Alice in Chains is well known for grunge. Their second studio album was called Alice in Chains Dirt. This article goes in depth on that album and the group that produced it.
Before Alice in Chains Dirt the group had to get their start. They began in Seattle, Washington in 1987. They were a grunge and heavy metal band. They rose to fame in the early 1990s with the grunge movement. They sold over 14 million albums in the US in the 1990s. They were number one on the Billboard 200 twice. 11 of their singles made it to the top. They were also nominated six times for a Grammy award.
Before producing Alice in Chains Dirt the group was quite prolific.  improvColumbia records signed them in 1989 and focused on the group. After an early success with their first release in 1990 Columbia rushed their first album into production. They released Facelift 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. That’s because one of the band members were heavily addicted to many drugs. He had been in rehab. When he came out of rehab he says that he went back to using heroin. He just completed rehab. Once out of rehab he got right back onto the drugs.
Much of Alice in Chains Dirt album was written while the band was on the road touring. It’s not easy writing an album well touring. Thus this album was much darker than the previous one. Then members say that the demons they accumulated during the day were worked out when they wrote and played their music.
The album cover for Alice in Chains Dirt was developed by one of the band members. It included his girlfriend’s face. It was a hit with all the band members. The album was completed in June of 1992. It made it as far as number six on the Billboard’s 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 is said to be a masterpiece.