The Truth (The X-Files) Pandora a box filled with evils and told her not to open it. Due to her curiosity, she disobeyed and unleashed various calamities unto the world. Bush argues that the Syndicate's tampering with alien technology—such as their alien-human hybrid experiments—are similar to the contents of the box. She notes that, in both cases, "man's curiosity is his downfall". In the end, however, both Pandora's box and the world of "The X-Files" contain hope, which, in the legend, was the only thing in the box that Pandora did not let go of. "The Truth" was originally aired on the Fox network
Man in the Box was released as a single in 1991. "Man in the Box" is widely considered to be one of the band's signature songs, reaching number 18 on the "Billboard" Album Rock Tracks chart at the time of its release. The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1992. The song was number 19 on VH1's VH1 40 Greatest Metal Songs and its solo was rated the 77th greatest guitar solo by "Guitar World". It was number 50 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s in 2007. Steve Huey of Allmusic called the song "an