Within 18 months, Alice In Chains had leapfrogged the likes of Soundgarden and Nirvana to become grunges first superstars. Sex Pistols: Malcolm Mclaren is responsible for the choice of the name, partly to help promote the clothes shop called Sex owned by Vivien Westwood who used to be his girlfriend at the time. The Replacements: according to the myth, the punk rock band adapted the name after replacing a missing band in a gig, an incident that made them introduced themselves as The Replacements. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. death of Andrew Wood, singer of the seminal grunge group Mother Enter Alice In Chains not only a relatively unknown name, but not even a thrash band. We dont have any upcoming events for this artist right now. Go directly to shout page. Alice in Chains: Lane Stanley and Jerry Cantrell had intended to form a heavy metal band that will perform covers of Slayer while wearing dresses. The pair stumbled through various combinations of band names before settling on Alice In Chains, borrowed from a name Laynes old band had briefly used. Please support our site. 133. r/grunge. So, Staley joined Cantrells new project full-time. Please support our site. People still A Subreddit for anything Alice in Chains related. I didnt have a place to live so he invited me to this place where he lived called Music Bank. L. LL Cool J: James Todd Smith pseudonym is an Acronym for Ladies Love Cool James. $15.00 But thats when the concern from others came in. "He was a sweet guy, but very troubled," said Charles Cross, a Performance times are 7 but they were a band that inspired hundreds, if not thousands, of Heres how it works. A short time later they recorded a demo of the songs you hear on Facelift and they had that drop-D tuning on them.. The show will run two weekends, May 12, 13, 14; and May 19, 20, 21 at the Sprague Community Theater, 1202 11th Street SW, in Bandon. Kids doing well, Slipknot slaying, new record label: Life is pretty great for Corey Taylor right now, Buses for upcoming Avenged Sevenfold tour will cost $2million more than pre-Covid, Metallica mix it up on second night of World Tour in Amsterdam. In a 1996 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Staley spoke of Alice in Chains isn't the most tasteful band name one could've picked, a perverted play on Alice in Wonderland that imagines the innocent protagonist in bondage. It was like if Metallica had sped Tony Iommis riffs up, then brought them back down again.. Yeah Yeah Yeah: according to Karen O, the inspiration to the hip band name came from the New Yorker phrase, which means something like whatever. There were moments where the darkness lifted most notably the bands stellar MTV Unplugged show but the lights went out completely when the singer backed away from public life in 1996. "He Having sold just 40,000 copies in its first few months, it shifted more than 400,000 copies in six weeks on the back of Man In The Box. In the 1996 interview, Staley reflected on Cobain's death: "I Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. Alice in Wonderland is a Ukrainian gothic band. Nine Inch Nails: inspired by the nails that attached Jesus to the cross. SEATTLE Layne Staley, lead singer and guitarist for the grunge Dancers from MarLo Dance Studio will present Alice in Wonderland over Mothers Day weekend in Bandon. 1990: How Alice In Chains took metal to the mainstream | Louder They suddenly seemed to be living the darkness that they were only exploring on songs like We Die Young from the first record. The Happy Mondays: Shaun Rider was inspired by the happy Mondays he and the other members of the band were having as unemployed who were spending the day that follows the weekend in sleeping while the other people were off to work. Dave remembers there being a real camaraderie between the bandmembers. Bath Now, while the band espouses any unwanted bondage, its hard to think about this brooding, shrieking heavy metal band with any other moniker. Despite the growing buzz surrounding their hometown of Seattle, the bands music was all over the place, and no producer wanted to touch them. Layne started recording a week after getting out of rehab. Gorgeous costumes for the lead performers are created by MarLo Director Maria Merriam and her staff. Music like Alice In Chains - Similar Bands and Artists The band had changed its original name Star Park after watching a Jimmy Durante clip in which he states: Im in ecstasy! A-Z List Of Rock Bands, Groups and Music Artists Queen: one word that catches both transvestite and royalty connotation was the perfect band name in the eyes of Freddie Mercury. Alice in Chains is a take off on Alice in Wonderland with an S and M twist. Did you know that the Bee Gees were named after the initials of a DJ called Bill Gates? Daves foresight was bang on the money. "I wrote about drugs, and I didn't think I was being unsafe or 2023 Nameberry.com.Nameberry is a registered trademark of Nameberry, LLC. MarLo Dance Studio premieres, Alice in Wonderland, Mothers Day weekend 2023 in Bandon. I believe that on Facelift, Layne was portraying a dark world from the outside looking in. London, on SiriusXMs Hair Nation. Alice in Chains WebRound 5's in the bag, and Vs., Sweet Oblivion, Superfuzz Bigmuff, Purple, and Frogstomp have made it on the list! This device was called The Orb. With Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, Alice in Chains was one Sorry, there are no recent results for popular articles. An off-leash pack of fluffy Goldendoodles has been roaming around Dry Creek Road in Napa. He was 34. Stay up to date with in depth music reviews, exclusive interviews and widespread coverage of whats happening from your favourite music genre. The band was known as Sigma 6, The Screaming Abdabs, and Tea Set before becoming Pink Floyd. Sign up for Full Access to all of the online content and E-Editions on the www.thewordlink.com website here! former editor of the defunct Seattle music magazine The Rocket who A few showers developing late. Alice But with grunge yet to take root in the broader public consciousness, it was a tough sell, as the band found out first hand. {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}}, {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}, Napa dog owner ordered to surrender 20 Goldendoodles, Napa activist Jennifer Simi dies in car-train collision in Fairfield, Goldendoodles on the loose in Napa Valley, Napa 10 Questions: Threat promises to bring 'energetic and unrestrained' BBQ to Napa, Putting old and new Napa together: Napas past and present captured on hit video, Finalists chosen for Napa's Soscol median public art project, CHP: Fatal motorcycle crash on Highway 29 north of Calistoga, NFL Draft: Raiders don't overreach, emphasize improving defense, Napa Valley biz buzz: Napa Valley Jewelers gets new owner, name. Layne had been kicked out of his house by his mom. ALICE April 26, 2023, 9:27 am. April 21, 2023. against me and now I'm walking through hell, and this sucks. 167. mutilated that he could not be immediately identified. When I got that six-track demo, and it had Man In The Box and all the great songs from that first album, thats when I really thought we could be on to something., Dave travelled up to Seattle to start working on Alice In Chains debut album. I went to see them just before we went in to do [Alices second album] Dirt, says the producer. of the most prominent bands of the Seattle grunge scene of the Before Nirvana, Pearl Jam or Soundgarden, Alice In Chains had become the first of Seattles grunge bands to crack the mainstream. "They had huge commercial aspirations from the beginning. A few months later, Dave received a new six- track tape. 10cc: an urban legend claims that the band who wrote the hit Im Not in Love has chosen her name as a gesture to the average male ejaculation, which is estimated as 9cc of sperm. WebAlice Popularity 64 US 2021 5 Nameberry 2023 36 Future 2028 31 England 2021 54 Scotland 2021 29 Ireland 2022 46 Australia 2021 65 New Zealand 2022 5 France 2021 185 Germany 2016 6 Italy 2021 2 Portugal 2022 3 Brazil 2022 8 Sweden 2022 5 Belgium 2021 26 Switzerland 2021 83 Cats 2022 46 Chile 2021 20 Names Similar to Alice Layne claimed that Man In The Box was inspired by mass media censorship, while Jerry claimed We Die Young came about after he spotted a gang of pre-teen drug dealers on the way to rehearsals. Since blagging his way onto the Hammer team a decade ago, Stephen has written countless features and reviews for the magazine, usually specialising in punk, hardcore and 90s metal, and still holds out the faint hope of one day getting his beloved U2 into the pages of the mag. It also suggests the acronym for Tender Loving Care. And Man In The Box was the first song that introduced the world to the grunge sound. Alice At first, radio wouldnt touch it because they said that Laynes voice was wrong, says Dave. The original name Alice in Chains came from a goofy conversation between a few musicians. WebAlice - Cheryl Wheeler Alice - Cocteau Twins Alice - The Sisters of Mercy Alice - Tom Waits Alice - Venus Hum Alice - Wild Colonials Alice Childress - Ben Folds Five Alice DeeJay - Alice Deejay Alice Graham - The Skydiggers Alice in Blunderland - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Alice in My Fantasies - Funkadelic Alice in Chains was the first band to bring grunge into the mainstream. Included here are artists and bands whose first names start with the letter A, just to be as complete as possible. Low 47F. It may also be an incorrect name for a soundtrack by Danny Elfman. Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading. The Fall: taken from the title of a novel authored by Albert Camus. 167. Adalhaidis, from which the name Adelaide is also derived, is composed of the Proto-Germanic elements, Princess of the U.K.; Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine; daughter of Queen Victoria, (Victoria) Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie of Battenberg, Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark, mother of Britain's Prince Philip, Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline of Albany, Princess of the U.K.; Countess of Athlone; granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Princess of the U.K.; Duchess of Gloucester; wife of Prince Henry, Alice (Alicia Maria Carolina Ferdinanda Rachael Giovanna Filomena), Princess of Bourbon,Parma, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, American memoirist; partner of author Gertrude Stein, Canadian American lead singer of band Crystal Castles, daughter of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, English girl who inspired Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland", Ping Chan Wong, Canadian MP and cabinet minister, daughter of actors Daniel Massey and Penelope Wilton, daughter of singer Sara Dallin of Bananarama and dancer Bassey Walker, daughter of actress Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond, daughter of actress Kathryn Fiore and Gabriel Tigerman, daughter of English rock musician, songwriter, multi,instrumentalist, artist, author and radio personality Ronnie Wood, Alice Goodwin (b. Band Name During their conversation, Alice talks about two upcoming albums and reveals the name of one coming this year, called Road. had hopes he would turn around. Apr 21, 2002. When Jerry met Layne, grunge was barely a twinkle in Kurt Cobains eye. Send us your news, photos, and videos and let us know what's going on! For the band who made it, things would never be the same again. It's a sad tale.". While Alice in Chains didn't garner as much respect as other drug use proved too great an obstacle. Staleys funk band needed a guitar player and here is where the negotiations began: Cantrell agreed to join Staleys group if he would join Cantrells. Named after a Washington State hotline to report HOV lane violators on Interstate 5. careless by writing about them," he told the magazine. Photo by Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images. These last 2 years have been really great for me in terms of music. Bands That Start With A The origin of the cult band final name was inspired by an old English folk tale, which themed around a traveler who is saved by the spirit of a dead person who is grateful for the travelers generosity and his willingness to pay the deads man debts in order for him to be buried. Alice Thank you for reading! Family members, including Layne Staleys mom, Nancy, didnt like the implications of the name, and neither did some friends. One of the songs was Man In The Box, destined to become AICs breakthrough hit. Mad Season, Layne's side projects/art, Jerry's solo work.). Work began on Facelift at London Bridge Studios, out in the woods a long drive from the centre of Seattle. When he had started his musical career, he adopted an alias created by a combination of Elvis Presley and Lou Costello, mainly because he represents the exact opposite of the other Elvis. It combines both Napa's past and present. UB40: the politically oriented band was named after a type of British unemployment form. SUBSCRIBE to continue reading. artist B.B. It was 1988, and Dave, who had just produced Janes Addictions groundbreaking Nothings Shocking album had been given the bands demo tape by an A&R friend at Sony. But they never let any of it get to them. Heroin Both had troubled backgrounds. WebWhat's in a name: the origins of how bands got their names 764-HERO. It was just a station in Texas that put it on syndication and the reaction was wild, so everyone followed suit.. Finally, the light bulb went off and they went to Alice in Chains. Despite Laynes escalating drug use, the problems were physical rather than pharmaceutical. The darkness that would descend on Alice In Chains was still a way off. Should You Get Your Mastering Done by a Professional. Alice in Chains. Louder is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Please log in, or sign up for a new account to continue reading. I forget which song it was, but it was the closest to the Alice In Chains we know now, with the drop-D tuning, says Dave today. Have you seen the video that recently went viral in Napa? The GSMC Classics collection is the embodiment of the best of the golden age of radio. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Without it, the 1990s could have been very different. You could tell that something was in the air, he says. 4 macalpinerules 4 yr. ago Staley's body was found just over 8 years after Cobain was found Read all The World's news online FREE, for 30 days at no charge. In other fields, there were First Daughter Alice Roosevelt, painter Alice Neel, food innovator Alice Waters, and literary figure Alice B. Toklas, to name a few. Alice in Chains: Through the Looking Glass Rolling Stone ", The group's first album, "Facelift," was released in 1990. When will the risk amp up in the Bay Area? Band Name Origins: Stories Behind Band Names Alice in Chains was named 15th greatest live band by Hit Parader, with Staley placing as 27th-greatest heavy metal vocalist of all time. The band's second album, Dirt, was named 5th-best album in the last two decades by Close-Up magazine in 2008. early '90s. Today, Alice In Chains stand as one of the great bands of the 90s. Remember that times have changed and some shows might not reflect the standards of todays politically correct society. but, the bands name really originated in a dream the band manager, Jonathan King, had in which he was managing a band by the name of 10cc. Staley also played some guitar GSMC Classics: The Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show Episode 58: Concern About Contract Renewal, GSMC Classics: The Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show. (The charge will appear as "Country Media Inc." on your credit card statement). It was a different time. 133. r/grunge. Alice Coopers shock rock reputation apparently developed almost by accident at first. An unrehearsed stage routine involving Cooper, a feather pillow and a live chicken garnered attention from the press; the band decided to capitalize on the tabloid sensationalism, creating in the process a new subgenre, shock rock. You have permission to edit this article. If this read more soundtrack experimental disney gothic metal gothic Add tags View all tags Similar To The Jungle Book Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. Layne and Jerry had chequered musical pasts the former as the singer of glam metal band Sleze, the latter as guitarist with bouffant-haired rockers Diamond Lie. Staley, at first, was a drummer, earning his first singing gig later in the glam band Sleze. There was an error processing your request. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. great, and they worked for me for years, and now they're turning I didn't know Something had happened to that family, says Dave. WebThe Chemical Brothers Chicago The Clash The Coasters Coldplay Alice Cooper Cream Creedence Clearwater Revival Crosby, Stills & Nash Daft Punk De La Soul Death Cab for It recently wrote a biography of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. The Doors: formerly named Psychedelic Ranger, inspired by a William Blake quote: If the doors of perception were to be cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite. WebBody of 'Alice in Chains' lead singer found decomposed. Only members can comment. Behind the Bodacious Stage Name Megan Thee Stallion, The Community-Focused Meaning Behind the Band Name: Coldplay. for 30 days, $24.00 The group was known for its dark, menacing sound, which But it might be the best of all. Alice Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, We got the drummer from Pearl Jam to cover him but he couldnt do it, so Sean played on that record with a broken arm.. They later changed name to, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The shows do not necessarily reflect the views, standards, or beliefs of Golden State Media Concepts or the GSMC Podcast Network. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). GSMC Classics presents some of the greatest classic radio broadcasts, classic novels, dramas, comedies, mysteries, and theatrical presentations from a bygone era. Alice in Wonderland is a Ukrainian gothic band. Other members of the band are using the pseudonyms Ginger Fish, Twiggy Ramirez and Madonna Wayne Gacy. I knew I wanted to be in a band with him right off the bat.. messages. Seattle grunge groups, the band's influence still reverberates, So Alice, they got their revenge., Released in spring 1991, Man In The Box was a slow starter. They were out there in front of 15,000 Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth fans that were pelting them every night with crap, recalled Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian. This subscription will allow existing subscribers of The World to access all of our online content, including the E-Editions area. text Eli Enis. Now a trio, the new band needed a singer and a name. Alice The band took its name from Staley's previous group, the glam metal band Alice N' Chains. Jerrys mother had died of cancer when he was young, and he wasnt close to his father. The US leg kicked off in May 1991 and featured Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax. 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The closer two names are, the greater the probability people will like both artists. Only two more rows to go, so don't stop now! dead in his Seattle home of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Harris had previously become known to radio audiences as the band-leader-turned-cast-member of the same name on The Jack Benny Program while Faye had been a frequent guest on programs such as Rudy Valle's variety shows. Dirt rightly stands as their masterpiece, but Facelift is no less important. A Napa dog owner was given until Friday to surrender as many as 20 Goldendoodle dogs living at her Dry Creek Road home. The latter song was partly inspired by the 1990 heroin overdose saw all the suffering that Kurt Cobain went through. Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. Winds light and variable. Thank you for signing in! He pointed to Creed and Godsmack, a band The band is known for its distinctive vocal style, which often included the harmonized vocals between Staley and Cantrell (and later Cantrell and DuVall). The show will run two weekends, May 12, 13, 14; and May 19, 20, 21 at the Sprague Community Theater, 1202 11th Street SW, in Bandon. ***PLEASE NOTE*** GSMC Podcast Network presents these shows as historical content and have brought them to you unedited. Was it Elvis or the Suez Canal That Inspired the Band Name Ten Years After? Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. Bursting with energy and imagination, the visually stunning and enormously entertaining world of Alice, the White Rabbit, Queen of Hearts and Mad Hatter features larger than life sceneries. band Alice in Chains, was found dead in his apartment, authorities character in "The Book of Dust" series by Philip Pullman. fulfilled that, and so much of that was Layne's voice," Cross Alice in Chains Mutemath Cage the Elephant Metric Mastodon Kaleo Trivium Pink Floyd Portugal. At the end of the day or at the end of the party, when WebArctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed in 2002 in Sheffield. WebThe three surviving members of the original band, guitarist Michael Bruce, bassist Dennis Dunaway and drummer Neal Smith, co-wrote three songs and they all played on When Hell A Napa activist who co-founded the Rise Up Napa movement died Wednesday morning in a car-train collision in Fairfield, authorities have confirmed. He began a number of stints WebThe band Alice in Chains got its name origin from the legendary King of ShockRock Alice Cooper, who was a big inspiration. said. Low 47F. He said, People treat you like an object. The Clash Of The Titans was one of the landmark heavy metal package tours of the early 90s. We hope that you continue to enjoy our free content. It was never a case of luck. Thats what they wanted, but you have to be careful what you wish for, I guess.. Behind the Bone-Rattling Band Name Alice in Chains, Security Company Sets the Record Straight about False Claims Regarding Morgan Wallen Concert, 7 Songs You Didnt Know James Blake Wrote for Other Artists, Follow American Songwriter for More Breaking News. Log In. King is considered one of bands Alice in Chains is rounded out by drummer Sean Kinney and bassist Mike Inez. Alice in Chains: Lane Stanley and Jerry Cantrell had intended to form a heavy metal band that will perform covers of Slayer while wearing dresses. He received a stage name that was found more suitable for an anarchist punk with a set of rotten teeth. Bands That Changed Names There was still plenty of work to do. Please subscribe to keep reading. Notifications from this discussion will be disabled. "Here's how other bands," Cross said. I'm glad that I discovered a band like Alice in Chains and now I don't have to listen to all this hip hop crap and pop music that everyone I know does. Around this time Alice N Chains broke up and Staley joined a funk band. WebThe Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show, was a comedy radio program which ran on NBC from 1948 to 1954 starring Alice Faye and Phil Harris. If you need help with exactly how your specific name needs be entered, please email us at admin@countrymedia.net or call us at 1-541 266 6047. Not once. ZZ Top: there are two versions related to the origin of the band name. Thank you for reading! Sorry, no promotional deals were found matching that code. Ice T: the controversial gangsta rapper has chosen to name himself after Iceberg Slim, a famous pimp who later became an author of books that describe gangsta living. The show will run two weekends, May 12, 13, 14; and May 19, 20, 21 at the Sprague Community Theater, 1202 11th Street SW, in Bandon. The members of Sleze liked the name and changed it. WebMeanwhile, the last known line-up of Sleze Staley, Pollock, Bacolas, Bergstrom continued as Alice N' Chains before breaking up on friendly terms in 1987 and moving onto other Get ready for a wild ride down the rabbit hole! Love Bone. Your last FREE article. So what other bands do my fellow Alice fans listen to? Originally featuring two singers, Layne Staley, and Jerry Cantrell, the band soared up the hard rock charts with albums like Dirt in 1992 and the bands self-titled LP in 1995. I've learned to be my own person and ignore the crowd. According to lore, since everyone wanted Staley to join the new Cantrell group, they would audition bad lead singers in front of him to push his buttons and push him into joining. I'm just interested in stuff that isn't mainstream watered down garbage. It made the atmosphere in the studio very different to when Dave and the band began work on Dirt. Copyright 2023 LegalForce RAPC Worldwide | Terms & Conditions | Privacy & Policy, on Band Name Origins: Stories Behind Band Names, Apple Faces Yet Another Trademark Lawsuit in China. Did you ever wonder why the hell would someone choose to name his band Chumbawamba? Sleze switched their name to Alice N Chains in 1986, roughly a year Promotional Rates were found for your code. Behind the Bone-Rattling Band Name "Alice in Chains" Chance of rain 30%.. Cloudy skies this evening. Not long before Cantrell had seen an Alice N Chains show in the city of Tacoma, which is about 45 minutes south of the Emerald City. that shares its name with an Alice in Chains song. History | Alice Cooper Posted by admin on Aug 19, 2011 in Arts - Entertainment, Music | Comments Off on Band Name Origins: Stories Behind Band Names. WebAlice band: [noun] a hair band worn high on the head usually to keep long hair pulled back from the forehead. On your next view you will be asked to log in or create an account to continue reading. A subscription makes a thoughtful gift for both family and friends. Tests were required to establish the identity because the body, by Band Name Click on any name to travel along. In the genres Mount Rushmore, youll also find the Chris Cornell-led Soundgarden. Later they have come up with the idea of honoring the initials of both Brothers Gibb and their close friend and one of their first supports, DJ Bill Gates, who has nothing to do with the founder of Microsoft. Grateful Dead: originally named The Warlocks. Elvis Costello: was born as Declan Patrick McManus. But I also said to Jerry Cantrell that I liked what he was doing.
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