Alice in Chains' debut arrived at the outset of the '90s without a name for the market they were supposed to attract. Their sound was too unique to be considered metal and more visceral than mere straight-ahead rock, but it was soon lumped in with that of other prominent bands emerging from the overcast skies of Seattle around the same time. Gritty, down-tuned guitars kept their legion of fans headbanging to "Man in a Box" and "Would?," offering sharp contrast to their mellower acoustic output ("Got Me Wrong," "No Excuses"). However, it was Jerry Cantrell and Layne Staley's thick and dissonant harmonies which became one of their most imitated and original features, spawning endless copiers. Heroin-tinged lyrics and jagged, odd-time riffs foreshadowed their supposed demise, but their influence lives on in many of today's copycat bands.

ALICE IN CHAINS	ANGRY CHAIR SNAKE SLV	DOWN IN A HOLE	FACELIFT
GRIND	HEAVEN BESIDE YOU	JAR OF FLIES	MUSIC BANK
NO EXCUSES	NOTHING SAFE	SAP	THEM BONES
Bank Heist	Would?	Heaven Beside You (disc 2)	Heaven Beside You (disc 1)
Jar of Flies / Sap	Down in a Hole (bonus disc)	Johnny Steroid's Last Show	1992-11-29: Desert/I Am Firegod: Toronto, ON, Canada
Nothing Safe: The Best of the Box	2005-02-18: K-ROCK Tsunami Continued Care Relief Concert: Premier, Seattle, WA, USA	Chained to the Studio	The Essential Alice in Chains
Angry Chair	A Looking in View	Check My Brain	Black Gives Way to Blue
Your Decision	The Treehouse Tapes	1993-03-02: Bad Dream: The Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, UK	1992-11-27: The Channel, Boston, MA, USA
2009-11-14: Manchester Academy, Manchester, UK	1992-11-28: Dirtiest Live: La Brique, Montreal, QC, Canada	1994-02-23: Swarm: Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka, Japan	1992-11-29: Life in Chains: Concert Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada
We Die Young (live in USA '93)	We Die Young	1993-10-13: Neu-Isenburg, Germany	The World Is in Chains
Love Hate Live	Working Class Heros	Boot! (disc 1)	Dirty Toy Town
Live and Unchained	1989: Publisher Demos	Live in Blunderland	1991-01: Alice in Wonderland: Dallas Amphitheater, Dallas, TX, USA
1993: Come and Save Me: Paris, France	1993-01-08: Aloha Tower, Honolulu, HI, USA	1992-12-20: Seattle, WA, USA	Unchained Demos
1990-09-02: Motorized: Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, USA	Nightland