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| | Rolling Stone : Alice in Chains: Biography (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Though often underrated next to more celebrated grunge progenitors such as Nirvana, Mudhoney, and Soundgarden, Alice in Chains' slow-grind roar may be even more influential; later bands such as Godsmack (named after an Alice song), System of a Down, and Creed would be unimaginable without them. |
 | | That said, the quartet's output was relatively small and its accomplishments undercut by singer Layne Staley's long-running battle with heroin, which prematurely broke up the band and eventually took his life in 2002. |
 | | Death, drugs, and the struggle to transcend both would be the band's enduring themes, and Alice created a signature sound that fit the dire imagery. |
| www.rollingstone.com /artists/aliceinchains/biography (459 words) |
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