Alice in Chains represented the darkest side of 1990s grunge rock. Taking a page or two from such previous doom rock purveyors as Black Sabbath and the Melvins, the band lyrically depicted the hell of drug addiction (and other hardcore topics) perhaps more convincingly than anyone else of the era. The band officially went on hiatus when lead singer Layne Staley died of a drug overdose in 2002, but re-formed in 2005, employing vocalist William DuVall from the band Comes with the Fall. ~ Rovi Staff