Over the next few years, CANTREll, KINNEY and INEZ would go onto different projects including CANTRELL's Degradation Trip (his sophomore solo album) which was dedicated to STALEY. A year later the band released ALICE IN CHAINS which also debuted at #1 on the Billboard album charts and launched a handful of hard rock singles that would cement the band's place in the pantheon of metal legends. It would be the first EP in Billboard chart history to debut at #1. JAR OF FLIES - released in January 1994 - marked a return to more mellow acoustic arrangements, punctuated by Cantrell's signature electric guitar riffs and Staley's bracing vocal intensity. In 1993, Alice in Chains' first collaboration with INEZ was two tracks ("What the Hell Have I" and "A Little Bitter" for the Last Action Hero soundtrack. While the band was touring to promote DIRT, MIKE STARR left the group to be replaced by former Ozzy Osbourne bassist MIKE INEZ. But it was Cameron Crowe's 1992 film Singles, about the lives of 20-somethings in Seattle that transformed the song "Would?" into an anthem for the brooding angst of Generation X. 1992 also saw the release of SAP-a five-song acoustic EP. DIRT-which debuted at #6 on the Billboard charts in September 1992 and went platinum in less than two months-was their darkest release to that point with a heavy, guitar-driven sound and lyrics exploring a sense of alienation and addiction.
In 1992 ALICE IN CHAINS began recording DIRT with Dave Jerden again producing. The platinum-certified FACELIFT followed in August of 1990 and the video for the grinding hit "Man in the Box" went into regular rotation on MTV. Their instantly recognizable brand of dark, moody rock would become a signature sound and a major influence on later rock bands.ĪLICE IN CHAINS released their debut EP WE DIE YOUNG (July 1990) and the title track went on to be their first of many rock radio hits. He ALICE IN CHAINS legacy dates back to 1987 when the tight-knit group began a riotous ride that saw them escorted from their illegal rehearsal space by Seattle's finest to a 1989 record deal with Columbia Records.
Alice In Chains - Discography (1990 - 2013)
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