Mike Inez
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Michael "Mike" Inez (born May 14, 1966, in San Fernando, California) is a rock musician.
[edit] Career
Starting out on guitar and saxophone, but since the late 1980s (most of his professional career) he has been a bass guitar player in popular hard rock bands.
In 1990, more than 50 musicians were auditioning for Ozzy Osbourne's group, and Inez won the spot of bassist. Within a month, Inez was playing live at a gig with Osbourne at Wembley Stadium.
Inez was around for the No More Tears album in 1991, Inez is credited with bass "inspiration" and Inez also appeared on the 1993 Osbourne live album, Live and Loud, but by late 1993 Inez had moved on to his next project. Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr had left the group after the release of Dirt and Inez replaced him.
Inez toured throughout 1993 with Alice in Chains on the strength of the Dirt album, and the group participated in the 1993 Lollapalooza Tour. The next AIC album Jar of Flies was ready for release in 1994 with Inez recording the bass tracks. (This album debuted at #1 on the album sales charts, the first EP ever to do so).
Inez again recorded with the band for their eponymous 1995 release Alice in Chains. This album also debuted at #1. Inez can be seen appearing with Alice in Chains on the 1996 MTV Unplugged special, one of the few live performances the group had played together in three years. Afterwards, they went on a long hiatus and are now back with Inez still playing bass. For more info, http://www.aliceinchains.net. Edit on: May 21, 2006
Also in 1995, Inez played with Slash on the former Guns N' Roses guitarist's side group, Slash's Snakepit. The group recorded It's Five O'Clock Somewhere although Inez did not play any live shows during the corresponding tour.
In 1998 Inez played with his Alice in Chains bandmate, Jerry Cantrell, on his debut solo album, Boggy Depot. In the following year, Inez played on the bonus track to Black Label Society's debut album Sonic Brew, a reworked heavy metal cover version of the Osbourne track "No More Tears". At around this time, Inez formed the band Spys 4 Darwin with Sean Kinney, Chris DeGarmo from Queensrÿche, and Vinnie Drombroski from Sponge. They released the "Microfish" EP, and played radio festivals in the Northwest.
In mid August 2001, Inez temporarily replaced Steve Gibb (who was sent home mid-tour) for Black Label Society, who were in the middle of the Ozzfest 2001 tour. In late 2002 Inez was considered to replace Jason Newsted in Metallica.
Inez appears on Heart's 2003 release, Alive in Seattle, a double CD live recording that documents a 2002 concert at Seattle's Paramount Theatre.
In 2003, Inez replaced Robert Trujillo (who had joined Metallica) in Black Label Society, doing a short two week west coast tour of the United States, and a short tour of Japan for their The Blessed Hellride album. A few songs from the Tokyo, Japan show of this tour appears in the bonus features section of their live DVD, Boozed, Broozed, and Broken-Boned.
Inez recorded one track with Black Label Society, called "Crazy Or High" for their 2004 release Hangover Music Vol. VI.
In 2005 Inez reunited with the surviving Alice in Chains members, performing at a benefit concert for the Tsunami Disaster.
By 2006 Inez had got together with Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney of Alice in Chains, and are set for a world tour, with various guest singers to fill in for the late Layne Staley. The main singer for the band's tour is William Duvall. The band was also featured on Decades of Rock: Heart and Friends where they performed "Would?" (with Phil Anselmo) and "Rooster" (with William Duvall). Added: May 21, 2006
Inez recently was a guest player on "Under the Gun" from Motörhead's Kiss of Death album.
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| Alice in Chains |
| Jerry Cantrell | Mike Inez | Sean Kinney | William DuVall |
| Layne Staley | Mike Starr |
| Discography |
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| Studio Albums: Facelift | Dirt | Alice in Chains |
| EPs: We Die Young | Sap | Jar of Flies |
| Live Albums: MTV Unplugged | Live |
| Compilations: Nothing Safe: Best of the Box | Music Bank | Greatest Hits | The Essential Alice in Chains |
| Singles: "Bleed the Freak" | "'We Die Young" | "Man in the Box" | "Sea of Sorrow" | "Would?" | "Them Bones" "Angry Chair" | "Rooster" | "Down in a Hole" | "What the Hell Have I" | "Got Me Wrong" | "No Excuses" "I Stay Away" | "Grind" | "Heaven Beside You" | "Again" | "Over Now" | "Get Born Again" | "Fear the Voices" |
| Videos |
| Live Facelift | The Nona Tapes | MTV Unplugged | Music Bank: The Videos |
| Related content |
| Articles: Grunge music | Singles | Mad Season | MTV Unplugged |
| Categories: Alice in Chains | Alice in Chains Albums | Alice in Chains songs |
