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Alice in Chains is a well-known American grunge band. Their second studio album was called Alice in Chains Dirt. This article goes in depth on that album and the group that produced it.

Alice in Chains Dirt came some time after the group was created. They began in Seattle, Washington in 1987. They were a grunge and heavy metal band. They rose to grunge prominence in the early 1990s. They sold over 14 million albums in the US in the 1990s. They were number one on the Billboard 200 twice. They also made 11 top selling singles. They were also nominated six times for a Grammy award.

Before Alice in Chains Dirt they completed a lot of work. They signed with Columbia records in 1989 and became a top priority for that label. After an early success with their first release in 1990 Columbia rushed their first album into production. It was called facelift and it came out on August 21, 1990.  It made it to number 42 when the Billboard 200. It sold only 40,000 copies in its first six months. But after MTV featured a single from the album, it sold 400,000 copies in only six weeks. It became both a critical and retail success.

Alice in Chains Dirt deals a great deal with drug abuse and depression. One of the band members had been heavily addicted to various drugs. He had been in rehab. When he came out of rehab he says that he went back to using heroin. There are also claims that some of the band members were high on heroin and marijuana while recording this album.

Much of Alice in Chains Dirt album was written while the band was on the road touring. If you’ve ever been involved in a long road tour, you know how difficult that can be. Thus this album was much darker than the previous one. The bandits as they accumulated demons in the day and exercised those demons at night.

The album cover for Alice in Chains Dirt was developed by one of the band members. It included his girlfriend’s face. The band loved the design and immediately agreed that it would be used. The album was completed in June of 1992. It reached as high as six on the Billboard top 200. It vaulted the group to fame. The album was certified gold in the UK and platinum in Canada and the US.

Alice in Chains Dirt has become part of the history of music. Many people consider it a masterpiece.