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Alice in Chains rose to international fame as part of the grunge movement of the early 1990s, along with other Seattle bands such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden. They achieved success during the era with the albums Facelift (1990), Dirt (1992) and Alice in Chains (1995), as well as the EP Jar of Flies (1994).
- The History of The Name “Alice in Chains” Part 1
- Staley and Cantrell
- New Bands
- The History of The Name “Alice in Chains” Part 2
Formed officially in 1987, the founding band members were musicians in Seattle’s budding rock scene long before. Staley, at first, was a drummer, earning his first singing gig later in the glam band Sleze. It was a different time. And from here, the story gets even more winding. The original name Alice in Chains came from a goofy conversation betwe...
The two met in the summer of 1987 in Seattle. Not long before Cantrell had seen an Alice N’ Chains show in the city of Tacoma, which is about 45 minutes south of the Emerald City. The two hit it off and Staley invited Cantrell, who was homeless at the time after being kicked out of his family’s home, to be with him in the Alice N’ Chains rehearsal ...
Cantrell formed his own band, Diamond Lie. Around this time Alice N’ Chains broke up and Staley joined a funk band. [RELATED: Alice In Chains Sell Music Catalog for $50 Million] Staley gave Cantrell a contact for drummer Sean Kinney to set up a conversation. The two brought it to a mutual friend, Mike Starr. Now a trio, the new band needed a singer...
The group quickly began to play gigs around town. They had different names, including Diamond Lie (Cantrell’s old band name) and, simply, Fuck. Finally, the light bulb went off and they went to Alice in Chains. No apostrophe-N. When Staley reached out to his old band names, they were not happy about it. But they begrudgingly said it was alright. No...
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- Dirt (1992) With an almighty shriek and the impact of a truck flattening a Mini Cooper, Them Bones saw Alice In Chains dive right back into the heavy for the opening of 1992's Dirt.
- Jar Of Flies (1994) How many artists can say they topped the US charts with an EP? The answer is eight, if you're interested – that includes two releases by the cast of Glee, Linkin Park's Jay-Z collab Collision Course and pop megastars like The Weeknd and BTS – but Alice In Chains were the first in US history to reach that lofty top spot when they released Jar Of Flies in 1994.
- Black Gives Way To Blue (2009) 'Hope, a new beginning...' , the opening lyric to Alice In Chains' first new album since the 2002 death of Layne Staley was about as perfect a summation of where the band were at in 2009 as anyone could have wanted.
- MTV Unplugged (1996) Alice In Chains hadn't toured for two-and-a-half years when they appeared on MTV Unplugged, and the show ended up being one the last times Staley would perform with the group.
- Dirt (1992) Easily one of the stronger rock and roll for your party and soul efforts from the early-’90s, Alice in Chains’ sophomore full-length, “Dirt,” and their second of two records listed right here with no “skip it” tracks in any way, and a one-word album title, is the band’s highest selling LP to date, and likely forever and ever amen, unless the follow-up to their newest as of the year of our lord known as 2023 to 2018’s “Rainier Fog” gets named something dirty like “Mud” or “Filth”.
- Facelift (1990) WHAT. A. DEBUT. We used caps lock here, and created one-word sentences to emphasize our excitement, but we swear that we are not yelling at you, the man in the box, or the sun’s sunny sunshine!
- Self-Titled (1995) Alice in Chains’ self-titled/third full-length studio album is a departure, albeit not a HUGE one, but bands cannot/should not make the same album over and over no matter how many times Rancid tells ‘em otherwise.
- Black Gives Way to Blue (2009) For every band that debuts with a new lead singer, there is an overwhelming amount of ‘em that end their careers right as they start a new one, but that could not be any further from the truth regarding Alice in Chain’s fourth and first effort without Layne Staley, “Black Gives Way to Blue,” which is one of the better hard rock efforts from this century if we do say so ourselves.
- Dirt. Dirt is a perfect album. A 10 out of 10 that rivals the forceful sonics and heart-gripping lyrics of any hard-rock, metal or punk album ever released.
- Facelift. Grunge may not have truly broken until 1991 with Nirvana's Nevermind, but Alice in Chains' Facelift was a siren song for the changing times, even more so than Soundgarden's first two albums, or Nirvana's Bleach.
- Jar of Flies. Alice in Chains never needed blaring guitars and pounding drums to unleash their full power. Jar of Flies is a work no other Seattle grunge act could've ever produced — an uncompromising blend of blues, jangle-pop, alt rock and acoustic rock with a sullen, blackened heart.
- Sap. Often overshadowed by one of the greatest EPs in rock history (more on that later), Sap is a wildly underrated flex of Alice in Chains' softer side.
Feb 12, 2019 · Before Nirvana, Pearl Jam or Soundgarden, Alice In Chains had become the first of Seattle’s grunge bands to crack the mainstream. There was still plenty of work to do. Shortly after their Clash Of The Titans stint, Alice began a lengthy, 60+ date tour opening for hard rock legends Van Halen.
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Alice in Chains, along with other Seattle bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden, rose to international popularity during the early 1990s grunge era. Facelift (1990), Dirt (1992), Alice in Chains (1995), as well as the EP Jar of Flies, were all hits during this period (1994).
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