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5 of Music History’s Weirdest Supergroups
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The best and brightest in a field always gravitate toward each other, whether that’s to smush genitals together or combine their powers to become something even greater. They also tend to be weird as hell, though, so sometimes, their collaborations only become something seriously strange.

5 SuperHeavy

Eurythmics keyboardist Dave Stewart got the idea for SuperHeavy “when he was in his house in the hills of Jamaica, above Saint Ann Parish, listening to three or four sound systems blasting at the same time, the music wafting into the air and blending together.” Not realizing this was unhinged behavior, he recruited Mick Jagger, R&b singer Joss Stone, reggae producer Damian Marley and Bollywood composer A.R. Rahman, and to his credit, the result does sound like someone is playing a bunch of different songs at once. Marley didn’t even seem to know how he got there, having been “pulled into...
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  • 5/30/2025
  • Cracked
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Alice in Chains Drummer Sean Kinney Addresses Health Scare: “I’m Going to Live”
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Alice in Chains recently canceled a brief spring US tour, including a couple of high-profile festival appearances, after drummer Sean Kinney experienced a medical emergency. The veteran stickman has now addressed his health, saying, “I’m going to be fine and I’m going to live.”

As previously reported, Alice in Chains canceled their May 8th kickoff show at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, at the last minute after Kinney suffered a “non-life-threatening medical emergency” immediately after the band’s soundcheck that evening.

The next day, the legendary grunge band canceled their entire spring tour, which was slated to include a handful of headlining shows along with sets at the Sonic Temple and Welcome to Rockville festivals. At the time, Alice in Chains stated, “While we were all eager to return to the stage, Sean’s health is our top priority.”

Now, Kinney himself has released a statement via...
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  • 5/15/2025
  • by Spencer Kaufman
  • Consequence - Music
Alice in Chains Cancels Forthcoming Tour And Festival Appearances Due To Drummer Sean Kinney’s Health
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Multi-Grammy-nominated rock band Alice in Chains has canceled its forthcoming headlining shows and festival appearances to prioritize the health of co-founding member and drummer Sean Kinney.

The Seattle-hailing group posted the news to Instagram yesterday, writing, “After careful consideration and following the advice of medical professionals, we have made the decision to cancel our remaining upcoming festival performances and the Alice in Chains headline shows.”

Continuing, the heavy metal/grunge band added, “While we were all eager to return to the stage, Sean’s health is our top priority at this moment.”

No further information was shared regarding Kinney’s medical diagnosis, and the “Man in the Box” musicians noted the artist’s health issue “requires immediate attention,” though “his long-term prognosis is positive.”

“We sincerely appreciate your understanding and support during this time,” Alice in Chains concluded in the statement.

The announcement follows an earlier social media post from...
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  • 5/10/2025
  • by Natalie Oganesyan
  • Deadline Film + TV
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Layne Staley’s Lost Journals To Be Published as Book Titled This Angry Pen
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Late Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley’s “never-before-seen poetry, raw handwritten lyrics, intimate scribblings, and heartfelt notes” will be published as the book This Angry Pen: The Lost Journals of Layne Staley in November.

The 176-page book, set to arrive on November 11th (pre-order here), is being released by Weldon Owen Publishing and distributed by Simon & Schuster. An official description on the Simon & Schuster website reads as follows:

“Step into the world of Layne Staley like never before. For the first time, this stunning collection unveils the deeply personal and creative side of the legendary Alice in Chains frontman. Through never-before-seen poetry, raw handwritten lyrics, intimate scribblings, and heartfelt notes, Layne’s inner thoughts and emotions come to life, offering a glimpse into the mind of a musical genius who defined a generation.

Discover his striking original artwork, where every line tells its own story, and explore rare,...
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  • 2/18/2025
  • by Spencer Kaufman
  • Consequence - Music
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Jerry Cantrell Performs Alice in Chains’ “Hate To Feel” for First Time in 30-Plus Years: Watch
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Jerry Cantrell kicked off his “I Want Blood” North American tour on Friday night (January 31st) in Niagara Falls, Ontario, and performed the Alice in Chains song “Hate to Feel” for the first time in more than 30 years.

The deep cut from the seminal 1992 album Dirt hadn’t been performed by Alice in Chains or any member of the band since a November 1993 show.

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Cantrell and his solo band dusted off the tune 13 songs into a 17-song set in Niagara Falls, and played it again over the weekend at shows in Sayreville, New Jersey, and Portland, Maine — which means it will likely remain a staple in the set during the duration of the tour.

Singer Greg Puciato is part of Cantrell’s touring band, and often takes on the late Layne Staley’s vocal parts on the Alice in Chains songs in Cantrell’s sets.
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  • 2/3/2025
  • by Spencer Kaufman
  • Consequence - Music
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Former Porno for Pyros Bassist: Perry Farrell Is the “Worst Frontman I’ve Ever Worked With”
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Embattled singer Perry Farrell appears to be on shaky ground with his bandmates both past and present.

Adding to the fallout from his onstage fight with guitarist Dave Navarro and the possible disbandment of Jane’s Addiction, one of Farrell’s former bandmate in Porno for Pyros, bassist Martyn LeNoble, has posted an eviscerating takedown of the singer and his wife Etty Lau Farrell on social media.

“I can say, unequivocally, that Perry has been the worst frontman I’ve ever worked with,” LeNoble wrote in series of posts on X/Twitter Sunday night (September 29th). “Always a kind word, followed by shitty actions. The fish rots from the head down. I still don’t understand how he channeled some of those great lyrics & vocals on the first two Jane’s records.”

LeNoble went on to cite other “difficult” singers he’s worked with, including the late Mark Lanegan, Scott Weiland,...
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  • 9/30/2024
  • by Jon Hadusek
  • Consequence - Music
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Alice in Chains Announce 15th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue of Black Gives Way to Blue
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Alice in Chains have announced a 15th anniversary vinyl reissue of their 2009 comeback album Black Gives Way to Blue. The 2-lp repressing arrives September 27th in four vinyl colorways via Craft Recordings.

Black Gives Way to Blue has long been out-of-print on vinyl, with original pressings fetching steep prices on the secondhand market.

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Now fans and collectors can nab the record in three new colorways: “Black Widow” red smoke (available exclusively through the Alice In Chains store), “Black Smoke” (via the Craft Recordings store), and “Electric Smoke” (available via Revolver). There’s also a standard black vinyl pressing available via Amazon.

Alice in Chains’ fourth studio album, Black Gives Way to Blue marked a new chapter for the band. After a lengthy hiatus and the passing of frontman Layne Staley in 2002, Aic made their valiant return with a new singer, William DuVall, and eventually released...
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  • 8/14/2024
  • by Jon Hadusek
  • Consequence - Music
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Nancy Wilson Unearths Video of Chris Cornell Covering ‘Wild Horses’ to Mark His 60th Birthday
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Heart’s Nancy Wilson unearthed a never-seen video of Chris Cornell covering the Rolling Stones in 1991 to mark what would have been the Soundgarden singer’s 60th birthday Saturday.

Wilson shared the VHS-quality video on social media Saturday, noting that the performance of “Wild Horses” occurred on September 22, 1991 during a Seattle concert by the Heart acoustic side project the Lovemongers, whose rendition of Led Zeppelin’s “The Battle of Evermore” appears with Cornell’s “Seasons” on the Singles soundtrack released the next year.

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  • 7/21/2024
  • by Daniel Kreps
  • Rollingstone.com
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System of a Down’s Serj Tankian, Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi Team for New Charity Single
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System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian and Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, who recorded the song “Patterns” together in 2000, have reunited for a new song that will help raise money for imperiled Armenians.

The tune was the brainchild of Cesar Gueikian, CEO of Gibson Brands. Gueikian, an Argentine member of the Armenian diaspora, teamed with Tankian and Iommi on a new song, “Deconstruction,” that’s coming out under the banner of the Gibson Band via Gibson Records as a charity single. The tune is a six-minute descent into psychedelic...
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  • 12/8/2023
  • by Kory Grow
  • Rollingstone.com
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Dilly Dally Announce Breakup, Share “Colour of Joy” and “Morning Light”: Stream
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Dilly Dally are breaking up. The Toronto four-piece made the announcement Thursday morning via Instagram. “It’s time for us to move forward and continue our journeys separately,” the post read.

Alongside the announcement, the band dropped their final pair of new singles — “Colour of Joy” and “Morning Light” — which were “recorded close to home in Toronto” and “came about naturally over the last year or so.” Stream the tracks below.

What’s more, Dilly Dally unveiled plans for a farewell show (aptly dubbed “The Final Show”), which will be hosted at Lee’s Place in Toronto on May 27th and feature Bad Waitress and Breeze as supporting acts. Tickets for the concert go on sale Friday, March 3rd at 10:00 a.m. Et here.

Dilly Dally first hit the scene in the early 2010s, popping up on many indie and punk fans’ radars with their single “Candy Mountain.” From there,...
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  • 3/2/2023
  • by Jo Vito
  • Consequence - Music
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Nick Cave Says Mark Lanegan’s ‘Voice Tears Right Through You’ in Moving Tribute
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Nick Cave paid tribute to his friend and occasional collaborator, Mark Lanegan, in his Red Hand Files newsletter. Lanegan, who fronted Screaming Trees before embarking on a solo career, died Tuesday at the age of 57.

“I encountered Mark many times over the years — we engaged in some extremely dubious escapades back in the Nineties; he sang ‘White Light/White Heat’ and ‘Fire and Brimstone’ with Warren [Ellis] and me on the Lawless soundtrack; he recorded my favorite ever Nick Cave cover — an astonishing version of ‘Brompton Oratory’; we did something together...
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  • 2/25/2022
  • by Kory Grow
  • Rollingstone.com
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Alice in Chains Mark the Latest Song Rights Sale as Estates of Og Members Cash Out
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The estates of Alice in Chains original lineup members Layne Staley and Mike Starr have sold stakes in their publishing rights and master recording income stream to Primary Wave, the company announced on Monday, the latest in the ever-hot song acquisition marketplace.

Primary Wave declined to disclose financial details of the sale or how much of a stake in the catalogs it now owns, but with the purchase, it now holds a stake in one of most prominent catalogs of Seattle’s Grunge scene from the Nineties. Among the hits...
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  • 2/7/2022
  • by Ethan Millman
  • Rollingstone.com
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Nancy Wilson Exudes Well-Worn Wisdom on Her Solo Debut, ‘You and Me’
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The first Heart single to feature Nancy Wilson on lead vocals was “These Dreams,” with an iconic video that featured the guitarist and her sister Ann with peak Eighties hair, silk blazers, fog, and some more hair. But flash-forward to the present — with all that glam preserved on a high shelf like a can of hairspray collecting dust — and the song still holds up, particularly when Wilson performs it on acoustic with her husky vocals. Every second of the night, she’s lived another life.

Wilson carries this well-worn wisdom into her solo debut,...
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  • 5/10/2021
  • by Angie Martoccio
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Hear Nancy Wilson Team Up With Duff McKagan, Taylor Hawkins on New Album
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Ahead of her solo debut You and Me, Nancy Wilson released her cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising,” a tribute to Eddie Van Halen, and the title track about her late mother. It doesn’t arrive until Friday, but you can hear the whole album exclusively in the video above.

At the 16-minute mark — following her cover of Pearl Jam’s “Daughter” — Wilson teams up with Duff McKagan and Taylor Hawkins for “Party at the Angel Ballroom.” The Foo Fighters drummer backs her on vocals along a fiery riff,...
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  • 5/5/2021
  • by Angie Martoccio
  • Rollingstone.com
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Watch Nancy Wilson Perform Her Eddie Van Halen Tribute Song ‘4 Edward’
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Nancy Wilson’s upcoming solo LP You And Me (out May 7th) is a mixture of original tunes and cover songs, like Pearl Jam’s “Daughter” and Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising.” It wraps up with “4 Edward,” which Wilson wrote as a tribute to Eddie Van Halen.

“When Heart toured with Van Halen I asked Eddie why he never played acoustic guitar,” she writes. “His response [was] ‘I don’t have one.” I gave Eddie one of mine and he immediately wrote a song on it that stole my heart. After he passed,...
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  • 4/23/2021
  • by Andy Greene
  • Rollingstone.com
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Mark Lanegan’s New Poetry Book ‘Leaving California’ to Follow Up Grunge Memoir
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Mark Lanegan will release a new book of 76 poems, Leaving California, this spring. His publisher, Heartworm Press, is likening the book to a sequel to 2020 memoir Sing Backwards and Weep, the brooding singer-songwriter’s gritty elegy for the grunge era in Seattle, where he was once the frontman for Screaming Trees. The book will be available on March 12th.

A publisher statement describes the works as merging “the lines of harsh reality and paranoia, beauty and reflection, and the wisdom of the escape artist.” It further says that the poems...
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  • 2/1/2021
  • by Kory Grow
  • Rollingstone.com
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The Best Music Books of 2020
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For 2020, we’ve teamed up with Kirkus Reviews, the pre-eminent book-review publication, to create a list of the year’s best music books. The 21 titles we came up with include biographies of musicians from Wagner to Kendrick Lamar, memoirs by greats like Rob Halford and Mariah Carey, and deep-dive explorations into topics like the history of sampling, gender and pop music, and the indie-rock scene of Athens, Georgia.

Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands From NKotB to BTS, Maria Sherman

Maria Sherman’s book debut accomplishes something...
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  • 12/7/2020
  • by Jon Dolan, David Browne, Brittany Spanos, Rob Sheffield, Simon Vozick-Levinson, Kory Grow, Andy Greene and Eric Liebetrau
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Listen: Heart’s Nancy Wilson Covers Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Rising’
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After nearly a half-century of dividing her time between bands like Heart, the Lovemongers, and Roadcase Royale, guitarist Nancy Wilson is finally releasing her debut solo LP. She’s still putting the finishing touches on the album, but she’s tentatively calling it The Lab, and her lead-off single, a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising,” is available right now.

“Under the conditions we’re all living in now, this song is something that might help people,” Wilson tells Rolling Stone. “It’s a spiritual song and a call to a greater good,...
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  • 10/22/2020
  • by Andy Greene
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Watch Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell Talk Early Influences for Gibson Series
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Alice in Chains’ guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell reflects on his early life in a teaser for an upcoming, long-form interview about his career via Gibson’s Icon series.

“Music was something that was always in our house from a very early age,” he says in the clip. “By that time, I was heavily into rock, like AC/DC and Kiss and all the English metal. And I grew up on bands that wrote good riffs. I just wanted to play guitar, write songs, and I’m proud to have...
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  • 6/18/2020
  • by Kory Grow
  • Rollingstone.com
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See Mark Lanegan and Cold Cave’s Joy Division Tribute, ‘Isolation’
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To mark the 40th anniversary of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis’ death, Mark Lanegan teamed up with Cold Cave for an icy rendition of “Isolation,” a track off of Joy Division’s final album, 1980’s Closer.

Lanegan joined Cold Cave in a room for a live performance, singing side by side and trading vocals with the dark-wave band’s frontman, Wes Eisold. Lanegan nods along to the beat, looking as though he’s absorbing the vibe, as the group plays the tune’s skittery rhythms and chilly synth lines.

The...
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  • 5/19/2020
  • by Kory Grow
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Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan on Why Kurt Cobain’s Death Still Haunts Him, How Courtney Love Saved His Life
Mark Lanegan
For a quarter of a century now, Mark Lanegan has been running away from his past.

From the mid-Eighties until 2000, he fronted Screaming Trees, a hard rocking, neo-psychedelic band that got swept up in the major labels’ Seattle-grunge gold rush and crossed over into the mainstream with “Nearly Lost You.” Along the way, Lanegan befriended Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley, recorded with the supergroup Mad Season, and launched a solo career playing bluesy, rootsy rock that was more melancholy and brooding than the output of his grungy peers. He’s always had a deep,...
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  • 4/23/2020
  • by Kory Grow
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Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne Talks Sobriety, Chris Cornell and Having ‘the Midas Touch’
Ozzy Osbourne
In a new interview with Zane Lowe, Ozzy Osbourne revealed that Ordinary Man — his first solo LP in a decade — is the first album he’s made completely sober.

“I thought it was the drugs and the alcohol that made it all work,” he told Lowe. “But it’s not true. All I was doing for years is self-medicating ’cause I didn’t like the way I felt. But then this is the first album I’ve co-wrote and recorded fucking completely sober.”

The Godfather of Heavy Metal released his...
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  • 2/24/2020
  • by Angie Martoccio
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See Jerry Cantrell Reflect on Alice in Chains Reunion With Lars Ulrich
Alice in Chains vocalist-guitarist Jerry Cantrell reflects on how his band reunited in a new interview with Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich for the latter’s Apple Music/Beats 1 radio show It’s Electric. The episode will air on February 10th at 3 p.m. Pt.

In an exclusive clip from the show, Cantrell says that he felt it was time to get the band back together after Layne Staley’s death once he realized that singer-guitarist William DuVall was the right fit. “We had to think about this,” he says. “This is our life.
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  • 2/6/2019
  • by Kory Grow
  • Rollingstone.com
Layne Staley
Review: Alice In Chains Make Numb Mood Music on ‘ Rainier Fog’
Layne Staley
With scuzzbucket, crunchy guitar lines and stabbing drums, Alice in Chains’ Rainier Fog stays the course the band has been following for the last three decades: unapologetic, gut-checking, introspective grunge metal. But something about it feels incomplete.

The record is the band’s third since the death of its iconic frontman, Layne Staley, whose high-tension vocals gave Alice In Chains enough drama to kick them into the same league as their Seattle brethren, and they’ve nevertheless proven they could carry on without him on 2009’s surprisingly tuneful Black Gives Way to Blue.
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  • 8/24/2018
  • by Kory Grow
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Jerry Cantrell
Hear Jerry Cantrell’s Grim ‘Setting Sun’ for ‘Batman’ Graphic Novel
Jerry Cantrell
Jerry Cantrell and Batman collide for the new song “Setting Sun.” It’s the Alice in Chains guitarist’s contribution to a series of tracks inspired by the DC Comics graphic novel Dark Nights: Metal: Deluxe Edition.

Cantrell recorded the pounding track with producer Mike Elizondo and film composer and Marilyn Manson collaborator Tyler Bates.

“All you were is wiped away / All your love has died today / Run, you are a setting sun,” Cantrell sings on the grim solo track that would sit comfortably alongside his Alice in Chains output.
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  • 7/20/2018
  • by Daniel Kreps
  • Rollingstone.com
Chris Cornell
Chris Cornell Cut Through to My Angsty Teen Self (Commentary)
Chris Cornell
With his long dark hair, infectious melodies and rage, Chris Cornell belted out the soundtrack to my teen years. His singular, powerful vocals bolted into the center of my still-developing cerebral cortex, which also absorbed other grunge giants gone too soon — Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley — with a similar voracious enthusiasm. Maybe he first caught my attention because he was so striking physically. The blend of that with his contemplative charisma and, of course, his guttural vocals made him the hot one. The manliest of the bunch. And yes, I lusted after him in a way 1960s teens did the Beatles.
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  • 5/18/2017
  • by Meriah Doty
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Kurt Cobain and Nirvana at an event for MTV Live 'n' Loud (1993)
Kurt Cobain’s Daughter Honors Rock Star on Anniversary of His Death
Kurt Cobain and Nirvana at an event for MTV Live 'n' Loud (1993)
Tuesday marked the 22nd anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death at age 27, a grim milestone that didn’t go unrecognized by his daughter, Frances Bean. Cobain, 23, took to Instagram on Tuesday to pay tribute to her father, who took his own life on April 5, 1994. She also paid tribute to former Alice in Chains frontman Layne Staley, who died on the same date in 2002 at age 34. Also Read: Frances Bean Cobain Seeks to Protect Nirvana Frontman's $450 Million Fortune in Divorce Filing “Rest in peace, you two beautiful souls,” Cobain wrote, accompanied by side-by-side photos of Cobain and Staley. In light...
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  • 4/6/2016
  • by Tim Kenneally
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5 Essential Alice In Chains Songs
What with the release of their incredible new album, ‘The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here’, earlier this month, we thought we should get some essential Alice tracks buzzing round your head.

The Seattle-based band were lumped in with the Grunge explosion of the late-eighties, early-nineties, but were never really belonged to it. Always seen as more of a “dirgey”, doom-tinged band with a healthy Sabbath influence. In fact, Alice were always the majority of Metal-heads and Metal bands, band of choice from the North-West city. Metal fans themselves, the band were comfortable with their Hard Rock/Metal tag. Invited along on the 1990 Clash Of The Titans, predominantly, Thrash Metal tour featuring Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax, as the only non-Thrash band, opening every stop on the world tour. Metallica drummer, Lars Ulrich cites second album, ‘Dirt’, as one of his favorite albums ever released and three of the ‘tallica boys were present...
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  • 7/3/2013
  • by Ben Timpson
  • Obsessed with Film
Jerry Cantrell
Alice in Chains, Little Mix & John Fogerty Bound For Top Five on Billboard 200 Chart
Jerry Cantrell
Rock band Alice in Chains are set for their highest charting album since 1995, as The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here might start in the No. 2 slot on next week's Billboard 200 chart. Industry sources forecast the album might sell around 60,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, June 2. Alice in Chains was last in the top two with its self-titled 1995 set, which debuted at No. 1 on that year's Nov. 25 chart. It would be their final studio release with singer Layne Staley, who died in 2002. The band regrouped in

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  • 6/1/2013
  • by Keith Caulfield, Billboard
  • The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jerry Cantrell
A Pale Horse Named Death: 'Lay My Soul to Waste' – CD Review
Jerry Cantrell
Formed in 2011 by Sal Abruscato, co-founder (with the late, great Peter Steele) of the gothic metal giant Type O Negative and drummer on many of Type O's most legendary releases like Bloody Kisses, A Pale Horse Named Death carries over many of that band's themes of gloom, doom and darkness... and death, obviously. Sal joined forces with Matt Brown, guitarist for Seventh Void, in a partnership he described as a “murdering evil version of Lennon and McCartney,” and the colossal result was the band's debut album And Hell Will Follow Me. Accompanied by an ominously beautiful art booklet created by acclaimed artist Sam Shearon (whose credits include illustrations for H.P. Lovecraft's Call of Cthulhu and promo art for Rob Zombie and Kiss), that record was a haunting showcase of low, heavy and horror-infused hard rock with a classic horror vibe. While the lyrical themes were steeped in grand-scale horror imagery,...
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  • 5/23/2013
  • by Gregory Burkart
  • FEARnet
Layne Staley's mom is suing Alice In Chains, claiming she's being shorted royalties from her late son's work
Layne Staley’s mother is suing the remaining original members of Alice In Chains—Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney—saying that she’s been shorted on her late son’s royalties. Nancy McCallum’s suit alleges she’s owed about 16 percent of the band’s income, but that the group is trying to cut her out of the equation. The group replies that Staley’s heirs will still receive money from songs he wrote or co-wrote, but that McCallum is attempting to be far too involved with her late son's band, even going so far as to attempt ...
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  • 5/13/2013
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Eddie Vedder
Pearl Jam rocks Chile music fest
Eddie Vedder
Santiago, April 8 (Ians/Efe) Us rock band Pearl Jam kept the soul of grunge alive at the 3rd edition of Chile's Lollapalooza music festival.

The death of Nirvana leader and legend Kurt Cobain 19 years ago and of Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley in 2002 had left this subgenre of rock without key stylists and almost resulted in its slipping into oblivion.

After a long day of music Saturday, though, the thousands of music fest fans - both Chileans and foreigners - were delighted with almost 30 numbers played by the Seattle band.

After hearing the first guitar solo of the night and the introduction of the band members, Pearl Jam lit into the powerful "Do the Evolution".

At a certain point midway through the.
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  • 4/8/2013
  • by Lohit Reddy
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Radio 66.6 - Weekly Music News from the Crypt: January 14th, 2013
We're back with another installment of Radio 66.6! This week features the latest news, music, videos and tour dates from the likes of Black Sabbath, Bring Me the Horizon, Alice In Chains, Styper, Lordi and more. Don't touch that dial!

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The reunited Black Sabbath will release their new album, 13, in June via Vertigo/Republic. It's the first studio album from the metal legends with Ozzy Osbourne since 1978. They were joined by Rage Against the Machine drummer Brad Wilk.

How To Destroy Angels (Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails) will release their full-length debut, Welcome Oblivion, on March 5 via Columbia Records.

Guitarist Jona Weinhofen has left Bring Me the Horizon and has been replaced by Jordan Fish (ex-Worship). The band's new album, Sempiternal, will be released on April 30 via Epitaph Records.

Styper will release Second Coming on March 26 via Frontier Records. it will feature 14 re-recorded songs and two new ones.

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  • 1/14/2013
  • by Alex DiVincenzo
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Mike Starr of Alice in Chains' Memorial Held at Seattle Space Needle
Tragic former Alice in Chains rocker Mike Starr was sent off in style on Sunday, March 20 with a stunning water show at the Seattle Space Needle in his native Seattle, Washington. The group's music was played as the city's famous dancing fountains sprayed water in sync at the memorial as family, fans and friends paid their final respects to the bass player.

Starr died from a suspected drug overdose in Salt Lake City, Utah earlier this month. The former Alice in Chains bassist who was arrested for possessing drugs in February appeared on U.S. show "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" in 2009. He was reportedly trying to avoid a similar fate to former Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley who died from a drug overdose nearly 10 years ago.
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  • 3/21/2011
  • by AceShowbiz.com
  • Aceshowbiz
Mike Starr Is The Latest In A Sad Tradition Of Fallen '90s Rock Icons
When the news came through on Tuesday (March 8th) that former Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr had passed away at the age of 44, it felt tragically familiar. While the rock stars of the early '90s certainly brought forth some truly revolutionary sounds and completely redefined the music industry for a few years, they also set an unnerving precedent for dying young. Rock stars have always had the specter of early death hanging over them, from the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly to Elvis Presley's early exit to John Lennon's tragic murder to Jimi Hendrix's heartbreaking passing.

But the participants of the grunge era seemed to pass away at an alarming rate, with far too many succumbing to drug problems (including Starr's Alice in Chains bandmate Layne Staley, Blind Melon frontman Shannon Hoon and Hole bassist Kristen Pfaff). In fact, one of the inciting incidents...
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  • 3/9/2011
  • by MTV News
  • MTV Newsroom
Former Alice In Chains Bassist Mike Starr: In Memoriam
On Tuesday afternoon (March 8th), former Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr was found dead in Salt Lake City, Utah. The founding member of the seminal Seattle band was 44 years old and had struggled with addiction his entire life. His passing sent shockwaves through the rock world, and his death has devastated friends, fans and his former bandmates. In recent years, Starr had become more famous for his stint on "Celebrity Rehab" than he ever was as a musician, but his legacy as a key member of Alice in Chains should not be understated.

The core sound of Alice in Chains was as much about Starr as it is about Jerry Cantrell's guitar sludgy guitar licks or late singer Layne Staley's wails from the crypt. The low end of the sonic spectrum was not as important to a lot of the other bands who came up during that...
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  • 3/9/2011
  • by Kyle Anderson
  • MTV Newsroom
Mike Starr Found Dead
Former Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr, who appeared on season 3 of the VH1 reality show Celebrity Rehab, was found dead in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, according to reports. He was 44. The cause and manner of death were not immediately known, according to CNN. Starr's former bandmates, Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney, released a statement which read: "Jerry and Sean are mourning the loss of their friend and ask that the media respect their privacy - and the privacy of Mike's family - during this difficult time. Their thoughts & prayers are with Mike's family."Dr. Drew Pinsky, the host of Celebrity Rehab,...
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  • 3/9/2011
  • by Tim Nudd
  • PEOPLE.com
Mike Starr's Death Should Be A Warning, Addiction Specialist Says
'As tragic as that is to watch, almost 20 million people are living in recovery,' Robert J. Lindsey says of ex-Alice in Chains bassist's death.

By Ryan J. Downey

Mike Starr in 1990

Photo: Marty Temme / Getty Images

The death of ex-Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr raised a number of questions for his fans, as the loss of anyone who publicly struggled with drugs or alcohol often does. Why wasn't his treatment, documented on VH1's "Celebrity Rehab" and "Sober House," a success? Why can't someone like Starr just stop using drugs?

"[The addiction] literally hijacks the person's brain and takes over," Robert J. Lindsey, president and CEO of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, told MTV News on Wednesday (March 9). "For somebody who has become physically and emotionally addicted, stopping and staying stopped is the hardest thing in the world to do.

"The first thing to understand about alcoholism...
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  • 3/9/2011
  • MTV Music News
Mike Starr of Alice in Chains Found Dead
Anna Maria Disanto/ Courtesy: Everett Collection. Alice in Chains: Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley, Mike Starr, Sean Kinney, 1990

Mike Starr, the original bassist for the band Alice in Chains, was discovered dead at home in Salt Lake City. The police found the body of the 44 year old but were unable to confirm the cause of death. The musician, who left the band in 1993, previously battled addiction and popped up in recent years on Vh1′s “Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew.” In a statement,...
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  • 3/9/2011
  • by Lyneka Little
  • Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Mike Starr's Death Continues Alice In Chains' Dark Legacy
Singer Layne Staley died of a drug overdose in 2002.

By Gil Kaufman

Photo: 2011 Getty Images

The death on Tuesday of former Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr continued the tragic legacy of one of the most beloved bands to emerge out of the early 1990s grunge scene in Seattle.

Largely because of late singer Layne Staley's debilitating drug addiction, in their heyday, Aic were known almost as much for their long periods of inactivity as they were for their gloom-laden, brooding music.

Melding hard-rock guitars and the sludgy grunge aesthetic of the time, Aic stood out from the pack thanks to their adoption of a more classic heavy-metal sound and intense, almost unrelentingly bleak lyrics that touched on everything from drug addiction and isolation to the plight of Vietnam veterans.

The seeds of the group were formed in 1986, when a then-teenage Staley quit his first group, Sleeze, and formed a new band,...
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  • 3/9/2011
  • MTV Music News
Ex-Alice In Chains Bassist Mike Starr Found Dead, No Foul Play Indication
Mike Starr, the former bassist for Alice in Chains, has passed away at the age of 44. A spokesman for the Salt Lake City Police Department said that police found the rocker's dead body in a Salt Lake City home on Tuesday afternoon, March 8, after they were called to the house at around 1:42 P.M.

While the cause of Mike's death is still unknown, the spokesman has stated, "There is nothing to indicate that this was foul play by another individual." Further information about the state of the musician's body when found and who made the call have yet been released. Autopsy is likely to be conducted on Wednesday, March 9.

TMZ reported that the rocker, who appeared on the third season of VH1's "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew" in 2009, was arrested in February for felony possession of a controlled substance. According to Salt Lake City police, he had six...
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  • 3/9/2011
  • by AceShowbiz.com
  • Aceshowbiz
Celebrity Rehab participant, Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr, dead at 44
More sad news from the band, Alice in Chains. Former Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr . who appeared with Dr. Drew Pinsky on VH1's Celebrity Rehab last year . has died. He was 44. "It's a terrible shock and tragedy," his father tells TMZ. Last month saw Starr arrested and jailed for alleged drug possession in Salt Lake City, Utah. Radio station The Blaze is reporting that the local police have revealed that Starr's body was found in a Salt Lake City home today. Cops were called to the house at 1:42Pm. Back in 2002, Alice in Chains frontman Layne Staley died from mixture of heroin and cocaine.
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  • 3/9/2011
  • by April MacIntyre
  • Monsters and Critics
Mike Starr's Death Leaves Fans 'Heartbroken'
'My heart goes out to everyone he left behind,' one commenter writes after ex-Alice in Chains bassist's death. 'Addiction is very hard to kick.'

By Katie Byrne

Mike Starr in 1991

Photo: Marty Temme/ Getty Images

News of former Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr's death on Tuesday (March 8) had a big impact on his famous friends, including Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx and Dr. Drew, who treated Starr on "Celebrity Rehab." But the hardest hit may have been fans of the late musician, who flooded MTV News' comments section with memories of his music and well-wishes for his family.

"Very Sad," Cheryl wrote. "My heart goes out to everyone he left behind. Addiction is very hard to kick."

Kim added: "Not only do I love Alice in Chains, but I watched Mike on 'Celebrity Rehab' and 'Sober House' and you get to where you feel like you know them.
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  • 3/8/2011
  • MTV Music News
Mike Starr Remembered By Dr. Drew, Nikki Sixx, Steven Adler
'Celebrity Rehab' castmates Mackenzie Phillips and Lisa D'Amato also tweet about late ex-Alice in Chains bassist.

By Ryan J. Downey

Mike Starr in 1990

Photo: Steve Jennings/ Getty Images

Mike Starr's friends and fans have taken to Twitter to express their grief about the ex-Alice in Chains bassist's death on Tuesday (March 8).

"Devastating to hear of Mike Starr succumbing to his illness," tweeted Dr. Drew Pinsky, who treated Starr on VH1's "Celebrity Rehab" and the spin-off show "Sober House." "So very sad. Our prayers are with his family."

Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler — another founding member of a hard-rock powerhouse whose career was sidelined by drug addiction — also hit Twitter: "R.I.P. Mike Starr!! Such a sad day! :( :(" Adler is also a "Celebrity Rehab" alum, though the two men appeared on separate seasons. Starr would have turned 45 next month.

"Drugs and alcohol aren't a joke,...
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  • 3/8/2011
  • MTV Music News
Ex-Alice In Chains Bassist Mike Starr Found Dead
'Celebrity Rehab' alum was 44 years old.

By Ryan J. Downey

Mike Starr in 1991

Photo: Marty Temme/ Getty Images

Former Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr was found dead Tuesday afternoon (March 8).

TMZ reports that police found Starr's body in a Salt Lake City, Utah, house at 1:42 p.m. He was 44 years old.

A co-founding member of the pioneering Seattle grunge band, Starr appeared on VH1's "Celebrity Rehab" in 2009. He was arrested last month for felony possession of a controlled substance. Salt Lake City police said he had several painkillers on him when he was arrested. Alice in Chains have written heart-wrenching and evocative songs about drug addiction.

Former singer Layne Staley died in spring 2002 after overdosing on a mixture of heroin and cocaine, commonly known as a "speedball." The group mounted a successful comeback with 2009's Black Gives Way to Blue, which featured new vocalist William DuVall alongside guitarist Jerry Cantrell,...
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  • 3/8/2011
  • MTV Music News
Alice In Chains Drop A Jar: Wake-Up Video
Whenever people talk about the biggest bands of the grunge era, it always comes down to the quartet known as the "Big Four," consisting of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains. The latter always comes at the end, mostly because they were never quite as good nor as culturally transcendent as the other bands on that list. However, in many ways, Alice in Chains defined that era better than anybody, as they combined the thick sludge of Sabbath-inspired metal and crossed it with a freewheeling sense of fun that left room for punk explorations, noise jams and acoustic experiments alike. On this day in 1994, Alice in Chains released one of the key collections of the era in the Jar of Flies Ep.

Alice in Chains were already cresting on a huge wave of success thanks to their breakthrough 1992 album Dirt, perhaps the greatest album about addiction ever written...
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  • 1/25/2011
  • by Kyle Anderson
  • MTV Newsroom
How Should Paramore Deal With Turmoil? Look To No Doubt
As soon as the news came down that brothers and bandmates Josh and Zac Farro were exiting Paramore, the rest of the band was quick to let the world know that they would be carrying on as a unit, playing upcoming concert dates and working on new music in 2011. The band has had changes in personnel before, but this is by far the most high profile exit of them all (and also represents the last of the "original" members of the band to leave — save, of course, for singer Hayley Williams). It's not a break-up, but it is a shift. What will they do now?

Historically speaking, fans seem to be willing to stick with a band as long as the frontman (or in this case, frontwoman) remains in tact. There aren't any original members of Smashing Pumpkins left, but as long as Billy Corgan is the guy at the front of the stage,...
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  • 1/6/2011
  • by Kyle Anderson
  • MTV Newsroom
Jg Jones Artwork Graces Cover Of Revolver’s ‘Fallen Heroes Of Hard Rock and Metal’ Issue
The latest issue of Revolver magazine is a "Fallen Heroes Of Hard Rock and Metal" tribute to several late musicians, like Ronnie James Dio and Peter Steele, both of whom passed away in 2010. The issue has special cover artwork by legendary comics artist J.G. Jones

. Gracing the cover along with Dio and Steele are Paul Gray (Slipnot), The Rev (Avenged Sevenfold), Dimebag Darrell (Pantera), Cliff Burton (Metallica), Kurt Cobain (Nirvana), Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne), Freddy Mercury (Queen), and Layne Staley (Alice In Chains).

The cover painting also appears inside the magazine as a free poster. Check out the cover image here at right (click for larger, full view).

The issue is on newsstands now, but you can also purchase it online for $19.95, which includes a commemorative limited-edition 1 3/4"–diameter Dimebag Darrell “dime” along with an antiqued metal coin holder. (This is the only way to get the coin and holder, aside from at Barnes & Noble stores.
See full article at Geeks of Doom
  • 1/1/2011
  • by Empress Eve
  • Geeks of Doom
Channing Tatum Is Growing Some Unfortunate Facial Hair
Pleaseohplease let this facial hair be for a role. This goatee on Channing Tatum is not good. Goatees just say “1990s” to us because they were all the rage when we were in high school and every guy was trying to forcibly grow one to look like Chris Cornell or Layne Staley or really anyone else featured on the Singles soundtrack. And now they’re coming back - Jon Stewart showed up with one on The Daily Show, Nicolas Cage has a creepy one, and now this. Guys, please. Grow a full-on beard or just shave it all off. Anything in between makes you look creepy. [Photo: WENN]...
See full article at VH1.com
  • 8/4/2010
  • by Liz Black
  • VH1.com
Old Settler's Music Fest - Patty Griffin, Buddy Miller & a Gram Parsons experience
Stopping in for a bit of music at the Old Settler's Music Festival is like slipping into the '60s, like hanging at a mini-Woodstock. Proper attire is hippie authentic (as opposed to hippie chic found mostly in southern California). The waft of ganga occasionally drifts through. They even have the requisite rain storm with accompanying mud. But it don't mean a thing if it ain't got the music, something Osmf has plenty of. The weekend even extended into an interesting connection to Gram Parsons and Alice In Chains singer Layne Staley....
See full article at Pastemagazine.com
  • 4/23/2010
  • Pastemagazine.com
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