Alice in Chains: The Untold Story

13. Randy DuTeau, “A Crackberry Interview with My Former Bandmate William ‘Kip’ DuVall, Now Lead Singer for Alice in Chains,” Metro Spirit, September 18, 2007, http://introvertedloudmouth.blogspot.com/2008/02/kip-duvall.html.

14. Blabbermouth.net, “Archive News,” March 7, 2001, http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=21.

15. Michael Christopher, “Degradation Trip: An Interview with Jerry Cantrell,” Popmatters.com, December 26, 2002, http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/cantrell-jerry-021226/; Joe D’Angelo, “Jerry Cantrell Perseveres in Wake of Staley’s Death,” MTV News, April 24, 2002, http://web.archive.org/web/20021001190829/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453571/20020424/story.jhtml; Leah Greenblatt, “Jerry Cantrell Delivers Bittersweet, AIC-Heavy Set at Seattle Nickelback Gig,” MTV News, May 20, 2002, http://web.archive.org/web/20020803134329/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1454099/20020520/story.jhtml.

16. Gary Graff, “Rockers Team Up in Spys4Darwin,” ABC News, May 31, 2001, http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=104499; David Basham, “Bassist Jason Newsted Leaves Metallica,” MTV News, January 17, 2001, http://www.mtv.com/news/1438016/bassist-jason-newsted-leaves-metallica/. On Mike Inez being considered as a replacement for Newsted, see Mike Inez biography on Ampeg Web site, http://www.ampeg.com/artists/mike-inez/; Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson, with Charles R. Cross, Kicking and Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock and Roll (New York: It Books, 2012), 279; letter from Sony Music Entertainment to Alice in Chains partnership and Peter Paterno, October 22, 2004, obtained by the author through public records as part of the Nancy McCallum v. Alice in Chains Partnership et al. lawsuit, which was filed in King County Superior Court on May 2, 2013.

17. CNN, “Tsunami of 2004 Fast Facts,” http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/23/world/tsunami-of-2004-fast-facts/.

18. Travis Hay, “Alice in Chains Owns Stage in Tsunami-Relief Show Full of Surprises,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 20, 2005, http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/music/article/Alice-in-Chains-owns-stage-in-tsunami-relief-show-1166879.php. Full set lists of the performance are available at http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/alice-in-chains-photos-from-tsunami-benefit-concert-posted-online/ and http://www.last.fm/music/Alice+in+Chains/Tsunami+Relief+Benefit+Show.

19. Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney, interview with Voice of America, May 26, 2010, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5yQ7z6TJFM.

20. Duff McKagan, It’s So Easy and Other Lies (New York: Touchstone Books, 2011), 337–38; Alice in Chains, Black Gives Way to Blue electronic press kit (hereafter, BGWTB EPK), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mYbTnLgJsE.

21. VH1, Decades Rock Live! Web site, http://www.decadesrocklive.com/artists/mainlist.php; VH1 Classic, announcement, April 17, 2006, http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vh1-classic-and-world-productions-present-all-star-line-up-for-live-television-concert-series-decades-rock-live-heart-premiering-on-vh1-classic-on-friday-may-5-at-800-pm-etpt-56413912.html.

22. Burrows, “No Barricades.”

23. Greg Prato, Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music (Toronto: ECW Press, 2009), 461.

24. Burrows, “No Barricades.”

25. BGWTB EPK.

26. Gillian G. Gaar, “Alice in Chains Homecoming,” Seattle Weekly, February 2, 2010, http://www.seattleweekly.com/2010-02-03/music/alice-in-chains-homecoming/.

27. McKagan, It’s So Easy, 342–43; Benny Doyle, “Songs in Their Sails,” Music, November 13, 2013, http://themusic.com.au/interviews/all/2013/11/13/alice-in-chains-william-duvall/21506/; Alice in Chains and Velvet Revolver’s 2007 tour dates can be viewed at http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/velvet-revolver-alice-in-chains-more-north-american-tour-dates-announced/; BGWTB EPK; Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney, interview with Radio.com, August 26, 2013, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSzIDVAGp5o.

28. Bud Scoppa, “Alice in Chains,” Mix, September 1, 2009, http://mixonline.com/recording/tracking/alice-in-chains-0909//index.html.

29. “Check My Brain—The Making Of,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zARYZk1gi7g.

30. BGWTB EPK.