Alice in Chains

Country of origin:: United States
Location:: Seattle, Washington
Status:: Active
Formed in:: 1987

Genre:: Heavy Metal/Grunge
Lyrical themes:: Depression, Drugs, Suicide, Death, Pain
Current label:: EMI Music

Years active:: 1984-1987 (as Diamond Lie), 1987 (as Alice 'N Chainz), 1987-2002, 2005-present

The band was started under the name Diamond Lie in 1984, which consisted of Jerry Cantrell on guitar, Mike Starr on bass and Sean Kinney on drums. After Jerry and Layne Staley met in 1987, Diamond Lie and Layne's previous band Alice 'N Chainz transformed into Alice in Chains, and the rest was history.

Contrary to popular belief, Alice in Chains aren't just grunge. Among all the bands involved ...

Complete lineup
Current lineup
Past members
Live musicians

Current
Sean Kinney	Drums (1987-present)
See also: ex-Jerry Cantrell, ex-Diamond Lie, ex-Spys4Darwin, ex-The Cross Cats
Jerry Cantrell	Guitars, Vocals (1987-present)
See also: Jerry Cantrell, ex-Ozzy Osbourne, ex-Cardboard Vampyres, ex-Diamond Lie
Mike Inez	Bass (1993-present)
See also: ex-Black Label Society, ex-Ozzy Osbourne, ex-Jerry Cantrell, ex-Skin on Skin, ex-Slash's Snakepit, ex-Spys4Darwin, ex-Heart (live)
William DuVall	Guitars, Vocals (2006-present)
See also: Comes with the Fall, ex-Awareness Void of Chaos, ex-Madfly, ex-Neon Christ, ex-No Walls
Past
Mike Starr	Bass (1987-1993)
(R.I.P. 2011) See also: ex-Humbucker, ex-Khigh, ex-Sun Red Sun, ex-Diamond Lie, ex-Gypsy Rose, ex-Sato, ex-Days of the New (live)
Layne Staley	Vocals, Guitars (additional) (1987-2002)
(R.I.P. 2002) See also: ex-Alice 'N Chains, ex-Class of '99, ex-Diamond Lie, ex-Mad Season, ex-Sleze
Past (Live)
Scott Olson	Guitars, Bass (on MTV Unplugged) (1996)
Maynard James Keenan	Vocals (2005)
See also: A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, Tool, ex-Children of the Anachronistic Dynasty, ex-Green Jellÿ, ex-Tapeworm, ex-TexA.N.S.
Duff McKagan	Bass, Vocals (2006)
See also: Duff McKagan's Loaded, Velvet Revolver, ex-10 Minute Warning, ex-Fastbacks, ex-Guns N' Roses, ex-Jane's Addiction, ex-Living, ex-Neurotic Outsiders, ex-Road Crew, ex-The Fartz, ex-The Gentleman, ex-Vains
Phil Anselmo	Vocals (2006)
See also: Arson Anthem, Down, Philip H. Anselmo and the Illegals, ex-Christ Inversion, ex-Pantera, ex-Superjoint Ritual, ex-Viking Crown, Body and Blood, ex-Necrophagia, ex-Eyehategod (live), ex-Razor White, ex-Southern Isolation, ex-Enoch, ex-Eibon, ex-Samhain

Sean Kinney	Drums (1987-present)
See also: ex-Jerry Cantrell, ex-Diamond Lie, ex-Spys4Darwin, ex-The Cross Cats
Jerry Cantrell	Guitars, Vocals (1987-present)
See also: Jerry Cantrell, ex-Ozzy Osbourne, ex-Cardboard Vampyres, ex-Diamond Lie
Mike Inez	Bass (1993-present)
See also: ex-Black Label Society, ex-Ozzy Osbourne, ex-Jerry Cantrell, ex-Skin on Skin, ex-Slash's Snakepit, ex-Spys4Darwin, ex-Heart (live)
William DuVall	Guitars, Vocals (2006-present)
See also: Comes with the Fall, ex-Awareness Void of Chaos, ex-Madfly, ex-Neon Christ, ex-No Walls

Mike Starr	Bass (1987-1993)
(R.I.P. 2011) See also: ex-Humbucker, ex-Khigh, ex-Sun Red Sun, ex-Diamond Lie, ex-Gypsy Rose, ex-Sato, ex-Days of the New (live)
Layne Staley	Vocals, Guitars (additional) (1987-2002)
(R.I.P. 2002) See also: ex-Alice 'N Chains, ex-Class of '99, ex-Diamond Lie, ex-Mad Season, ex-Sleze

Past
Scott Olson	Guitars, Bass (on MTV Unplugged) (1996)
Maynard James Keenan	Vocals (2005)
See also: A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, Tool, ex-Children of the Anachronistic Dynasty, ex-Green Jellÿ, ex-Tapeworm, ex-TexA.N.S.
Duff McKagan	Bass, Vocals (2006)
See also: Duff McKagan's Loaded, Velvet Revolver, ex-10 Minute Warning, ex-Fastbacks, ex-Guns N' Roses, ex-Jane's Addiction, ex-Living, ex-Neurotic Outsiders, ex-Road Crew, ex-The Fartz, ex-The Gentleman, ex-Vains
Phil Anselmo	Vocals (2006)
See also: Arson Anthem, Down, Philip H. Anselmo and the Illegals, ex-Christ Inversion, ex-Pantera, ex-Superjoint Ritual, ex-Viking Crown, Body and Blood, ex-Necrophagia, ex-Eyehategod (live), ex-Razor White, ex-Southern Isolation, ex-Enoch, ex-Eibon, ex-Samhain

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