Editing Alice in Chains (section)

===2011–2016: ''The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here''===
On March 21, 2011, Alice in Chains announced that they were working on a fifth studio album,<ref>{{cite web|title=Alice In Chains To Begin Work On New Album|url=http://metalhammer.teamrock.com/news/alice-in-chains-to-begin-work-on-new-album/ |publisher=Metalhammer.co.uk |date=March 21, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011}}</ref><ref name="fifthalbum">{{cite news|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=160902 |title=Alice in Chains Is Working On New Music, Says HEART's Ann Wilson |work=Blabbermouth |date=July 20, 2011 |access-date=July 20, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106092940/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=160902 |archive-date=January 6, 2012 }}</ref> and both Cantrell and Inez later made statements that they had begun the recording process. The album was expected to be finished by summer of 2012 and released by the end of 2012 or beginning of 2013. While Alice in Chains were writing for the album in 2011, Cantrell underwent surgery on his right shoulder, which delayed recording the new material. In an interview published in May 2012, Cantrell explained, "The thing that set me back is I had some bone spurs [and] cartilage issues in my shoulders. I had the same issue in the other shoulder about six years ago so I've had them both done now. It's a repetitive motion injury from playing."<ref>{{cite web|title=Lessons Learned With Jerry Cantrell|url=http://www.grammy.com/news/lessons-learned-with-jerry-cantrell|date=May 30, 2012|access-date=April 5, 2018}}</ref> Cantrell could not play guitar for eight months while he was recovering from surgery.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsQp6_PWqOk&t=1m09s | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/xsQp6_PWqOk| archive-date=November 14, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Jerry Cantrell takes over the KLOS airwaves with Melissa Maxx PT1 (November 12, 2014) |date=November 12, 2014 |via=YouTube |access-date=April 5, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> While recuperating at home in a sling, Cantrell heard a riff in his head and sang it into his phone.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FROXRkhLcM8&t=5m23s | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/FROXRkhLcM8| archive-date=November 14, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Jerry Cantrell humming Stone's melody |work=YouTube |date=June 6, 2015|access-date=April 5, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The riff later became the song "[[Stone (Alice in Chains song)|Stone]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2013-may-29-la-et-ms-alice-in-chains-20130529-story.html |title=Through the good and the bad, Alice in Chains unbroken |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=May 23, 2013|access-date=April 5, 2018}}</ref>

Alice in Chains played their first concert in nearly 10 months and their first concert after Cantrell's shoulder surgery at the Winstar Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma on August 13, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/alice-in-chains-ends-10-month-break-from-stage/ |title=ALICE IN CHAINS Ends 10-Month Break From Stage |date=August 22, 2011 |website=Blabbermouth |access-date=April 5, 2018}}</ref> The band's only concert in 2012 was a five-song acoustic set on May 31 at the eighth annual [[MusiCares|MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert]] honoring Jerry Cantrell.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/alice-in-chains-jerry-cantrell-honored-with-stevie-ray-vaughan-award-20120601 |title=Alice in Chains' Jerry Cantrell Honored with Stevie Ray Vaughan Award |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=June 1, 2012 |access-date=June 26, 2018 |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627115729/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/alice-in-chains-jerry-cantrell-honored-with-stevie-ray-vaughan-award-20120601 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:Alice In Chains - Jimmy Kimmel Live.jpg|thumb|left|William DuVall and Jerry Cantrell performing on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'' in 2013]]
On December 4, 2012, Cantrell confirmed that the new album had been completed.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=183202 |title=Guitarist Confirms Completion Of New ALICE IN CHAINS Album |work=Blabbermouth |date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=December 6, 2012 |archive-date=December 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208012229/http://blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=183202 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The first single, "[[Hollow (Alice in Chains song)|Hollow]]", debuted online on December 18, available for digital download in January 2013, along with an official music video.<ref>{{cite news|title=ALICE IN CHAINS: New Song 'Hollow' To Make Its Online Debut In Two Weeks|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=183271|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221095508/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=183271|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 21, 2013|work=Blabbermouth|access-date=December 7, 2012}}</ref><ref name="loudwire">{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/alice-in-chains-new-single-hollow/ |title=Alice in Chains Unleash New Single 'Hollow' |publisher=Loudwire.com |date=December 18, 2012 |access-date=January 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theprp.com/2012/12/21/news/alice-in-chains-working-on-hollow-music-video/ |title=Alice In Chains Working On "Hollow" Music Video |website=ThePRP.com |date=December 21, 2012}}</ref> On February 13, 2013, Alice in Chains posted on Facebook that their new album title would be an anagram of the letters H V L E N T P S U S D A H I E E O E D T I U R R.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/aliceinchains/posts/160201530798925 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/15295887490/160201530798925 |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |url-access=limited|title=Alice in Chains |publisher=Facebook |date=February 13, 2013 |access-date=April 29, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The next day they announced that the album would be called ''[[The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here]]'',<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=186281 |title=Alice in Chains: New Album Title Revealed |work=Blabbermouth |date=February 14, 2013 |access-date=February 14, 2013 |archive-date=February 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220012046/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=186281 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which was released on May 28, 2013,<ref name="Revolver">{{Cite news|date=May 28, 2013|title=Alice in Chains Release New Album, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, and Video Teaser|website=Revolver Magazine|url=http://www.revolvermag.com/news/alice-in-chains-release-new-album-the-devil-put-dinosaurs-here-and-video.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012214004/http://www.revolvermag.com/news/alice-in-chains-release-new-album-the-devil-put-dinosaurs-here-and-video.html|archive-date=October 12, 2014}}</ref> and debuted at No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name="billboard 200"/>

To promote the album, Alice in Chains teamed up with [[Funny or Die]] for an 11-minute mockumentary titled ''[[Alice in Chains: AIC 23|AIC 23]]'', in which Film Studies professor Alan Poole McLard (played by [[W. Earl Brown]]) attempts to make a documentary on Alice in Chains without any help from the actual band, interviewing other musicians instead. Among them are country singer Donnie 'Skeeter' Dollarhide Jr. (played by Jerry Cantrell), Reggae singer Nesta Cleveland (played by William DuVall), Black Metal musician Unta Gleeben Glabben Globben Globin (played by Mike Inez) and the hipster Stanley Eisen (played by Sean Kinney).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/alice-in-chains-team-with-funny-or-die-for-hilarious-aic-23-mockumentary/ |title=Alice in Chains Team With Funny or Die for Hilarious 'AIC 23' Mockumentary |date=April 3, 2013 |website=Loudwire |access-date=April 5, 2018}}</ref> The video was released on April 3, 2013, and also features cameos by Ann and Nancy Wilson from Heart, [[Mike McCready]] from Pearl Jam, [[Kim Thayil]] from Soundgarden, Duff McKagan from Guns N' Roses, [[Brent Hinds]] and [[Bill Kelliher]] from [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]], and [[Lars Ulrich]] and [[Robert Trujillo]] from [[Metallica]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f56c3e82fc/alice-in-chains-twenty-three |title=Alice in Chains Twenty-Three |date=April 3, 2013 |website=Funny or Die |access-date=April 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620181045/http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f56c3e82fc/alice-in-chains-twenty-three |archive-date=June 20, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In June 2013, the band released a pinball game app for iOS as part of ''Pinball Rocks'' HD compilation, featuring the single "Hollow", the band's logo and the album artwork, as well as references to the band's previous albums such as ''Jar of Flies'' and the self-titled record.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.spin.com/2013/06/alice-in-chains-mobile-pinball-app/ |title=Ball in the Box: Alice in Chains Brand Their Own Mobile Pinball Game |date=June 13, 2013 |website=SPIN}}</ref>

The band released videos for the songs "Hollow", "[[Stone (Alice in Chains song)|Stone]]", "[[Voices (Alice in Chains song)|Voices]]", the title track and "[[Phantom Limb]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/alice-in-chains-taps-director-roboshobo-for-phantom-limb-video/ |title=Alice in Chains Taps Director ROBOSHOBO For 'Phantom Limb' Video |publisher=lansingstatejournal.com |date=May 19, 2014 |access-date=April 5, 2018}}</ref> ''"Hollow"''<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Mainstream Rock Songs - The Week of March 30, 2013|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks/2013-03-30|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 1, 2017}}</ref> and ''"Stone"'' reached No. 1 on [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'s [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1566936/chart-moves-cassadee-pope-debuts-on-hot-100-hot-country-songs-alicia-keys |title=Chart Moves: Cassadee Pope Debuts On Hot 100, Hot Country Songs; Alicia Keys Reaches Adult R&B Milestone; The Lone Bellow Adds Airplay |first=Gary |last=Trust |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] |date=June 13, 2013 |access-date=August 1, 2017 |archive-date=June 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626065202/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1566936/chart-moves-cassadee-pope-debuts-on-hot-100-hot-country-songs-alicia-keys |url-status=dead }}</ref> while ''"Voices"'' reached No. 3,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Mainstream Rock Songs - The Week of November 23, 2013|access-date=August 1, 2017|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks/2013-11-23|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002093225/http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks/2013-11-23|archive-date=October 2, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and each one of the three songs stayed on the chart for 20 weeks.<ref name="AIC chart">{{cite magazine|title=Alice in Chains Chart History - Mainstream Rock|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/alice-in-chains/chart-history/rtt/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 30, 2018}}</ref> ''The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here'' was nominated for a [[Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical]] in 2014.<ref name="grammy 2014">{{cite news |date=January 26, 2014 |title=Grammys 2014: The complete list of nominees and winners |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammy-nominations-winners-list-story.html |access-date=November 25, 2017}}</ref>

Alice in Chains toured extensively in the U.S., Canada, and Europe in 2013 and 2014.<ref>{{cite web|first=Alex|last=Young|url= https://consequence.net/2013/01/alice-in-chains-announce-2013-tour-dates/ |title=Alice in Chains announce 2013 tour dates |website=Consequence of Sound |date=January 14, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Kevin|last=Rutherford|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5885569/alice-in-chains-announces-21-date-spring-tour |title=Alice in Chains Announces 21-Date Spring Tour |magazine=Billboard |date=January 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Chad |last=Bowar|url=http://loudwire.com/alice-in-chains-expand-2014-north-american-tour-august-dates/ |title=Alice in Chains Expand 2014 North American Tour With August Dates |website=Loudwire |date=April 21, 2014}}</ref> In May 2013, the band co-headlined the annual [[WMMR|MMRBQ]] festival with Soundgarden in [[Camden, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Soundgarden and Alice in Chains to headline 2013 WMMRBQ in Camden|url=http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/music/index.ssf/2013/01/soundgarden_and_alice_in_chain.html|website=lehighvalleylive.com|access-date=August 1, 2017|date=January 18, 2013}}</ref> Asked in September 2013 if Alice in Chains would make another album, Cantrell replied, "It'll be a while. It's [been] four years since we put the last one out, but at least it's not the gap that was between the last one, so that's about right - about three to four years."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/alice_in_chains_it_will_be_a_while_before_the_new_album.html |title=Alice in Chains: 'It Will Be a While Before the New Album' |publisher=Ultimate-Guitar.com |date=September 4, 2013 |access-date=September 14, 2013}}</ref>

[[File:AIC 6-29-16 5 Live at arrowhead.jpg|thumb|Alice in Chains opening for [[Guns N' Roses]] at [[Arrowhead Stadium]] in 2016]]

On January 18, 2015, Alice in Chains performed in the halftime show of the [[NFC Championship Game]] between the [[2014 Seattle Seahawks season|Seattle Seahawks]] and the [[2014 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]] at [[CenturyLink Field]] in Seattle.<ref>{{cite web|author=Bob Condotta|url=http://blogs.seattletimes.com/seahawks/2015/01/16/alice-in-chains-to-perform-at-halftime-of-nfc-championship-game-sunday/|title=Alice in Chains to perform at halftime of NFC Championship game Sunday|work=Seattle Times|date=January 16, 2015|access-date=January 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119005940/http://blogs.seattletimes.com/seahawks/2015/01/16/alice-in-chains-to-perform-at-halftime-of-nfc-championship-game-sunday/|archive-date=January 19, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Cantrell is a lifelong Seahawks fan and often attends their games.<ref>{{cite news|last=Farnsworth|first=Clare|title=Alice in Chains to rock CenturyLink Field at halftime on Sunday|url=https://www.seahawks.com/news/alice-in-chains-to-rock-centurylink-field-at-halftime-on-sunday-115611|publisher=NFL Enterprises|website=Seahawks.com|date=January 16, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706163427/https://www.seahawks.com/news/alice-in-chains-to-rock-centurylink-field-at-halftime-on-sunday-115611}}</ref> In August 2015, Bassist Mike Inez said that the band had been "throwing around riffs for a new record" and "taking it nice and slow".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/alice_in_chains_are_working_on_new_album.html |title=Alice in Chains Are Working on New Album |publisher=[[Ultimate Guitar Archive|Ultimate-Guitar.com]] |date=August 19, 2015 |access-date=July 25, 2017}}</ref> The band toured in the summer of 2015<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/alice-in-chains-announces-u-s-tour-2/ |title=Alice in Chains Announces U.S. Tour |work=Blabbermouth |date=March 9, 2015 |access-date=March 27, 2015}}</ref> and the summer of 2016, including select shows opening for [[Guns N' Roses]] as part of the [[Not in This Lifetime... Tour]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/alice-in-chains-second-leg-2016-u-s-tour-dates/|title=Alice in Chains Reveal Second Leg of 2016 U.S. Tour|work=loudwire.com|date=June 6, 2016 |access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref> The band finished their 2016 tour with a concert at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno, Nevada on October 8, 2016.<ref name="last show 2016 tour">{{Cite web |url=http://thisisreno.com/2016/10/alice-chains-plays-final-show-2016-tour-reno/ |title=Alice In Chains Plays Final Show of 2016 Tour in Reno |date=October 17, 2016 |website=This Is Reno |access-date=April 29, 2018}}</ref>

In November 2016, Alice in Chains released a cover of the [[Rush (band)|Rush]] song "[[Tears (Rush song)|Tears]]",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/music/3414980/alice-chains-just-dropped-cover-rushs-tears/|title=Alice in Chains Just Dropped a Cover of Rush's 'Tears' |work=Bloody Disgusting|date=November 18, 2016|access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> which was included in the 40th anniversary release of the album ''[[2112 (album)|2112]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rush.com/2112-40th/|title=2112 40th|website=rush.com|date=November 4, 2016}}</ref> The home video ''[[Live Facelift]]'' was released on [[Phonograph record|vinyl]] for the first time on November 25, 2016, as part of [[Record Store Day]]'s Black Friday event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2016/11/25/alice-in-chains-prophets-of-rage-the-raconteurs-more-releasi.html|title=Alice in Chains, Prophets of Rage, The Raconteurs & More Releasing Exclusive Vinyl for Record Store Day Black Friday|publisher=ABC News Radio|date=November 25, 2016|access-date=December 20, 2017|archive-date=November 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126150845/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2016/11/25/alice-in-chains-prophets-of-rage-the-raconteurs-more-releasi.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The album features six songs and only 5000 copies were issued.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/8812|title=BLACK FRIDAY 2016 > Alice In Chains - Live---Facelift|publisher=Record Store Day|access-date=December 20, 2017}}</ref>

To celebrate the tenth anniversary of Record Store Day, on April 22, 2017, Legacy Recordings released "Get Born Again"/"What the Hell Have I", a special 45 RPM double 7" single featuring four tracks remastered and available on vinyl for the first time, "What the Hell Have I", "A Little Bitter", "Get Born Again" and "Died".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/alice-in-chains-double-7-single-to-be-made-available-for-record-store-day/ |title=ALICE IN CHAINS: Double 7" Single To Be Made Available For 'Record Store Day' |date=March 22, 2017 |website=Blabbermouth |access-date=June 26, 2018}}</ref>