Fame had made them darker, with drugs and unlimited crates of drinks now openly available on tour. The downside to Dirt was that evidently the band had changed. But the songs were so good, the music that came from Jerry Cantrell on guitar, Mike Starr on bass, and Sean Kinney on drums, was so infectious that it was hard to believe that this was the same band who had made their debut album Facelift just two years prior to this record. Critics could not believe how open Staley was in his lyrics, which were filled with warnings to stay away from what he was doing to himself. It would be a collection of songs largely drawn from singer Layne Staley’s drug problems, which had begun in a downward spiral 12 months before on the band’s support slot for Van Halen. This wasn’t just any old album that would come and then disappear, this one was being hailed as a masterpiece from the very beginning.
On September 29, 1992, Alice In Chains released their 2nd album Dirt.
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