Editing Alice in Chains (section)

===1993–1994: ''Jar of Flies''===
[[File:MikeInez crop lrg.jpg|thumb|right|Bassist [[Mike Inez]] joined Alice in Chains in 1993.]]
Following Alice in Chains' extensive 1993 world tour, Staley said the band "just wanted to go into the studio for a few days with our acoustic guitars and see what happened."<ref name="Layne talks Jar of Flies">{{cite magazine| author=Andrews, Rob |date=August 1994 |title=A Step Beyond Layne's World |magazine=[[Hit Parader]]}}</ref> "We never really planned on the music we made at that time to be released. But the record label heard it and they really liked it. For us, it was just the experience of four guys getting together in the studio and making some music."<ref name="Layne talks Jar of Flies"/>

Columbia Records released Alice in Chains' second acoustic-based EP, ''[[Jar of Flies]]'', on January 25, 1994. Written and recorded in one week,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://aliceinchains.com/discography/JarOfFlies.aspx| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208170925/http://aliceinchains.com/discography/JarOfFlies.aspx| archive-date=December 8, 2006 |title=Jar of Flies – Discography |publisher=Aliceinchains.com |access-date=December 28, 2007}}</ref> ''Jar of Flies'' debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200, becoming the first EP—and first Alice in Chains release—to top the charts.<ref name="timeline"/>

Paul Evans of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' called the EP "darkly gorgeous",<ref name="Rolling Stone - Jar of Flies">{{cite magazine |author=Evans, Paul |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/jar-of-flies-19940324 |title=Jar of Flies |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=March 24, 1994 |access-date=March 4, 2012 |archive-date=March 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324164629/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/jar-of-flies-19940324 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Steve Huey said, "'Jar of Flies' is a low-key stunner, achingly gorgeous and harrowingly sorrowful all at once."<ref name="AMG Jar of Flies">{{cite web |author=Huey, Steve |title=Jar of Flies |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r191391|pure_url=yes}} |access-date=January 1, 2008 |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=Rovi Corporation}}</ref> ''Jar of Flies'' features Alice in Chains' first number-one single on the [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks|Mainstream Rock charts]], "[[No Excuses (Alice in Chains song)|No Excuses]]". The second single, "[[I Stay Away]]", reached number ten on the Mainstream rock charts, while the final single "[[Don't Follow]]", reached number 25.<ref name="AIC chart"/> ''Jar of Flies'' has been certified triple platinum by the RIAA,<ref name="RIAA"/> with over 2 million copies sold in the United States during its first year.<ref name="Jar">{{cite web| url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Alice+in+Chains&ti=Jar+of+Flies#search_section |title=American album certifications – Alice in Chains – Jar of Flies| work=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |access-date=July 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1043814/ask-billboard-alice-in-chains-anthony-hamilton-jay-z |title=Ask Billboard: Alice In Chains, Anthony Hamilton, Jay-Z| magazine=Billboard |date=October 10, 2008|access-date=July 27, 2017}}</ref> ''Jar of Flies'' received two Grammy nominations, Best Hard Rock Performance for "I Stay Away",<ref name="grammy noms"/> and [[Grammy Award for Best Recording Package|Best Recording Package]].<ref name="Best Recording Package">{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-06-ca-17089-story.html |title=The 37th Grammy Nominations |date=January 6, 1995 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=June 26, 2018}}</ref>

After the release of ''Jar of Flies'', Staley entered [[drug rehabilitation|rehab]] for heroin addiction.<ref name="To Hell and Back">{{cite magazine |author=Wiederhorn, Jon |date=February 8, 1996 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/alice-in-chains-to-hell-and-back-rolling-stones-1996-feature-20110405 |title=To Hell and Back |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=March 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709093718/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/alice-in-chains-to-hell-and-back-rolling-stones-1996-feature-20110405 |archive-date=July 9, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The band was scheduled to tour during the summer of 1994 with [[Metallica]], [[Suicidal Tendencies]], [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]], and [[Fight (band)|Fight]], as well as a slot during [[Woodstock '94]], but while in rehearsal for the tour, Staley began using heroin again.<ref name="Rolling Stones on Staley's death">{{cite magazine |author=Rothman, Robin |date=April 22, 2002 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/layne-staley-found-dead-20020422 |title=Layne Staley Found Dead |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=March 4, 2012 |archive-date=August 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813100545/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/layne-staley-found-dead-20020422 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Staley's condition prompted the other band members to cancel all scheduled dates one day before the start of the tour, putting the band on hiatus.<ref name="To Hell and Back"/><ref name="Rolling Stones on Staley's death"/> Alice in Chains was replaced by [[Candlebox]] on the tour.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aQgEAAAAMBAJ&q=Candlebox%20replaced%20alice%20in%20chains%20metallica%20tour&pg=PA14|title=Atlantic, EMI Pub Weave New 'Tapestry'; Alice In Chains Cancels Summer Tour|magazine=Billboard|date=July 30, 1994|access-date=November 15, 2017}}</ref> Susan Silver's management office sent out a statement saying that the decision to withdraw from the Metallica tour and Woodstock was "due to health problems within the band."<ref>{{cite book|last1=de Sola|first1=David|title=Alice in Chains: The Untold Story|date=August 4, 2015|publisher=Thomas Dunne Books|isbn=978-1250048073|page=212}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/nov/22/hearing-from-alice-after-quiet-year-alice-in/|title=Hearing From Alice After Quiet Year, Alice In Chains Hammers Out New Album With The Hard And Heavy Sound Fans Will Appreciate |work=The Spokesman-Review|date=November 22, 1995|access-date=November 22, 2017}}</ref> Shortly after withdrawing, the band broke up for six months, with Kinney telling ''Rolling Stone'' in 1996, "Nobody was being honest with each other back then. If we had kept going, there was a good chance we would have self-destructed on the road, and we definitely didn't want that to happen in public."<ref name="To Hell and Back" />