Jerry Cantrell

There was no one band under the letter W which jumped out at me as a good discussion point. Read More

The early 1990s were a watershed period for rock music worldwide. Read More

You might have thought the death of the singer would literally prove a fatal blow for a band, so it was with surprise that many saw the resurrection of grungey, harmony-strewn sludge-metal titans Alice in Chains in 2005, 18 years after they first formed and three years after the death of the inimitable Layne Staley, a frontman notorious for his struggle with drugs problems. Read More

The new rock, comedy and nightlife venue Dead Man's Hand opens tomorrow night at the Playground with a performance by System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan and his celebrity friends. Read More

Bands continuing on after the death of a lead singer are nothing new. Read More

My friend/colleague Andrew Matson of the Seattle Times' Matson on Music reviewed Alice In Chains' comeback record "Black Gives Way To Blue." The headline "Is there any reason to listen to the new Alice in Chains album, "Black Gives Way to Blue"? might make you think he wrote a negative review but actually it's not all too critical of AIC's latest. Read More

A hunk of his hair was sold at auction last weekend in Chicago for $15,000. Read More

Seattle grunge pioneers Alice in Chains are back at it after more than a decade. Read More

"We want this to be a place that we would want to hang out in," Ian said in a statement. Read More

Bob Dylan once said, "I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet." Read More