[kiriath_jearim]

To digress somewhat, isn't there a rock song from a few years ago about somebody shooting a rooster? Was it by Alice In Chains?

[Phantom Lord]

To digress somewhat, isn't there a rock song from a few years ago about somebody shooting a rooster? Was it by Alice In Chains?

Yes, but the song was about vietnam if memory serves me right.

[trubluolyguy]

"YEAH, THEY'VE COME TO SNUFF THE ROOSTER HEY YEAHHHHHH!"

[randog]

Yes, "The Rooster" by Alice In Chains, but it was a song about the guitarist's dad's adventures in Vietnam. The Viet Cong tried to kill "the Rooster", but he's a BAMF and "he ain't gonna die".

[kiriath_jearim]

In answer to myself, it is an Alice In Chains song, i.e. "Rooster". Lyric sample:

"Ain't found a way to kill me yet
Eyes burn with stinging sweat
Seems every path leads me to nowhere
Wife and kids household pet
Army green was no safe bet
The bullets scream to me from somewhere

Here they come to snuff the rooster
Yeah here come the rooster
You know he ain't gonna die

Walkin' tall machine gun man
They spit on me in my home land
Gloria sent me pictures of my boy
Got my pills 'gainst mosquito death
My buddy's breathin' his dyin' breath
Oh god please won't you help me make it through"

[Bigturbowski]

To digress somewhat, isn't there a rock song from a few years ago about somebody shooting a rooster? Was it by Alice In Chains?

Actually the Alice in Chains song youre referring to is about band member Jeff Cantrell's dad who they called the "Rooster" when he was in Vietnam. They were coming to snuff his Dad, not a rooster literally.

[Hardastarboard]

The song was "Rooster" by Alice in Chains. Great song, a tribute to the one of the band member's father's service in Viet Nam. Apparently his dad was known in his unit for surviving some very hairy situations.

[wardaddy]

LOL

That song was about his Vietnam Vet dad

meanest some beach in the valley sort of dude...