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{{Infobox musical artist
| Name                = Alice in Chains
| image               = Alice in Chains Live Leeds 2018.jpg
| caption             = Alice in Chains in 2018. From left to right: Mike Inez, [[William DuVall]], [[Sean Kinney]] and [[Jerry Cantrell]].
| Landscape           = yes
| Background          = group_or_band
| Birth_name          =
| Alias               = Alice N' Chains, or AIC 
| Origin              = [[Seattle, Washington]]<br />[[United States]]
| Instrument          =
| Genre               = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]],<ref>{{Citation
| last =Sharpe-Young
| first =Garry
| title =Hard Rock: Alice in Chains
| date =April 23, 2007
| url =http://www.rockdetector.com/artist/united+states/washington/seattle/alice+in+chains
| access-date =July 18, 2007 }}</ref> [[hard rock]], [[alternative metal]], [[grunge music|grunge]], [[alternative rock]], [[sludge metal]], [[doom metal]], [[hard rock]], [[blues rock]], [[folk rock]], [[funk metal]], [[jangle pop]]
| Occupation          =
| Years_active        = 1987-2002, 2005-present
| Label               = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]], [[Virgin Records]]/[[EMI Records|EMI]], [[Capitol Records]], [[BMG Rights Management]]
| Associated_acts     = Mad Season<br>[[Jerry Cantrell]]<br>Class of '99<br>Slash's Snakepit
| URL                 = [http://www.aliceinchains.com/ www.aliceinchains.com]
| Current_members     = [[Jerry Cantrell]]<br />[[Sean Kinney]]<br />Mike Inez<br />[[William DuVall]]
| Past_members        = [[Layne Staley]]<br />[[Mike Starr (musician)|Mike Starr]]
| Notable_instruments =
}}

'''Alice in Chains''' is an American [[Grunge music|grunge]] band that formed in [[Seattle, Washington]] in 1987.<ref>[http://users.stargate.net/~holliday/AICHIS.HTM. Alice in Chains info page]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> They have sold an estimated 15 million albums in the US alone. Alice in Chains is sometimes thought of as a [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band, but is mostly considered a [[grunge music|grunge]] band.

Their debut album "Facelift" came out in 1990. They have put out a total of six studio albums during their career.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alice in Chains Concert Setlist & Tour Dates|url=https://concerty.com/artist/alice-in-chains-183658|website=Concerty.com}}</ref>

The band's first lead singer, [[Layne Staley]], became addicted to drugs. He often wrote about drug addiction in his lyrics.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.seattlepi.com/local/67353_layne20.shtml |title=Alice in Chains singer died of natural causes or overdose |first=Candace |last=Heckman |work=seattlepi.com |date=April 20, 2002 |access-date=March 29, 2011}}</ref> He died in Seattle in April 2002 after a fatal drug overdose.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.seattlepi.com/local/69413_staley07.shtml |title=Staley's death was from mix of heroin and cocaine |first=Candance |last=Heckman |work=seattlepi.com |date=May 7, 2002 |access-date=March 29, 2011}}</ref> [[William DuVall]] took over as the lead singer in 2006.

==Band members==
===Current members===
* [[William DuVall]] - lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2006-present)
* [[Jerry Cantrell]] - lead & rhythm guitars, vocals (1987-2002, 2005-present)
* Mike Inez - bass, backing vocals (1993-2002, 2005-present)
* [[Sean Kinney]] - drums, percussion (1987-2002, 2005-present)

===Former members===
* [[Layne Staley]] - lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1987-2002)
* [[Mike Starr (musician)|Mike Starr]] - bass, backing vocals (1987-1993)

===Touring musicians===
* Patrick Lachman - lead vocals (2005-2006)
* Scott Olson - acoustic guitar, bass (1996)

==Discography==
;Studio albums
* ''[[Facelift (album)|Facelift]]'' (1990) 
* ''[[Dirt (album)|Dirt]]'' (1992) (The best album)
* ''[[Alice in Chains (album)|Alice in Chains]]'' (1995) 
* ''[[Black Gives Way to Blue]]'' (2009)
* ''[[The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here]]'' (2013)
* ''Rainier Fog'' (2018)

== References ==
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== Other websites ==
{{commonscat|Alice in Chains}}
{{wikiquote-en}}
* [http://www.aliceinchains.com/ Alice in Chains Official Site]
* [http://www.jerrycantrell.com Jerry Cantrell Official Site]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/ri2/bob2 Alice in Chains Equipment/Gear]
* [http://www.bacus.net/alice Alice in Chains Concert Chronology, discography, and session history]

{{Alice in Chains}}

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