattle and eventually finds and interviews all members of Alice in Chains (besides Cantrell). Entwined between Nona's segments are interviews revealing the lives of the band members, and interview footage regarding the self-titled album.[7][8]

Cast

• Jerry Cantrell as himself / Nona Weisbaum
• Layne Staley as himself
• Sean Kinney as himself
• Mike Inez as himself
• Rocky Schenck as himself
• Katherine Shaw as interviewer

Music listing

1. "Brush Away" Excerpt 1
2. "Brush Away" Excerpt 2
3. "Over Now" Excerpt 1
4. "Over Now" Excerpt 2
5. "Grind" Excerpt
6. "Over Now" Excerpt 3
7. "Head Creeps" Excerpt
8. "Heaven Beside You" Excerpt
9. "Grind" (Music Video)
10. "Heaven Beside You" (Outtake footage)

Production

To help promote their self-titled album, Columbia Records asked Alice in Chains to do an EPK (Electronic Press Kit), a common marketing tool in the '90s in which they should talk about themselves, but they did not want to do that. The band took the money from the label and made the mockumentary The Nona Tapes instead.[9] Directed by Rocky Schenck, it features Jerry Cantrell disguised as a female journalist, Nona Weisbaum, interviewing his bandmates playing fictionalized versions of themselves during a car ride in Seattle. The music video for "Grind" is also featured at the end.[10] Columbia did not like The Nona Tapes at first and told the band they had wasted their money doing it. However, it became a cult hit and Columbia decided to sell it, but the band was against it. The video was eventually released on VHS in December 1995.[9] In 2006, The Nona Tapes was released on DVD and came as a bonus with the compilation The Essential Alice in Chains.[11]

Nona Weisbaum made a special appearance for Alice In Chains' tribute at MoPOP's Founders Award on December 1, 2020.[12]

Chart positions

Chart (1995)	Peak position
US Top Music Videos[13]	25
US Top Video Sales[14]	23

References

External links

• Alice in Chains: The Nona Tapes at IMDb
• Alice in Chains: The Nona Tapes at AllMovie
• Alice in Chains: The Nona Tapes on YouTube

На других языках

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The Nona Tapes (с англ. — «Записи Ноны») — псевдодокументальный фильм, выпущенный в 1995 году в поддержку третьего студийного альбома американской рок-группы Alice in Chains. Видео представляет собой набор шуточных интервью музыкантов, взятых журналисткой Ноной Вайсбаум, которую сыграл гитарист Джерри Кантрелл. Мини-фильм изначально создавался для показа на пресс-конференциях, но позже был выпущен на видеокассетах в формате VHS.

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