The song was re-released as a single on the soundtrack for the independent film Clerks in 1994, reaching number seven on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. [87] Shortly after the show, Staley was found unresponsive after he overdosed on heroin and was taken to the hospital. [216], In November 2016, Alice in Chains released a cover of the Rush song "Tears",[217] which was included in the 40th anniversary release of the album 2112. [98], By 2002, Cantrell had finished work on his second solo album, Degradation Trip. [48] The EP was released while Nirvana's Nevermind was at the top of the Billboard 200 charts, resulting in a rising popularity of Seattle-based bands, and of the term "grunge music". By the end of the year, the band had relocated to Los Angeles. [178], On March 8, 2011, former Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr was found dead at his home in Salt Lake City. I wondered if he had achieved it. The album peaked at number six on the Billboard 200[54] and since its release has been certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA,[12] making Dirt the band's highest selling album to date. Cooper was active in his church at ages 11 to 12. But people still believed it. Beginning in 2000 with Brutal Planet, a return to horror-filled heavy metal, industrial rock, set in a dystopian post-apocalyptic future, inspired by our brutal modern world, and a number of current news stories appearing on CNN. (Story in comments) • r/ThriftStoreHauls", "Alice Cooper bandmates reflect on their historic past", "Rock lifestyle caught up with Cooper guitarist Glen Buxton", "Alice Cooper - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction? Later reports indicated Starr's death may have been linked to two different types of antidepressants prescribed to him by his doctor. [123] Cantrell started hanging out with the band and occasionally joined them onstage. [219] The album features six songs and only 5000 copies were issued. [80] The Dirty Diamonds tour launched in America in August 2005 after several European concerts, including a performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland on July 12. Cooper and his band, including Kiss drummer Eric Singer, were filmed for a DVD released as Alice Cooper: Live at Montreux 2005. 2 on the Billboard 200. Don Henley? The year closed with more writing sessions, this time in New York during November with Hanoi Rocks guitarist Andy McCoy. Cooper denied the rumor, whereupon Zappa told him, "Well, whatever you do, don't tell anyone you didn't do it. [13][14] Following a series of childhood illnesses, he moved with his family to Phoenix, Arizona, where he attended Cortez High School. [345] Metallica said they have always wanted to tour with the band, citing Alice in Chains as a major inspiration for their 2008 release, Death Magnetic. [105], In 2013, Cooper announced that he had finished recording a covers album, based on songs by his rock star drinking buddies in the 1970s who had since died from excess, and that it was scheduled for a spring 2014 release. [59] Staley told Rolling Stone in 1994 about Starr leaving the band, "It was just a difference in priorities. David Blunkett called for the show to be banned, saying "I'm horrified by his behaviour – it goes beyond the bounds of entertainment". At the end of the show, the lights on stage spelled out "CC" for Chris Cornell and "SG" for Soundgarden as feedback rang out. The final shows by Alice Cooper as a group were in Brazil in March and April 1974, including the record indoor attendance estimated as high as 158,000 fans in São Paulo on March 30, at the Anhembi Exposition Hall at the start of the first ever South American rock tour. The fact is, if you can call what I have a musical career, it all started with me miming to 'I'm Eighteen' on a jukebox". "[150][fn 10] In December 2018, Cooper predicted that the next U.S. president would be "worse" than former president Donald Trump, while arguing that musicians talking politics to their fans was an "abuse of power". [143] But Cooper clarified his comments telling USA Today, "What I was meaning was that because we're almost always together, at home and on the road, that if something did happen to either of us, we'd most likely be together at the time. We've just gotta get it out to ... a significant label [with worldwide distribution]. [177], Along with Mastodon and Deftones, Alice in Chains toured the United States and Canada in late 2010 on the Blackdiamondskye tour, an amalgam of the three bands' latest album titles (Black Gives Way to Blue, Diamond Eyes, and Crack the Skye). We have played with some [singers] who can actually bring it and add their own thing to it without being a Layne clone. It's completely a reunion because the three of us who're left are back together. [26], Despite the publicity from the chicken incident, the band's second album, Easy Action, produced by David Briggs and released in June 1970, fared even worse than its predecessor, entirely failing to dent the Billboard Top 200. [255], On August 22, 2018, Alice in Chains sent fans on a Scavenger hunt to access a secret gig that the band would be performing in Seattle on August 24. Public service demands great sacrifices, and down below you’ll find 4193 of them for your musical pleasure. [25][26] A few months before that, Cantrell had watched a concert of Staley's then-band, Alice N' Chains, in his hometown at the Tacoma Little Theatre, and was impressed by his voice. From left to right: That darkness was always part of the band, but it wasn't, 1996–2004: Hiatus, side projects and death of Layne Staley, Interview Alice In Chains - Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney (part 2), "Hard Rock's All-Time Top 100 Live Bands. In 1979, Alice also guest starred on good friend Soupy Sales' show, "Lunch with Soupy Sales" and was hit in the face with a pie, as part of the show ... when asked about the experience, Alice had this to say about his pal: "Being from Detroit, I came home every day and watched Soupy at lunch (Lunch With Soupy Sales). [120] Cooper would later pay homage to the Who by singing "I'm A Boy" for A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who in 1994 at Carnegie Hall in New York, and performing a cover of "My Generation" on the Brutal Planet tour of 2000. [367][368], This article is about the grunge band. Finally, I got a T-shirt that said, 'No, I am not Eddie Haskell.' Lydon told the BBC that "I know the words to every Alice Cooper song. I'm probably the biggest moderate you know. [113] In the show, aspiring singers competed to become the lead vocalist of a featured group. Hollis Brown Gets Loaded was born out of a 2013 tribute concert to Lou Reed, where they were first asked to perform the seminal 1970 Velvet Underground album live. But this album isn't about that, it's a bigger universal point. [40][41], Facelift was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling a half-million copies[2] on September 11, 1991,[42] becoming the first album from Seattle's Grunge movement to be certified gold. The members of The Grateful Dead was Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, Phil Lesh, and Bill Kreutzmann. Before the formation of Alice in Chains, then-drummer[19][20] Layne Staley landed his first gig as a vocalist when he auditioned to sing for a local glam metal band known as Sleze after receiving some encouragement from his stepbrother Ken Elmer. Alice in Chains have sold over 30 million records worldwide,[11] and over 14 million records in the US alone. Glen Buxton said he could listen to Syd Barrett's guitar for hours at a time. Even with The Nightmare scoring a nomination for 1984's Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video (he lost to Duran Duran), it was not enough for Warner Bros. to keep Cooper on their books. The metal part will never leave, and I never want it to. One critic, in a review of the Montreux release, commented that Cooper was to be applauded for "still mining pretty much the same territory of teenage angst and rebellion" as he had done more than 30 years previously. The band toured in 2006, with DuVall taking over as lead vocalist full-time. [44] Originally intended for Cantrell's second solo album,[93] the songs were reworked by Alice in Chains and were released in the fall of 1999 on the box set, Music Bank. [250], On August 20, 2018, the baseball team Seattle Mariners hosted a special "Alice in Chains Night" at the Safeco Field in Seattle to promote Rainier Fog, with the team offering the fans a package that included a Safeco Field terrace club ticket, access to a pre-game listening party of the album, an Alice in Chains T-shirt and a Rainier Fog CD. The band just started work on its new studio album with producer Nick Raskulinecz, who comes with an impressive track record from his work with bands such as Foo Fighters, Rush, Halestorm, Evanescence, Velvet Revolver, and Alice In Chains. [253] SiriusXM broadcast the concert on their channel Lithium on August 31, 2018. He toured extensively releasing a steady stream of studio albums to favorable critical acclaim. The guillotine and other stage effects were designed for the band by magician James Randi, who appeared on stage during some of the shows as executioner. He was named after his uncle, Vincent Collier Furnier, and the writer Damon Runyon. The album generally received positive reviews from music critics, though Rolling Stone magazine opined that the music on the record sorely missed Bob Ezrin's production values. With new songs written primarily on the road, the material has an overall darker feel than Facelift, with six of the album's thirteen songs dealing with the subject of addiction. For various reasons, the members agreed to take what was expected to be a temporary hiatus. [21] Cooper, Buxton, and Dunaway were also art students, and their admiration for the works of surrealist artists such as Salvador Dalí would further inspire their future stage antics. [162] The song was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. When my parents would start talking politics, I would go in my room and put on the Rolling Stones or the Who as long as I could avoid politics. "When I saw Anita Pallenberg playing the Great Tyrant in that movie in 1968, wearing long black leather gloves with switchblades coming out of them, I thought, 'That's what Alice should look like.' It would be the first of 11[fn 5] Alice Cooper group and solo albums produced by Ezrin, who is widely seen as being pivotal in helping to create and develop the band's definitive sound. "Alice wanted to put together a Detroit band for the album," Bielaniec said. They were on acid and we were basically drinking beer. [38] While in the studio, drummer Sean Kinney had a dream about "making an EP called Sap". That's exactly what I didn't want to happen.."[28], Unable to continue with new Alice in Chains material, Cantrell released his first solo album, Boggy Depot, in 1998, also featuring Sean Kinney and Mike Inez. [70][71] Jar of Flies received two Grammy nominations, Best Hard Rock Performance for "I Stay Away",[14] and Best Recording Package. The EP's lead single, "We Die Young", became a hit on metal radio. I didn't want my fans to think that heroin was cool. Guitarists Tommy Denander and Tommy Henriksen contributed most of the guitars. [80], The song "Got Me Wrong" unexpectedly charted three years after its release on the Sap EP. [129] According to Cantrell, it only took one audition for DuVall to get the gig. "[66], Columbia Records released Alice in Chains' second acoustic-based EP, Jar of Flies, on January 25, 1994. [135] During the interview, Cooper remarked "I look at Mick Jagger and he's on an 18-month tour and he's six years older than me, so I figure, when he retires, I have six more years. [114] Reviews were positive, with The New York Times' critic Noel Murray praising "Alice Cooper's magnificently scenery-chewing performance" as a "startling moment of clarity,"[115] and Lorraine Ali of the Los Angeles Times describing his performance as, "Weird? It went Top 10 in the U.S. and to number 1 in the U.K., and remains a staple on classic rock radio to this day. [136][fn 8], In the early 1970s, a story was widely reported that Leave It to Beaver star Ken Osmond had become "rock star Alice Cooper". [190], Alice in Chains' only concert in 2012 was a five-song acoustic set on May 31 at the eighth annual MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert honoring Jerry Cantrell. Journalist Bob Greene spent several weeks on the road with the band during the Muscle of Love Christmas Tour in 1973. As a child, he dreamed of playing left field in the Tigers outfield alongside Tigers Hall of Famer Al Kaline. Wolf Alice's bid for number one with upcoming album Blue Weekend - The Number One music magazine feat. [citation needed], Accompanying the album and stage show was the television special The Nightmare, starring Cooper and Vincent Price, which aired on US prime-time TV in April 1975. [17], By 1967, the band had begun to make regular road trips to Los Angeles to play shows. 2 on the US charts and sold over a million copies. [166], This article is about the musician. "It was great working with Alice. And one of the reasons I'm doing this is so more light is turned on to something where the light was turned off. For us, it was just the experience of four guys getting together in the studio and making some music. We're all going to fucking die, we're all going to lose somebody, and it fucking hurts. After they finished, Sean Kinney looked at his bandmates and said, "I think the search is pretty much over. However, the editor ended up reporting that Cooper was the real Haskell. The album deals with issues of faith, temptation, alienation and the frustrations of modern life, and has been described as "a young man's struggle to see the truth through the distractions of the 'Sideshow' of the modern world". [39], According to Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic, Alice in Chains' sound has a "Black Sabbath-style riffing and an unconventional vocal style. [63] Inez played his first concert with Alice in Chains on January 27, 1993 at the Camden Underworld in London. I mean, we don't really operate like that. [136] The acoustic performance at The Rave/Eagles Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 31, 2007 was recorded for an upcoming live album. [242], The second single, "So Far Under", was released on Alice in Chains' YouTube channel and on streaming platforms on June 27, 2018. [83], In January 2008, Cooper was one of the guest singers on the new Avantasia album The Scarecrow, singing the 7th track "The Toy Master". While Alice in Chains were writing for the album in 2011, Cantrell underwent surgery on his right shoulder, which delayed recording the new material. So as long as it felt good and from the right place and it's about making music and carrying on…. Manager Gordon added, "What had started in a sense as a pipe-dream became an overwhelming burden". [254] The concert was exclusive for an audience of SiriusXM subscribers. [145] On September 14, 2008, Alice in Chains performed at halftime during the Seattle Seahawks vs San Francisco 49ers game at the CenturyLink Field (then-named Qwest Field) in Seattle. [17][19] The group got an overwhelming response from the audience and won the talent show. [citation needed], The summer of 1972 saw the release of the single "School's Out". [99] In June 2011 Cooper took his place in the Reasonably Priced Car at the BBC auto show Top Gear. Episodes 1 and 2, "The One You Know" and "Rainier Fog", respectively, were released on March 7, 2019. [163][164] An app for iPhone was released on October 27, 2009, featuring songs, music videos, news, photos and networking. [83] The show marked Alice in Chains' only appearance as a five-piece band, adding second guitarist Scott Olson. He also appeared in an against-typecasting role as a piano-playing disco waiter in Mae West's final film, Sextette, and as a villain in the film Sgt. Cooper's first album, Pretties for You (released in 1969), was eclectic and featured an experimental presentation of their songs in a psychedelic context. "[66] "We never really planned on the music we made at that time to be released. [146], In October 2008, Alice in Chains began recording its fourth studio album at the Foo Fighters' Studio 606 in Los Angeles with producer Nick Raskulinecz. In the film, Depp's character Barnabas Collins, assumes his name to be that of a woman, describes Alice as the ugliest woman he has ever seen. That, to me, is a victory. [77], On November 7, 1995, Columbia Records released the eponymous album, Alice in Chains,[76] which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200[44] and has since been certified triple platinum. ", "ALICE IN CHAINS Perform 'Rooster' On 'Decades Rock Live! The underground scene was sometimes impenetrable. [86] [286], The band are influenced to a great extent by English metal music; in 2018, Jerry Cantrell proclaimed Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi as "one of his biggest" inspirations,[287] whilst Layne Staley named his "first influences" as Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. "[270], Over the course of their career, the band's sound has also been described as alternative metal,[91][271][272] sludge metal,[273][274][275][276][277][278][279] doom metal,[280][281] drone rock,[282] hard rock,[91][283] and alternative rock. In addition to the band's original material, they also played a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" while backed by over 200 musicians, including the Northwest Symphony Orchestra and the Northwest Girlchoir. 10 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart. [153] Cooper is a longtime baseball fan, supporting the Arizona Diamondbacks and Detroit Tigers. [84] The resulting Theatre of Death tour of the album (during which Cooper is executed on four separate occasions) was described in a long November 2009 article about Cooper in The Times as "epic" and featuring "enough fake blood to remake Saving Private Ryan". [112], Alice in Chains was approached by the producers of the CBS reality show Rock Star about being featured on its second season, but the band turned the offer down. According to ZUN's comments in the Music Room of Perfect Cherry Blossom, Alice is … [38] Facelift has since been certified triple-platinum by the RIAA, for shipments of three million copies in the United States. [12] The band also made an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman on May 10, 1996, performing the songs "Again" and "We Die Young". Originating in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1964, "Alice Cooper" was originally a band with roots extending back to a band called The Earwigs 1964, consisting of Furnier on vocals and harmonica, Glen Buxton on lead guitar, and Dennis Dunaway on bass guitar and background vocals. [34], Alice in Chains soon became a top priority of the label, which released the band's first official recording in July 1990, a promotional EP called We Die Young. [260] The album has been nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. [183], On March 21, 2011, Alice in Chains announced that they were working on a fifth studio album,[184][185] and both Cantrell and Inez later made statements that they had begun the recording process. He's the axe murderer, he's the spoiled child, he's the abuser, he's the abused; he's the perpetrator, he's the victim, he's the gun slinger, and he's the guy lying dead in the middle of the street". Another Zappa-signed act, the all-female GTOs, who liked to "dress the Cooper boys up like full size Barbie dolls", played a major role in developing the band's early onstage look. This is when they were a force to be reckoned with. [130], Cantrell explained the reunion saying, "We want to celebrate what we did and the memory of our friend. [50], In 1986, Alice Cooper officially returned to the music industry with the album Constrictor. [26][1][3] The last straw for Staley was when they auditioned a male stripper – he decided to join the band after that. [358] In addition to fellow musicians, the band has also received praise from critics, with Steve Huey of AllMusic calling them "one of the best metal bands of the '90s" upon reviewing the 1999 compilation Nothing Safe. The track was a sleeper hit, that saw a lot of attention and even spawned a killer music video directed by Rocky Schenck (Alice in Chains, The Cramps, Devo). [14][15][16] The band was ranked number 34 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock and was ranked as the 15th greatest live band by Hit Parader. In January 1972, Cooper was again asked about his peculiar name, and told talk-show hostess Dinah Shore that he took the name from a "Mayberry RFD" character. [189], Alice in Chains played their first concert in nearly 10 months and their first concert after Cantrell's shoulder surgery on August 13, 2011 at the Winstar Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. From band tees to movie merch, we're your one-stop-shop for band merch. [39] Cooper later wrote an autobiography with Steven Gaines called Me, Alice which gave the singer's version of that era of his career, among other things. On September 29, 1992, Alice in Chains released its second album, Dirt. [5][2], Often associated with grunge music, Alice in Chains' sound incorporates heavy metal elements. [257], Rainier Fog debuted at No. After ten years, we got pretty dry together." [111] A few months after that experience, the band called Susan Silver and Cantrell's manager Bill Siddons and said they wanted to tour as Alice in Chains again. "[116] Cooper had previously recorded the song (though not performed it live) in 2000, with the 1996 London revival cast. ", and introduced a new song, "Killer Is Me", with Cantrell on lead vocals. [70] The album was produced by Bob Marlett, with longtime Cooper production collaborator Bob Ezrin returning as executive producer. [38] Sap was certified gold within two weeks. "[28], While Alice in Chains was inactive during 1995, Staley joined the "grunge supergroup" Mad Season, which also featured Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready, bassist John Baker Saunders from The Walkabouts, and Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin. We've been more of a family than most, and it had to be okay from here," Cantrell said pointing to his heart. [43] The band continued to hone its audience, opening for such artists as Iggy Pop,[44] Van Halen, Poison,[36] and Extreme. "[38], Dirt spawned five singles that reached the top 30 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart: "Would? [1] Kinney then mentioned that his girlfriend was actually Mike Starr's sister, and that he had been playing in bands together with Starr since they were kids. He has coached Little League baseball teams since his son played in the early 1990s. [4] Inez had met Alice in Chains during Ozzy Osbourne's No More Tours tour and became friends with them. Everything that will be seen in the videos will be footage from Black Antenna to preface the complete film's release. Released as glam metal's popularity was on the wane, and just before the explosion of grunge, it failed to have the same commercial impact as its predecessor. "He was the focal point, like singers are. [37], With a string of successful concept albums and several hit singles, the band continued their grueling schedule and toured the United States again. After the match was over (Roberts lost), Cooper got involved and threw Jake's snake Damien at Honky's manager Jimmy Hart. Special Forces featured a more aggressive but consistent new wave style, and included a new version of "Generation Landslide". [19] They soon renamed themselves the Spiders, featuring Furnier on vocals, Buxton on lead guitar, Tatum on rhythm guitar, Dunaway on bass guitar, and Speer on drums. [fn 1] They named themselves the Earwigs. "[99], Reflecting on the band's hiatus in a 2011 interview, Kinney said that Staley wasn't the only one battling addiction. [110] In October, Cooper released the live album and video Raise the Dead: Live from Wacken, which was recorded at Germany's Wacken heavy metal festival the previous year. Rob came from Haverhill MA, with a strong obsession for the Misfits, Alice Cooper, and Kiss, and an even stronger obsession with movies. [52], In March 1992, the band returned to the studio. Alice in Chains (often abbreviated as AIC) is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1987 by guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney,[1] who later recruited bassist Mike Starr and lead vocalist Layne Staley. Behind the scenes Cooper kept busy musically, working on new material in collaboration with Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry. about Bush, musical influences and dad", "Taproot's Second Album Is Really Their Third ... 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