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The Boston-based alt-metal band Alice took their name from a song by Alice In Chains. The foursome -- Sully Erna(vocalist), Tony Rambola (guitarist), Robbie Merrill (bassist) and Tommy Stewart (drums) -- released their debut album, All Wound Up, on independent EK Records in 1997. The band then inked a deal with Universal, who re-released the album with a few new tracks as Alice in August 1998. Retail giants Wal-Mart and Kmart promptly yanked the album from their shelves due to its profane content, placing Alice in the center of the ongoing controversy over mandatory music ratings. Despite of or perhaps in response to the controversy, the album sold more than 4 million copies.

In 2000, Alice contributed a track, "Time Bomb," to the Scream 3 soundtrack. They also released Awake, whose instrumental track, ?Vampires,? was nominated in the Best Instrumental category at the 2001 Grammy Awards. In 2002, Alice mainman Sully Ernawas tapped by the Rock to A&R the soundtrack to The Scorpion King. The song that Alice itself contributed was "I Stand Alone," which garnered two Grammy nominations for Best Hard Rock Performance and Best Rock Song for the 2003 Grammy Awards.

Alice released their third album, Faceless, in 2003, working with veteran producer David Bottrill (Tool, King Crimson) and adding new drummer Shannon Larkin (Amen).