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Founders Award 2020, honoring the legendary Alice In Chains, was a night we’ll remember for years to come. In this landmark year, we had more than 275,000 views on our first live simulcast, helping us raise more than $600,000 and counting.
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FOUNDERS AWARD HIGHLIGHTS ON AMAZON MUSIC
For fans who missed the event, Amazon Music released MoPOP Founders Award Honoring Alice In Chains: A Benefit for the Museum of Pop Culture, a brand-new Amazon Original compilation. Only available to stream on Amazon Music, the compilation features highlights from the event, including Mastodon’s cover of “Again;” City and Colour’s take on “Rain When I Die.” two covers of “Would?” by Korn and Metallica; and more. The compilation also features performances of “Your Decision” and “No Excuses” by Alice In Chains.
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APPEARANCES BY SOUND OFF! ALUMNI ARTISTS
Katyrose Jordan // The Human Missile Crisis // David's Van // Talaya.
Our 2020 Honoree
Over the course of their remarkable career, Alice In Chains: vocalist/guitarist Jerry Cantrell, drummer Sean Kinney, bassist Mike Inez and vocalist/guitarist William DuVall and posthumously, original lead singer, Layne Staley and bassist, Mike Starr have sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, toured to sold out audiences and earned multiple Grammy Award nominations. They have amassed a diehard international fanbase numbering in the millions and are a household name worldwide.
Alice In Chains discography features some of the biggest and most important albums in rock history, including 1992’s quadruple-platinum-certified Dirt, 1994’s triple-platinum-certified EP Jar of Flies, which was the first EP in music history to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 and 1995’s self-titled double-platinum-certified Alice in Chains, which also entered the Billboard Top 200 at No. 1.
They returned in grand style in 2009 with the critically acclaimed Black Gives Way to Blue, which hit No. 1 across the rock and alternative charts, earned a Grammy nomination, was certified Gold and hailed by Vice as “a record that’s as powerful as anything the band has done.” The band’s latest album released in 2018, Rainier Fog, hit No. 1 across Billboard’s Rock, Alternative and Hard Music Charts and No. 1 on the iTunes Rock Album Chart and earned them a Grammy nod for “Best Rock Album.” Alice In Chains remains one of the most successful and influential American rock bands of all time.
Since 2007, the Museum of Pop Culture Founders Award has celebrated artists whose noteworthy contributions continue to nurture the next generation of risk-takers.
Backstage Pass: Founders AWARD 2020
FOUNDERS AWARD COMMITTEE
JODY ALLEN *
HONORARY CHAIR
LESLIE JACKSON CHIHULY
COMMITTEE CHAIR
CHARLIE BILLOW
LEIGH ANNE CLARK
MARK DEDERER
DANA FRANK *
SHELLEY HILF
IAN R. KERRIGAN
MARIA MACKEY
MICHAEL J. MALONE
MIKE MCCONNELL
LIZ MCCONNELL
MICHELLE QUISENBERRY *
AMY SPRANGERS
AMY WINDHAM
* = MoPOP Board Member
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Steve Cropper 2009
Robbie Robertson 2008
Ann & Nancy Wilson 2007
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HEATHER LOWREY
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