Alice in Chains releases second studio album Dirt on September 29, 1992

Dirt, the second studio album by Alice in Chains, was released on September 29, 1992. The album was recorded in Burbank, Seattle and Los Angeles between April and July 1992, and it is the band's best-selling album.

Producer Dave Jerden returned to work on the album for a second time after Facelift. Dave Jerden split Cantrell's guitar signal across three amps, and each amp handled its own frequency range. Guitar World selected Dirt as the best guitar album of 1992, ranking it #1.

The track Iron Gland runs 43 seconds and references Black Sabbath's song Iron Man. Tom Araya of Slayer sang vocals alongside Staley on Iron Gland. Hate to Feel and Angry Chair were both written by Staley, and Staley played rhythm guitar on both songs.

Angry Chair became the third single from the album on November 30, 1992, and its own music video was released. The cover photo shoot took place on June 14, 1992, at photographer Rocky Schenck's studio in Hollywood. Sean Kinney supervised the cover shoot, and art director Mary Maurer helped shape the concept.

Cantrell wrote the song Rooster in early 1991 while staying at the Seattle home of Chris Cornell and Susan Silver. Cantrell's father joined Alice in Chains on stage to play Rooster at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa on October 19, 2007.