Alice In Chains are releasing just 3000 copies of their 30th anniversary Dirt box set and we'll fight you for one

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Alice In Chains have revealed that they'll be releasing an expansive box set edition of their 1992 masterpiece Dirt to mark the album's 30th anniversary. 

Released on September 29, 1992, Dirt has sold over five million copies worldwide, and was the final AIC album to be recorded by all four original members.

Limited to just 3000 units, and available exclusively from the band's webstore, the box set is retailing for $275 plus shipping costs.

The new edition features:

Box with lid filled with metal shavings - move shavings around to create your own dirt design using magnetic cover figurine
Resin cover figurine fits atop vinyl records on your record player
Dirt on Orange 2LP for the first time with remastered audio
Dirt on CD with remastered audio
Five 7” singles with brand new artwork on various coloured vinyl: Them Bones, Down in a Hole, Rooster, Angry Chair and Would?
80 page hardbound book
Exclusive Dirt-inspired art prints by Cody Melick, Victor Melendez, Brent McKee, and Eric Wolfe Sahlsten
2-sided foldout poster
8x10 band photo glossy
Four reprinted show posters
Reprinted set list
Dirt Tour laminate

Dirt 30

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The Seattle grunge legends previously announced the release of a special commemorative Funko Pop! Album set. 

The product description reads: "Celebrate 30 years of Alice in Chains’ second studio album Dirt with this Deluxe Pop! Album! Never forget the iconic album or the music of Alice in Chains by collecting this Deluxe Pop! Album Dirt, featuring each of the band members as Pop! figures and the album cover art.

"Packaged together in a protective hardcase, this Deluxe Pop! Album can be hung on a wall or placed on a shelf next to your music collection. Pop! Layne Staley, Pop! Jerry Cantrell, Pop! Sean Kinney, and Pop! Mike Starr are ready to rock in their legendary stage outfits."

Paul Brannigan
Contributing Editor, Louder

A music writer since 1993, formerly Editor of Kerrang! and Planet Rock magazine (RIP), Paul Brannigan is a Contributing Editor to Louder. Having previously written books on Lemmy, Dave Grohl (the Sunday Times best-seller This Is A Call) and Metallica (Birth School Metallica Death, co-authored with Ian Winwood), his Eddie Van Halen biography (Eruption in the UK, Unchained in the US) emerged in 2021. He has written for Rolling Stone, Mojo and Q, hung out with Fugazi at Dischord House, flown on Ozzy Osbourne's private jet, played Angus Young's Gibson SG, and interviewed everyone from Aerosmith and Beastie Boys to Young Gods and ZZ Top. Born in the North of Ireland, Brannigan lives in North London and supports The Arsenal.