Sean Kinney
American drummer · United States · On the map · Musicians · Born 1966 · age 60
Sean Howard Kinney is an American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band Alice in Chains. Kinney also founded the short-lived supergroup Spys4Darwin, and has collaborated with other artists such as Johnny Cash and Metallica.
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Jerry Cantrell Also in Alice in Chains: Hollywood Rock Festival 1993 (1993)
Mike Inez Also in Alice in Chains: Hollywood Rock Festival 1993 (1993)
Layne Staley Bandmate in Alice in Chains
Mike Starr Bandmate in Alice in Chains
William DuVall Bandmate in Alice in Chains
Chris DeGarmo Bandmate in Spys4Darwin
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Kinney performing with Alice in Chains at the Uproar Festival in 2013, with the initials "LSMS" on his drumkit in tribute to Layne Staley and Mike Starr
Kinney in 2002
William DuVall (left), Sean Kinney (back) and Jerry Cantrell (right) performing at an Alice in Chains concert in 2007.
Sean Kinney drum set displayed at the Hard Rock Cafe in Seattle.About this person
He played drums for his Alice in Chains bandmate, Jerry Cantrell's first solo album, Boggy Depot (1998). Since 2009, Kinney has been co-owner of The Crocodile club in Seattle. He was a guest drummer on NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers in September 2018. Kinney has earned nine Grammy Award nominations as a member of Alice in Chains.
