Biography

Sean Kinney is an American musician best known as the drummer for the Seattle Rock band Alice in Chains, which he co-founded along with guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell in 1987. Kinney was born on May 27, 1966 in Renton, Washington. He got his first drum kit when he was 5 years old. By the age of 9, he was the drummer for his grandfather's band, The Cross Cats, and travelled the Northwest playing small venues. Alice in Chains was inactive from 1996 onwards due to lead vocalist Layne Staley's drug issues. In 1998 Kinney founded the short-lived project Spys4Darwin, with fellow Seattle musician Chris DeGarmo of Queensrÿche. They were joined by Alice in Chains' bassist Mike Inez and Sponge vocalist Vinnie Dombroski. The band released a 6-track EP titled "Microfish" in 2001. After Layne Staley's death in 2002, Alice in Chains remained inactive until 2005 when Kinney came up with the idea of doing a benefit concert for the victims of the tsunami disaster that struck South Asia in 2004

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