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Watch ten rock stars from the 90s in their earlier bands

Warning: contains Tom Morello playing with a Michael Bolton lookalike

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“If I ever run into him in a dream again, I hope I remember to apologize”: the time Chris Cornell revealed he’d been dreaming about Layne Staley

Cornell wrote that he’d been angry at Staley’s funeral and wanted to say sorry

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10 moments of genius from MTV Unplugged

As Nirvana’s iconic set turns 30, we pick out the ten best songs from the famous sessions

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This cover of Alice In Chains' It Ain't Like That performed by Jerry Cantrell and Nickelback in 2002 packs more meat than a butcher's shop

Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell joined Nickelback on the road in 2002, and joined the Canadian rockers onstage for their mega-beefy Facelift-era cover

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“Here’s my record. And if you ever want to write a song together…”: Bob Dylan said he loved Duff McKagan’s last album. So Duff McKagan asked him to collaborate

Duff McKagan reacted to Bob Dylan’s praise by suggesting they write a song together, plus he reveals he wants to make an album with Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell

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Every cover song by Metallica, ranked from worst to best

We’ve listed the 40 covers that metal’s biggest band recorded in the studio and released to the public in reverse-order of excellence

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Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell does his best Hendrix impression with a grungy, wah-driven Star-Spangled Banner at a Seattle Seahawks game

Signature single-pickup G&L Rampage model in hand, one Seattle guitar god tips his cap to another

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10 classic metal albums where the last song is the best

Masterpieces by Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Judas Priest have all saved the best for last

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10 classic metal albums almost ruined by one terrible song

Metallica, Korn and Machine Head have all got so close to perfection – just for one song to mess it up

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“Cameron Crowe said, ‘This is killer, it’s awesome!’”: Jerry Cantrell on how he wrote Alice In Chains’ classic hit Would?

The Alice In Chains songwriter was still grieving the death of Mother Love Bone's Andrew Wood when he wrote the song for Crowe’s 1992 grunge film Singles

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"People were spitting at us": How one of Alice In Chains' worst gigs ever earned them the respect of hardcore Slayer fans

For Alice In Chains, playing on the 1991 Clash of the Titans tour was an eye-opening, and sometimes terrifying, experience

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Ken’s guitar of choice in the Barbie Movie is… a Gibson Jerry Cantrell acoustic?

Ryan Gosling is giving up the customized guitar – which has links to Metallica and Alice in Chains – to apologize for a fashion faux-pas

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"There was something about this music" - Eddie Vedder and the magical intensity of of Pearl Jam

How the tragic end of Mother Love Bone and a surfing scientist brought Pearl Jam to life, and an album called Ten

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"We had to die" - A history of The Grunge Wars, told by those who were there

Three decades ago, GN’R’s Use Your Illusion and Nirvana’s Nevermind were released just two weeks apart, setting two musical cultures against each other. We asked combatants from both sides: who won the war?

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Guns N' Roses enlist Alice In Chains, The Pretenders, Carrie Underwood for US tour support slots

Guns N' Roses reveal the 'special guests' for their forthcoming North American tour, alongside a handful of new dates

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A beginner's guide to grunge in five essential albums

Teenage angst really did pay off well: five albums that define grunge's story, from the brilliant beginning to the bitter end

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Glam sensations Starbenders launch vivacious new single Sex

"Starbenders are a rock'n'roll dream come true for every hard-luck dreamer occupying this third stone from the sun" - Alice In Chains frontman William DuVall

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Seal reveals his love for Alice In Chains: "It's dark, it's beautiful, it's melancholic, but it's really sexy"

On a visit to Amoeba Records in Los Angeles, Seal pays tribute to his favourite grunge band, Alice In Chains

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Seal on his love for Alice In Chains: "Out of that whole grunge period, they were by far my favourite"

"They had a soul, almost like an R&B type soul"

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Angry again: how Last Action Hero's incredible soundtrack helped keep metal alive in the 90s

Megadeth, Anthrax, Alice In Chains, Queensrÿche... Schwarzenegger's Last Action Hero may have flopped with critics, but 30 years on, its soundtrack is an absolute classic

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"I woke up to an assault rifle on my nose!" Jerry Cantrell on the day armed police raided Alice In Chains' rehearsal studio

To Jerry Cantrell, Alice In Chains's rehearsal space was party central, but he didn't expect a SWAT team to smash into the studio in search of drugs

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Chester Bennington would have turned 47 today. In 2017, in his final interview, he gave us these touching words about his friend and hero, Chris Cornell

In the summer of 2017, we spoke to Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington about the life and legacy of his friend, late Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell. Here's what he had to say

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The 40 best acoustic guitar songs of all time

Electricity? Overrated… The finest acoustic-powered tracks in history

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11 alternate and open tunings every guitarist should know

From drop D to DADGAD and beyond, these essential tunings will help you approach your guitar in a different way, and as a result, level up your playing

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