Alice in Chains

Formed: 1987 in Seattle, WA
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Genre: Rock
Styles: Hard Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal, Grunge, Alternative Metal
Group Members: Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Layne Staley, Mike Starr, Mike Inez
Biography: In many ways, Alice in Chains was the definitive heavy metal band of the early '90s. Drawing equally from the heavy riffing of post-Van Halen metal and the gloomy strains of post-punk, the band developed a bleak, nihilistic sound that balanced grinding hard rock with subtly textured acoustic numbers. ...Read full biography
Dirt
Released: 1992
Label: COLUMBIA
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Dirt is Alice in Chains' major artistic statement and the closest they ever came to recording a flat-out masterpiece. It's a primal, sickening howl from the depths of Layne Staley's heroin addiction, and ...Read full review
Jar Of Flies
Released: 1994
Label: COLUMBIA
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Written and recorded in about a week, Jar of Flies solidified Alice in Chains' somewhat bizarre pattern of alternating full-length hard rock albums with mostly acoustic, ballad-oriented EPs. That quirk ...Read full review
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