In early 1991, Alice in Chains landed the opening slot for the Clash of the Titans tour with Anthrax , Megadeth , and Slayer , exposing the band to a wide metal audience but receiving mainly poor reception.
peaking at number 42 in mid-1991 on the Billboard 200 chart.
and released on VHS in mid-1991, as Live Facelift .
The concert at the Moore Theatre in Seattle on December 22, 1990, was recorded
The resulting album, Facelift , was released on August 21, 1990,
Alice in Chains soon became a top priority of the label, which released the band’s first official recording in July 1990, a promotional EP called We Die Young . The EP’s lead single, ” We Die Young “, became a hit on metal radio. After its success, the label rushed…
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Based on The Treehouse Tapes , Terzo signed Alice in Chains to Columbia in 1989.
the band signed with the label, in 1989
The final demo, completed in 1988, was named The Treehouse Tapes and found its way to music managers Kelly Curtis and Susan Silver , who also managed the Seattle-based band Soundgarden .
Staley met guitarist Jerry Cantrell at a party in Seattle around August 1987. A few months prior, Cantrell had watched a concert of Alice N’ Chains in his hometown at the Tacoma Little Theatre , and was impressed by Staley’s voice. Cantrell was homeless after being kicked out of his…
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