Heart Go Crazy At Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction With Fellow Seattle Bands
“My name is Chris Cornell, and I’m here to induct my hometown heroes, Heart.” That’s how the Soundgarden frontman started his Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame induction speech. Cornell continued by saying,...
View ArticleAlice In Chains Sued By Layne Staley’s Mother
Nancy McCallum, the mother of late Alice In Chains singer Layne Staley, has filed a lawsuit against his former bandmates alleging she is owed royalties from the band’s music — past, present and future....
View ArticleAlice In Chains’ Jerry Cantrell On His ‘Sisters’ In Heart & What Their Rock...
One of the coolest moments from last month’s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony was seeing Seattle legends Heart get their dues, at long last. After perennial members Ann and Nancy Wilson...
View ArticleNew Releases: John Fogerty, The-Dream, Alice In Chains & Tricky
Every Tuesday, Dan Weiss runs down the week’s new full-length music releases, from charting hits to more obscure depths, the underrated and the overrated, from a critical pop fan’s perspective. ALBUM...
View ArticleOn The Charts: Daft Punk Tops Alice in Chains, Enjoys Second Week at No. 1
Set phasers to happy; robot rock remains at No. 1 for a second week on the Billboard 200 album chart. Daft Punk‘s Random Access Memories, last week’s No. 1 album with 339,000 copies sold in its first...
View ArticleDon’t Call It A Comeback, I’ve Been Here for Days
Two weeks ago, Alice in Chains released their fifth album, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, their second in nearly 20 years and second since singer Layne Staley died. Dealbreaker or beautiful dark twisted...
View ArticleAlice In Chains, Jane’s Addiction, Walking Papers Highlight Uproar Festival
Alice In Chains, Jane’s Addiction, Walking Papers Highlight Uproar Festivalview gallery In the ’90s and ’00s, rock fans spent their cash each summer on a variety of traveling summer festivals....
View ArticleAlice In Chains On Intolerance, The Rock Hall And Jane’s Addiction
“A cloud is my home/ Only some get in/ Got a ‘maginary friend” sounds like something famed humorist/atheist Bill Maher may have written if he were a songwriter. Actually, it’s from “The Devil Put...
View ArticleRadio.com Inside Out: Birmingham, the Birthplace of Metal
(Kevin Winter/Getty Images) October is Metal Month at Radio.com. Throughout the month, we’ll have artist interviews as well as mini-documentaries about metal, metal fans and the birthplace of metal....
View ArticleInterview: Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil Remembers Grunge’s Early Years
Kim Thayil. (Jim Dyson/Getty Images) By Richard Bienstock Soundgarden may not have been the very first Seattle grunge band, but they are possibly the most influential. No, really. Their 1987 debut,...
View ArticleAlice In Chains Take Aim At Religion With ‘The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here’
Currently enjoying the No. 1 at rock radio for nearly six weeks with “Hollow,” Alice In Chains have released the cover art for their controversial fifth album, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here. The title...
View ArticleUsher, Spike Lee, Carole King & More Added To Rock Hall Induction Ceremony
The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony – set to take place at Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on April 18 – has just added a lot of star power to its lineup, with Usher, director Spike...
View ArticleAlice In Chains Announces U.S. 2014 Tour Dates
By Scott T. Sterling With Seattle’s NFL franchise the Seahawks gearing up to face the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl this Sunday (Feb. 2), one of the city’s biggest rock bands, Alice in Chains, is...
View ArticleChris Cornell Leads Seattle Legends Through Mad Season Reunion: Watch
By Brian Ives So, yeah, it was a rough night for Seattle. Their Seahawks choked a bit toward the end of Super Bowl XLIX in a heartbreaking loss. But for Seattle music fans, the weekend wasn’t a total...
View ArticleStone Sour Announce Record Store Day EP with Metallica, KISS Covers
by Jay Tilles Stone Sour are getting into the Record Store Day spirit. The band has announced they will release a new EP, Meanwhile in Burbank…, containing covers of classic rock tracks by Metallica,...
View ArticleAlice in Chains Announce 2015 Tour, Some Proceeds Going to Charity
By Marissa G. Muller Almost like clockwork, Alice in Chains have announced their 2015 tour across the U.S. If you didn’t see them on the road last year, now is a good time to support the band because...
View ArticleFormer Guns N’ Roses Members Duff McKagan & Izzy Stradlin’s New Song: Listen
By Philip Cosores In March, we reported that a mini-Guns N’ Roses reunion was taking place as Duff McKagan & Izzy Stradlin were playing new music together. Now, it appears that the project has a...
View ArticleDuff McKagan May Write a Definitive Alice in Chains Book Next
By Brian Ives Former Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan is currently on the promotional path for his latest book, How to Be a Man (and other illusions), but in an interview with Radio.com, he says he...
View ArticleNew Alice in Chains Book Reveals Courtney Love’s Doubts on Kurt Cobain’s Suicide
By Philip Cosores Although Kurt Cobain’s death has been in the news as of late due to the recent release of the documentary Montage of Heck, the truth is that the his suicide of Cobain has been...
View ArticleAlice In Chains Set to Open for Guns N’ Roses
By Radio.com Staff Guns N’ Roses have announced the opening act for their Las Vegas dates will be Alice in Chains. Related: Izzy Stradlin Denies Involvement in Guns N’ Roses Reunion The reunited Guns...
View Article13 Alt-Rock Acts that Should Be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
By Brian Ives The Lollapalooza Nation has officially reached the age where the biggest bands of the era are starting to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2012, the Red Hot Chili...
View ArticleDeftones Perform ‘Prayers/Triangles’ on Jimmy Kimmel
By Hayden Wright Experimental metal band Deftones performed their new single “Prayers/Triangles” and “Heart/Wires” last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live before an outdoor audience. Off camera the group also...
View ArticleAlice in Chains Announce First Leg of North American Tour
By Amanda Wicks After heading out on the road in support of Guns N’ Roses, Alice in Chains announced their own headlining tour today (May 9). The band announced 14 dates as part of the first leg of...
View ArticleAlice in Chains and Lenny Kravitz to Join Guns N’ Roses on Tour
By Amanda Wicks Guns N’ Roses have already played a handful of shows gearing up for their Not in This Lifetime tour, and now they’ve announced two big additions to their bill. Alice in Chains and Lenny...
View ArticleAlice In Chains Announce Second Leg of North American Tour
By Radio.com Staff Alice In Chains have announced an additional run of fall tour dates. Related: Alice in Chains and Lenny Kravitz to Join Guns N’ Roses on Tour The band will kick off their summer...
View ArticleAlice in Chains Cover Rush’s ‘Tears’: Listen
By Amanda Wicks Rush’s 40th anniversary reissue of 2112 won’t only feature a remastered version of that album; it will also include an entire disc of covers. And now, Alice in Chains have shared their...
View ArticleRare Alice In Chains, Soundgarden Songs Featured on ‘Singles’ Reissue
By Jon Wiederhorn Previously unreleased songs by Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and Mudhoney will be featured on an upcoming two-disc deluxe reissue of the 1992 Singles soundtrack. The album, which comes...
View ArticleListen to Jerry Cantrell’s ‘A Job to Do’ from ‘John Wick: Chapter 2’
By Robyn Collins Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell has contributed a new song “A Job To Do” for use as the end-title song for the film John Wick: Chapter 2. The song is a collaboration with...
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