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"I found out through the Internet that I have AIDS. I learned I was dead." How one final, heartbreaking TV performance marked the end of an era for Alice In Chains - and a swan song for their brilliant but troubled frontman, Layne Staley

30 years ago this week, Alice In Chains played a legendary MTV Unplugged set that has only grown more poignant with time

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“I started hearing about these guitar contests that he would enter every year in Texas, and he was the best guitarist for six years running”: Jerry Cantrell recalls the first time he met the “otherworldly” Dimebag Darrell

Back in 1985, Cantrell was a regular at one of Houston's legendary clubs when he came across Dimebag and hit it off “right away”

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"I sent that song to Elton and asked him to play piano on it...it meant the world to us." How Elton John and Dave Grohl helped one of the grunge era's greatest bands heal from an unimaginable loss

With Dave Grohl lending his studio and Elton John playing piano on the album's most emotional track, this was a truly special comeback

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“After the show, they handed me what is to this day one of my most prized possessions”: Jim Carrey remembers Chris Cornell and Soundgarden’s generous guitar gift as he inducts them into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Soundgarden played on the night with Mike McCready and Jerry Cantrell, while Olivia Rodrigo honored The White Stripes, the Tedeschi Trucks Band covered The Beatles, and Flea performed with Stevie Wonder

Guitar World

Chris Cornell’s daughter sings an emotional Fell On Black Days as Soundgarden are inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

The Seattle grunge pioneers were inducted into the Hall Of Fame by Jim Carrey

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“I asked them, ‘What’s it like to be famous?’ and they all said, ‘We hate it’”: The story of the landmark grunge album that paved the way for Nirvana’s Nevermind but set the band that made it on the path to darkness

A year before Nirvana broke out with Nevermind, Alice In Chains Seattle’s grunge scene on the map

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Watch Nickelback's Chad Kroeger serenade Sammy Hagar with Metallica's Enter Sandman for his birthday

Sammy Hagar's birthday bash featured performances from Jerry Cantrell, Chad Kroeger and Belinda Carlisle

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"That experience in Vietnam changed him forever. It certainly had an effect on our family, so it was a defining moment in my life, too." How a devastating 90s war song brought its writer and his estranged father closer together

Rooster by Alice In Chains was Jerry Cantrell’s tribute to his Vietnam veteran dad, and it showed a different kind of dark side to the band

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“We all talked to each other before we went on – Kirk, Zakk and Slash. Kirk said, ‘I’m nervous, man!’ I said, ‘I am too’”: Jerry Cantrell looks back at the “walk-off home run” of Ozzy Osbourne’s final show

The Alice in Chains guitarist didn’t catch up with the Prince of Darkness before his death, but he’s satisfied to have been part of Back to the Beginning with musician friends Slash, Zakk Wylde, Kirk Hammett and others

Guitar World

“It’s when we started to find ourselves…”: How Facelift saw Alice In Chains go from hair metal local heroes to grunge superstars – with a little help from Soundgarden

The Seattle rockers’ game-changing debut turns 35 this month and still sounds as vital as ever

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“This is the way Leo would be building guitars if he were still alive. In our eyes, G&L is more ‘Fender’ than Fender actually is”: How G&L Guitars is carrying on the legacy of Leo Fender

G&L director of sales Steve Araujo on the other brand that Leo Fender built, and the innovations that have made it a favorite of A-list pros such as Jerry Cantrell

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“Alice in Chains have had a long relationship with Ozzy, who gave us one of our first breaks – and gave us a bass player”: Jerry Cantrell on his lifelong love of Black Sabbath and touring with Ozzy Osbourne (before taking his bassist)

The Alice in Chains riffmaster on his love of Tony Iommi and what to expect from his performance at Black Sabbath's curtain call, Back to the Beginning

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Black Sabbath! The final interview with Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward – all yours in the new Guitar World

Plus interviews with Jake E. Lee, Adam Jones, Creed Bratton from The Office, the guys from Goose, former Jethro Tull man Martin Barre, K.K. Downing, Zakk Wylde, Jerry Cantrell, Tom Morello, Lzzy Hale, Billy Duffy, Robben Ford and more

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"We're all going to lose somebody, and it hurts. How do you move on?": How Alice In Chains came back from the brink

After the death of Layne Staley, it took Alice In Chains seven years to return with a new frontman and album. This is their story

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Featuring Joe Bonamassa, Turnstile, Jerry Cantrell and five other scary monsters from the rock'n'roll deep

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“I got this call from Lars Ulrich…”: Alice In Chains’ Jerry Cantrell reveals how he ended up on the soundtrack to horror blockbuster Sinners

Alice In Chains’ guitarist/vocalist explains how a phone call from Metallica’s drummer got him involved with one of the most successful films of the year

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Alice in Chains suddenly cancel tour kickoff show after member’s ‘medical emergency’

Heavy metal band assured fans that it was a ‘non-life-threatening medical emergency’

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Jerry Cantrell has an amazing solo song on the Sinners soundtrack and no one seems to be talking about it

Listen to the Alice In Chains guitarist/singer’s raspy and overlooked new track In Moonlight here

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Metallica’s Kirk Hammett announces new book with help from Jason Momoa: “I hope all of you enjoy this journey as much as I did!”

The Collection: Kirk Hammett, announced in a video narrated by Aquaman star Jason Momoa, offers a look at the Metallica player’s famously massive guitar stash

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“I can’t see us ever writing songs about boning strippers and doing cocaine in limousine jacuzzis”: How Alice In Chains came to terms with their dark past on The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

Alice In Chains’ unexpected comeback continued with 2013’s The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

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“A guitar Eddie Van Halen gave me went missing for 18 years. So many really important guitars are stolen or disappear. We rarely get them back”: Jerry Cantrell opens up on his missing guitar fears, pushing beyond his limits – and why AI could never do AIC

The Alice In Chains icon took his abilities to new heights on I Want Blood, chasing new tones, going hard with the riffs, and even digging out the bass guitar and getting coached by Duff McKagan

Guitar World

“Like all young artists, sometimes you run into somebody that's one of your heroes”: Jerry Cantrell recalls the time he tried – and failed – to pass an Alice in Chains demo tape to Axl Rose

Back in 1988, Cantrell shot his shot to get his band noticed by the high-flying Guns N' Roses

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"While I survived the 90s, not all of me did." Alice In Chains icon Jerry Cantrell on riffs, extreme metal and the best rock record to come from Seattle

Ever wondered what extreme metal bands Alice In Chains jammed to? Jerry Cantrell has the answer

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“With Off The Rails, I was stuck – didn’t quite know where to finish it – so Iwent and saw Killers of the Flower Moon”: Jerry Cantrell reveals how Jeff Beck and Martin Scorsese influenced new solo album I Want Blood

How archive footage of Beck with a curious piece of vintage gear and Scorsese's cinematic sensibility helped Cantrell jemmy open the doors of inspiration

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“It was a different feel, but it was so expressive. I had never seen that clip of Jeff Beck before”: Jerry Cantrell on how Jeff Beck inspired him to dig out a rare pedal for I Want Blood

The Alice In Chains riffer drew inspiration from the late great, and his penchant for left-field gear, for his latest solo album

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