Alice in Chains

Alternative Rock Hard Rock Heavy Metal 

Working in the Sludge Factory

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, Alice in Chains, Columbia Records, Grind, Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley, Mad Season, Mike Inez, Sean Kinney, Sludge Factory

Reflections on Alice in Chains’ last studio album with Layne Staley

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Hard Rock Psychedelics Remembrance 

Tim Bogert, Influential Hard Rock Bassist, Dead at 76

January 17, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alice in Chains, Beck Bogert & Appice, Cactus, Carmine Appice, Earth, Fu Manchu, Green River, Jeff Beck, Kyuss, Mark Stein, Mastodon, MUDHONEY, Queens of the Stone Age, Sleep, Soundgarden, Tim Bogert, Vanilla Fudge, Vince Martell

How his time in Vanilla Fudge, Cactus and Beck, Bogert & Appice set the scene for sludge rock and stoner metal

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The Decade When Mudhoney Rode the Major Label Gravy Train

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Alice in Chains, Badmotorfinger, Dirt, Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew, Guy Maddison, Mark Arm, Matt Lukin, MUDHONEY, My Brother The Cow, Nevermind, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Piece of Cake, Real Low Vibe, Soundgarden, Steve Turner, Ten, Tomorrow Hit Today

The new box set, Real Low Vibe: The Reprise Recordings 1992-1998, focuses on an overlooked era of the veteran Seattle band’s rich history

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock 

Recognize My Disease: Alice in Chains’ Facelift Turns 30

September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1990, Alice in Chains, Columbia Records, Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley, Man in the Box, Mike Inez, MTV, Nirvana, Sean Kinney, Warrant, Whitesnake

Was the debut LP from this Seattle institution grunge genesis or a hair metal hangover?

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Alternative Rock Blues Hard Rock Psychedelics 

‘Tis the Season: Above at 25

March 20, 2020March 19, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, Alice in Chains, Barrett Martin, John Baker Saunders, Layne Staley, Mad Season, MARK LANEGAN, Mike McCready, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, Seattle

Most groups were one-offs; but Mad Season could have been more than that

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Alternative Rock Blues Hard Rock 

LISTEN: Above by Mad Season Turns 25

March 14, 2020March 14, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alice in Chains, Barrett Martin, John Baker Saunders, Layne Staley, Mad Season, Mike McCready, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, Seattle

Revisit the Seattle supergroup’s very first performance

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Alternative Rock Folk Hard Rock Rock 

Another Side Of Alice

January 23, 2019March 11, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Alice in Chains, Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley

On 25 years of Alice In Chains’ EP masterpiece

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Rock 

Collective Soul: Attention Must Be Paid

May 11, 2018April 12, 2019 Tim Sommer 27 Comments Alice in Chains, Arcade Fire, Collective Soul, Creed, Ed Roland, Green Day, Matt Serletic, Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, U2

What if you gave a classic album and nobody came?

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