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Dog's Breath

Sonys official AiC homepage. Heavy graphics guide you through biographys, news, many movie clips and get you great info on the band.
Driven by: Sony music

Whoa, this site is one of the GREAT! It has everything. Pictures, lyrics, interviews, tabs, video clips and all sorts of info. Always up to date with confirmation or denial of the latest rumors.
Nowadays it even got a link to my page, so it's complete :)
Driven by: Hugo Trépanier

Into the Flood Again

All you ever wanted to know: images, soundclips, history, interviews and tour info. Recently reconstructed this page is FABULOUS for everyone who's into AiC...
Driven by: Mike Coleman

Sludge Factory

Articles, history, tabs (guitar and bass), info, info and more info. This page is one of the great, often updated.
Driven by: Neil Womack

Alice in Chains RoCKS YoU

Amazing site with lyrics and soundclips (.au format) of ALL songs from each album! (not SAP)... Also guitartabs to many songs.
Driven by: Kenan Omurtag

GRiND

On this site you find lyrics, info on the guys and one (1!) soundclip. Feels a little empty actually...
Driven by: imusic

Them Bones

Short tribute to AiC. Really cool page with quotes from the guys in AiC!! (I got most of my quotes from here)
Driven by: Mike (sorry, don't know his last name)

Down in a Hole

Personal top list of favourite songs, videos and records. Some awesome .wav soundclips of songs, including the new song! As if that wasn't enough, the guy also has some videoclips and pictures of the band.
Driven by: Allen Massre

Losing my Soul

Another interesting page with info on the band we all love. Some video clips and short info of the band members are the main parts of this page.
Driven by: James Barlow

The Jerry Cantrell Site

Cantrell seems to be the kind of guy women choose first... this is a site dedicated to Jerry. And yeah, there's loads of stuff 'bout Alice too. Check it out!
Driven by: Nina Hays

Bootlegs

Info on every single bootleg available. If you wonder which songs are on a specific AiC bootleg, all you have to do is visit this site and your question will be answered! Also some pix from various bootleg booklets.
Driven by: Keith R. Haynes

Alice images

Awesome pictures of AiC-logos, Layne and the band. I just HAD to borrow one for my page ;)
Driven by: Housemom

Cover Story

With Alice Unchained and Alice's Maddening Season, two great interviews with AiC members Sean Kinney and Jerry Cantrell

Angry Chair - the AiC Mailinglist

A mailing list with all the rumours, personal views of AiC, discussions and thoughts. Choose between standard subscription or weekly digest. Join today and get into the discussion :)
Driven by: Khadejah J. Dein

Here's a little summary of the records AiC has made this far.

The comments on the records are completely personal and you may happen to think otherwise. It's not complete and is not supposed to be either. There's plenty of other pages with more info than this, but this far I've never seen one with a personal and spontanous view of AiC's music ! And yeah, while I'm at it, all the pictures on this page are taken/borrowed/stolen from other pages on the web... hope noone is offended by this :)

FACELiFT

"We Die Young is about gang violence. That was something that was happening in Seattle, something that kinda opened our eyes. It just seemed like things were getting out of hand. Incidents where kids were getting shot, and getting their tennis shoes ripped off their dead bodies. It just seems like these kids are dying at younger and younger ages and getting involved in gang activity."
Layne Staley

This is Alice's first release and by my meaning, the best! You really feel the rage in Layne's voice in songs like "Man in the Box" and "Love, Hate, Love" and there's an indication of a drugproblem in a song called "Real Thing". All the songs sound great live as well, as there's mostly guitars and not much of special effects.
My favourite songs on Facelift:
"Man in the Box", "Sunshine" and "Bleed the Freak"

DiRT

"We got famous off singing about a chicken."
Sean Kinney about "Rooster"

DiRT was my first AiC record and I listened to it practically nonstop for half a year after I got it. If you've never heard AiC then this is what you should listen to first. Some really strong songs like "Rooster" and "Them Bones", some drug-related songs like "God Smack" and "Junkhead", and on top of that, one of my personal favourites - the smooth, a bit depressing "Down in a Hole".
My favourite songs on Dirt:
"Rooster", "Junkhead" and "Down in a Hole"

SAP

"The Jar Of Flies thing and the Sap EP, that we put out before, those were just fun things...that's the whole point: just being able to do whatever you want to do."
Jerry Cantrell

SAP is a short record - only four visible songs, don't miss the hidden fifth song ;)
Acoustic guitars, percussion and Layne's voice are the main instruments on this record (OK, there ARE electric guitars in a couple of songs, but they aren't the MAIN instrument). Great songs prove that AiC can make the music without depending on the instruments. "Right turn" is produced by Alice Mudgarden - a mix of people from AiC, Mudhoney and Soundgarden!
My favourite songs on SAP:
"Brother", "Got me Wrong", "Right Turn" and "Am I Inside" (that's about all of them :))

JAR of FLiES

"Actually, that was the whole concept for the album cover, we were gonna have a scratch & sniff feces album cover to draw your own flies. It was gonna be called 'Draw Your Flies'."
Mike Inez

Here Alice has deserted the heavy sound and tries a slower kinda style. You can still hear the power behind the instruments. Incredible how these guys can change style and still keep up the good work! The songs contain some great guitarwork and in "I Stay Away" Layne proves that his voice is world class - enjoy! JoF also contains Alice's worst song - "Whale&Wasp", which is an instrumental pain in the ass. (Well, that's MY opinion, listen to it and make up your own mind)
My favourite songs on Jar of Flies:
"Nutshell", "I Stay Away" and "No Excuses"

ALiCE iN
CHAiNS

"We're gonna try to keep doing different things and having fun with it as long as we can."
Jerry Cantrell

Alice in Chains is the name of their newest record, but it's often called Tripod because of the three-legged dog on the cover. Layne Staley doesn't use his powerful voice, but Jerry Cantrell sings with Layne on most songs. This is not a record for people who isn't used to AiC - you can easily get wrong ideas 'bout Alice! I had to listen to it a lot of times before I started enjoying the music, and I still don't cope with some of the songs. "Heaven Beside You", "Over Now" and "Shame in You" are the easiest songs to enjoy, but after a while you get other favourites.
(I hope Layne starts singing on the next record, instead of this mumbling)
My favourite songs on Tripod:
"Shame in You", "God Am" and "Frogs"

UNPLUGGED

Layne:"This is the best show we've done in three years!"
Jerry:"This is the only show we've done in three years."
Jerry gives Layne a small hint that its time for a tour...

In the spring of '96 AiC did a session on MTV's Unplugged and the show was aired on May 28th (US) and will be aired in Europe this summer. This show is to be released on CD this summer (word says August 5th is the release date, but who knows..). The record is to be a mixture of songs from the previous CD's plus the new song guitarrist Jerry Cantrell wrote for the motion picture "Cable Guy". If this record turns out the way I think, I'm gonna press the "repeat"-button on my CD-player and let it play for the rest of my life !!!

All the songs on AiC Unplugged:

1. Nutshell (JoF)
2. Brother (SAP)
3. No Excuses (JoF)
4. Sludge Factory (Tripod)
5. Down In A Hole (DiRT)
6. Angry Chair (DiRT)
7. Rooster (DiRT)
8. Got Me Wrong (SAP)
9. Heaven Beside You (Tripod)
10. Would? (DiRT)
11. Frogs (Tripod)
12. Over Now (Tripod)
13. Killer Is Me (new song!)

Bootlegs

Layne: "I used to walk six miles barefoot in the snow, to school. Did you know that?"
Someone in the audience screams: "Uphill !"
Layne: "Uphill. Good answer !" (smiling)
A little talk before kicking into "Love, Hate, Love" on Live & Unchained

There are a number of bootlegs and live recordings of AiC on the market, some of them even contain otherwise unreleased songs. The only bootleg I've heard though, is Live & Unchained and it belongs to a friend of mine. Live & Unchained sounds terrific with an excellent version of "Love, Hate, Love" and the ultimate version of "Man in the Box". Layne screams like he's got a knife in his chest! I would really love to get my hands on other bootlegs, especially Heroin, but my local recordstores never have them and I don't want to order them from Germany... If you know any stores in Sweden who's got AiC bootlegs, please write me a line or two...

Mad Season
ABOVE

There was a three year gap between Jar of Flies and Tripod and it was during that period Layne Staley decided to make a record with guitarist Mike McCready from Pearl Jam and some others. The result was this record with a couple of really great songs on it. Slow, smooth songs mostly.
My favourite songs on Above:
"Wake Up", "I'm Above" and "All Alone"

Soundtrack from the motion picture:
THE LAST ACTION HERO

AiC produced two songs for the benefit of this motion picture soundtrack, "A Little Bitter" and "What the Hell Have I". These songs are not on any other record (except maybe some bootleg), and therefore I advise you: Go buy this record - "What the Hell Have I" kicks ass !!!
The sound of the songs are kind of a mix between the sounds of Tripod and Facelift, although it was produced long before Tripod. If you like heavy-metal you may find the rest of the record interesting too, Megadeth for example has got a cool song in "Angry Again", and AC/DC's "Big Gun" isn't too bad. This record is not to be missed!
My favourite songs on Last Action Hero? You guess !!!