Alice in Chains Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 950: 18 bands who successfully changed lead singers

When someone in your band decides to leave, gets fired or, heaven forbid, dies, you have a problem. It’s an

Layne Staley had been in big trouble long before he died. He got deep into heroin addiction, interrupted only briefly

Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell has always been a serious hunter, the kind of guy who would head out

Remember when it was tough to find a cool jersey for practice and those pick-up games? Not any more thanks

Some facts about Alice in Chains: (1) When he got his first credit card, singer Layne Staley maxed it during

No. Just…no. Let’s begin the first day of autumn with music news for September 22, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: There

Alice in Chains has joined Metallica, Slipknot, The Pogues, and The Scorpions by getting into the whiskey game. Alice in

[Staff photographer Andrei Chlytchkov made the trip up to Casino Rama on April 25th to catch a double bill of City

Black Antenna, the sci-fi film by Alice in Chains, will begin its run of ten episode March 7. Each film

Building and maintaining a band is a lot like building and maintain a sports team. You struggle and wheel-and-deal and

There’s been a lot of talk about the Showbox in Seattle this summer, as a Vancouver-based developer announced its intent

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver