134-612: Boggy Depot is the debut solo album by Alice in Chains guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell . The vinyl edition was released on March 31, 1998, and the CD was released on April 7, 1998, through Columbia Records . The album was named after the ghost town of the same name in Oklahoma , where Cantrell's father grew up. In addition to singing, Cantrell also played guitar, piano, clavinet, organ, and steel drums on Boggy Depot . Cantrell produced
268-418: A Three Stooges short film, though a search of their catalog turned up nothing related. Paying homage to the term's double meaning, a character in the festival's original logo holds a lollipop. Inspired by events such as Britain's Reading Festival —which Lollapalooza cofounder Perry Farrell had been due to play in 1990 —Farrell, Ted Gardner , Don Muller, and Marc Geiger conceived the festival in 1990 as
402-584: 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 Corrosion of Conformity and Slayer . While in the studio, an inferior version of the song "Grind" was leaked to radio, and received major airplay. On October 6, 1995, the band released the studio version of the song to radio via satellite uplink to stem excessive spread of taped copies of
536-404: A "lost" Alice in Chains record or as a follow-up to their 1995 self-titled release. Three other well-known bassists also contributed to the album: Rex Brown of Pantera , John Norwood Fisher of Fishbone , and Les Claypool of Primus . Cantrell credited his relationships to some of these musicians to Lollapalooza '93 where their bands often collaborated on stage. A wide variety of equipment
670-568: A 15-track compilation titled Nothing Safe: Best of the Box , serving as a sampler for Music Bank , as well as the band's first compilation album; a live album , simply titled Live , released on December 5, 2000; and a second compilation, titled Greatest Hits in 2001. In November 1998, Layne Staley recorded a cover of Pink Floyd 's " Another Brick in the Wall " with the supergroup Class of '99 , formed by guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against
804-414: A Goldtop was used for the left channel while his white Les Paul reissue went on the right. Boggy Depot was named after the ghost town of the same name in Oklahoma . This is the area Cantrell's father grew up in. The album cover, photographed by Rocky Schenck , depicts a placid Cantrell covered in mud standing in a branch of Clear Boggy Creek , a place he sometimes visits to hunt or fish. He detailed
938-427: A Goof )—dates from a late 19th-century/early 20th-century American idiomatic phrase meaning "an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance". Its earliest known use was in 1896. In time, the term also came to refer to a large lollipop. Farrell, searching for a name for his festival, liked the euphonious quality of the by-then-antiquated term, which he claimed he had heard in
1072-475: A Jewish holiday. The celebration includes traditional Purim practices such as a commemoratory meal, attendees dressing up in costume, and a public reading of the Scroll of Esther . The night is followed up by less traditional Purim practices, with the addition of live music, by primarily Jewish artists, and drinking for those of age. In 1999, Farrell himself performed at PurimPalooza, hosted by Rabbi Josef Langer, at
1206-606: A big audience, and Siouxsie and the Banshees "were like the Led Zeppelin of that scene". "It felt like something was happening, that was the beginning of it all". In an interview filmed on the opening day in Phoenix, rapper Ice-T stated: "I know it is gonna be a tour people are gonna talk about for a long time". That year, Farrell also coined the term "Alternative Nation" when talking about the festival. In 2020, when rating
1340-488: 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 initially flirted with, Alice in Chains . Staley contacted his former bandmates and asked for permission to use the name. Nick Pollock was not particularly thrilled about it at
1474-585: A fact in my heart that if we were to continue that I wouldn't be on the phone right now talking to you. I wouldn't have made it. I just wouldn't have." After a decade of battling drug addiction, Layne Staley was found dead in his condominium in the University District of Seattle on April 19, 2002. The autopsy and toxicology report on Staley's body revealed that he died from a mixture of heroin and cocaine, known as " speedball ". The autopsy concluded that Staley died on April 5, two weeks before his body
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#17327831651931608-586: A farewell for Farrell's band Jane's Addiction . Unlike previous festivals such as Woodstock , A Gathering of the Tribes , and the US Festival , which were one-time events held at single venues, Lollapalooza toured across the United States and Canada from mid-July until late August 1991. The inaugural Lollapalooza lineup was diverse and made up of artists from alternative rock (such as Siouxsie and
1742-483: A few days later he started jamming with him and Cantrell at the Music Bank, but they didn't have 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 of Staley to send
1876-588: A free YouTube broadcast. On May 18, 2021, festival organizers and the City of Chicago announced that Lollapalooza would return at full capacity from July 29 to August 2, 2021. In May 2022, it was announced that Hulu would exclusively stream the festival, alongside Austin City Limits and Bonnaroo . Tickets to the flagship and original Lollapalooza edition, in Chicago, usually sold out extremely quickly. For
2010-454: A hint. The last straw for Staley was when they auditioned a male stripper – he decided to join the band after that. Eventually the funk project broke up, and in 1987 Staley joined Cantrell's band on a full-time basis. Two weeks after the band's formation, they were playing a gig at Washington State University, trying to fill out a 40-minute set with a couple of original songs along with Hanoi Rocks and David Bowie covers. The band played
2144-709: A less enthusiastic review. He regarded it as the "same reliably hook-y '70s metal album that Alice in Chains always made" and "basically Alice in Handcuffs". Sheffield also claimed "'Breaks My Back' sounds exactly like Led Zeppelin 's ' No Quarter ' except it lasts eight seconds longer and fails to mention Thor . . . Nothing here would've sounded novel or Earth-shattering in 1978, let alone 1998, but Cantrell sure does know his trade." Billboard described Boggy Depot as similar to Cantrell's work in Alice in Chains and considered it "an album that solidifies Cantrell's reputation as
2278-486: A new Lollapalooza tour. The festival schedule included venues in thirty cities through July and August. The 2003 tour achieved only marginal success, with many fans staying away, presumably because of high ticket prices. Another tour scheduled for 2004 was to consist of a two-day festival taking place in each city. Despite a bill with Morrissey , Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey , Pixies , and the Flaming Lips as headliners,
2412-457: A pawn shop. Cantrell used largely the same guitars as he had in Alice in Chains, including the G&;L Rampage , '52 Goldtop Les Paul , and old Stratocasters and Telecasters . He also bought Nancy Wilson 's Les Paul Junior which he used heavily and satisfyingly played a new '50s-era Les Paul that Gibson sent him. Cantrell also intermixed guitars on certain songs; for instance, in "Dickeye",
2546-416: A singer/songwriter/performer in his own right." In December 1999, The A.V. Club ' s Stephen Thompson listed Boggy Depot as a nominee for Least Essential Solo Album in his article "Least Essential Albums of the '90s". In April 2002, Thompson gave the album a mixed review, commending "My Song" and "Between" as the best tracks while regarding "Dickeye" and "Devil By His Side" as "pedestrian". He elaborated on
2680-507: A successful 2008 festival, another deal was signed to keep Lollapalooza in Chicago through 2018, guaranteeing the city $ 13 million. The 2016 iteration of the event was four days long, from July 28 to 31, to celebrate the event's 25th anniversary. The 2020 experience of the festival was initially scheduled to occur July 30 – August 2. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the event was officially canceled on June 9. The festival postponed
2814-511: A three-month period in 1989. This recording can be found on the bootleg release Sweet Alice . 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 ", became a hit on metal radio. After its success, the label rushed Alice in Chains' debut album into production with producer Dave Jerden . Cantrell stated
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#17327831651932948-513: A vocalist when he auditioned to sing for a local glam metal band 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 their sole guitarist and Bacolas switching to bass before discussions arose about changing their name to Alice in Chains . This
3082-556: A year before Guns N' Roses became a 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 prior, Cantrell had watched a concert of Alice N' Chains in his hometown at the Tacoma Little Theatre , and was impressed by Staley's voice. Cantrell was homeless after being kicked out of his family's house, so Staley invited Cantrell to live with him at
3216-660: Is all about and I can't wait to share in this cultural exchange". Lollapalooza Germany was produced by the Lollapalooza U.S. team, in addition to Melt! Booking and Festival Republic, who have helped run both Reading and Leeds festivals in England. The 2016 edition of the event took place in the Treptower Park in Berlin, on September 10–11. It drew 70,000 visitors each day. At change.org , an online petition against
3350-411: Is known for its distinctive vocal style, which often included the harmonized vocals between Staley and Cantrell (and later Cantrell and DuVall), making Alice in Chains a two-vocal band. Alice in Chains rose to international fame as part of the grunge movement of the early 1990s, along with other Seattle bands such as Nirvana , Pearl Jam , and Soundgarden . They achieved success during the era with
3484-468: Is one of the largest music festivals in the world and one of the longest-running in the United States. Lollapalooza was conceived and created in 1991 as a farewell tour by Perry Farrell , singer of the group Jane's Addiction . The first Lollapalooza tour had a diverse collection of bands and was a commercial success. It stopped in more than twenty cities in North America. In 2020, Spin rated
3618-555: The Los Angeles Times , Variety , and other major publications. The broad approval led Cantrell to schedule a headlining tour starting October 1 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin . Flight 16 filled the slot as his opening band. "Cut You In" served as Boggy Depot' s lead single and video which charted well and remained one of the album's best known songs. The track is unusual for Cantrell's style considering its use of horns . It
3752-490: The COVID-19 pandemic , Lollapalooza returned to Stockholm on July 1–3, 2022. The 2022 event was attended by over 70,000 people, making it the biggest Swedish festival of all time. On October 12, 2016, Lollapalooza announced that they would be hosting a festival in Paris, France. The inaugural edition of the event took place at the city's Longchamp Racecourse grounds on July 22–23, 2017. The lineup for Lollapalooza Paris 2017
3886-465: The Cameron Crowe film Singles , performing as a "bar band". The band also contributed the song " Would? " to the film's soundtrack , whose video received an award for Best Video from a Film at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards . In March 1992, the band returned to the studio. With new songs written primarily on the road, the material has an overall darker feel than Facelift , with six of
4020-598: 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 Grammy Award in 1992 for "Man in the Box" but lost to Van Halen for their 1991 album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge . Following the tour, Alice in Chains entered the studio to record demos for its next album, but ended up recording five acoustic songs instead. While in
4154-1013: The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Again in 2006, Farrell performed at PurimPalooza, hosted at the Ruby Skye in San Francisco, which featured artists such as Matisyahu and Chutzpah. In 2010, it was announced that Lollapalooza would debut in South America, with a branch of the festival staged in Chile's capital Santiago on April 2–3, 2011. The Lollapalooza Chile lineup included Jane's Addiction , Thirty Seconds to Mars , The National , Manny and Gil The Latin , The Drums , The Killers , Los Bunkers , Ana Tijoux , Javiera Mena , Fatboy Slim , Deftones , Los Plumabits , Cypress Hill , 311 , The Flaming Lips , and many others. The eighth edition in Chile
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4288-667: The Jockey Club in São Paulo on April 7–8, 2012. In the following year, Lollapalooza was again held at Jockey Club during Holy Week , this time expanding to three days that filled the whole Paschal Triduum —March 29–31, 2013. The third edition was moved to the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo's borough of Interlagos , happening on April 5 and 6, 2014. Interlagos remained the festival's home for
4422-528: The Mainstream rock charts , with the album's follow up single, " Sea of Sorrow ", reaching number 27, and in six weeks Facelift sold 400,000 copies in the US. The album was a critical success, with Steve Huey of AllMusic citing Facelift as "one of the most important records in establishing an audience for grunge and alternative rock among hard rock and heavy metal listeners." Sammy Hagar claimed he invited
4556-537: The " Cut You In " music video. It also included QuickTime video interview footage where Cantrell explained that he had been wanting to venture into solo territory for a while and, with Alice in Chains at a standstill, finally had the chance. However, in the June 1998 issue of Guitar World , Cantrell made it clear that his solo venture was actually a reluctant response to Alice in Chains' diffusing: Boggy Depot incorporates piano, organ , and country elements, namely in
4690-680: The 2004 edition was canceled in June due to weak ticket sales across the country. In 2005, Farrell partnered with Capital Sports & Entertainment (now C3 Presents ), which co-owns and produces the Austin City Limits Music Festival , to produce Lollapalooza. CSE, Farrell, and the William Morris Agency —along with Charles Attal Presents—resurrected Lollapalooza as a two-day destination festival in 2005 in Chicago's Grant Park , with an even greater variety of performers (70 acts on five stages) than that of
4824-420: The 2016 event, the four-day general passes sold out in about one day after the sale began. The one-day passes sold even more quickly: they were gone less than three hours after organizers revealed the lineup for the four-day music festival. Because of this phenomenon, people who cannot buy the passes try to get them through alternatives sources such as Craigslist and StubHub . This is a common practice, although
4958-609: The Banshees who were the second headliners), industrial music (such as Nine Inch Nails ), and rap ( Ice-T rapped and used the platform to launch Body Count , his heavy metal band). The premiere in Phoenix, Arizona , on July 18, 1991, was covered by a report on MTV , which ended by journalist Dave Kendall saying "Lollapalooza could be the tour of the summer". The tour ended at King County Fairgrounds in Enumclaw, Washington , near Seattle, on August 28, 1991. Another key concept
5092-798: The Brazilian version of the event, which was held at the Jockey Club in São Paulo on April 7–8, 2012. The Argentine version started in April 2014 in Buenos Aires and in November 2014, the first European Lollapalooza was announced, and was held at the former Berlin Tempelhof Airport . The word—sometimes alternatively spelled and pronounced as lollapalootza , lalapaloosa , or lallapaloosa ( P. G. Wodehouse , The Heart of
5226-553: The Hell Have I " and "A Little Bitter", for the Last Action Hero soundtrack . During the summer of 1993, Alice in Chains toured with the alternative music festival Lollapalooza , their last major tour with Staley. 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 guitars and see what happened." "We never really planned on
5360-574: The Machine , bassist Martyn LeNoble , drummer Stephen Perkins , both from Jane's Addiction and Porno for Pyros , and keyboardist Matt Serletic . 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
5494-562: The Mainstream rock charts, while the final single " Don't Follow ", reached number 25. Jar of Flies has been certified triple platinum by the RIAA, with over 2 million copies sold in the United States during its 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
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5628-458: The Music Bank and listened to Cantrell's demos, who mentioned that they needed a bass player to jam with them, and he had someone in mind: Mike Starr , with whom Cantrell had played in a band in Burien called Gypsy Rose. Kinney then mentioned that his girlfriend was actually Mike Starr's sister, and that he had been playing in bands together with Starr since they were kids. Kinney called Starr and
5762-561: The Prodigy in 1997. 1997, however, would prove to be the final tour from the initial series of Lollapalooza events. The festival failed to find a suitable headliner in 1998 and therefore announced Lollapalooza's cancellation. The cancellation served as a signifier of alternative rock's declining popularity. In light of the festival's troubles that year, Spin magazine said, "Lollapalooza is as comatose as alternative rock right now." In 2003, Farrell reconvened Jane's Addiction and scheduled
5896-403: The RIAA, making Dirt the band's highest selling album to date. The album was a critical success, with Huey praising the album as a "major artistic statement, and the closest they ever came to recording a flat-out masterpiece." Chris Gill of Guitar World called Dirt "huge and foreboding, yet eerie and intimate", and "sublimely dark and brutally honest." That darkness was always part of
6030-530: The RIAA, for shipments of three million copies in the United States. The concert at the Moore Theatre in Seattle on December 22, 1990, was recorded and released on VHS on July 30, 1991, as Live Facelift . It features five live songs and three music videos. The home video has been certified gold by the RIAA for sales exceeding 50,000 copies. In early 1991, Alice in Chains landed the opening slot for
6164-470: The Smashing Pumpkins vocalist/guitarist Billy Corgan ), speaking to the crowds about the loss, then singing a minimum of two songs. Farrell worked with rock poster artist Jim Evans (T.A.Z.) to create a series of posters and the complete graphic decoration for the 1994 event, including two seventy-foot-tall Buddha statues that flanked the main stage. In 1996, Farrell, who had been the soul of
6298-409: The US alone. The band has had 18 Top 10 songs on Billboard 's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and 5 No. 1 hits, and has received eleven Grammy Award nominations. The band was ranked number 34 on VH1 's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock and as the 15th greatest live band by Hit Parader . Before the formation of Alice in Chains, Layne Staley, a drummer at the time, landed his first gig as
6432-519: The Wombats , Jackson Wang , and AP Dhillon . Recording engineer, guitarist, and journalist Steve Albini has criticized Lollapalooza for its corporatization of popularized "alternative" music. In a 1993 interview, Albini commented: Lollapalooza is the worst example of corporate encroachment into what is supposed to be the underground. It is just a large scale marketing of bands that pretend to be alternative but are in reality just another facet of
6566-477: The album along with Toby Wright . Cantrell's Alice in Chains bandmates, Sean Kinney and Mike Inez are featured on the album, as well as Les Claypool , Pantera 's Rex Brown , and Fishbone 's Angelo Moore and John Norwood Fisher . Boggy Depot debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard 200 and spent 14 weeks on the chart. The tracks " Cut You In ", " My Song " and " Dickeye " were released as singles to promote
6700-519: The album was intended to have a "moody aura" that was a "direct result of the brooding atmosphere and feel of Seattle." The resulting album, Facelift , was released on August 21, 1990, peaking at number 42 in the summer of 1991 on the Billboard 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
6834-732: The album with Days of the New and headlining act Metallica on their Poor Re-Touring Me Tour . For his lineup, Cantrell enlisted former Queensrÿche guitarist Chris DeGarmo , Old Lady Litterbug bassist Nick Rhinehart, former Fishbone keyboardist Chris Dowd, and Alice in Chains drummer Sean Kinney . The band also opened for Van Halen on their 1998 summer tour . Naturally, Cantrell's concert set featured songs by Alice in Chains, and he often closed with Pink Floyd 's " Brain Damage / Eclipse ". Despite Cantrell's uneasiness towards performing as frontman, concerts were quickly met with praise by critics from
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#17327831651936968-547: 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, so it's possible [Alice in Chains] could all do something someday, and I fully hope someday we will." Reflecting on the band's hiatus in a 2011 interview, Kinney said that Staley wasn't
7102-475: The album's thirteen songs dealing with the subject of addiction. "We did a lot of soul searching on this album. There's a lot of intense feelings." Cantrell said, "We deal with our daily demons through music. All of the poison that builds up during the day we cleanse when we play." On 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 5× platinum by
7236-540: The album. "Cut You In" peaked at No. 5. on Billboard 's Mainstream Rock Tracks , "My Song" reached No. 6 and "Dickeye" peaked at No. 36. "Cut You In" was nominated for two Billboard Music Video Awards : Best Hard Rock/Metal Clip and Best New Hard Rock/Metal Artist Clip. Boggy Depot was reissued on colored vinyl on December 13, 2019. In 1996, after Alice in Chains opened for the first Kiss reunion show in Detroit , Jerry Cantrell began work on his first solo album. With
7370-425: The albums Facelift (1990), Dirt (1992) and Alice in Chains (1995), as well as the extended play Jar of Flies (1994). The band was plagued by extended inactivity from 1996 onward, largely due to Staley's substance abuse , which resulted in his death in 2002 and caused the band to go on hiatus. Alice in Chains regrouped in 2005, with DuVall joining in 2006 as rhythm guitarist and sharing lead vocal duties;
7504-538: The artists weren't traveling there so it was an opportunity." The event was scheduled for August 20–22, 2013 in Yarkon Park , the city's largest urban park. However, the event was postponed to an unspecified date. While there was no definitive reason for the cancellation of the Israel date, various news sources reported financial challenges associated with producing a large-scale show with international artists within
7638-898: The band for the reunion tour, playing rhythm 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. Lollapalooza Lollapalooza ( / ˌ l ɒ l ə p ə ˈ l uː z ə / ) is an annual American four-day music festival held in Grant Park in Chicago . It originally started as a touring event in 1991, and many years later, Chicago became its permanent location. Music genres include alternative rock , heavy metal , punk rock , hip hop , and electronic dance music . Lollapalooza has also featured visual arts , nonprofit organizations , and political organizations. The festival hosts an estimated 400,000 people each July and sells out annually. Lollapalooza
7772-406: The band has since released three more albums: Black Gives Way to Blue (2009), The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013) and Rainier Fog (2018). Since its formation, Alice in Chains has released six studio albums, three EPs, three live albums, four compilations, two DVDs, 43 music videos and 32 singles . The band has sold more than 30 million records worldwide, and over 20 million records in
7906-479: The band signed with the label, in 1989. In 2005, Sean Kinney came up with the idea of doing a benefit concert for the victims of the tsunami disaster that struck South Asia in 2004. Kinney made calls to his former bandmates, as well as friends in the music community, such as former Alice in Chains manager Susan Silver. Kinney was surprised by the enthusiastic response to his idea. On February 18, 2005, Jerry Cantrell, Mike Inez, and Sean Kinney reunited to perform for
8040-586: The band to tour with Van Halen after he saw the music video for "Man In The Box" on 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 , Van Halen , Poison , and Extreme . Facelift has since been certified triple-platinum by
8174-423: The band's highest-charting singles, including "Rooster", "Down in a Hole", "Heaven Beside You", "No Excuses" and "Would?", and introduced a new song, "Killer Is Me", with Cantrell on lead vocals. The show marked Alice in Chains' only appearance as a five-piece band, adding second guitarist Scott Olson . A live album of the performance was released in July 1996, debuting at number three on the Billboard 200, and
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#17327831651938308-412: The band's lineup has comprised vocalist/guitarists Jerry Cantrell and William DuVall , bassist Mike Inez and drummer Sean Kinney . Vocalist Layne Staley and bassist Mike Starr are former members of the band. The band took its name from Staley's previous band, Alice N' Chains . Often associated with grunge music, Alice in Chains' sound and style is deeply rooted in heavy metal music. The band
8442-521: The band, "It was just a difference in priorities. We wanted to continue intense touring and press. Mike was ready to go home." Years later, Starr claimed that he was fired due to his drug addiction. Starr was replaced by former Ozzy Osbourne bassist Mike Inez . Inez had 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
8576-412: The band, but it wasn't all about that. There was always an optimism, even in the darkest shit we wrote. With Dirt , it's not like we were saying 'Oh yeah, this is a good thing.' It was more of a warning than anything else, rather than 'Hey, come and check this out, it's great!' We were talking about what was going on at the time, but within that there was always a survivor element – a kind of triumph over
8710-503: The bands, resulting in tens of thousands of dollars in damages to the venue. The same summer, patrons at Great Woods in Mansfield, Massachusetts had torn up the venue's fencing and burned it in bonfires throughout the show. The tour then relocated its New England stop to the naval yard at Quonset Point for two years, until Rhode Island officials vowed to keep it out, and in 1995, the tour returned to Great Woods. Grunge band Nirvana
8844-454: The choice in an interview: Cantrell also designed the album's artwork. The booklet photography centers around rural Oklahoma. This includes a photo of Cantrell sitting on a porch with his great uncle, Victor Lane. The disc itself depicts Cantrell with hooks attached to his face with surgical adhesive. Strings attached to the hooks are being pulled, morbidly stretching his face. Originally scheduled to be in stores on March 24, 1998, Boggy Depot
8978-479: The darker elements of being a human being. I still think we have all of that intact, but maybe the percentage has shifted. — Jerry Cantrell in 2013 Dirt spawned five singles that reached the top 30 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart: " Would? ", "Rooster" , " Them Bones ", " Angry Chair ", and " Down in a Hole ", and remained on the charts for nearly two years. Alice in Chains
9112-554: The door," Starr said. Following Staley's death, Mike Inez joined Heart and toured and recorded with the band from 2002 through 2006. Jerry Cantrell collaborated with several artists such as Heart, Ozzy Osbourne , and Damageplan . In 2004, Cantrell formed the band Cardboard Vampyres along with The Cult guitarist Billy Duffy , Mötley Crüe vocalist and Ratt guitarist 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
9246-583: The end of the performance Cantrell dedicated the show to Layne Staley and the late Pantera and Damageplan guitarist Dimebag Darrell . They also played " Rooster " with Comes with the Fall vocalist William DuVall and Ann Wilson. The band followed the concert with a short United States club tour named " Finish What We Started ", several festival dates in Europe, and a brief tour in Japan. Duff McKagan again joined
9380-546: The event into its current format as an annual festival in Chicago. In 2014, Live Nation Entertainment bought a controlling interest in C3 Presents. In 2010, it was announced that Lollapalooza would remain in Chicago, while also debuting outside the United States, with a branch of the festival staged in Santiago, Chile on April 2–3, 2011, where it partnered with Santiago-based company Lotus. In 2011, Geo Events confirmed
9514-461: The event on March 27, but their drummer, Taylor Hawkins , died two days before the event, while touring South America. The band was replaced with various Brazilian artists paying tribute to the musician. The 2023 Brazilian version of the festival took place from March 24 to 26. Announced headliners were Billie Eilish , Blink-182 , and Drake . Blink-182 cancelled a few weeks before the event due to drummer Travis Barker injuring his hand. The band
9648-439: The event. In April 2010, it was reported that Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan had launched an antitrust investigation into the festival for imposing radius clauses on acts, contractually stipulating that they could not perform in cities within 300 miles of Chicago—including cities as far as Detroit , Indianapolis , and Milwaukee —for up to six months prior, and three months after Lollapalooza. The investigation
9782-516: The festival has taken place in France every year, except for 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , and 2024, when it was canceled due to logistical, administrative, and security constraints. On August 7, 2012, Perry Farrell announced that Lollapalooza would be debuting in Tel Aviv, Israel . Farrell described Israel as an "international music community that listens to everything we all listen to, but
9916-602: The festival in the Treptower Park gathered over 6,400 supporters. Citizens from the area created working groups to stop the festival taking place, due to noise and other complaints. Since 2018, the festival has been held at the Olympiapark Berlin . The first Scandinavian edition of Lollapalooza was held in the Swedish capital of Stockholm , on June 28–30, 2019. After being canceled for two years due to
10050-662: The festival included a second stage (and in 1996, a third) for up-and-coming bands or local acts. Attendee complaints of the festival included high ticket prices as well as the high cost for food and water at the shows. The event took place at the Alpine Valley festival in East Troy, Wisconsin on August 29, 1992, and also at World Music Theater in Tinley Park, Illinois (near Chicago), where concertgoers ripped up chunks of sod and grass and threw them at each other and at
10184-456: The festival, as the alternative culture of the early 1990s was generally against macho behavior. Farrell quit the tour in protest. Responding to the controversial Metallica incident, Lollapalooza made efforts to revive its relevance to audiences. The festival booked eclectic acts such as country superstar Waylon Jennings in 1996, and emphasized heavily electronica groups such as the Orb and
10318-521: The festival, decided to focus his energy to produce his new festival project, ENIT , and did not participate in producing Lollapalooza. Many fans saw the addition of Metallica in 1996 as contrary to the festival's prior practice of featuring "non-mainstream" artists, and described the crowds attracted by Metallica as being singularly focused on the headliner without respect for the other performing artists. Moreover, festival cofounder Farrell felt that Metallica's macho image violated his peaceful vision for
10452-618: The festival. The 2025 edition is scheduled for March 28–30, headlined by Olivia Rodrigo , Rüfüs Du Sol , Shawn Mendes , Alanis Morissette , Justin Timberlake , and Tool . On September 10, 2013, it was announced that the Argentine version of the festival would be held in Buenos Aires . Since then, Lollapalooza has had an annual edition at the Hipódromo de San Isidro , usually in the last week of March. On November 4, 2014, it
10586-536: 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 sorrowful all at once." Jar of Flies features Alice in Chains' first number-one single on the Mainstream Rock charts , " No Excuses ". The second single, " I Stay Away ", reached number ten on
10720-500: The first Lollapalooza as the best concert of the preceding 35 years. Lollapalooza then ran annually until 1997, and was revived in 2003. From its inception through 1997 and its revival in 2003, the festival toured North America. In 2004, the organizers expanded the dates to two days per city but canceled the tour after poor ticket sales. In 2005, Farrell and the William Morris Agency partnered with Austin, Texas –based company Capital Sports Entertainment (now C3 Presents ) and retooled
10854-447: The first edition as the greatest US tour in 35 years, Spin wrote that it "changed the trajectory of the '90s, helping usher the alternative era into the mainstream. [...] Lollapalooza provided a common home for artists on the mainstream periphery. [...] Lolla became the template for what became the modern American festival." The explosion of alternative rock in the early 1990s propelled Lollapalooza forward. However, MTV noted that
10988-428: The first time in nine 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 experience, the band called Susan Silver and Cantrell's manager Bill Siddons and said they wanted to tour as Alice in Chains again. Alice in Chains
11122-457: The following editions, on March 28–29, 2015, March 12–13, 2016, March 25–26, 2017, March 23–25, 2018, and April 5–7, 2019. The 2020 edition was supposed to happen in April 3–5, with headliners Guns N' Roses , Travis Scott , and the Strokes , but was canceled a week before the planned dates due to COVID-19 lockdowns. The festival was rescheduled to December 4–6 of the same year, maintaining
11256-562: The help of producer Toby Wright , whom he had previously worked with in Alice in Chains, Cantrell worked on the album through 1997. Columbia originally gave a projected October 1997 release date which had to be postponed greatly. Early internet sources gave the tentative album title as "Bogey Depot." In February 1998, Cantrell spoke about the status of Alice in Chains and his new solo project to MTV News : Cantrell and Columbia launched his official website, JerryCantrell.com, in March 1998 to promote Boggy Depot . This would feature song clips and
11390-571: The history of the state. The final demo, completed in 1988, was named The Treehouse Tapes and found its way to music managers Kelly Curtis and Susan Silver , who also managed the Seattle-based band Soundgarden . Curtis and Silver passed the demo on to Columbia Records ' A&R representative Nick Terzo, who set up an appointment with label president Don Ienner . Based on The Treehouse Tapes , Terzo signed Alice in Chains to Columbia in 1989. The band also recorded another untitled demo over
11524-419: The idea in 2005, and later that year the event first appeared in Chicago. Kidzapalooza has been a success and appeared alongside every Lollapalooza since its original debut in 2005. The event includes many different events for children to enjoy such as game, design, and art stations where children can express their creativity. Musical instruments are set up for children to play and experience in another station of
11658-505: The mainstream pop charts". The 1992 and 1993 festivals also leaned heavily on grunge and alternative acts, and usually featured an additional rap artist. Crowd behaviors prominent at punk rock concerts such as mosh pits and crowd surfing became regular parts of the shows. These years also saw marked increases in the participatory nature of the event, with the inclusion of booths for open-microphone readings and oratory, television-smashing pits, and tattoo and piercing parlors. After 1991,
11792-557: The mass cultural exploitation scheme. I have no appreciation or affection for those bands and I have no interest in that whole circle. If Lollapalooza had Jesus Lizard and the Melvins and Fugazi and Slint then you could make a case that it was actually people on the vanguard of music. What it really is is the most popular bands on MTV that are not heavy metal. Both the Jesus Lizard and Melvins have subsequently performed at
11926-421: The music we made at that time to be released. But the record label heard it and they really liked it. For us, it was just the experience of four guys getting together in the studio and making some music." Columbia Records released Alice in Chains' second acoustic-based EP, Jar of Flies , on January 25, 1994. Written and recorded in one week, Jar of Flies debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming
12060-522: The name of the band. Due to concerns over the reference to female bondage , the group ultimately chose to spell it differently as Alice N' Chains to allay any parental concerns, though Staley's mother Nancy McCallum has said she was still not happy with this name at first. According to Bacolas, the decision to use the apostrophe-N combination in their name had nothing to do with the Los Angeles band Guns N' Roses . The name change happened in 1986,
12194-408: The ones for Lollapalooza 2015, at $ 275, the increase was more than 20%. The price for weekend passes from 2016 to 2018 remained the same. In 2020, a slight increase of five dollars was added to weekend passes, making them $ 340. Originally thought of by music producer Tor Hyams , Kidzapalooza was the idea for a more child-centered experience to the adult Lollapalooza. Hyams came to Perry Farrell with
12328-439: The only one battling addiction. "He was the focal point, like singers are. So they'd single him out. But the truth was, it was pretty much everybody. I definitely had my hand firmly on the wheel going off the 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
12462-410: The opening track, "Brother", and guest vocals by Ann Wilson from the band Heart , who joined Staley and Cantrell for the choruses of "Brother" and "Am I Inside". The EP also features Mark Arm of Mudhoney and Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, who shared vocals with Staley and Cantrell on the song "Right Turn", credited to " Alice Mudgarden " in the liner notes. In 1992, Alice in Chains appeared in
12596-527: The overall sound as "too much [...] like Alice in Chains minus a recognizable vocalist; in other words, a little bit like Creed and Days of the New ." Thompson compared it to Scott Weiland 's 12 Bar Blues as another "bad post-grunge solo album". The promotion of Boggy Depot led to Jerry Cantrell's first concert experiences as a band frontman which he considered "intimidating". On June 24 in West Palm Beach, Florida , Cantrell began touring for
12730-718: The political situation in the Middle East. On July 27, 2022, Lollapalooza announced that they would be debuting at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse in Mumbai, India on January 28–29, 2023. This would be Lollapalooza's first event in Asia, partnering with BookMyShow . The headliners of the two-day event were Imagine Dragons , the Strokes , and Diplo . The lineup included nearly forty artists, such as Cigarettes After Sex , Raveena , Greta Van Fleet , Japanese Breakfast ,
12864-449: The prices tend to be significantly higher on these websites. In 2018, the festival experienced unusually slower sales, so they released the lineup about eight hours earlier. In its earliest editions, the official passes cost $ 31.50. However, with its growth and prominent relevance in the music world, Lollapalooza pass prices have increased substantially over the years. Comparing the weekend passes for Lollapalooza 2016, which cost $ 335, with
12998-553: The recording sessions for Alice in Chains' self-titled album in 1995, but the group chose not to record them. As such, they were the oldest and longest-awaited songs to be introduced on Boggy Depot . Although often mistaken as a song about Kurt Cobain 's suicide, Cantrell stated that "Hurt a Long Time" is actually about the suicide of his cousin Kevin. Boggy Depot features both bassist Mike Inez and drummer Sean Kinney of Alice in Chains. This further incited fans to regard it as
13132-454: The rehearsal studio Music Bank, and the two struggling musicians became roommates. Alice N' Chains soon disbanded, and Staley joined a funk band. Cantrell's band, Diamond Lie, broke up and he wanted to form a new band, so Staley gave him 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
13266-407: The sale of tickets in March as a precaution to the possible shutdown of live music events. In order to keep the spirit of the festival going, the city of Chicago announced that they would offer a livestreamed event occurring the same weekend as the initially-planned event. The livestreamed version featured acts such as A$ AP Rocky , Brockhampton , Lupe Fiasco , Outkast , and many more performing on
13400-475: The same headliners, but was, once again, shut down due to COVID. It was again rescheduled to September 10–12, 2021 due to continued COVID restrictions, this time not confirming its headliners or other attractions. After two years of expectations, the festival was rescheduled for a fourth time, to March 25–27, 2022. The festival finally returned in March 2022 on the scheduled dates, with headliners The Strokes and Miley Cyrus . Foo Fighters were supposed to close
13534-409: The second edition was organized in a different way and included bands who had achieved commercial success. Journalist Kurt Loder commented: "By 1992 the music that had once been trumpeted as alternative was quickly becoming mainstream and the second Lollapalooza reflected the shift. [...] The 1992 headliners included acts such as Soundgarden and Red Hot Chili Peppers, bands that were hardly strangers to
13668-642: 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. Although Alice in Chains never officially disbanded, Staley became a recluse, rarely leaving his Seattle condominium following the death of his ex-fiancée Demri Parrott due to a drug overdose on October 29, 1996. "Drugs worked for me for years," Staley told Rolling Stone in February 1996, "and now they're turning against me ... now I'm walking through hell and this sucks. I didn't want my fans to think that heroin
13802-562: The shows in Brazil and even got his immunization shots, but the band called him back telling that Starr wanted to do the last two shows in Brazil, so they would meet Inez in London instead. Inez ended up getting sick with his vaccination shots for a couple of days. Inez played his first concert with Alice in Chains on January 27, 1993, at the Camden Underworld in London. In April 1993, the band recorded two songs with Inez, " What
13936-413: The song. On November 7, 1995, Columbia Records released the eponymous album, Alice in Chains , which debuted 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,
14070-457: The songs achieve a startling, staggering and palpable impact." On December 12, 1995, the band released the home video The Nona Tapes , a mockumentary featuring interviews with the band members conducted by journalist Nona Weisbaum (played by Jerry Cantrell), and the music video for "Grind". The song " Got Me Wrong " unexpectedly charted three years after its release on the Sap EP. The song
14204-475: The studio, drummer Sean Kinney had a dream about "making an EP called Sap ". The band decided "not to mess with fate", and on 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 features Cantrell on lead vocals on
14338-471: The supergroup soon after. The band released their first and only album in 2001, a 6-track EP entitled Microfish . In June 2001, Mike Inez joined Zakk Wylde 's Black Label Society for the remaining dates of Ozzfest , following the departure of bassist Steve Gibb for medical reasons. Inez joined the band again for their West Coast and Japanese tour in 2003. By 2002, Cantrell had finished work on his second solo album, Degradation Trip . Written in 1998,
14472-470: The time, and thought he should come up with a different name; both he and James Bergstrom ultimately gave Staley their blessing to use the name. Local promoter Randy Hauser became aware of the band at a concert and offered 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
14606-479: The time. "I just want to see things that are unexpected and slightly bizarre. The way Barnum & Bailey perceived putting on a show...well, they had a different angle." The inaugural edition in 1991 was a surprise massive success. For Dave Grohl of Nirvana, who saw it in Los Angeles, the festival helped change the mentalities in the music industry. The Butthole Surfers opened the day, playing in front of
14740-541: The tour. Susan Silver's management office sent out a statement saying 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-destructed on the road, and we definitely didn't want that to happen in public." While Alice in Chains
14874-700: The touring festival. The event was generally successful, attracting over 65,000 attendees, despite a 104-degree Fahrenheit Sunday (40 degrees Celsius) heat wave (two people were hospitalized for heat-related illness). It returned to Chicago on August 4–6, 2006. On October 25, 2006, the Chicago Park District and Capital Sports & Entertainment agreed to a five-year, $ 5 million deal, keeping Lollapalooza at Grant Park in Chicago until 2011. Lollapalooza ran August 3–5 in 2007; August 1–3, 2008; August 7–9, 2009; August 6–8, 2010; August 5–7, 2011; August 3–5, 2012; August 2–4, 2013; and August 1–3, 2014. After
15008-469: The track " Tuesday's Gone ", a Lynyrd Skynyrd cover. In October 1998, Staley reunited with Alice in Chains to record two new songs, " Get Born Again " and " Died ". Originally intended for Cantrell's second solo album, the songs were reworked by Alice in Chains and were released in the fall of 1999 on the box set , Music Bank . The set contains 48 songs, including rarities, demos, and previously released album tracks and singles. The band also released
15142-459: The tracks "Hurt a Long Time" and "Between". Cantrell confirmed that as a child he was "raised on country music" and that he admires the strong emotion conveyed through the genre. However, the ominous guitar styles previously heard in Alice in Chains are undeniable in tracks like "Jesus Hands" and "Keep the Light On". The tracks "Settling Down" and "Hurt a Long Time" were originally introduced during
15276-467: The venue. Raffles and various other amenities are available to the children as well. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the 2020 installation of Kidzapalooza was canceled. Kidzapalooza has sprouted to other venues taking interest, such as the Hollywood Bowl hosting its own Kidzapalooza in 2008 as a stand-alone event. Another play on the Lollapalooza name, PurimPalooza is a celebration of Purim ,
15410-438: Was a reluctant solo artist who would prefer his work to be published through Alice in Chains. However, Erlewine claimed, "everything that an Alice fan has loved [...] is here in spades." He detailed how guitar solos tend to drag songs too long and that, while Boggy Depot lacks the "psychological weight" of Dirt , it "comes close to replicating the sound." Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone commended Cantrell's writing but gave
15544-538: Was accompanied by a home video release, both of which received platinum certification by the RIAA. The band also made an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman on May 10, 1996, performing the songs "Again" and "We Die Young". Alice in Chains performed four shows supporting the reunited original Kiss lineup on their 1996–97 Alive/Worldwide Tour , including the final live appearance of Layne Staley on July 3, 1996, in Kansas City, Missouri . Shortly after
15678-514: 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 22, 1993, stating that he wanted to spend more time with his family. Staley told Rolling Stone in 1994 about Starr leaving
15812-489: Was announced on January 17, 2017, and included Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Weeknd as headliners. Following that, the lineup included the likes of Imagine Dragons , Lana Del Rey , DJ Snake , London Grammar , Alt-J , The Roots , Marshmello , Liam Gallagher , Martin Solveig , Skepta , Glass Animals , Milky Chance , Don Diablo , Oliver Heldens , Crystal Fighters , Jauz , Alan Walker , and many more. Since then,
15946-463: Was announced that the first European Lollapalooza would be held in the German capital of Berlin. It was scheduled for September 12–13, 2015, and the proposed location was the historical airport grounds of Berlin-Tempelhof . In the official press release, festival founder Perry Farrell stated that, "Berlin's energy, vibrant art , fashion and music scenes are a mirror reflection of what Lollapalooza
16080-606: Was approached by the producers of the CBS reality show Rock Star about being featured on its second season, but the band turned the offer down. In the show, aspiring singers competed to become the lead vocalist of a featured group. On March 10, 2006, 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
16214-423: Was cool. But then I've had 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 also featured on Metallica 's 1998 album Garage Inc. , both were guest musicians in
16348-413: 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 warned him against it. "I wish I hadn't been high on benzodiazepine [that night], I wouldn't have just walked out
16482-422: Was held on March 16–18, 2018, with Pearl Jam , Lana Del Rey , The Killers , Red Hot Chili Peppers , and LCD Soundsystem as headliners. In October 2022, the lineup for the following year's event was announced and is set to include headliners Blink-182 , Billie Eilish , Lil Nas X , Drake , Rosalía , and Tame Impala . A Brazilian version of the event was confirmed in 2011, and had its inaugural edition at
16616-433: Was inactive during 1995, Staley joined the "grunge supergroup " Mad Season , which also featured Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready , bassist John Baker Saunders from The Walkabouts , and Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin . Mad Season released one album, Above , for which Staley provided lead vocals and the album artwork. The album spawned a number-two Mainstream Rock chart single, " River of Deceit ", as well as
16750-597: Was interviewed for the MTV program 120 Minutes which also aired the videos for "Cut You In" and "My Song". Billboard Music Video Awards All tracks are written by Jerry Cantrell Musicians Technicial personnel Singles – Billboard (United States) Alice in Chains Alice in Chains (often abbreviated as AIC ) is an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1987. Since 2006,
16884-547: Was prompted by a conversation that Bacolas had with Russ Klatt, the lead singer of Slaughter Haus 5, about backstage passes. One of the passes said "Welcome to Wonderland", and they started talking about that being a reference to Alice in Wonderland , until Klatt said, "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
17018-418: Was pushed back to release on April 7, 1998. A special 2-record vinyl edition of the album was released on March 31, 1998. Boggy Depot debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard 200 album chart, selling more than 46,000 copies. The album stayed on the top 200 for 14 weeks. The album received marginally positive and mixed reception from major publications. AllMusic 's Stephen Thomas Erlewine estimated that Cantrell
17152-530: Was re-released 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 concert in two and a half years for MTV Unplugged , a program featuring all-acoustic set lists. The performance featured some of
17286-465: Was replaced by Twenty One Pilots . Drake also cancelled his performance hours before he was scheduled to go onstage, causing commotion online as he was seen at an American club the night before; he was replaced by Skrillex . The 2024 edition happened on March 22–24, with Blink-182, SZA , Kings of Leon , Sam Smith , Arcade Fire , Limp Bizkit , and Titãs headlining. Kings of Leon were replacements for Paramore , who canceled just two months before
17420-494: Was scheduled to headline at the festival in 1994, reportedly being offered nearly $ 10 million to do it. However, frontman Kurt Cobain turned it down, and the band officially dropped out of the festival on April 7, 1994. Cobain's body was discovered in Seattle the next day. His widow, Courtney Love , made guest appearances at several shows, including the Philadelphia show at FDR Park (usually taking time given to her by
17554-420: Was scheduled to tour during the summer of 1994 with Metallica , Suicidal Tendencies , Danzig , and Fight , as well as a slot during Woodstock '94 , but while in rehearsal for the tour, Staley began using heroin again. Staley's condition prompted the other band members to cancel all scheduled dates one day before the start of the tour, putting the band on hiatus. Alice in Chains was replaced by Candlebox on
17688-552: Was the inclusion of nonmusical features. Performers such as the Jim Rose Circus Side Show , an alternative freak show, and the Shaolin monks stretched the boundaries of rock culture. There was a tent for display of art pieces, virtual reality games, and information tables for political and environmental nonprofit groups, promoting counterculture and political awareness. "Basically, I'm bored", Farrell said at
17822-480: Was the number 1 most-added track at Rock and Alternative radio with more than 1,000 spins and an audience of more than nine million in its first five days. The second single, " My Song ", was on Billboard 's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for over a dozen weeks. Its controversial music video was directed by Rocky Schenck and features performance artist Ann Magnuson . A third and final single, "Dickeye", also managed to chart albeit briefly. On July 19, 1998, Cantrell
17956-458: Was utilized for the recording of Boggy Depot . In terms of amplifiers , Cantrell used the Peavey 5150 head given to him by Eddie Van Halen as well as Marshalls , Fenders , and Soldanos . The band used a lot of old RAT pedals and an Electro-Harmonix distortion on "Jesus Hands". According to Cantrell, they also used "vintage crappy mikes " including one that Toby Wright bought for $ 20 at
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