In 2005, Sean Kinney came up with the idea of doing a benefit concert
To put all that weight on Will’s shoulders is unfair. We’re just figuring out how we work as a team. Although the band has changed, we’ve lost Layne, we’ve added Will, and there was no master plan. Playing again in 2005 felt right, so we did the next thing and…
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Former The Doors manager Bill Siddons and his management company, Core Entertainment, co-managed Alice in Chains with original manager Susan Silver from 2005 to 2007.
On October 22, 2004, Sony BMG terminated their contract with Alice in Chains
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.
the tsunami disaster that struck South Asia in 2004
Inez joined the band again for their West Coast and Japanese tour in 2003.
After a decade of battling drug addiction, Layne Staley was found dead in his condominium on April 19, 2002.
The autopsy concluded that Staley died on April 5, two weeks before his body was found.
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.”