Alice in Chains are the recipients of the Museum of Pop Culture’s 2020 Founders Award. Located in Seattle, the museum chooses an artist who’s had a largely impactful career to celebrate each year.
Alice In Chains will be honored during a Dec. 1 ceremony as part of a benefit concert that will be streamed online at 6pm PST on facebook.com/MoPOPSeattle and Twitch.
The benefit will feature performances by Alice In Chains, as well as tribute performances by members of Soundgarden (ft. Matt Cameron) with Mike McCready and Tad Doyle, Metallica, Dave Navarro, Mark Lanegan, Krist Novoselic, Duff McKagan and special appearances by Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament and many more.
Full line-up, details, and free ticket donations can be found at available here mopop.org.
Born in Reggio Emilia in 1980. He created pearljamonline.it in 2001 and wrote the first edition of “Pearl Jam Evolution” in 2009 along with his wife Daria. Since 2022, he is behind 2 podcasts: “Pearl Jam dalla A alla Z” and “Fuori Orario Not Another Podcast”. He has collaborated with Barracuda Style, HvsR, Rolling Stone, Rockol and Il Fatto Quotidiano. He continues relentlessly to try to find “beautiful melodies that say terrible things”.
Favorite song: Present Tense
Favorite album: No Code
Favorite bands/artists other than PJ: Tom Waits, Soundgarden, Ramones, Bruce Springsteen, IDLES, Fontaines D.C., The Murder Capital, Mark Lanegan, Cat Power, R.E.M.