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Dirt received critical acclaim, and is considered by many critics and fans alike as the group's best album. In a retrospective review, Steve Huey of AllMusic said "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 ...
In 2011, Alice in Chains began work on their fifth studio album, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, which was released on May 28, 2013. [14] Alice in Chains' sixth studio album, Rainier Fog, was released on August 24, 2018. [15] As of 2019, Alice in Chains has had 18 Top 10 songs and five No. 1 hits on Billboard ' s Mainstream Rock chart. [16]
The original lineup in a 1988 promo. From left: Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Mike Starr, Layne Staley. Before the formation of Alice in Chains, Layne Staley, a drummer at the time, [13] [14] landed his first gig as a vocalist when he auditioned to sing for a local glam metal band known as Sleze after receiving some encouragement from his stepbrother Ken Elmer.
The opening act a was combination of Slaughter, Ugly Kid Joe, Faster Pussycat and Motörhead before Alice in Chains took over in the fall. [6] After touring together, Osbourne's bassist Mike Inez joined Alice in Chains on their Dirt tour and became a permanent member of the band. [7]
Staley first sang in a glam metal band known as Alice in Chains, or sometimes Alice N’ Chains, in the mid-‘80s. That band, however, broke up in 1987, and Staley briefly fronted a funk band ...
Alice in Chains 4:42 Am I Inside: Cantrell / Staley: Sap (February 4, 1992) November 1991 London Bridge Studio, Seattle (Features guest vocals by Ann Wilson) Alice in Chains / Parashar: 5:09 Music Bank (October 26, 1999) 5:08 The Essential Alice in Chains (September 5, 2006) 5:09 Angry Chair: Staley: Dirt (September 29, 1992) March–May 1992
Alice in Chains (occasionally informally referred to as the Dog Album or Tripod [5]) is the third studio album by American rock band Alice in Chains. It was released on November 7, 1995, by Columbia Records , and was the follow-up to the highly successful Dirt (1992).
It was released as the second single from their second studio album, Dirt (1992). "Them Bones" peaked at No. 24 on Billboard ' s Mainstream Rock chart and at No. 30 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song was included on the band's compilation albums Nothing Safe: Best of the Box (1999), Greatest Hits (2001) and The Essential Alice in Chains ...