History Funny / AliceInChains

* While opening for [[Music/VanHalen Van Halen]] in 1991, the band got pranked twice. The first was during a performance of 'Man in the Box,' when Van Halen appeared on stage naked and dancing in boxes. The second was on another night, when they sent a trio of [[SilverFox older strippers]] to dance onstage while playing the same song. On both occasions, Alice in Chains were incredibly good-natured about it, with Layne on the second occasion asking the crowd to applaud the strippers by saying "Big thanks to our moms for coming out on stage to dance for y'all."

* While opening for [[Music/VanHalen Van Halen]] in 1991, the band got pranked twice. The first was during a performance of 'Man in the Box,' when Van Halen appeared on stage naked and dancing in boxes. The second was on another night, when they sent a trio of [[ChristmasCake older strippers]] to dance onstage while playing the same song. On both occasions, Alice in Chains were incredibly good-natured about it, with Layne on the second occasion asking the crowd to applaud the strippers by saying "Big thanks to our moms for coming out on stage to dance for y'all."

* From "Real Thing:" "[[{{Narm}} Sexual chocolate, baby!]]"

** This becomes a FunnyAneurysmMoment when you consider that Layne wrote the lyrics, and their [[WordSaladLyrics completely nonsensical nature]] was likely because he was fucked out of his tree at the time of writing.

** When playing "Sludge Factory", Layne accidentally sings part of the second verse ("There's no pressure besides brilliance / Let's say by day 9") after singing one part of the first verse ("You insult me in my home / You're forgiven this time"). Layne Staley cuts loose a PrecisionFStrike in response to the screw-up.

** The band randomly breaks into the [[Music/{{Metallica}} "Enter Sandman"]]'' riff at one point, much to the audience's delight.

** The band randomly breaks into the ''[[Music/{{Metallica}} Enter Sandman]]'' riff at one point, much to the audience's delight.

** When the band played "Sludge Factory" on ''Creator/{{MTV}} Unplugged'', Layne accidentally sings part of the second verse ("There's no pressure besides brilliance / Let's say by day 9") after singing one part of the first verse ("You insult me in my home / You're forgiven this time"). Layne Staley cuts loose a PrecisionFStrike in response to the screw-up.

** "I wish I could just hug you all, but I'm not gonna," says Layne as the band closes the set.

* When the band played "Sludge Factory" on ''Creator/{{MTV}} Unplugged'', Layne accidentally sings part of the second verse ("There's no pressure besides brilliance / Let's say by day 9") after singing one part of the first verse ("You insult me in my home / You're forgiven this time"). Layne Staley cuts loose a PrecisionFStrike in response to the screw-up.

* "I wish I could just hug you all, but I'm not gonna," says Layne Staley after their unplugged performance of "The Killer Is Me."

* When the band played "Sludge Factory" on ''MTV Unplugged'', Layne accidentally sings part of the second verse ("There's no pressure besides brilliance / Let's say by day 9") after singing one part of the first verse ("You insult me in my home / You're forgiven this time"). Layne Staley cuts loose a PrecisionFStrike in response to the screw-up.

* The band's 1993 Series/HeadbangersBall [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpdCGfaxl7w episode]], full stop.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Ohyj8FmLo The Nona Tapes]]. Jerry plays Nona Weisbaum, a female journalist looking for her breakthrough story (she's been an 'aspiring journalist' for twenty years). In order to do so, she's come to Seattle to find some Seattle rock stars, and ends up kidnapping the other members of the band (sans Jerry, obviously) and interviewing them. Nona turns out to be a bit of a DirtyOldWoman, stroking Sean's thigh and chest while they're in the car together. Not that the others are much better - Sean makes rather suggestive faces at her and Mike starts squeezing her 'breasts'. There's also Sean as a circus clown and Mike with his hair in curlers, getting his nails done.

** In a similar vein, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZjDJZQfThA Alice In Chains - Twenty-Three]]. Like ''The Nona Tapes'', it's a mockumentary, but none of the band members play themselves. Jerry plays a country musician, William plays a reggae singer, Mike plays a Norwegian black metal musician (with the name [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign Unta Gleeben Glabben Globben Globin]]) who says that 'the bass (on ''The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here'') [[SelfDeprecation is shit]]' and Sean plays a hipster (with an enormous fake beard).

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Ohyj8FmLo The Nona Tapes]]. Jerry plays Nona Weisbaum, a female journalist looking for her breakthrough story (she's been an 'aspiring journalist' for twenty years). In order to do so, she's come to Seattle to find some Seattle rock stars, and ends up kidnapping the other members of the band (sans Jerry, obviously) and interviewing them. Nona turns out to be a bit of a DirtyOldWoman, stroking Sean's thigh and chest while they're in the car together. Not that the others are much better - Sean makes rather suggestive faces at her and Mike starts squeezing her 'breasts'. There's also the unexplained circus clown and Mike with his hair in curlers, getting his nails done.

* When the band played "Sludge Factory" on ''MTV Unplugged'', they screw up. Layne Staley cuts loose a PrecisionFStrike.

* What's the first thing that Jerry Cantrell said to William Duvall? "Nice hair."

* When the band played "Sludge Factory" on ''MTV Unplugged'', they screw up. Layne Staley: "[[PrecisionFStrike Fuck!]]"
* The chorus to "[[TheSomethingSong Nothin' Song]]:" "Well, the nothin' song sticks to your mouth / like [[MindScrew peanut butter on the brain]] / [[{{Narm}} Ayeeee]]-[[LargeHam eeeeeee]] / Nothing ever stays the same." Becomes a FunnyAneurysmMoment when you consider that Layne wrote the lyrics, and their [[WordSaladLyrics completely nonsensical nature]] was likely because he was fucked out of his tree at the time of writing.
* "I wish I could just hug you all, but I'm not gonna." says Layne Staley after their unplugged performance of "The Killer is Me."

* The entirety of the hidden track "Love Song" on their ''Sap'' EP. "Kiss the midget."

* The chorus to "[[TheSomethingSong Nothin' Song]]:" "Well, the nothin' song sticks to your mouth / like [[MindScrew peanut butter on the brain]] / [[{{Narm}} Ayeeee]]-[[LargeHam eeeeeee]] / Nothing ever stays the same."

* From "Real Thing": "[[{{Narm}} Sexual chocolate, baby!]]"

* The chorus to "[[TheSomethingSong Nothin' Song]]": "Well, the nothin' song sticks to your mouth / like [[MindScrew peanut butter on the brain]] / [[{{Narm}} Ayeeee]]-[[LargeHam eeeeeee]] / Nothing ever stays the same."
* "I wish I could just hug you all, but I'm not gonna," says Layne Staley after their unplugged performance of "The Killer Is Me".
* The band's 1993 [[{{MTV}} Headbanger's Ball]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzmZsQR90I4 episode]], full stop.

* Their early HairMetal [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness material.]]

* Tom Araya from Music/{{Slayer}} on the hidden track "Iron Gland" from ''Dirt'': "[[LargeHam I am IROOOOOON GLAAAAAND!!!]]"