Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains
	Alice in Chains in 2018. From left to right: Mike Inez, William DuVall, Sean Kinney and Jerry Cantrell.
Background information
Also known as	Alice N' Chains, or AIC
Origin	Seattle, Washington; United States
Genres	Heavy metal, hard rock, alternative metal, grunge, alternative rock, sludge metal, doom metal, hard rock, blues rock, folk rock, funk metal, jangle pop
Years active	1987-2002, 2005-present
Labels	Columbia, Virgin Records/EMI, Capitol Records, BMG Rights Management
Members	Jerry Cantrell; Sean Kinney; Mike Inez; William DuVall
Past member(s)	Layne Staley; Mike Starr
Website	www.aliceinchains.com

Alice in Chains is an American grunge band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1987. They have sold an estimated 15 million albums in the US alone. Alice in Chains is sometimes thought of as a heavy metal band, but is mostly considered a grunge band.

Their debut album "Facelift" came out in 1990. They have put out a total of six studio albums during their career.

The band's first lead singer, Layne Staley, became addicted to drugs. He often wrote about drug addiction in his lyrics.^[2] He died in Seattle in April 2002 after a fatal drug overdose.^[3] William DuVall took over as the lead singer in 2006.

Band members

Current members

William DuVall - lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2006-present)
Jerry Cantrell - lead & rhythm guitars, vocals (1987-2002, 2005-present)
Mike Inez - bass, backing vocals (1993-2002, 2005-present)
Sean Kinney - drums, percussion (1987-2002, 2005-present)

Former members

Layne Staley - lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1987-2002)
Mike Starr - bass, backing vocals (1987-1993)

Touring musicians

Patrick Lachman - lead vocals (2005-2006)
Scott Olson - acoustic guitar, bass (1996)

Discography

Studio albums

Facelift (1990)
Dirt (1992)
Alice in Chains (1995)
Black Gives Way to Blue (2009)
The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013)
Rainier Fog (2018)

References

↑ Sharpe-Young, Garry (April 23, 2007), Hard Rock: Alice in Chains, retrieved July 18, 2007
↑ Heckman, Candace (April 20, 2002). "Alice in Chains singer died of natural causes or overdose". seattlepi.com. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
↑ Heckman, Candance (May 7, 2002). "Staley's death was from mix of heroin and cocaine". seattlepi.com. Retrieved March 29, 2011.

Other websites

[1] Sharpe-Young, Garry (April 23, 2007), Hard Rock: Alice in Chains, retrieved July 18, 2007

[2] Heckman, Candace (April 20, 2002). "Alice in Chains singer died of natural causes or overdose". seattlepi.com. Retrieved March 29, 2011.

[3] Heckman, Candance (May 7, 2002). "Staley's death was from mix of heroin and cocaine". seattlepi.com. Retrieved March 29, 2011.

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v t e Alice in Chains
Jerry Cantrell Sean Kinney Mike Inez William DuVall Layne Staley Mike Starr
Studio albums	Facelift Dirt Alice in Chains Black Gives Way to Blue The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here Rainier Fog
Extended plays	We Die Young Sap Jar of Flies
Live albums	Unplugged Live Live Facelift
Compilations	Nothing Safe: Best of the Box Music Bank Greatest Hits The Essential Alice in Chains
Video albums	Live Facelift The Nona Tapes Music Bank: The Videos
Singles	"We Die Young" "Man in the Box" "Bleed the Freak" "Sea of Sorrow" "Got Me Wrong" "Would?" "Them Bones" "Angry Chair" "Rooster" "What the Hell Have I" "Down in a Hole" "No Excuses" "I Stay Away" "Don't Follow" "Grind" "Heaven Beside You" "Again" "Get Born Again" "Fear the Voices" "Over Now" "A Looking in View" "Check My Brain" "Your Decision" "Lesson Learned" "Hollow" "Stone" "Voices" "Tears" "The One You Know" "So Far Under" "Never Fade" "Rainier Fog"
Other songs	"Sunshine" "Brother" "Hate to Feel" "Nutshell" "Died" "Black Gives Way to Blue" "Phantom Limb"
Film	Black Antenna AIC 23
Related	Discography List of songs List of awards and nominations Susan Silver Blackdiamondskye Sleze Alice N' Chains Spys4Darwin
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