Alice In Chains

Grunge survivor: Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains

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Alice In Chains, Deftones, Theory of a Deadman, 5 Finger Death Punch, and more are scheduled to perform at 98 KUPD's End of Summer Scorcher on Saturday, September 20.

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Throughout its original 15-year run, Alice in Chains regularly alternated electric assaults with acoustic breathers, such as the early-'90s EPs Sap and Jar of Flies. The band's 1996 episode of MTV Unplugged remains haunting — not least because of the visible toll that drug abuse had taken on singer Layne Staley, who died of an overdose in 2002. So it's only natural that the reunited Alice, which now features William DuVall in Staley's place, should offer some acoustic numbers in its current 90-minute sets. Now, as then, stripped-down formats highlight the delicacy of the band's surprisingly supple interplay and the depth of guitarist Jerry Cantrell's songwriting.