History Trivia / AliceInChains

* OldShame: The band's origins in hair metal. Layne Staley was originally the vocalist for the hair metal band Sleze, and later "Alice 'n' Chainz" (or however they spelled it; they could never really settle on a consistent spelling), but none of the other members of Alice in Chains were in Alice 'n' Chainz. However, the other members [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130605021221/http://aic.gsg2007.de/Fotos/AIC-%20Gallery/Sleze/ExposedAIC2.gif weren't exactly clean, either]].

''Music/{{Dirt}}'' has [[Trivia/{{Dirt}} its own page]].

** "No Excuses", and "Nutshell" are [[SurprisinglyGentleSong very gentle songs]] in contrast to their usually metal stylings, although they are pretty good examples of what their acoustic material sounds like.

* UpdatedRerelease: ''Dirt'' sort of got one almost immediately after its original release. The band looked at the tracklisting and noticed that "Down In A Hole" was the second to last track. Since they wanted the album to loosely tell a story from song to song[[note]]Although, contrary to popular belief, ''Dirt'' is not meant to be a full-fledged ConceptAlbum or RockOpera.[[/note]], they requested that the song be placed between "Rain When I Die" and "Sickman." Thus, all pressings of ''Dirt'' released after its first few months on the market have "Down In A Hole" placed as the fourth rather than twelfth track.

* CreatorBreakdown

** ''Dirt'' was plagued by Layne Staley's huge drug addiction. Staley would arrive in the studio singing off key due to how stoned he was. At one point, his drug dealer even came into the studio, trying to tell longtime producer Dave Jarden how to mix the album. Staley ended up turning himself into rehab not long afterwards. On top of that, Sean Kinney and Mike Starr were struggling with alcohol addiction. There was also issues with the band arriving into the studio on time, as the day after they started recording the Los Angeles Riots had started, causing massive traffic jams. At one point, Jerry Cantrell actually watched a convenience store get held up by a robber. They ended up taking an emergency vacation into the Joshua Tree desert until the riots calmed down. Nonetheless, the album became a massive success, putting Alice in Chains in the same tier as Music/{{Nirvana}} for popularity in grunge.

** The recording sessions for the songs "Get Born Again" and "Died" were the last ones Staley had done with the band. At that point, he was effectively a walking corpse, but one who could at least sing to some extent. Once again, the band had difficulties getting him to work as he would either not work at all or make up excuses to leave so he could get high. This upset Cantrell to the point where he yelled at Staley for his excuses and refused to work in the same studio with him. The recordings also initially involved Jarden, who was later replaced with Toby Wright as tensions rose.

* UpdatedRerelease: ''Dirt'' sort of got one almost immediately after its original release. The band looked at the tracklisting and noticed that "Down In A Hole" was the second to last track. Since they wanted the album to loosely tell a story from song to song[[note]]Although, contrary to popular belief, ''Dirt'' is not meant to be a full-fledged ConceptAlbum or RockOpera.[[/note]], they requested that the song be placed between "Rain When I Die" and "Sickman." Thus, all pressings of Dirt released after its first few months on the market have "Down In A Hole" placed as the fourth rather than twelfth track.

* UpdatedRerelease: ''Dirt'' sort of got one almost immediately after its release. The band looked at the tracklisting and noticed that "Down In A Hole" was the second to last track. Since they wanted the album to loosely tell a story from song to song[[note]]Although, contrary to popular belief, ''Dirt'' is not meant to be a full-fledged ConceptAlbum.[[/note]], they requested that the song be placed between "Rain When I Die" and "Sickman." Thus, all pressings of Dirt released after its first few months on the market have "Down In A Hole" placed as the fourth rather than twelfth track.

** ''Dirt'' was plagued by Layne Staley's huge drug addiction. Staley would arrive in the studio singing off key due to how stoned he was. At one point, his drug dealer even came into the studio, trying to tell producer Dave Jarden how to mix the album. Staley ended up turning himself into rehab not long afterwards. On top of that, Sean Kinney and Mike Starr were struggling with alcohol addiction. There was also issues with the band arriving into the studio on time, as the day after they started recording the Los Angeles Riots had started, causing massive traffic jams. At one point, Jerry Cantrell actually watched a convenience store get held up by a robber. They ended up taking an emergency vacation into the Joshua Tree desert until the riots calmed down. Nonetheless, the album became a massive success, putting Alice in Chains in the same tier as Music/{{Nirvana}} for popularity in grunge.

** The recording sessions for the songs "Get Born Again" and "Died" were the last ones Staley had done with the band. At that point, he was effectively a walking corpse, but one who could at least sing to some extent. Once again, the band had difficulties getting him to work as he would either not work at all or make up excuses to leave so he could get high. This upset Cantrell to the point where he yelled at Staley for his excuses and refused to work in the same studio with him. The recordings also initially involved longtime producer Dave Jerden, who was later replaced with Toby Wright as tensions rose.

** ''Dirt'' was plagued by Layne Staley's huge drug addiction. Staley would arrive in the studio singing off key due to how stoned he was. At one point, his drug dealer even came into the studio, trying to tell producer Dave Jarden how to mix the album. Staley ended up turning himself into rehab not long afterwards. On top of that, Sean Kinney and Mike Starr were also struggling with alcohol addiction. There was also issues with the band arriving into the studio on time, as the day after they started recording the Los Angeles Riots had started, causing massive traffic jams. At one point, Jerry Cantrell actually watched a convenience store get held up by a robber. They ended up taking an emergency vacation into the Joshua Tree desert until the riots calmed down. Nonetheless, the album became a massive success, putting Alice in Chains in the same tier as Music/{{Nirvana}} for popularity in grunge.

** ''Dirt'' was plagued by Layne Staley's huge drug addiction. Staley would arrive in the studio singing off key due to how stoned he was. At one point his drug dealer even came into the studio trying to tell producer Dave Jarden how to mix the album. Staley ended up turning himself into rehab not long afterwards. On top of that, Sean Kinney and Mike Starr were also struggling with alcohol addiction. There was also issues with the band arriving into the studio on time, as the day after they started recording the Los Angeles Riots had started, causing massive traffic jams. At one point, Jerry Cantrell actually watched a convenience store get held up by a robber. They ended up taking an emergency vacation into the Joshua Tree desert until the riots calmed down. Nonetheless, the album became a massive success, putting Alice in Chains in the same tier as Music/{{Nirvana}} for popularity in grunge.

** Their self-titled album was no slouch either. By the time of its production, Staley had deteriorated rapidly due to his drug addiction, and had to keep his addiction in check multiple times during the recordings. Relationships within the band were at an all-time low; days passed by while his bandmates and studio personnel were waiting for him to finally arrive, and hours passed by waiting for him to come out of the bathroom. When he did leave, it was anyone's guess as to whether they would be able to get some quality takes, or if the day would be a loss because he was too fucked up to do anything.

** ''Dirt'' was plagued by Layne Staley's huge drug addiction. Staley would arrive in the studio singing off key due to how stoned he was. At one point his drug dealer even came into the studio trying to tell producer Dave Jarden how to mix the album. Staley ended up turning himself into rehab not long afterwards. On top of that, Sean Kinney and Mike Starr were also struggling with alcohol addiction. There was also issues with the band arriving into the studio on time, as the day after they started recording the Los Angeles Riots had started, causing massive traffic jams. At one point Jerry Cantrell actually watched a convenience store get held up by a robber. They ended up taking an emergency vacation into the Joshua Tree desert until the riots calmed down. Nonetheless, the album became a massive success, putting Alice in Chains in the same tier as Music/{{Nirvana}} for popularity in grunge.

* TroubledProduction

** ''Dirt'' was plagued by Layne Staley's huge drug addiction. Staley would arrive in the studio singing off key due to how stoned he was. At one point his drug dealer even came into the studio trying to tell producer Dave Jarden how to mix the album. Staley ended up turning himself into rehab not long afterwards. On top of that, Sean Kinney and Mike Starr were also struggling with alcohol addiction. There was also issues with the band arriving into the studio on time, as the day after they started recording the Los Angeles Riots had started, causing massive traffic jams. At one point Jerry Cantrell actually watched a convenience store get held up by a robber. They ended up taking an emergency vacation into the Joshua Tree desert until the riots calmed down. The album became a massive success, putting Alice in Chains in the same tier as Music/{{Nirvana}} for popularity.