Posts Tagged ‘Alice In Chains’
Dog Album 20
Alice in Chains (aka Tripod, aka The Dog Album) was released 20 years ago today. (h/t Mark Yarm)
Read MorePMRC 30
Rolling Stone published an interview with Tipper Gore on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the infamous PMRC hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on the subject of explicit subject matter in popular music. I briefly touched on this subject in my book. A few weeks after the hearing, Layne…
Read MoreFacelift 25
Facelift was released 25 years ago this week. There is some discrepancy as to the exact date, though. Media reports say it was on August 21, but the RIAA database of gold and platinum records has the release date as August 24. (I ran into this discrepancy while doing research for my book, and ultimately…
Read MoreHappy Birthday, Layne Staley
He would have been 48 today.
Read MoreDoes My Book Focus On Layne Staley Too Much?
Two weeks since its release, a recurring critique I’ve read online about my book is that it is too Layne-centric. I think it’s a valid point, and thought it would be worth explaining my creative/editorial process for why I wrote it the way that I did. By the time I started working on the book…
Read MoreThe End of the Road
A lot happens in four years: a presidential term, an Olympic Games or World Cup, a high school or college education, and a leap year. Almost four years after I started working on it, as of today Alice in Chains: The Untold Story is a reality, available in hard cover and e-book editions. It’s a…
Read MoreJournalism, Sources and Access
A frequent critique of myself or the book I’ve read online in recent days – usually by people who haven’t read it – is that the book wasn’t authorized by the band, or that I didn’t interview the band members. My lack of access wasn’t for my lack of trying over the course of three…
Read MorePossible Alice in Chains book by Duff McKagan?
A few people have asked me in recent days about a story that was in the news a few months ago. I have no knowledge of or involvement with a possible Alice in Chains book by Duff McKagan. Beyond that, I won’t comment on it until I’ve had an opportunity to read it, if it…
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The First Time Jerry Cantrell Heard Layne Staley Sing
On May 1, 1987, Alice ‘N Chains was the first act of a three-band bill at the Tacoma Little Theatre, a local community theatre in the neighboring city of Tacoma approximately thirty-five miles south of Seattle. Though they are sometimes confused with Alice in Chains, they were two entirely different bands who had the same…
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