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Photo by Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images In 1991, Van Halen Pranked Alice in Chains by Storming on Stage Nude, Covered Only by Cardboard Boxes
In 1991, Van Halen brought the young grunge band Alice In Chains on tour, which launched a friendly prank war between the bands.
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Photo by Chris Carroll/Corbis via Getty Images When This 90s Grunge Band Was Evicted From Their House While on Tour, They Quickly Recorded the First No. 1 EP
On the brink of homelessness, Alice In Chains moved into a studio and recorded this massively successful EP.
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Photo by Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images 34 Years Ago Today, a Breakthrough Album Recorded Amid Los Angeles Riots Changed Grunge Music Forever
Alice in Chains released their sophomore album, “Dirt”, on Sept. 29, 1992, marking a heavy new direction for grunge music.
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Photo by Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images No, You Didn’t Time Travel: This Iconic 90s Grunge Band Really Is Back on the Charts
Alice in Chains have re-entered the Billboard rock charts with “Man in the Box”, which was originally released in 1990.
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Photo by Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Another Famous Grunge Singer Once Tried to Join Alice In Chains
Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell once revealed that Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland wanted to join his band.
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Kevin Nixon/Classic Rock Magazine/Future Publishing via Getty Images Dave Grohl’s New ‘Favorite Band’ Are Fellow Grunge Icons From the 90s
Dave Grohl is rediscovering one of the ‘Big Four’ of grunge.
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(Photo: Gie Knaeps / Getty Images) 4 Grunge Classics That Just Hit Better When Wearing a Band Tee and an Oversized Flannel
You can’t tell me ‘Black Hole Sun’ song doesn’t take you right back to the best days of grunge.
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Rock group Alice in Chains. Left to right Jerry Cantrell, guitar; Layne Staley, vocals, Michael Starr, bass and Sean Kinney in Hollywood for rehearsal July 1991. (Photo by Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) The ‘Insecure’ Move Sammy Hagar Pulled to Protect Van Halen From Being Overshadowed by Alice in Chains
Back in the early 90s, Alice in Chains went out on tour with Van Halen because Sammy Hagar wanted “their fans will know that we’re cool.”
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Jerry Cantrell performing in Chula Vista, California (Photo by Daniel Knighton/Getty Images) As Jerry Cantrell Approaches the End of a Musical Chapter, He Tells Us What Is (And Isn’t) on the Horizon, Football Included
As Jerry Cantrell winds down a year and a half of activity in support of his latest solo album, he looks back at the fun and what comes next.
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Rock group Alice in Chains. Left to right Jerry Cantrell, guitar; Layne Staley, vocals, Michael Starr, bass and Sean Kinney in Hollywood for rehearsal July 1991. (Photo by Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) ‘It Doesn’t Mean Anything to Me’: Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell’s Paradoxical Approach To Songwriting
Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell once said that he is “not trying to communicate to anybody” through his music.
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Rock group Alice in Chains. Left to right Jerry Cantrell, guitar; Layne Staley, vocals, Michael Starr, bass and Sean Kinney in Hollywood for rehearsal July 1991. -
Layne Staley of Alice in Chains in 1992. (Photo by Brian Rasic/Getty Images)
