Band
Holds writing credit on 70 of 70 tracks
Members are credited on all 70 studio tracks and every one carries only band members. Jerry Cantrell is on 66, Layne Staley on 24, Sean Kinney on 19 and Mike Inez on 13.
Across all 70 tracks: how many Alice in Chains wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.
Share of all 70 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.
Percentage of all 70 tracks, across every album, where each member holds a credit - split by role.
| Member | Period | Lyrics | Music | Production | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Cantrell | 1987-present | 73% |
94% |
0% |
0% |
| Sean Kinney | 1987-present | 10% |
27% |
0% |
0% |
| Mike Inez | 1993-present | 9% |
19% |
0% |
0% |
| William DuVall | 2006-present | 7% |
6% |
0% |
0% |
| Layne Staley | 1987-2002 | 34% |
11% |
0% |
0% |
| Mike Starr | 1987-1993 | 1% |
4% |
0% |
0% |
Alice in Chains's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.
Where Alice in Chains sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.
Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.
None of the signature songs above fall in this category.
Six studio albums. Layne Staley sang on the first three and died in 2002; William DuVall has fronted the band since 2006.
Columbia
Columbia
Columbia
Virgin / EMI
Capitol
BMG
No albums from this decade.
Alice in Chains70 tracks
25Dave Jerden, 25 tracks
TW12Toby Wright, 12 tracks
Bubble size = tracks worked on together. NR Nick Raskulinecz · TW Toby Wright
Data Insight
Members are credited on all 70 of the band's studio tracks and every one of them carries only band members. Jerry Cantrell is on 66, Layne Staley on 24 and Sean Kinney on 19. Nobody from outside the band has written a single song for them in thirty-five years.
Quick Facts
Creative Fingerprint
A guitarist writing nearly everything, with the singer beside him until 1995 and the rhythm section after.
The Story
Alice in Chains formed in Seattle in 1987 around Jerry Cantrell's guitar and Layne Staley's voice. Facelift, Dirt and the 1995 self-titled album all went multi-platinum before Staley's addiction stopped the band; he died in 2002. William DuVall has fronted them since 2006 and there are six studio albums in all.