Members of Alice in Chains onstage with Poison, early...

Members of Alice in Chains onstage with Poison, early ’90s. (Photo via Metal Sludge; H/T MetalSucks)

“In ’91, I got Alice in Chains to play a bunch of Northwest dates with[Poison]. All I knew was they were starting to break out big. I had a littlestudio at my house in Malibu, and in probably ’93, Jerry and those guyscame out and we sang, wrote music, partied, had a good time. I wastalkin’ to Jerry, and we both addressed how now there was supposedto be this anger and hatred between us.I said, ‘...