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Seattle, United States (1987 – 2002, 2005 – present)

Alice in Chains are a rock band which formed in 1987 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Drawing equally from the heavy riffing of and the gloomy strains of , the band developed a bleak, nihilistic sound that balanced grinding metallic riffs with subtly textured numbers. They were hard enough for fans, yet their dark subject matter and y attack placed them among the front ranks of the Seattle-based bands. While this dichotomy helped the group soar to multi-platinum status with their second album, 1992’s Dirt, it also divided them. Guitarist / vocalist Jerry Cantrell always leaned toward the mainstream, while vocalist Layne Staley was fascinated with the seamy underground. Such tension drove the band toward stardom in their early years, but following Dirt, Alice in Chains suffered from near-crippling internal tensions that kept the band off the road for the remainder of the ’90s.

Formed in 1987 by Staley, guitarist Jerry Cantrell, bassist Mike Starr, and drummer Sean Kinney, the band was first named “Alice N’ Chains”, and later changed to “Alice in Chains”. Combining the unique voice and intense delivery of Staley with the evocative songwriting and vocal harmonies of Cantrell, Alice in Chains created an immediately identifiable sound that also proved to be quite versatile as their repertoire grew to include both driving, angry rock songs and mellow acoustic compositions. The unique vocal harmonies of Staley and Cantrell included overlapping passages, and dual lead vocals. Alyssa Burrows said the band’s distinctive sound “came from Staley’s vocal style and his lyrics dealing with personal struggles and addiction”.
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  • doom777

    Surprisingly awesome album!!! Stone, Voices and Scalpel are my favs!!!

    2 hours ago Reply

  • vitorsilighini

    Why they not Tagged with Metal? The New album have some Stoner Metal songs

    3 hours ago Reply

  • minimagpie

    The album is as solid as my penis is when listening to it.

    5 hours ago Reply

  • JerryCantreII

    You finally did one smart thing, man.

    Yesterday 9:46pm Reply

  • DimebagMustaine

    Breath on a Window has a really great outro. Best song off the album imo.

    Yesterday 8:58pm Reply

  • tishaneverminds

    _lazarus_: for reals listen what poisondart7 said, lab monkey was one of my least favorite songs at first listen, i had to listen to it like 100 times so I could actually like it! Choke is beautiful too the melody is mindblowing and Stone oh god please!!!! you gotta love dat riff :) also the devil put dinosaurs here (the song itself) was one of my least favorites, but i listened to the bass line on it and i was like daaaaamn dude dat is good and then i've grown to like more and more the song :) you have to give a chance to this album, i can guarantee this album is a grower :D

    Yesterday 3:36pm Reply

  • poisondart7

    V listen to Choke, Stone, Lab Monkey..... well listen to the whole CD once again :))

    Yesterday 3:06pm Reply

  • _lazarus_

    Voices is the only decent song on the new album.

    Yesterday 3:02pm Reply

  • DimebagMustaine

    "You're the only one calling me retard on this shoutbox so... an entire nobody agrees with you." A silence is regarded as an agreement.

    20 Jun 9:58am Reply

  • rawen333

    yea, pretty solid new release... I like it...

    20 Jun 8:40am Reply

  • Nanoha-

    I think it's gonna rain, when I die

    20 Jun 5:35am Reply

  • JerryCantreII

    You're the only one calling me retard on this shoutbox so... an entire nobody agrees with you.

    19 Jun 10:55pm Reply

  • JerryCantreII

    @darkjavier: Love that niggy, man!

    19 Jun 10:53pm Reply

  • Nanoha-

    Wish I couldn't see at all

    19 Jun 10:09pm Reply

  • Senseito

    These guys were so fucking good at Download.

    19 Jun 9:46pm Reply

  • DimebagMustaine

    I think we can all agree that this JerryCantrell dude is a retard.

    19 Jun 7:33pm Reply

  • 4methyst

    Here comes the rooster, yeah!

    19 Jun 6:46pm Reply

  • darkjavier

    You reminded me the sweet brown autotune song with "Ain't nobody got time for that" xD

    19 Jun 6:42pm Reply

  • JerryCantreII

    Ain't nobody got time for your failed intent of using sarcasm dude.

    19 Jun 2:05pm Reply

  • DimebagMustaine

    "My english is not perfect and I ain't claiming that it is perfect. " Because that guy said he is an English teacher, sorry I forgot.

    19 Jun 9:57am Reply
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