Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains formed in Seattle in 1987 around four musicians: guitarist Jerry Cantrell, drummer Sean Kinney, singer Layne Staley and bassist Mike Starr. They rose alongside Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, and the world filed them under grunge. Years later, Kinney explained why the band pulled back at the height of its success. They stopped, he said, "because we love each other and we didn't want to die in public." That sentence carries a long and painful story. This documentary asks where the group's odd name came from, and how four musicians sleeping in a rehearsal studio got a major record deal. It asks what happened when addiction took hold of the band. It also asks whether the group could return without its original voice, and why its members keep rejecting the label that made them famous.
"Welcome to Wonderland" was printed on a backstage pass, and that phrase set the whole story in motion. Johnny Bacolas, a member of a glam metal band called Sleze, was talking about passes with Russ Klatt, the singer of Slaughter Haus 5. The pass reminded them of Alice in Wonderland. Then Klatt offered a twist: "What about Alice in Chains? Put her in bondage and stuff like that."
Sleze's singer was Layne Staley, who had been a drummer until his stepbrother Ken Elmer encouraged him to audition. Bacolas liked Klatt's idea and brought it to his bandmates, who agreed. The reference to female bondage worried them, so they spelled the name Alice N' Chains to ease any parental concerns. Staley's mother, Nancy McCallum, was still unhappy about it at first.
Bacolas later insisted that the apostrophe had nothing to do with Guns N' Roses. He pointed out that the change came a year before that band's debut album, Appetite for Destruction, arrived in July 1987. Alice N' Chains soon broke up. But a young guitarist had watched them play at the Tacoma Little Theatre in his hometown, and he remembered Staley's voice.
Around August 1987, at a party in Seattle, Staley met that guitarist, Jerry Cantrell. Cantrell had been kicked out of his family's house and had nowhere to live. Staley invited him to stay at Music Bank, a rehearsal studio. Cantrell's own band, Diamond Lie, had just broken up, and Staley was now playing in a funk band.
Staley gave Cantrell the phone number of Melinda Starr, the girlfriend of drummer Sean Kinney. Kinney came to Music Bank and listened to Cantrell's demos. Cantrell said they needed a bassist and suggested Mike Starr, Melinda's brother, whom he knew from a Burien band called Gypsy Rose. Kinney had played with Starr since they were kids. A few days after Kinney's phone call, Starr was jamming with them.
Staley's funk band needed a guitarist, and Cantrell agreed to join only if Staley joined his band in return. Cantrell, Starr and Kinney wanted Staley as their singer, so they auditioned terrible vocalists in front of him as a hint. Staley decided to join when a male stripper showed up. Two weeks after the band formed, they filled a 40-minute set at Washington State University with a few originals plus Hanoi Rocks and David Bowie covers.
They played Pacific Northwest clubs under several names, including Diamond Lie and a four-letter obscenity. Eventually they settled on Staley's old band name. He asked his former bandmates for permission. Nick Pollock was not thrilled, but he and James Bergstrom both gave their blessing.
Promoter Randy Hauser offered to pay for demos. One day before the recording session, police shut down the studio in the biggest cannabis raid in the state's history. The final demo, finished in 1988, was called The Treehouse Tapes. It reached managers Kelly Curtis and Susan Silver, who also managed Soundgarden. They passed it to Nick Terzo, an A&R representative at Columbia Records, who set up a meeting with label president Don Ienner. Terzo signed the band to Columbia in 1989.
The label quickly made the group a priority. In July 1990 it released a promotional EP called We Die Young, and the title track became a hit on metal radio.
Under 40,000 copies in six months was how Facelift started its life. Released on the 21st of August 1990 and produced by Dave Jerden, the debut album was meant to have a "moody aura" that Cantrell called a "direct result of the brooding atmosphere and feel of Seattle." Sales stayed slow until MTV added "Man in the Box" to regular daytime rotation. Within six weeks the album had sold 400,000 copies in the US. The single reached number 18 on the Mainstream Rock chart, and "Sea of Sorrow" followed at number 27.
On the 11th of September 1991, Facelift was certified gold, the first album from Seattle's grunge movement to earn that mark. Sammy Hagar said he invited the band to tour with Van Halen after watching the "Man in the Box" video. They also opened for Iggy Pop, Poison and Extreme. The 1991 Clash of the Titans tour, with Anthrax, Megadeth and Slayer, exposed them to a huge metal audience but drew mostly poor reception.
In the Cameron Crowe film Singles, the band appeared as an unnamed bar band performing "It Ain't Like That." Their song "Would?" also appeared on the soundtrack, and its video won Best Video from a Film at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards.
The band returned to the studio in March 1992 with new songs written mostly on the road. Six of the thirteen tracks on Dirt dealt with addiction. "We deal with our daily demons through music," Cantrell said. "All of the poison that builds up during the day we cleanse when we play." Dirt arrived on the 29th of September 1992 and peaked at number six on the Billboard 200. It is certified 5x platinum and remains their best seller. Five singles reached the top 30 on the Mainstream Rock chart: "Would?", "Rooster", "Them Bones", "Angry Chair" and "Down in a Hole." The album stayed on the charts for nearly two years.
Ozzy Osbourne's No More Tours tour took them on as openers. Days before it began, Staley broke his foot in an ATV accident and performed on crutches. Starr left after the album. Staley told Rolling Stone in 1994, "It was just a difference in priorities." Years later, Starr said he had been fired because of his drug addiction.
His replacement was Mike Inez, a former Osbourne bassist who had befriended the band on that tour. The band phoned Inez while they were in Brazil. He got his immunization shots, but they then told him Starr wanted the last two Brazil shows, and he spent days sick from the vaccines. Inez played his first concert with the band on the 27th of January 1993 at the Camden Underworld in London. That April he recorded two songs with them for the Last Action Hero soundtrack, "What the Hell Have I" and "A Little Bitter."
Sean Kinney had a dream about "making an EP called Sap." After the Clash of the Titans tour, the band went into the studio to record demos for its next album but ended up recording five acoustic songs instead. They decided "not to mess with fate." Sap came out on the 4th of February 1992, while Nirvana's Nevermind sat at the top of the Billboard 200. It was certified gold within two weeks.
The guest list on Sap read like a map of Seattle rock. Ann Wilson of Heart sang the choruses of "Brother" and "Am I Inside." Mark Arm of Mudhoney and Chris Cornell of Soundgarden shared vocals on "Right Turn," which the liner notes credit to "Alice Mudgarden."
Summer 1993 brought Lollapalooza, the last major tour with Staley. Afterward, Staley said the band "just wanted to go into the studio for a few days with our acoustic guitars and see what happened." The result, Jar of Flies, was written and recorded in one week. It came out on the 25th of January 1994 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. It was the first EP to top that chart, and the band's first release to do so. "No Excuses" became their first number-one single on the Mainstream Rock chart. Paul Evans of Rolling Stone called the EP "darkly gorgeous." It earned two Grammy nominations and sold over 2 million copies in its first year in the US.
In April 1995, the band entered Bad Animals Studio in Seattle with producer Toby Wright. An inferior version of "Grind" leaked to radio and got heavy airplay. On the 6th of October, the band sent the studio version to radio by satellite uplink to slow the spread of taped copies. Their self-titled album followed on the 7th of November 1995. It debuted at number one and has been certified triple platinum. Cantrell sang lead on three of its four singles. The band chose not to tour for it, which fed rumors of drug abuse.
On the 12th of December, the band released a home video called The Nona Tapes, a mockumentary in which Cantrell played the journalist Nona Weisbaum. Then, on the 10th of April 1996, they appeared on MTV Unplugged. It was their only appearance as a five-piece band, with second guitarist Scott Olson. They introduced a new song, "Killer Is Me," with Cantrell on lead vocals. The live album reached number three. Four shows supporting the reunited original Kiss lineup followed later in 1996.
The 3rd of July 1996, in Kansas City, Missouri, was Layne Staley's final live appearance. Shortly after the show he was found unresponsive from a heroin overdose. He recovered, but the band had to stop. The trouble had been visible for two years. After Jar of Flies, Staley entered rehab for heroin addiction, then started using again during rehearsals for a summer 1994 tour with Metallica, Suicidal Tendencies, Danzig and Fight, plus a Woodstock '94 slot. The band cancelled everything one day before the tour began, and Candlebox took their place. Susan Silver's office blamed "health problems within the band."
Kinney told Rolling Stone in 1996, "Nobody was being honest with each other back then." He feared they would have self-destructed on the road in front of everyone. In 1995, Staley sang on the album Above with Mad Season, a group that included Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready, bassist John Baker Saunders and Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin. The single "River of Deceit" reached number two on the Mainstream Rock chart.
The band never formally broke up, but Staley became a recluse in his Seattle condominium after his ex-fiancee Demri Parrott died on the 29th of October 1996. "Drugs worked for me for years," he told Rolling Stone in February 1996, "and now they're turning against me." Cantrell released a solo album, Boggy Depot, in 1998, with Kinney and Inez playing on it. In October 1998, Staley reunited with the band to record "Get Born Again" and "Died." They appeared in 1999 on the 48-song box set Music Bank.
On the 19th of April 2002, Staley was found dead in his condominium. The autopsy found a mixture of heroin and cocaine, and concluded that he had died on the 5th of April, two weeks earlier. Cantrell's second solo album, Degradation Trip, came out two months later and was dedicated to Staley's memory. Starr said on Celebrity Rehab that he was the last person to see Staley alive, and he felt guilty about not calling 911. Kinney later insisted that Staley was only the most visible casualty, because addiction had touched nearly everyone in the band.
On the 22nd of October 2004, Sony BMG ended the band's contract, fifteen years after they had signed.
A tsunami struck South Asia in 2004, and Sean Kinney's idea for a benefit concert brought the band back together. He called old bandmates and friends, including former manager Susan Silver, and was surprised by the enthusiastic response. On the 18th of February 2005, Cantrell, Inez and Kinney performed together for the first time in nine years at the K-Rock Tsunami Continued Care Relief Concert in Seattle. Pat Lachman of Damageplan sang, and guests included Maynard James Keenan of Tool and Ann Wilson. The band later turned down the producers of the CBS reality show Rock Star, which had offered to feature them.
On the 10th of March 2006, they played VH1's Decades Rock Live! concert honoring Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart. Phil Anselmo of Pantera and Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses joined them for "Would?" Cantrell dedicated the show to Staley and to Dimebag Darrell. For "Rooster," the singer was William DuVall of Comes with the Fall.
Cantrell had met DuVall in Los Angeles in 2000, through a mutual acquaintance who played him Comes with the Fall's first album. Between 2001 and 2002, DuVall's band opened Cantrell's solo tour and backed him, with DuVall singing Staley's parts. According to Cantrell, DuVall needed just one audition. After DuVall's first rehearsal, on "Love, Hate, Love," Kinney told his bandmates, "I think the search is pretty much over." Inez said DuVall never tried to imitate Staley, and that was the appeal. Singer Vin Dombroski had jammed with the band earlier, but it did not feel right. Cantrell also said Scott Weiland was interested.
Cantrell framed the choice plainly: "Do you take the Led Zeppelin approach and never play again, because the guy was that important?" The band decided to try something instead. Their fourth album, Black Gives Way to Blue, was funded by Cantrell and Kinney because the band had no label. They finished recording on the 18th of March 2009, Cantrell's 43rd birthday and the day DuVall's son was born. Released on the 29th of September 2009, it featured Elton John on piano on the title track, a tribute to Staley. It debuted at number five. "Check My Brain" reached number one on the Mainstream Rock, Alternative Songs and Hot Rock Songs charts. It also became their first single on the Hot 100, at number 92.
On the 8th of March 2011, Mike Starr was found dead at his home in Salt Lake City at the age of 44. A public memorial took place on the 20th of March at the International Fountain at Seattle Center.
In a 1996 interview with Guitar World, Cantrell said, "The metal part will never leave, and I never want it to." The media had called the band grunge, but he saw a blend of metal, blues, rock and roll, and maybe a touch of punk. He joked years later about walking into an HMV and finding them filed in the metal section, "right back where we started." Kinney rejected the grunge label in a 2013 interview. He said that before the word existed, they were alternative rock, alternative metal and simply rock and roll. Mike Inez called the group the metal stepchildren of the Seattle scene. A 1995 People review called them "Seattle's most malevolent-sounding grunge outfit."
Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath was one of Cantrell's biggest inspirations, and Staley named Black Sabbath and Deep Purple as his first influences. Producer Dave Jerden got the Facelift job with a remark to the band: "Metallica took Tony Iommi and sped him up. What you've done is you've slowed him down again." Cantrell reportedly answered, "You got it." Elton John, Cantrell said, was the artist who made him want to be a musician.
Critics praised Cantrell's slow, brooding minor-key riffs and his knack for mixing acoustic and electric guitars. Down-tuned, distorted guitars and Staley's "snarl-to-a-scream" vocals won over metal fans, while the band's sense of melody reached a far wider audience. Harmonized vocals, first between Staley and Cantrell and later between Cantrell and DuVall, became a signature sound.
The long list of influences that band members have cited stretches from Hank Williams and John Coltrane to Motorhead and the Pixies.
While recovering from shoulder surgery in a sling, Jerry Cantrell heard a riff in his head and sang it into his phone. It became the song "Stone." The operation, for bone spurs and cartilage problems from years of repetitive playing, had kept him from guitar for eight months. The band finished The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here by December 2012. They announced its title as an anagram puzzle on Facebook. The album came out on the 28th of May 2013 and debuted at number two. To promote it, they made AIC 23, an 11-minute mockumentary with Funny or Die. A fictional professor in it tries to make a documentary about them without their help, and the four members play comic characters.
The band began recording Rainier Fog on the 12th of June 2017 at Studio X, which was formerly Bad Animals, where they had made their 1995 album. Nick Raskulinecz produced it, and the band signed with BMG in 2018. Cantrell said the title came from Mount Rainier, and the title track pays tribute to the Seattle music scene. It came out on the 24th of August 2018 and debuted at number 12 on the Billboard 200, selling 31,000 copies. It became their first top ten album in the UK, at number nine.
The launch was inventive. The band played an acoustic set on the Space Needle's new revolving glass floor, hid ten signed copies of the album around Seattle as tickets to a secret show at The Crocodile, and ran a pop-up museum. The Mariners held an Alice in Chains Night, and Cantrell threw a ceremonial first pitch for a strike. Director Adam Mason's music videos grew into a feature film, Black Antenna, which Kinney said had "totally" gotten out of hand. On the 1st of December 2020, Seattle's Museum of Pop Culture gave the band its Founders Award at a benefit that raised more than $600,000 on its first night.
In May 2025, a tour was due to begin at Mohegan Sun Arena in Montville, Connecticut. Kinney suffered a medical emergency during soundcheck. The band called it "non-life threatening" but cancelled the show, and two days later scrapped the entire tour, saying his "long-term prognosis is positive." In a September 2025 interview, Cantrell said the band would look again "probably early next year" and decide whether to make another record, play shows, or do both.
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Where did the name Alice in Chains come from?
Johnny Bacolas of the band Sleze came up with it after talking to Russ Klatt of Slaughter Haus 5 about a backstage pass reading "Welcome to Wonderland." Klatt suggested "Alice in Chains," and the band spelled it Alice N' Chains at first to ease parental concerns about the bondage reference.
Who were the original members of Alice in Chains?
The original lineup was guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell, drummer Sean Kinney, singer Layne Staley and bassist Mike Starr. Starr left after Dirt and was replaced by Mike Inez, who played his first concert with the band on the 27th of January 1993.
Which Alice in Chains albums reached number one on the Billboard 200?
The EP Jar of Flies debuted at number one in 1994, becoming the first EP to top the chart. The self-titled album Alice in Chains followed at number one in November 1995.
How did Layne Staley die?
Layne Staley was found dead in his Seattle condominium on the 19th of April 2002. The autopsy found a mixture of heroin and cocaine and concluded that he died on the 5th of April.
Who replaced Layne Staley in Alice in Chains?
William DuVall joined as rhythm guitarist and shared lead vocals in 2006. Jerry Cantrell had met him in 2000, and after one audition Sean Kinney said the search was pretty much over.
Is Alice in Chains a grunge band?
The media called the band grunge, but Jerry Cantrell describes it as primarily heavy metal. Sean Kinney also rejects the grunge label, and Mike Inez called the band the metal stepchildren of the Seattle scene.
What is the most recent Alice in Chains album?
Rainier Fog, released on the 24th of August 2018, is the band's most recent album. It debuted at number 12 on the Billboard 200 and became their first top ten album in the UK.
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- 191NewsAlice in Chains Announces U.S. TourMarch 9, 2015
- 192Alice in Chains Reveal Second Leg of 2016 U.S. TourJune 6, 2016
- 193Alice In Chains Plays Final Show of 2016 Tour in RenoOctober 17, 2016
- 194Alice in Chains Just Dropped a Cover of Rush's 'Tears'November 18, 2016
- 1952112 40thNovember 4, 2016
- 196Alice in Chains, Prophets of Rage, The Raconteurs & More Releasing Exclusive Vinyl for Record Store Day Black FridayABC News Radio — November 25, 2016
- 197BLACK FRIDAY 2016 > Alice In Chains - Live---FaceliftRecord Store Day
- 199Alice in Chains Is Working On Follow-Up To 'The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here'January 24, 2017
- 201William DuVall: Day One trackingJune 12, 2017
- 202Big News From Alice in Chains: New Album Almost Wrapped Up!February 8, 2018
- 203Jerry Cantrell Offers More Details on Alice in Chains' New AlbumRichard Bienstock — April 11, 2018
- 204Alice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell remembers Chris CornellApril 14, 2018
- 205Alice In Chains announces first live date since October 2016KSHE 95 — November 10, 2017
- 209Alice In Chains And Shinedown Headline Pointfest May 12February 16, 2018
- 211MMR*B*Q 2018WMMR
- 212Watch Alice in Chains Cover Soundgarden at Rock on the RangeMay 19, 2018
- 213Columbus, OH - May 18thMay 19, 2018
- 214Alice in Chains Announce Summer Tour DatesMarch 12, 2018
- 217Alice In Chains Premiere "The One You Know" Music VideoMay 3, 2018
- 218Alice In Chains – "The One You Know"May 4, 2018
- 220Alice In Chains Announce New Album, Debut New TrackJune 27, 2018
- 222MagazineAlice in Chains Talk Honoring Seattle Comrades With New Album 'Rainier Fog'June 27, 2018
- 223Listen To New ALICE IN CHAINS Song 'Never Fade'August 10, 2018
- 224MagazineThe Music Lives. That Was The GoalLuke Morton — July 19, 2018
- 226MagazineWatch Alice in Chains' Sinister, Sci-Fi 'Never Fade' VideoNovember 1, 2018
- 227INTERVJU: William Duvall och Mike Inez från Alice In ChainsNiclas Müller-Hansen — September 1, 2018
- 228Seattle Mariners to Host 'Alice in Chains Night' on August 20August 2, 2018
- 231VIDEO: Alice in Chains performs atop the Space NeedleQ13 Fox News — August 21, 2018
- 232Hear Alice in Chains' historic performance atop Seattle's Space NeedleSiriusXM — August 29, 2018
- 233Alice In Chains Sent Fans on a Scavenger Hunt to Access Secret GigErica Banas — ALT 92.9 Boston — August 23, 2018
- 234Alice in Chains Pop-up Museum Coming to the CrocAugust 8, 2018
- 235MagazineAlice in Chains' 'Rainier Fog' Blows in at No. 1 on Rock, Alternative & Hard Rock Album ChartsKevin Rutherford — September 6, 2018
- 236US: Alice In Chains debut atop US charts with new albumBMG.com — September 4, 2018
- 237Alice In Chains Have Best Chart Debut With New AlbumSeptember 5, 2018
- 238Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 31 August 2018 - 6 September 2018Official Charts Company
- 239MagazineAlice in Chains, Greta Van Fleet, Ghost Among Grammy NomineesDecember 7, 2018
- 240See Creepy, Surreal Trailer for Alice in Chains' New Sci-Fi Movie 'Black Antenna'Revolver Magazine — December 13, 2018
- 241Alice In Chains show a change of pace in lyric video for Rainier FogScott Munro — February 27, 2019
- 242Watch new trailer for Alice in Chains film Black AntennaScott Munro — March 1, 2019
- 243Alice in Chains Release First Two 'Black Antenna' Episodes; Director Adam Mason Talks Alien Survival StoryBrad Miska — March 8, 2019
- 245MagazineAlice in Chains Befriend Beer Bottle in Wacky 'Rainier Fog' VideoRyan Reed — May 15, 2019
- 246MoPOP To Honor Alice in Chains With 2020 Founders AwardSeptember 30, 2020
- 250Alice in Chains add spring 2025 US headlining showsJon Hadusek — February 18, 2025
- 251Chained Saint, the thrash metal high-schoolers making a grab for the torchJohn Hill — September 11, 2024
- 252MagazineAlice in Chains cancel upcoming tour after drummer Sean Kinney experiences 'medical emergency'Wesley Stenzel — May 10, 2025
- 254With Jar Of Flies, Alice In Chains unleashed an accidental masterpieceTim Karan — May 6, 2014
- 255Go Ask AliceJeff Gilbert et al. — January 1996
- 256NewsAlice in Chains stroll down memory lane for enthusiastic Rexall fansTom Murray — July 5, 2013
- 257Picks and Pans review: Alice in ChainsNovember 20, 1995
- 258NewsAlice unboud: After a long absence, Alice In Chains is backBill Lynch
- 259News'Alice' will rattle some chainsPatricia Crean
- 260How Haven't You Heard ... Alice In Chains – DirtJames Conway — Vulture Hound Magazine — July 2, 2012
- 261NewsAlice in Chains breaks free of a styleJ.D Considine — October 23, 1992
- 262THE METAL'S GONE, BUT THE TUNES AND MOODS REMAINPress-Telegram (Long Beach, CA)
- 263MagazineAlice in Chains: DirtMichael Christopher — September 23, 2003
- 264Music previews: Alice in Chains, Tegan and Sara and Will YoungMichael MacLennan — STV
- 265CD: Alice in Chains - The Devil put Dinosaurs HereRuss Coffey — May 26, 2013
- 266ALICE IN CHAINS The Devil Put Dinosaurs HereChris Familton — The Music.com.au
- 267Alice in Chains Unveil 'Rainier Fog' Companion FilmSarah Murphy — December 13, 2018
- 268Alice in Chains announce North American tourMichelle Geslani — May 9, 2016
- 269MagazineALICE IN CHAINS – "It's Not Like We're Trying To Recapture Dirt ... We Already Made That Fucking Record!"Martin Popoff — May 30, 2013
- 270Review: Alice in Chains - Alice in ChainsBrendan Schroer — May 13, 2013
- 271Alice in Chains Biography and ProfileTim Grierson — About.com
- 272MagazineA Band Called AliceGillian G. Gaar — August 5, 1994
- 273Alice in Chains Albums Ranked in Order of AwesomenessApril 5, 2016
- 274The 10 Best Alice in Chains songsDan Weiss — October 6, 2016
- 275The 10 Best Alice In Chains SongsWeiss, Dan — October 6, 2016
- 276BookAlice in Chains: In the Studio - Jake BrownJake Brown — SCB Distributors — June 2011
- 277Interview: Alice in ChainsOctober 7, 2013
- 279NewsSee Alice in Chains' Jerry Cantrell pick favorite Black Sabbath, AC/DC albumsKesley Chapstick — October 22, 2018
- 281Interview – Accept guitarist Wolf HoffmannLee Vickers — January 13, 2021
- 282NewsAlbum Review: Too Mean to Die by Accept (Nuclear Blast)January 20, 2021
- 283NewsWilliam Duvall Chats About his New documentary on Neon Christ and the Atlanta Punk sceneFebruary 21, 2011
- 285NewsWilliam DuVall: These are the 11 guitarists who blew my mindAmit Sharma — September 25, 2019
- 286NewsAlice in Chains are coming to the Armory on Friday, and here are 19 of their best deep cutsAl Shipley — April 18, 2019
- 287NewsAlice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell Sings Heart and Rush's Praises (A Top Story)May 16, 2013
- 288Heavy Culture: William DuVall on Roots, Race, Solo Album, Jimi Hendrix, and Alice in ChainsLiz Ramanand — October 17, 2019
- 289NewsMike Inez (Alice In Chains) Gives King's X Some LoveRay Freeman — December 27, 2010
- 290NewsJerry Cantrell Talks New Alice in Chains Album, 'Rainier Fog'Richard Bienstock — September 10, 2018
- 291NewsJerry Cantrell: "I'd plug into Eddie Van Halen's amp and sound like Jerry Cantrell. Eddie would play through my s**t and sound like EVH. It's in the hands. It's in your flesh"December 10, 2021
- 292NewsJerry Cantrell Interview: Grinding It OutH. P. Newquist — February 1996
- 293NewsInterview with Alice in ChainsMarty Hintz — February 1991
- 294NewsJerry Cantrell: I knew what being a rock star was from an early ageJames Hickie — February 26, 2019
- 295Alice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell remembers Chris CornellApril 14, 2018
- 296NewsAlice in Chains' William Duvall: 10 songs that changed my lifeJames Hickie — November 27, 2019
- 297NewsJerry Cantrell talks 'Devils & Dinosaurs'Matt Blackett — January 30, 2014
- 298NewsWilliam Duvall - Add to the OvenJordan Babula — November 2018
- 299MoPOP Oral History Interview: Alice In Chains' Musical InfluencesMuseum of Popular Culture — November 23, 2020
- 300Degradation TripErlewine, Stephen Thomas — Rovi Corporation
- 301Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley dies on April 5, 2002.Burrows, Alyssa — Historylink.com — May 17, 2002
- 302VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock ArtistsRockonthenet.com — 2000
- 303"Hard Rock's All-Time Top 100 Live Bands." Hit Parader. February 2008.
- 304"Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists." Hit Parader. November 2006.
- 305Metallica, Pantera: Top Albums Of Last 17 YearsUltimate-Guitar.com — April 30, 2008
- 306100 Greatest Guitar SolosOctober 30, 2008
- 307News – The 2009 Kerrang! Awards winnersAugust 3, 2009
- 308MagazinePhoto Gallery: The Top 10 Guitar Albums of 1994Grassi, Tony
- 309Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994July 14, 2014
- 31010 Best Hard Rock Albums of 1994May 20, 2014
- 311News10 Heaviest Grunge BandsJune 14, 2017
- 312MagazineOzzy Osbourne's 10 Favorite Metal AlbumsJune 26, 2017
- 313Alice in Chains: DirtEric Harvey
- 314Top 11 Metal Albums of the 1990sJoe Robinson — November 9, 2011
- 315Diamond "Dimebag" Darrell: The Pantera InterviewGuitar International — September 1995
- 317MagazineWesley Willis DiesAugust 22, 2003
- 319Corgan Talks New Pumpkins Art, InspirationsJuly 6, 2007
- 320MagazineElton John Joins Alice in Chains' New Album to Honor Layne StaleyAugust 11, 2009
- 321GODSMACK INTERVIEW: FACELESS (Part 1)May 3, 2007
- 322MTV.com – "'He Got Me To Start Singing': Artists Remember Layne Staley"D'Angelo, Joe et al. — MTV — April 22, 2002
- 323Godsmack Got Their Name From The Alice In Chains' SongApril 5, 2018
- 324The music and magic of GodsmackJune 18, 2006
- 325Alt-metal Godsmack To Smack Into Hard Rock Live In MarchFebruary 2, 2001
- 326MagazineLayne Staley gets Born AgainSnierson, Dan — May 7, 2004
- 32710 Years Singer Jesse Hasek Discusses Being Raised in the Church, His Unlikely Career (INTERVIEW)Chris Epting — October 25, 2012
- 329Breaking Benjamin - Similar Artists, Influenced By, FollowersRovi corporation
- 330NewsGavin Rossdale On His Special Bond With Alice In Chains & Jerry CantrellYouTube — February 4, 2024
- 331MagazineAlice in Chains BiographyStephen Thomas Erlewine et al. — Prometheus Global Media
- 332City and Colour's Green reveals Five Key InfluencesMackenzie Cummings-Grady — December 5, 2015
- 333The hazan who became disturbedDavd Brinn — January 2, 2011
- 336Alice In Chains Stories from Korn, Slipknot, Zakk Wylde, Device, Five Finger Death Punch, Mad Season, and MoreRick Florino — Artistdirect — April 1, 2013
- 337NewsNicky Wire tells us about the Manics' 'Gold Against The Soul' reissue: "It's a strange and curious record"Andrew Trendell — March 11, 2020
- 338Radio Has Helped The Group Find Its Place In The Metal Music GenrePqasb.pqarchiver.com — January 29, 2009
- 339Interview with Sal Abruscato of A Pale Horse Named DeathThe Rocktologist
- 340Queens of the Stone Age - Similar Artists, Influenced By, FollowersRovi Corporation
- 342Seether feels the coldJuly 18, 2006
- 343Concert preview: Seether adds melody to the metalSeptember 9, 2014
- 344BookIt Takes Blood and GutsSkin — Simon and Schuster — 2020
- 346Stonesour: full interviewBBC — March 3, 2003
- 347Taproot's Second Album Is Really Their Third ... Kind OfOctober 18, 2002
- 348Interview – Theory of a DeadmanAugust 13, 2014
- 349MagazineMetallica: Metal Machines (Louder Faster Stronger)October 2008
- 352Dream Theater - "Would" Alice in Chains CoverYouTube — September 5, 2006
- 353SECRETS OF THE MOON Post Cover Of ALICE IN CHAINS' "Them Bones"Thenewreview.net — September 19, 2010
- 356Cane Hill - We Die Young (Alice In Chains Cover)September 14, 2016
- 357EKTOMORF Covers ALICE IN CHAINS, SOUNDGARDEN On New SingleJune 23, 2010
- 360Thou – "The Changeling Prince"Michael Nelson — May 31, 2018
- 361Anders Fridén (IN FLAMES) - When I Was A Teenage HeadbangerJuly 10, 2009
- 362Nothing Safe - Alice in ChainsSteve Huey — Rovi corporation
- 363The String Quartet Tribute to Alice in ChainsMarch 24, 2009
- 366Alice in Chains Paperback Edition Is HereNovember 23, 2018
- 368Memories Are Piling Up For Rock's Hall Of FameJuly 23, 1995