Reuters - Apr 26, 2006
Members of hard rock bands Metallica and Alice in Chains will play together at a Hollywood benefit concert next month honoring Metallica singer James Hetfield, organizers said on Wednesday. Hetfield...
More »Reuters - Apr 24, 2006
The three surviving members of Seattle rock group Alice in Chains have reunited, four years after their lead singer died of a drug overdose, and will launch a tour of the United States and Europe next...
More »E! Online - Feb 27, 2006
After frontman Layne Staley died of an accidental drug overdose in 2002, most fans figured Alice in Chains would suffer a similar fate. Not so fast. The three surviving members of the Seattle...
More »Reuters - Feb 26, 2006
The surviving members of grunge rock band Alice In Chains are hitting the road this summer for the first time since frontman Layne Staley s death from a drug overdose in 2002. With Staley, Alice In...
More »AP - Dec 12, 2005
Guitar-slinging is dangerous business. Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains is recovering from surgery to repair a rock n roll shoulder injury, publicist Bob Merlis said Monday. The surgery removed bone...
More »E! Online - Dec 16, 2004
The mother of Nathan Gale, the man who gunned down founding Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott and three others at an Ohio nightclub last week, says her son was mentally ill. In an interview...
More »AP - Dec 14, 2004
Thousands waited in line in near-freezing temperatures Tuesday night to pay tribute at a memorial service for slain rock star Dimebag Darrell Abbott. Security was tight; guards used screening wands...
More »Reuters - Sep 25, 2004
Thirty-four years after his death, Jimi Hendrix continues to enthrall his fans and attract new ones. In a control room at Electric Lady Studios, the facility Hendrix was building at the time of his...
More »Reuters - Aug 7, 2004
Carlos Santana has begun collecting songs for his next studio album. I m going to complete the next Santana album with (BMG chairman/CEO) Mr. Clive Davis, Santana told Billboard. Right now we re collecting...
More »Yahoo! Music - Jul 24, 2004
Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready will preview tracks from the group s upcoming double-disc concert set Live at Benaroya Hall via a live, one-hour radio broadcast beginning 8 p.m. ET Sunday. A band...
More »Reuters - Jan 27, 2004
The legacy of Seattle rock act Alice in Chains will be celebrated on a two-disc retrospective, The Essential, due March 16 from Columbia/Legacy. A stalwart of rock radio in the 1990s, the group was...
More »Reuters - Dec 30, 2003
Modern rock outfit Filter is making headway on its fourth album, which it hopes to release next summer, according to posts by frontman Richard Patrick on the group s official Web site (http://www.officialfilter...
More »USRN - Oct 29, 2002
(10/29/02, 12 p.m. ET) -- Former Alice In Chains guitarist-turned-solo-artist Jerry Cantrell was back in action on Sunday (October 27) in Lincoln, Nebraska after being hospitalized with exhaustion and...
More »USRN - Aug 22, 2002
(8/22/02, 7 a.m. ET) -- Late Alice In Chains singer Layne Staley will be remembered on Thursday (August 22) on what would have been his 35th birthday. Seattle s Showbox Theater is planning a tribute,...
More »USRN - Aug 5, 2002
(8/5/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- Former Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell is on his second major tour supporting his latest solo release, Degradation Trip. He s touring the country opening up for Creed,...
More »USRN - Jun 26, 2002
(6/26/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- Former Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell is having a blast on the Jim Beam Road To The Rackhouse tour with Nickelback. Singer Chad Kroeger and crew asked to have labelmate...
More »USRN - May 13, 2002
(5/13/02, 6 p.m. ET) -- Given his druthers, Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell would be joyously preparing for next month s release of his second solo album, Degradation Trip. The tour and album...
More »USRN - Aug 31, 2001
(8/31/01, 6 p.m. ET) -- Former Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell has been added to the lineup for Sammy Hagar s birthday bash--dubbed the Cabo Wabo Mexican Meltdown--at Hagar s Cabo Wabo Cantina...
More »USRN - May 7, 2001
(5/7/01, 5 p.m. ET) -- Former Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell was relegated to the role of lead singer at the Atlanta Music Midtown Festival on Saturday (May 5) after injuring his arm on Friday...
More »