[314] It was also featured in Guitar World magazine's "Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994" list,[315] and in May 2014, the EP was placed at number five on Loudwire's "10 Best Hard Rock Albums of 1994" list. [119] The band followed the concert with a short United States club tour named "Finish What We Started",[120] several festival dates in Europe,[117][121] and a brief tour in Japan. "[103], About the pressure being put on DuVall for replacing Staley as lead vocalist, Cantrell said, "To put all that weight on Will's shoulders is unfair. And one of the reasons I'm doing this is so more light is turned on to something where the light was turned off. [1] Kinney and his girlfriend went to the Music Bank and listened to Cantrell's demos, who mentioned that they needed a bass player to jam with them, and he had someone in mind: Mike Starr, with whom Cantrell had played in a band in Burien called Gypsy Rose. Later reports indicated Starr's death may have been linked to two different types of antidepressants prescribed to him by his doctor. 1992; 01/22/92: Tacoma, WA: Tacoma Dome rescheduled date. 4. Alice in Chains received the Museum of Pop Culture’s Founders Award during an all-star livestream concert. [239][240] The band started their European tour in June 2018,[241] and headlined the Tons Of Rock Festival in Norway alongside Ozzy Osbourne and Helloween. Mike was ready to go home. [53] "We did a lot of soul searching on this album. [203] The video was released on April 3, 2013 and also features cameos by Ann and Nancy Wilson from Heart, Mike McCready from Pearl Jam, Kim Thayil from Soundgarden, Duff McKagan from Guns N' Roses, Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher from Mastodon, and Lars Ulrich and Robert Trujillo from Metallica. We have played with some [singers] who can actually bring it and add their own thing to it without being a Layne clone. [84][85] The performance featured some of the band's highest charting singles, including "Rooster", "Down in a Hole", "Heaven Beside You", "No Excuses" and "Would? [265], On December 13, 2018, the teaser of the film Black Antenna featuring the song "Rainier Fog" was released on Alice in Chains' official YouTube channel, with drummer Sean Kinney stating; "We've always toyed with the idea of creating videos for every song on one of our albums. [38] The single hit number 18 on the Mainstream rock charts, with the album's follow up single, "Sea of Sorrow", reaching number 27,[13] and in six weeks Facelift sold 400,000 copies in the US. [14], Following the tour, Alice in Chains entered the studio to record demos for its next album, but ended up recording five acoustic songs instead. Four years later, Cantrell, drummer Sean Kinney, and bassist Mike Inez revived Alice in Chains with singer William DuVall, sparking an extended second life of recording and touring that has lasted longer than their original incarnation. The metal part will never leave, and I never want it to. Official website for Alice In Chains. Sources tied directly to the band were interviewed instead. Pre-Album History. "[274], Over the course of their career, the band's sound has also been described as alternative metal,[94][275][276] sludge metal,[277][278][279][280][281][282][283] doom metal,[284][285] drone rock,[286] hard rock,[94][287] and alternative rock. [60][107], Following Staley's death, Mike Inez joined Heart and toured and recorded with the band from 2002 through 2006. "[23] Bacolas thought the name "Alice in Chains" was cool and brought it up to his Sleze bandmates and everyone liked it, so they decided to change the name of the band. Unlike with Staley, Alice In Chains wouldn't look the other way on Starr's substance abuse, and instead gave him the boot in the middle of the tour in 1993. [24], Staley met guitarist Jerry Cantrell at a party in Seattle around August 1987. [8][9] Cantrell started to sing lead vocals on the 1992 acoustic EP Sap, and his role continued to grow in the following albums, making Alice in Chains a two-vocal band.[7][8][9]. [106] Mike Starr later claimed on Celebrity Rehab that he was the last person to see Staley alive, and admitted to feeling guilty about not calling 911 after Staley had warned him against it. "[70] Jar of Flies features Alice in Chains' first number-one single on the Mainstream Rock charts, "No Excuses". [233] In May 2018, Alice in Chains headlined the festivals Carolina Rebellion,[234] Lunatic Luau,[235] Pointfest,[236] Northern Invasion,[237] the WMMR BBQ festival in Philadelphia,[238] and the Rock on the Range festival in Columbus, Ohio on May 18, 2018, in which they paid tribute to Chris Cornell on the first anniversary of his death covering two Soundgarden songs to close their set, "Hunted Down" and "Boot Camp", respectively. Blackdiamondskye is a portmanteau of the three band's then-most recent albums: Alice in Chains' Black Gives Way to Blue (2009), Deftones' Diamond Eyes (2010), and Mastodon's Crack the Skye (2009). Korn / Alice In Chains 5 on the Billboard 200. [228] On January 11, 2018, producer Nick Raskulinecz announced via Instagram that the album was nearly finished and that there was only one more day left of recording. "[55] Chris Gill of Guitar World called Dirt "huge and foreboding, yet eerie and intimate", and "sublimely dark and brutally honest. 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