Alice in Chains is a well-known American grunge band. Their second studio album was called Alice in Chains Dirt. This article goes in depth on that album and the group that produced it.

Before Alice in Chains Dirt the group had to get their start. It started in 1987 in Seattle, Washington. It was considered a grunge band but also incorporated heavy metal elements. They rose to grunge prominence in the early 1990s. They sold over 14 million albums in the US in the 1990s. They were number one on the Billboard 200 twice. They had 11 top singles. They were also nominated six times for a Grammy award.

Before producing Alice in Chains Dirt the group was quite prolific. They signed with Columbia records in 1989 and became a top priority for that label. After an early success with their first release in 1990 Columbia rushed their first album into production. Facelift, that album, was released on August 21, 1990. It reached number 42 on the Billboard 200. It sold only 40,000 copies in its first six months. After MTV featured a single from the album, it took only six weeks to sell 400,000 copies. It became both a critical and retail success.

Alice in Chains Dirt deals a great deal with drug abuse and depression. That was due to the addiction of one of the band members. He had been in rehab. When he came out of rehab he says that he went back to using heroin. There are also claims that some of the band members were high on heroin and marijuana while recording this album.

Much of Alice in Chains Dirt album was written while the band was on the road touring. If you’ve ever been involved in a long road tour, you know how difficult that can be. The album was very dark. The members say that the demons they accumulated during the day were worked out when they wrote and played their music.

Alice in Chains Dirt album cover was the brain child of one of the band members. His girlfriend was featured. The band loved the design and immediately agreed that it would be used. The album was completed in June of 1992. It made it as far as number six on the Billboard’s top 200. It vaulted the group to fame. The album was certified gold in the UK and platinum in Canada and the US.

Alice in Chains Dirt is said to be a masterpiece.

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