Read more about Alice In Chains in our blogs: Perhaps the most well known release is 1992’s Dirt, considered by many to be their best.īonus factoid: The model on the cover, Mariah O’Brien, had previously appeared on the cover of the Spinal Tap single "Bitch School". There have also been two live records and an MTV Unplugged album. With six albums-four of which reached the US Top 10-the band have been measured in their output over a twelve year recording career. Lead guitarist and vocals Jerry Cantrell has even named Elton John as "the artist that made me want to be a musician". Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, for instance, were bands that wrote the book on heavy rock while other acts acknowledged by band members include Australia’s AC/DC, Aerosmith, Metallica and German hard rockers Scorpions. This is seen in some of the influences AIC have cited as important, particularly British metal. Although strongly associated with grunge heavyweights Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden the band themselves characterise their style as heavy metal. One of the giants of the indi rock scene, Alice In Chains formed in Seattle, the city that birthed grunge, in 1987.
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