The band released the home video The Nona Tapes On December 12, a mockumentary featuring interviews with the band members conducted by journalist Nona Weisbaum (played by Jerry Cantrell), and the music video for “Grind”.
On November 7, 1995, Columbia Records released their self-titled album, Alice in Chains , which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and has since been certified triple platinum.
On October 6, the band released the studio version of the song to radio via satellite uplink to stem the excessive spread of taped copies of the song.
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 Alice in Chains 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…
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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 the first EP—and first Alice in Chains release—to top the charts.
Starr left the band after the release of Dirt . Staley told Rolling Stone in 1994 about Starr leaving 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…
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After the release of Jar of Flies , Staley entered rehab for heroin addiction. The band 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…
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The song ” Got Me Wrong ” unexpectedly charted three years after its release on the Sap EP. The song was re-released as a single on the soundtrack for the film Clerks in 1994, reaching number seven on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
In April 1993, the band recorded two songs with Inez, ” What the Hell Have I ” and “A Little Bitter”, for the Last Action Hero soundtrack .