In November 1998, Layne Staley recorded a cover of Pink Floyd ‘s ” Another Brick in the Wall ” with the supergroup Class of ’99 . The song was featured on the soundtrack to the 1998 horror/ sci-fi film, The Faculty .
This line-up recorded two shows at the Birmingham NEC , released as the double album Reunion on 20 October 1998.
In October 1998, Staley reunited with Alice in Chains to record two new songs, ” Get Born Again ” and ” Died “.
Lindstrom now plays with Falcon, who perform some Cirith Ungol songs. Founding guitarist Jerry Fogle died from liver failure on August 20, 1998.
Cantrell and Kinney were also featured on Metallica ‘s 1998 album Garage Inc. , both were guest musicians in the track ” Tuesday’s Gone “, a Lynyrd Skynyrd cover.
Unable to continue with new Alice in Chains material, Cantrell released his first solo album, Boggy Depot , in 1998, also featuring Sean Kinney and Mike Inez.
Written in 1998, the album’s lyrical content focused heavily on what Cantrell regarded as the demise of Alice in Chains, which still remained evident as the album approached its June 2002 release.
Shortly before a European tour in the summer of 1998, Ward had a heart attack and was temporarily replaced by former drummer Vinny Appice .
Alternative 4 was released in 1998. During this time the band underwent many line-up changes. Bassist/keyboardist/songwriter Duncan Patterson quit due to musical differences and was replaced by Dave Pybus of Dreambreed, a band which Duncan had played bass for during a short period, and not long after this Martin Powell…
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Later in 1998, the band released their first full-album of this style, titled Discouraged Ones .