'We're not interested in stepping on rich legacy,' Cantrell told MTV at the time. The benefit show lit a spark among the remaining Alice in Chains members, who agreed they wanted to play more shows to see if a reunited lineup could continue. 'To see them playing again, and for them to be playing together again, was overwhelming.' 'More emotion was experienced that night than any of us anticipated,' Silver admitted. The performance featured a rotating list of guest singers, including Maynard James Keenan of Tool and Heart’s Ann Wilson. 18, 2005, Alice in Chains’ remaining members reunited for a charity event, helping raise support for victims of the tsunami disaster that had struck South Asia. … We couldn’t imagine those guys being onstage together without Layne.” “But they’d never broken up even though they hadn’t played together for nine years. “Layne’s death due to addiction was something that gutted us, and the band considered themselves over at that point,” the group’s longtime manager, Susan Silver, recalled to Pollstar. Watch an MTV News Report Announcing Layne Staley's Death

Staley’s 2002 death seemed to signify the band’s end. So each musician was continuing down their respective paths in the late ‘90s, while still tethered to Alice in Chains. Meanwhile, bassist Mike Inez – who also played on Cantrell’s solo work – contributed to It's Five O'Clock Somewhere, the 1995 debut album from Slash’s Snakepit, the side project of Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash. Likewise, drummer Sean Kinney had also made guest appearances on other artists’ songs over the years, working with Metallica and Johnny Cash, as well as contributing to Cantrell’s solo material. Cantrell also collaborated with a range of artists, including an appearance on Metallica's 1998 album Garage Inc. Jerry Cantrell - the band’s lead guitarist, co-singer and primary songwriter - released his first solo album in 1998. A follow-up, Degradation Trip, arrived just a couple of months after Staley’s death.

In many ways, the members of Alice in Chains had already begun moving on before Staley’s death.

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