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Alice In Chains to Open for Kid Rock!

ALICE IN CHAINS will open for KID ROCK at the Comerica Park concert in Detroit, Michigan. The concert will take place on Saturday, July 18, 2009. Also scheduled to appear is CYPRESS HILL. Tickets are on sale at Tickets.com, ticketmaster and at the Comerica Park box office.

ALICE IN CHAINS: Live Video Footage!

ALICE IN CHAINS is getting ready to release their first full-length album in more than 13 years! This will be the first album without lead singer Layne Staley, who died in 2002 after a long battle with drug addiction. Taking over on lead vocals is William DuVall, who has sung with the group ever since they reactivated in 2005. Cantrell said, "The new stuff is cool. It's pretty goddamn crushing. I've stepped up a little bit from where I was before . . . obviously, it'll be a new sound from William being there — but it sounds like an ALICE IN CHAINS record and a kick-ass one. There's everything from the darkest of dark, heavy shit to acoustic stuff. Throw all that together and that's what you'll get." ALICE IN CHAINS is scheduled to play at Columbus, Ohio's Rock On The Range festival. The festival will take place mid May 2009 in Columbus, Ohio; so if you're in that area make sure to scoop up some tickets!

Video footage of ALICE IN CHAINS' February 28, 2009 performance at the Soundwave Festival in Adelaide, Australia can be viewed below.

"AGAIN"

"MAN IN A BOX"

"ANGRY CHAIR"

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Alice in Chains, How They Rock Out!

Poised between heavy metal rock and acoustic introspection, the dark underworld and mainstream success, their formula gave them worldwide success, but ultimately led to tensions and addictions that would not only break up the band, but also cost one member his life. Alice in Chains began in 1987 when guitarist Jerry Cantrell met singer Layne Staley at Seattle's Music Bank studios. They hit it off and soon asked Cantrell friends Mike Starr (bass) and Sean Kinney (drums) to join them, taking their name from Staley's high school metal band Alice N Chainz. They built a local following in Seattle and signed to Columbia in 1989, releasing their heavy metal debut Facelift in 1990. The single "Man in the Box" was an MTV hit, but the group surprised many by releasing an acoustic album, Sap in 1991. Shortly thereafter, Seattle became the epicenter of the grunge movement, and Alice in Chains went from being marketed as a metal act to a more alternative bent, starting with a spot on the influential Singles soundtrack that built buzz for their second album. Dirt, released in 1992, would be their most popular album and featured their darkest, most morbid lyrics, giving rise to rumors that Staley was using heroin. Following the release of Dirt, Starr left the group, to be replaced by Mike Inez, and the band played the third edition of the Lollapalooza tour in 1993. Their popularity was cemented when their a second acoustic EP, Jar of Flies, became the first EP to top the album charts. Their next album, Alice in Chains debuted at #1 in 1995, but there was no tour, fuelling rumors of tensions within the band. In 1996, the band appeared on MTV Unplugged and later released an album of that session. Side and solo projects followed, and Columbia released a box set, live album, and greatest hits disc between 1999-2001. By 2002, many assumed the group was done for good, suspicions that were sadly confirmed when Staley was found dead of a heroin overdose in April. In the last two years, though, the rest of the group has performed at a few festivals and benefits with various guest singers, sparking speculation of new material.
Alice in Chains perfectly walked the line between hard rock angst and acoustic introspection, offering angry churners like "Dam That River" and "Down in a Hole," but then sweetening the pot and deepening the emotions with "Heaven Beside You" and "I Stay Away." They offered the perfect soundtrack for both raging against the machine and just sitting around feeling sorry for yourself. And their successful formula - electric and acoustic guitar, Staley's gravelly voice - continue to spawn countless alt-imitators like Godsmack and Creed.

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Alice In Chains Official Myspace:
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Alice In Chains Official site:
http://www.aliceinchains.com