* {{Anvilicious}}: Pretty much the only way the ''Dirt'' album could be less subtle is if it consisted of nothing but Layne screaming "HEROIN RUINED MY LIFE" over and over again for an hour.[[note]]Except for "Rooster", which is screaming "THE VIETNAM WAR WAS HELL!" for five minutes...[[/note]]
** {{Some anvils need to be dropped}}.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: ''Dirt'' and ''Jar of Flies'' for most fans.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: "Iron Gland."
* BrokenBase: Fans are divided on whether Duvall is any good or not.
* CoveredUp: There are people who don't know "Them Bones" or "Angry Chair" but have heard versions of them in ''[[VideoGame/{{Doom}} Doom II: Hell on Earth]]''.
* EpicRiff: Many - the talk box guitar opening of "Man in the Box", the main riff in "Rooster", the bass intro to "Would?", and the distorted guitar line in "Grind" are some of the best examples.
** The bass riff in "Angry Chair." Full stop.
* FaceOfTheBand: Due to the problems stemming from his heroin addiction, Layne Staley was pretty much this, for better or worse.
* FanDumb: Often stemming from debates about Duvall, but that aside there's still no shortage of this.
* FandomRivalry: Alice in Chains fans are often at odds with Music/{{Nirvana}} and Music/{{Soundgarden}} fans, and a large portion of {{post-grunge}} {{Fan Hater}}s are Alice in Chains fans.
* GatewaySeries: Alice in Chains was an intro to Music/HeavyMetal for many older metalheads, and served as a gateway to many heavier bands and subgenres of metal.
* GrowingTheBeard: Most fans will agree that ''Dirt'' was when they truly found their voice. While ''Facelift'' is still loved by the fans, many complain that the second half of the album sounds too much like their hair metal roots.
* TheLawOfFanJackassery: Ever since the band's decline from popularity in the mid '90s, the fanbase has fallen dead square at the peak.
** Probably has to do with the fandom containing the worst elements of both metalheads and Grunge {{Disco Dan}}s.
* TearJerker: See the [[TearJerker/AliceInChains tearjerker page]] for this band.
* TheWoobie: Oh God, Layne...

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