Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains in 2018. From left to right: Mike Inez, William DuVall, Sean Kinney and Jerry Cantrell.
Background information
Also known as	Alice N' Chains, or AIC
Origin	Seattle, Washington United States
Genres	Heavy metal,[1] hard rock, alternative metal, grunge, alternative rock, sludge metal, doom metal, hard rock, blues rock, folk rock, funk metal, jangle pop
Years active	1987-2002, 2005-present
Labels	Columbia, Virgin Records/EMI, Capitol Records, BMG Rights Management
Members	Jerry Cantrell Sean Kinney Mike Inez William DuVall
Past member(s)	Layne Staley Mike Starr
Website	www.aliceinchains.com

Alice in Chains is an American grunge band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1987.^[2] They have sold an estimated 15 million albums in the US alone. Alice in Chains is sometimes thought of as a heavy metal band, but is mostly considered a grunge band.

Their debut album "Facelift" came out in 1990. They have put out a total of six studio albums during their career.^[3]

The band's first lead singer, Layne Staley, became addicted to drugs. He often wrote about drug addiction in his lyrics.^[4] He died in Seattle in April 2002 after a fatal drug overdose.^[5] William DuVall took over as the lead singer in 2006.

1. ↑ Sharpe-Young, Garry (April 23, 2007), Hard Rock: Alice in Chains, retrieved July 18, 2007
2. ↑ Alice in Chains info page^{[permanent dead link]}
3. ↑ "Alice in Chains Concert Setlist & Tour Dates". Concerty.com.
4. ↑ Heckman, Candace (April 20, 2002). "Alice in Chains singer died of natural causes or overdose". seattlepi.com. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
5. ↑ Heckman, Candance (May 7, 2002). "Staley's death was from mix of heroin and cocaine". seattlepi.com. Retrieved March 29, 2011.