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50247 | Presence (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presence%20(album) | Presence (album)
Presence (album)
Presence is the seventh studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released by Swan Song Records on 31 March 1976. While the album was a commercial success, reaching the top of both the British and American album charts, and achieving a triple-platinum certification in the Un... | 6,119,100 |
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to record "Presence" instead. The entire album was completed in a few weeks, with guitarist and producer Jimmy Page putting in several long shifts to complete recording and mixing. The title came from the strong presence the group felt working together, and the album's artwork from Hipgnosis featured s... | 6,119,101 |
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ten-minute opener "Achilles Last Stand", were performed live. However, the album has been re-appraised in retrospective reviews for its hard rock dynamics and simplicity compared to the group's other work.
# Background.
After touring in support of their previous album, "Physical Graffiti" released in... | 6,119,102 |
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of their status as tax exiles, Plant was forced to recuperate abroad, initially in Jersey, Channel Islands then in Malibu, California, and wrote several sets of lyrics that reflected on his personal situation and wondering about the future. Guitarist Jimmy Page joined him in Malibu in September and the... | 6,119,103 |
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Page favoured going to Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany, which he felt had state-of-the-art recording facilities. Plant was still recovering from the accident during recording and sang his vocals in a wheelchair, which led to Page assuming most of the responsibilities at the sessions. The album was... | 6,119,104 |
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shortly to record songs for their album "Black and Blue" (released, like "Presence", in the spring of 1976). Page negotiated with the Stones to borrow two days from their recording session time, during which he completed all the guitar overdubs in one lengthy session. Page and Harwood then worked on th... | 6,119,105 |
50247 | Presence (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presence%20(album) | Presence (album)
a result of his car accident, and missed his family. He later said he was upset about Page and manager Peter Grant booking the "Presence" sessions and began to re-evaluate the priorities in his life.
The album was completed on the day before Thanksgiving. Plant suggested to the record company the albu... | 6,119,106 |
50247 | Presence (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presence%20(album) | Presence (album)
were formulated at Malibu, where Page (but not Bonham and Jones) had initially joined a recuperating Plant. With Plant at less than full fitness, Page took responsibility for the album's completion, and his playing dominates the album's tracks.
Both Page and Plant had planned this album's recording se... | 6,119,107 |
50247 | Presence (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presence%20(album) | Presence (album)
include more simplified riffs, and is Led Zeppelin's only studio album that features no keyboards, and with the exception of a rhythm track on "Candy Store Rock", no acoustic guitar. The changed stylistic emphasis on this album was a direct result of the troubled circumstances experienced by the band a... | 6,119,108 |
50247 | Presence (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presence%20(album) | Presence (album)
tone. Plant wrote the lyrics based on travelling across Africa in mid-1975 with Page. Page added six guitars in the marathon overdubbing session at the end of the recording period.
"For Your Life" was mostly arranged in the studio. Page played a Fender Stratocaster on the track, the first time he had ... | 6,119,109 |
50247 | Presence (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presence%20(album) | Presence (album)
the lyrics based on an old Blind Willie Johnson blues song called "It's Nobody's Fault but Mine", first recorded in 1928 and covered by Nina Simone in 1969. "Candy Store Rock" was inspired by 1950s rock 'n' roll. "Hots On For Nowhere" was written about Plant's time in Malibu, while Page played the Stra... | 6,119,110 |
50247 | Presence (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presence%20(album) | Presence (album)
were played in full on stage while the band was active. "Achilles Last Stand" and "Nobody's Fault but Mine" were added to the setlist for the 1977 tour of the United States and stayed through the band's final concerts in 1980. "Tea For One" was performed live on the Page and Plant tour of Japan in 1996... | 6,119,111 |
50247 | Presence (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presence%20(album) | Presence (album)
as "The Object". It was intended to represent Zeppelin's "force and presence". Hipgnosis cofounder Storm Thorgerson wrote that the obelisk represented the power of Led Zeppelin, saying they were "so powerful, they didn't need to be there". Both Page and Plant have said that the presence of the object i... | 6,119,112 |
50247 | Presence (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presence%20(album) | Presence (album)
stock pictures, and was designed to resemble a feature in "National Geographic". The girl on the back cover photo is the same one that appeared on "Houses of the Holy". Hipgnosis and Hardie were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Album Package in 1977.
# Release and reception.
The album was releas... | 6,119,113 |
50247 | Presence (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presence%20(album) | Presence (album)
"The Song Remains the Same". "Candy Store Rock" was released as a single in the US, but it failed to chart.
In a contemporary review for "Rolling Stone", Stephen Davis said "Presence" established Led Zeppelin as the premier heavy metal act and featured some exceptional rock music, highlighting the "cl... | 6,119,114 |
50247 | Presence (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presence%20(album) | Presence (album)
earlier recordings.
Neil McCormick of "The Daily Telegraph" claimed it was "Zeppelin at their most blunted", awarding it two stars out of five. "Pitchfork"s Mark Richardson dubbed "Presence" as one of Zeppelin's worst albums, however, he added "none of these songs sound like they could have come from ... | 6,119,115 |
50247 | Presence (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presence%20(album) | Presence (album)
a sense of urgency resulting from the troubled circumstances in which it was recorded, "it's not an easy album for a lot of people to access ... [I]t's not an easy album for a lot of people to listen to." Lewis nonetheless believed that "Presence" was underrated, as its music "packs a considerable punc... | 6,119,116 |
50247 | Presence (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presence%20(album) | Presence (album)
feature bonus material containing alternative takes and one previously unreleased instrumental, "10 Ribs & All/Carrot Pod Pod". The reissue was released with an altered colour version of the original album's artwork as the bonus disc's cover.
The reissue received generally positive reviews. At Metacri... | 6,119,117 |
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scale", while "the discs of 'companion audio,' often short on revelation, here reveal a moment of sheer anomaly. '10 Ribs & All/Carrot Pod Pod (Pod)' is whatever that title may mean, everything the LP is not: a tender piano piece." "PopMatters" was less impressed, saying "like the rest of the re-releas... | 6,119,118 |
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d."
# Track listing.
Information taken from the original UK and US Swan Song albums.
- Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–7 on CD reissues.
# Personnel.
Taken from the sleeve notes.
Led Zeppelin
- John Bonham – drums, percussion
- John Paul Jones – four and eight-string bass guitars, p... | 6,119,119 |
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Nicholas II (disambiguation)
Nicholas II may refer to:
- Pope Nicholas II ( – 1061)
- Nicholas II of Transylvania (1213), voivode
- Patriarch Nicholas II of Alexandria (ruled 1263–1276)
- Nicholas II of Saint Omer (13th century)
- Nicholas II, Count of Tecklenburg (died 1426)
- Nicho... | 6,119,120 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains (often abbreviated as AIC) is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1987 by guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney, who later recruited bassist Mike Starr and lead vocalist Layne Staley. Starr was replaced by Mike Inez in 1993. ... | 6,119,121 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
albums, four compilations, two DVDs, 43 music videos, and 32 singles. The band is known for its distinctive vocal style, which often included the harmonized vocals between Staley and Cantrell (and later Cantrell and William DuVall). Cantrell started to sing lead vocals on the 1992 acoustic EP "Sap", and... | 6,119,122 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
in the US alone, with two No. 1 albums and six Top 10 albums on the "Billboard 200" chart. The band has had 18 Top 10 songs on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, 5 No. 1 hits, and 11 Grammy Award nominations. Their debut album, "Facelift", featuring the hit single "Man in the Box", was released i... | 6,119,123 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
certified triple platinum. The band's third album, "Alice in Chains" debuted at No. 1 on the "Billboard" 200 in 1995 and is certified double platinum.
Although never officially disbanding, Alice in Chains was plagued by extended inactivity from 1996 onwards due to Staley's substance abuse, which result... | 6,119,124 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
The lead single, "Check My Brain", became the first Alice in Chains song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 92. Their fifth studio album, "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here", was released in 2013 and debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The band toured extensively and released several videos... | 6,119,125 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
known as Sleze after receiving some encouragement from his stepbrother Ken Elmer. Other members of this group at that time were guitarists Johnny Bacolas and Zoli Semanate, drummer James Bergstrom, and bassist Byron Hansen. This band went through several lineup changes culminating with Nick Pollock as t... | 6,119,126 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
"What about Alice in Chains? Put her in bondage and stuff like that." Bacolas thought the name "Alice in Chains" was cool and brought it up to his Sleze bandmates and everyone liked it, so they decided to change the name of the band. Due to concerns over the reference to female bondage, the group ultima... | 6,119,127 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
household name with their first album "Appetite for Destruction", released in July 1987.
Staley met guitarist Jerry Cantrell at a party in Seattle around August 1987. A few months before that, Cantrell had watched a concert of Staley's then-band, "Alice N' Chains", in his hometown at the Tacoma Little ... | 6,119,128 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
the phone number of Melinda Starr, the girlfriend of drummer Sean Kinney, so that Cantrell could talk to him. Cantrell called the number and set up a meeting with Kinney. Kinney and his girlfriend went to the Music Bank and listened to Cantrell's demos, who mentioned that they needed a bass player to ja... | 6,119,129 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
a singer.
Staley's funk band also required a guitarist at the time, and Staley asked Cantrell to join as a sideman. Cantrell agreed on condition that Staley join his band. Because Cantrell, Starr and Kinney wanted Staley to be their lead singer, they started auditioning terrible lead singers in front o... | 6,119,130 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
along with Hanoi Rocks and David Bowie covers.
The band played a couple of gigs in clubs around the Pacific Northwest, calling themselves different monikers, including Diamond Lie, the name of Cantrell's previous band, and "Fuck", before eventually adopting the name that Staley's previous band had init... | 6,119,131 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
to pay for demo recordings. However, one day before the band was due to record at the Music Bank studio in Washington, police shut down the studio during the biggest cannabis raid in the history of the state. The final demo, completed in 1988, was named "The Treehouse Tapes" and found its way to the mus... | 6,119,132 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
in 1989. This recording can be found on the bootleg release "Sweet Alice".
### "Facelift" and "Sap".
Alice in Chains soon became a top priority of the label, which released the band's first official recording in July 1990, a promotional EP called "We Die Young". The EP's lead single, "We Die Young", ... | 6,119,133 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
200 chart. "Facelift" was not an instant success, selling under 40,000 copies in the first six months of release, until MTV added "Man in the Box" to regular daytime rotation. The single hit number 18 on the Mainstream rock charts, with the album's follow up single, "Sea of Sorrow", reaching number 27, ... | 6,119,134 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
MTV.
"Facelift" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling a half-million copies on September 11, 1991, becoming the first album from Seattle's Grunge movement to be certified gold. The band continued to hone its audience, opening for such artists as Iggy Pop... | 6,119,135 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
for sales exceeding 50,000 copies.
In early 1991, Alice in Chains landed the opening slot for the Clash of the Titans tour with Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer, exposing the band to a wide metal audience but receiving mainly poor reception. Alice in Chains was nominated for a Best Hard Rock Performance G... | 6,119,136 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
February 4, 1992, Alice in Chains released their second EP, "Sap". The EP was released while Nirvana's "Nevermind" was at the top of the "Billboard" 200 charts, resulting in a rising popularity of Seattle-based bands, and of the term "grunge music". "Sap" was certified gold within two weeks. The EP feat... | 6,119,137 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains appeared in the Cameron Crowe film "Singles", performing as a "bar band". The band also contributed the song "Would?" to the film's , whose video received an award for Best Video from a Film at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards.
### "Dirt".
In March 1992, the band returned to the studio... | 6,119,138 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
September 29, 1992, Alice in Chains released its second album, "Dirt". The album peaked at number six on the "Billboard" 200 and since its release has been certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA, making "Dirt" the band's highest selling album to date. The album was a critical success, with Steve Huey ... | 6,119,139 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
for nearly two years. Alice in Chains was added as openers to Ozzy Osbourne's "No More Tours" tour. Days before the tour began, Layne Staley broke his foot in an ATV accident, forcing him to use crutches on stage.
Starr left the band shortly after the Hollywood Rock concert in Rio de Janeiro on January... | 6,119,140 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
met Alice in Chains during Ozzy Osbourne's "No More Tours" tour and became friends with them. When the band was in Brazil, they called Inez to join them and he accepted. Inez wanted to do the shows in Brazil and even got his immunization shots, but the band called him back telling that Starr wanted to d... | 6,119,141 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
During the summer of 1993, Alice in Chains toured with the alternative music festival Lollapalooza, their last major tour with Staley.
### "Jar of Flies".
Following Alice in Chains' extensive 1993 world tour, Staley said the band "just wanted to go into the studio for a few days with our acoustic gui... | 6,119,142 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
week, "Jar of Flies" debuted at number one on the "Billboard" 200, becoming the first EP—and first Alice in Chains release—to top the charts.
Paul Evans of "Rolling Stone" called the EP "darkly gorgeous", and Steve Huey said, "'Jar of Flies' is a low-key stunner, achingly gorgeous and harrowingly sorro... | 6,119,143 |
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first year. "Jar of Flies" received two Grammy nominations, Best Hard Rock Performance for "I Stay Away", and Best Recording Package.
After the release of "Jar of Flies", Staley entered rehab for heroin addiction. The band was scheduled to tour during the summer of 1994 with Metallica, Suicidal Tendenc... | 6,119,144 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
that the decision to withdraw from the Metallica tour and Woodstock was "due to health problems within the band".
The band broke up for six months. Kinney told "Rolling Stone" in 1996, "Nobody was being honest with each other back then. If we had kept going, there was a good chance we would have self-d... | 6,119,145 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
which Staley provided lead vocals and the album artwork. The album spawned a number-two single, "River of Deceit", as well as a home video release of "Live at the Moore".
In April 1995, Alice in Chains entered Bad Animals Studio in Seattle with producer Toby Wright, who had previously worked with Corro... | 6,119,146 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
at number one on the "Billboard" 200 and has since been certified triple platinum. Of the album's four singles, "Grind", "Again", "Over Now", and "Heaven Beside You", three feature Cantrell on lead vocals. Jon Wiederhorn of "Rolling Stone" called the album "liberating and enlightening, the songs achieve... | 6,119,147 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
as a single on the soundtrack for the independent film "Clerks" in 1994, reaching number seven on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The band opted not to tour in support of "Alice in Chains", adding to the rumors of drug abuse.
Alice in Chains resurfaced on April 10, 1996, to perform their first concer... | 6,119,148 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
second guitarist Scott Olson. A live album of the performance was released in July 1996, debuting at number three on the "Billboard" 200, and was accompanied by a home video release, both of which received platinum certification by the RIAA. Following the Unplugged concert, Alice in Chains performed "Ag... | 6,119,149 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
Kansas City, Missouri. Shortly after the show, Staley was found unresponsive after he overdosed on heroin and was taken to the hospital. Although he recovered, the band was forced to go on hiatus.
### Hiatus, side projects and death of Layne Staley.
Although Alice in Chains never officially disbanded... | 6,119,150 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
fans come up to me and give me the thumbs up, telling me they're high. That's exactly what I didn't want to happen.."
Unable to continue with new Alice in Chains material, Cantrell released his first solo album, "Boggy Depot", in 1998, also featuring Sean Kinney and Mike Inez. Cantrell and Kinney were ... | 6,119,151 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
"Music Bank". The set contains 48 songs, including rarities, demos, and previously released album tracks and singles. The band also released a 15-track compilation titled "", serving as a sampler for "Music Bank", as well as the band's first compilation album; a live album, simply titled "Live", release... | 6,119,152 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
The song was featured on the soundtrack to the 1998 horror/sci-fi film, "The Faculty".
After they toured as part of Cantrell's solo band in 1998, Sean Kinney and Queensrÿche guitarist Chris DeGarmo formed a new band called Spys4Darwin. Mike Inez and Sponge lead vocalist Vin Dombroski joined the supergr... | 6,119,153 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
solo album, "Degradation Trip". Written in 1998, the album's lyrical content focused heavily on what Cantrell regarded as the demise of Alice in Chains, which still remained evident as the album approached its June 2002 release. However, in March that year, Cantrell commented, "We're all still around, s... | 6,119,154 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
cliff. And the reason we pulled back – you know when you stop when you have two #1 records, it's not really the greatest career move – but we did that because we love each other and we didn't want to die in public. And I know for a fact in my heart that if we were to continue that I wouldn't be on the p... | 6,119,155 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
his body was found. Cantrell dedicated his 2002 solo album, "Degradation Trip", released two months after Staley's death, to his memory. Mike Starr later claimed on "Celebrity Rehab" that he was the last person to see Staley alive, and admitted to feeling guilty about not calling 911 after Staley had wa... | 6,119,156 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
with The Cult guitarist Billy Duffy, Mötley Crüe and Ratt vocalist John Corabi, The Cult bassist Chris Wyse and drummer Josh Howser.
On October 22, 2004, Sony BMG terminated their contract with Alice in Chains, 15 years after the band signed with the label, in 1989.
### Reunion shows and reformation.... | 6,119,157 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
Sean Kinney reunited to perform for the first time in 10 years at "K-Rock Tsunami Continued Care Relief Concert" in Seattle. The band featured Damageplan vocalist Pat Lachman, as well as other special guests including Maynard James Keenan of Tool and Ann Wilson of Heart. A few months after that experien... | 6,119,158 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
the surviving members performed at VH1's Decades Rock Live concert, honoring fellow Seattle musicians Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart. They played "Would?" with vocalist Phil Anselmo of Pantera and Down and bass player Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver, and at the end of the performance Ca... | 6,119,159 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
guitar on selected songs. During the tour, the band played a 5-minute video tribute to Staley during the changeover from the electric to acoustic set.
To coincide with the band's reunion, Sony Music released the long-delayed third Alice in Chains compilation, "The Essential Alice in Chains", a double a... | 6,119,160 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
also his backing band, with DuVall singing Staley's parts at the concerts. DuVall joined Alice in Chains as lead singer during the band's reunion concerts in 2006, and made his first public performance with the band at VH1's "Decades Rock Live" concert. According to Cantrell, it only took one audition f... | 6,119,161 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
Sponge and Spys4Darwin lead vocalist Vin Dombroski to jam with the band in their rehearsal space. Dombroski jammed with them to a couple of songs but they did not feel he was right for the band. According to Cantrell, Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver lead singer Scott Weiland was also interested ... | 6,119,162 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
because the guy was that important? That's the approach we've taken for a lot of years. Or, do you give it a shot, try something? We're willing to take a chance on it. It's completely a reunion because the three of us who're left are back together. But it's not about separating and forgetting — it's abo... | 6,119,163 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
Velvet Revolver for a run of U.S. and Canadian gigs from August through October 2007. During that tour, the band also performed four special acoustic-only shows, named as "The Acoustic Hour". The acoustic performance at The Rave/Eagles Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 31, 2007 was recorded for an ... | 6,119,164 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
Northwest Symphony Orchestra and the Northwest Girlchoir.
Sean Kinney said about the band's reunion: "I never called Jerry; he never called me, and said, 'Hey, let's get the band back together,' you know? We had been taking every step extremely cautious and slow, and just doing whatever feels right: If... | 6,119,165 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
as lead vocalist, Cantrell said, "To put all that weight on Will's shoulders is unfair. We're just figuring out how we work as a team. Although the band has changed, we've lost Layne, we've added Will, and there was no master plan. Playing again in 2005 felt right, so we did the next thing and toured. W... | 6,119,166 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
band started writing and demoing songs for a new album with DuVall in April 2007. But the band did not show further signs of progress until October 2008, when they announced that they had begun recording with producer Nick Raskulinecz in the studio.
### "Black Gives Way to Blue" and death of Mike Star... | 6,119,167 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
featured a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" accompanied by the Northwest Symphony Orchestra.
In October 2008, Alice in Chains began recording its fourth studio album at the Foo Fighters' Studio 606 in Los Angeles with producer Nick Raskulinecz. The band did not have a record label at the time and the ... | 6,119,168 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
would be released by Virgin/EMI, making it the band's first label change in its 20-plus year career. Susan Silver, who started managing Alice in Chains in 1988, now co-manages the band with David Benveniste and his Velvet Hammer firm.
On June 11, 2009, Blabbermouth.net reported that the new album would... | 6,119,169 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
duties with lead guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell, who sings lead vocals on most of the songs. DuVall sings lead vocals on the song "Last of My Kind".
On June 30, 2009, the song "A Looking in View" was made available for purchase via iTunes and Amazon, and for a limited time it was available as a free... | 6,119,170 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
as the first official single from the album on August 14, 2009, and was made available for purchase on August 17, 2009. The music video for "Check My Brain" premiered on September 14, 2009. The song was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance.
To promote the album, the band rel... | 6,119,171 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
Some people, the music connected with them so strongly, their opinions, how they feel about it ... It's amazing that they have such a connection but they seem to act like it happened to them. This happened to us and Layne's family, not them. This is actually our lives. If we're okay with it, why can't y... | 6,119,172 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
did this?' And I tell them it would have been the opposite: he would have been pissed off that it took us so long to do this. We're not doing this for money; there is no money in the music business anymore. Jerry and I funded the whole album, and we spent lots of our own money, because we believe in thi... | 6,119,173 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
this."
In September 2008, it was announced that Alice in Chains would headline Australia's Soundwave Festival in 2009, alongside Nine Inch Nails and Lamb of God. In February 2009, it was also announced that Alice in Chains would play at the third annual Rock on the Range festival. On August 1, 2009, Al... | 6,119,174 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
its next single, "Your Decision", on November 16, 2009 in the UK and on December 1 in the US. The last single from the album was "Lesson Learned", and it was released to rock radio on June 22, 2010.
"Black Gives Way to Blue" debuted at No. 5 on the "Billboard" 200. On May 18, 2010, the album was certif... | 6,119,175 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
first single to appear on the chart.
Along with Mastodon and Deftones, Alice in Chains toured the United States and Canada in late 2010 on the Blackdiamondskye tour, an amalgam of the three bands' latest album titles ("Black Gives Way to Blue", "Diamond Eyes", and "Crack the Skye").
On March 8, 2011, ... | 6,119,176 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
of antidepressants prescribed to him by his doctor. A public memorial was held for Starr at the Seattle Center's International Fountain on March 20, 2011. A private memorial was also held, which Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney attended according to Mike Inez.
### "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here".
On Mar... | 6,119,177 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
which delayed recording the new material. In an interview published in May 2012, Cantrell explained, "The thing that set me back is I had some bone spurs [and] cartilage issues in my shoulders. I had the same issue in the other shoulder about six years ago so I've had them both done now. It's a repetiti... | 6,119,178 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
at the Winstar Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The band played more three concerts in 2011, at Canada's Rock on the Range festival, Chile's Maquinaria festival and Brazil's SWU festival.
Alice in Chains' only concert in 2012 was a five-song acoustic set on May 31 at the eighth annual MusiCares MAP Fu... | 6,119,179 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
T P S U S D A H I E E O E D T I U R R. The next day they announced that the album would be called "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here", which was released on May 28, 2013, debuting at No. 2 on the "Billboard" 200.
To promote the album, Alice in Chains teamed up with Funny or Die for an 11-minute mockumentary... | 6,119,180 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
Glabben Globben Globin (played by Mike Inez) and the hipster Stanley Eisen (played by Sean Kinney). The video was released on April 3, 2013 and also features cameos by Ann and Nancy Wilson from Heart, Mike McCready from Pearl Jam, Kim Thayil from Soundgarden, Duff McKagan from Guns N' Roses, Brent Hinds... | 6,119,181 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
songs "Hollow", "Stone", "Voices", the title track and "Phantom Limb". ""Hollow"" and ""Stone"" reached No. 1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks, while ""Voices"" reached No. 3, and each one of the three songs stayed on the chart for 20 weeks. "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here" was nominated for a Grammy... | 6,119,182 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
out, but at least it's not the gap that was between the last one, so that's about right - about three to four years."
On January 18, 2015, Alice in Chains performed in the halftime show of the NFC Championship game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Green Bay Packers at the CenturyLink Field in Seatt... | 6,119,183 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
a concert at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno, Nevada on October 8, 2016.
In November 2016, Alice in Chains released a cover of the Rush song "Tears", which was included in the 40th anniversary release of the album "2112". The home video "Live Facelift" was released on vinyl for the first tim... | 6,119,184 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
The Hell Have I", "A Little Bitter", "Get Born Again" and "Died".
### "Rainier Fog".
In January 2017, Mike Inez stated in an interview that the band had begun work on a new album. In June 2017, it was reported that the band would return to Studio X (formerly Bad Animals Studios) in Seattle to record ... | 6,119,185 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
we're not sure where it's gonna land ... I mean, we financed ['Black Gives Way To Blue'] on our own too, so we're not too worried about that stuff. We've just gotta get it out to ... a significant label [with worldwide distribution]."
The band started recording their sixth studio album on June 12, 2017... | 6,119,186 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
at Nick Raskulinecz's home studio. But Cantrell had to take an unexpected break from work for a couple of weeks after getting sick on a trip to Cabo for Sammy Hagar's birthday. Cantrell had the band's engineer, Paul Figueroa, come in to his house and record a lot of his vocals and solos there. The band ... | 6,119,187 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
perform live in 2017. The band performed their first concert since October 2016 at the House of Blues in Boston on April 28, 2018. In May 2018, Alice in Chains headlined the festivals Carolina Rebellion, Lunatic Luau, Pointfest, Northern Invasion, the WMMR BBQ festival in Philadelphia, and the Rock on t... | 6,119,188 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
June 2018, and headlined the Tons Of Rock Festival in Norway alongside Ozzy Osbourne and Helloween. Alice in Chains are also scheduled to headline KISW's Pain in the Grass festival in August 2018.
The band released a new single, "The One You Know", via Spotify, Amazon and iTunes on May 3, 2018. A music... | 6,119,189 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
doing two separate pieces of art and maybe molding them together, and that the music video for "The One You Know" is the first chapter of molding Mason's film and the band's music videos together.
The second single, "So Far Under", was released on Alice in Chains' YouTube channel and on streaming platf... | 6,119,190 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
song is a little homage to all of that: where we come from, who we are, all of the triumphs, all of the tragedies, lives lived."
The album's third single, "Never Fade", was released on August 10, 2018 through digital and streaming services. The song is a tribute dedicated to frontman William DuVall's g... | 6,119,191 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
"The One You Know" is the first chapter of what the band is hoping will be visuals for all ten songs from the album "Rainier Fog", and in addition to that, will be a companion piece to the film that director Adam Mason was shooting.
On August 20, 2018, the baseball team Seattle Mariners hosted a specia... | 6,119,192 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
game.
To mark the launch of the album, on August 21, 2018, Alice in Chains performed an acoustic set at the top of Seattle's Space Needle and debuted the song "Fly". Alice in Chains were the first band to perform on the Space Needle's new "Loupe" glass floor, the world's first and only revolving glass ... | 6,119,193 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
the show, and the band asked the fans to keep an eye on their Instagram story for details on the 10 hidden locations. Once all 10 albums were found, the band revealed that the secret gig would be at the rock club The Crocodile, with limited tickets available with the purchase of their album at a pop-up ... | 6,119,194 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
Fog" debuted at No. 12 on the "Billboard" 200 chart, selling 31,000 copies (29,000 in traditional album sales), in its first week of release. The album also debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Rock Albums, Alternative Albums and Hard Rock Albums charts, and at No. 3 on the Vinyl Albums chart. "Rainier F... | 6,119,195 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
the idea of creating videos for every song on one of our albums. Not only did we do that for "Rainier Fog", it got totally out of hand and we made a whole goddamn movie. Everything that will be seen in the videos will be footage from "Black Antenna" to preface the complete film's release.." "Rainier Fog... | 6,119,196 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
"All I Am", was released on July 17, 2019. The official music video for "Rainier Fog" was released on YouTube on May 15, 2019 and was co-directed by Alice in Chains and Peter Darley Miller, who also directed the band's 2013 mockumentary, "AIC 23".
# Musical style.
Although Alice in Chains has been lab... | 6,119,197 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
in Seattle might have got them the grunge tag, but they've always pretty much been a classic metal band to the core."
Over the course of their career, the band's sound has also been described as alternative metal, sludge metal, doom metal, drone rock, hard rock, and alternative rock. Regarding the band... | 6,119,198 |
50214 | Alice in Chains | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20in%20Chains | Alice in Chains
see what's on and they've got us relegated back into the metal section. Right back where we started!" Drummer Sean Kinney rejects the grunge label, stating in a 2013 interview "I mean, before we first came out there was no grunge, they hadn't invented that word. Before they invented the word grunge we w... | 6,119,199 |
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