{"name":"Alice in Chains","title":"Alice in Chains","id":1780,"slug":"alice-in-chains","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/1780/?format=json","bio_short":"Alice in Chains are one of the most influential American <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/rock\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">rock</a> bands of the early '90s. Drawing equally from the heavy riffing of metal and the gloomy strains of post-punk, the band developed a bleak, nihilistic sound that balanced grinding metallic riffs with subtly textured acoustic numbers. They were hard enough for metal fans, yet their dark subject matter and <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/punk\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">punk</a>y attack placed them among the front ranks of the Seattle-based <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/grunge\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">grunge</a> bands. While this dichotomy helped the group soar to multi-platinum status with their second album, 1992's <a title=\"Alice in Chains - Dirt\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Alice+in+Chains/Dirt\" class=\"bbcode_album\">Dirt</a>, it also divided them.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/AliceinChainsaic.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":2427,"title":"Black gives way to blue","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/black-gives-way-to-blue/"},{"id":1951,"title":"Down in a hole","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/down-in-a-hole/"},{"id":2358,"title":"Nutshell","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/nutshell/"},{"id":9386,"title":"Queen of the Rodeo","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/queen-of-the-rodeo/"},{"id":9384,"title":"Rooster (acoustic)","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/rooster-acoustic/"},{"id":2866,"title":"Rotten Apple","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/rotten-apple/"},{"id":3055,"title":"You Got me Wrong","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/you-got-me-wrong/"}]}