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February 8, 1996

Cover Story: To Hell and Back

They've survived drug addiction and personal tragedy, but Alice in Chains are having a hard time living with themselves

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Black Gives Way To Blue

In the Nineties, Alice in Chains went multiplatinum on a grunge-metal sound that was like the soundtrack to singer Layne Staley's heroin addiction, which killed him in 2002. On the band's first album in 14 years, sludgy guitars are back, and they're coupled with vocals by guitarist Jerry Cantrel...

2009 RS: 2.5of 5 Stars

Nothing Safe: The Best Of The Box

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A metal band with an alternative-rock edge, Alice in Chains was among the biggest to emerge from the grunge scene that spawned Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden. The group's dark, bitter songs, laden with references to drug addiction and death, occupy a musical landscape somewhere between Metallica's dense head bangers and Pearl Jam's grinding anthems. Layne Staley formed Alice in Chains with an...

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