Alice in Chains News

In Conversation: Alice In Chain's Jerry Cantrell

Alice In Chains : influential, intoxicating, and still with us, perhaps against the odds.

Alice In Chains In Concert 2013: A Looking-In View

On Tuesday when Alice In Chains releases their fifth album, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (Virgin), nearly four years will have passed since their resurrection for 2009′s Black Gives Way To Blue. Their second with singer William Duvall, Dinosaurs is a key entry in the Alice In Chains history, one bearing new questions about one of America's great bands — and bearing new answers to ones still lingering from the relaunch of the AIC identity a few years ago.

Alice In Chains sued by mother of former frontman

Alice In Chains are being sued by the mother of their late frontman, Layne Stayley.

Layne Staley's mom suing Alice in Chains (who are playing the MMRBQ w/ Soundgarden & Cheap Trick)

Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival tour dates "The fourth annual Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival will include.... Alice In Chains, also with Jane's Addiction. These seminal alternative rock bands will be joined by Coheed and Cambria and Circa Survive on the Rockstar Energy Main Stage. The Ernie Ball Festival Stage will host performances from Walking Papers (featuring Duff McKagan), Middle Class Rut, New Politics, Danko Jones, Chuck Shaffer Picture Show and the local Ernie Ball Battle Of The Bands winner in each market."

Alice in Chains Sued by Layne Staley’s Mother

"Staley's mother Nancy McCallum contends the surviving members of Alice in Chains owe her half of the money due Staley – about 16 percent of the hard rock band's income. According to the lawsuit, the band has attempted to cut her out of any further payments.

tix on sale: Alice in Chains/Jane's Addiction, DFA1979/Fucked Up, Robert Plant, Jon Spencer, Limp Wrist, & Rush Midnight

The Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival tour is happening this summer with Alice in Chains, Jane's Addiction, Coheed and Cambria, Circa Survive, Middle Class Rut, and others.

Alice in Chains, Jane's Addiction, more tapped for Uproar Festival

Alice in Chains Have Big Stones

Y'know, this is why I'm not a director: I could never think of a concept for a music video as clever as the concept for Alice in Chains' "Stone."

Alice in Chains’ New Lyric Video for “Stone” is Appropriately Angry

Thank you, MS commenters, for illuminating the secrets behind the taping of Jimmy Kimmel Live's musical guests!

Alice In Chains mockumentary with Metallica, Soundgarden, Guns 'N' Roses & Pearl Jam

Inventive, hilarious and unlike any band promo you've ever seen, Alice In Chains unveil their hitherto unseen talents as actors in this mini-movie.

Alice in Chains on How a 'Ridiculous' Religious Claim Inspired Their New Album Title (EXCLUSIVE)

"We definitely didn't write the song to stir up a fucking hornet's nest. No one in the band claims to be an expert on religion, but the title of the song comes from something that a lot of people actually believe in," laughs Alice in Chains guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell referring to The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here , the title track to their excellent upcoming album.

Alice In Chains post mockumentary featuring members of Metallica and Guns N' Roses online - watch

Alice In Chains have unveiled an 11-minute mockumentary featuring cameos from Metallica , Guns N' Roses and Pearl Jam. The clip called 'AIC 23' features members of the band as spoof characters.

Pretty Much the Best Documentary About Alice in Chains a Fan Could Ever Hope For

As a massive Alice in Chains fan, I really could not dream of a finer short documentary on the band than Alan Poole McLard's Alice in Chains 23.

Alice In Chains Stories from Korn, Slipknot, Zakk Wylde, Device, Five Finger Death Punch, Mad Season, and More

You can search the entire canon of recorded music, and you'll never find a band that can do what these Seattle Legends can.

Alice In Chains to debut new single 'Stone'

Alice In Chains have announced a May 24th release for highly anticipated new album 'THE DEVIL PUT DINOSAURS HERE'.

Alice in Chains The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here Album Cover Will Have You Seeing Red

Sign of the digital times: it looks like Alice in Chains spent all of ten seconds on the cover for their new album, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here. I guess when 99% of your audience is only going to see the cover as a little image on their computer and/or mp3 player, it doesn't exactly need to be a staggering work of art.

Alice in Chains Reveal Album Cover Art, Zakk Wylde Gets His Own Burger + More News

Produced by Nick Raskulinecz ( Death Angel , Foo Fighters ), it's the group's second album since their 2005 reunion, following 2009's Black Gives Way to Blue. "We made a unique record that's completely different from anything we ever did," Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell told Noisecreep about the album.

Barrett Martin Reflects on Mad Season, "Above", The Last Time He Saw Layne Staley, and More

"There's a quality in darkness," ponders Barrett Martin of The Screaming Trees and Mad Season.

Feature: "Welcome to Rockville", "Carolina Rebellion", and "Rock on the Range" with Danny Wimmer

"We're trying to wave the rock flag as high as we can," exclaims Danny Wimmer.

Alice In Chains share LP title

Alice In Chains are to release a new LP, the band's first since the death of bassist Mike Star in 2011 (and second since the death of original vocalist Layne Staley in 2002).

Bad News: I Dare to Push Rude, Evil Hens is NOT the Title of the New Alice in Chains Album

Yesterday, Alice in Chains released an anagram which spelled out their new album title.

Alice in Chains Want You to Decode Their Album Title, HIM Sign New Record Deal + More News

Alice in Chains are having a little fun using social media to their advantage.

Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Limp Bizkit front Carolina Rebellion

General admission tickets, both single-day and weekend passes, go on sale Feb. 8 at the event's website.

Welcome to Rockville: Alice in Chains, Limp Bizkit to Headline 2-Day Festival

The third annual Monster Energy's Welcome to Rockville music festival is expanding to two days--April 27 & 28, 2013--at Jacksonville's Metropolitan Park.

Alice in Chains unleash spring road trip

Alice in Chains will promote a spring album and the recently released single "Hollow" with a round of theater shows that focus on the eastern portion of the U.S. The rock outfit will begin the journey with an April 25 performance in Miami Beach, FL, followed by another 11 stops.

Disturbed Vocalist to Release Device Debut, Alice in Chains Tour Dates + More News

Disturbed frontman David Draiman will release the self-titled debut by his other project Device on April 9 via Warner Bros. He wants you to know that despite his pedigree and the guest stars, which include System of a Down 's Serj Tankian , Black Sabbath 's Geezer Butler and Rage Against the Machine 's Tom Morello , it is NOT a metal record.

Alice In Chains – “Hollow” Video

When we first wrote about Alice In Chains' new single " Hollow ," the song was paired with a cheap but inventive fan-made Instagram video — which some viewers erroneously believed was the track's official clip.

Alice in Chains Made a Video About Getting Aliens Baked

Alice in Chains have released a Roboshobo-directed video for their infectious new single, "Hollow," and it's a slam dunk if ever there was one.

Alice in Chains, 'Hollow' Video: Grunge Gods Debut Sci-Fi Themed Clip

Alice in Chains are back (again) and this time, with a new video.

The Most Anticipated Albums of 2013 Featuring Pearl Jam, Ghost, Slayer, Metallica, Mastodon, Stone Sour, Lil Wayne, Kid Cudi, Korn, Five Finger Death Punch, Alice In Chains, and More

It's hard to believe we have another year in the books already.

Alice In Chains – “Hollow”

A few months ago, I wrote a retrospective on Alice In Chains' 1992 album, Dirt — by pretty much any measure the band's masterpiece, and a revealing document of singer Layne Staley's genuine struggles with addiction, among other things.

Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains joins Duff McKagan�s Walking Papers

New Seattle band Walking Papers had a guest appearance from Alice In Chain's Jerry Cantrell this week.

Desert Island Discs: Records to Chill By

Everybody has their own definition of a "chill" record.

Queens Of The Stone Age, Gaslight Anthem, Alice In Chains to play Download Festival 2013

Queens Of The Stone Age , The Gaslight Anthem and Alice In Chains have all been added to the Download Festival 2013 line-up. 30 Seconds To Mars , Motorhead and HIM will also be appearing at next year's rock and metal weekender, in addition to the event's previously announced headliners, Slipknot , Rammstein and Iron Maiden.

DISPATCH FROM AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE IN WHICH SAMMY HAGAR IS THE LEAD SINGER OF ALICE IN CHAINS

Sammy Hagar turned 65 recently, and he celebrated his qualification for senior citizen status not by getting a discounted ticket at the movies, but, rather, by holding a concert at his Cabo Wabo Cantina in Mexico.

Dirt Turns 20

By September 29, 1992, the music called "grunge" was no longer the property of any subculture; between Nevermind , Ten , and the Singles soundtrack , Seattle provided the score for American lives across countless demographic lines.

Desert Island Discs: 1990s Rock and Pop Edition

Though the 1990s are generally associated with the shooting-star grunge movement, our desert island is apparently going to have precious few albums from the likes of Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains.