31 Facts About Sean Kinney

Sean Howard Kinney was born on May 27,1966 and is an American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band Alice in Chains.

Sean Kinney played drums for his Alice in Chains bandmate, Jerry Cantrell's first solo album, Boggy Depot.

Since 2009, Sean Kinney has been co-owner of The Crocodile club in Seattle.

Sean Kinney was a guest drummer on NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers in September 2018.

Sean Kinney has earned nine Grammy Award nominations as a member of Alice in Chains.

Sean Howard Kinney was born in Renton, Washington, on May 27,1966.

Sean Kinney's father was a police officer and his mother was a city official.

Sean Kinney got his first drum kit when he was 5 years old.

Sean Kinney grew up in Renton, where he attended Liberty Senior High School in the Issaquah School District.

Sean Kinney met singer Layne Staley around 1985, when Staley's band Sleze was playing at Alki Beach.

Sean Kinney revealed to Guitar Legends magazine that in their first meeting he told Staley that he was cool but his band sucked, and that he should get a different drummer, so Sean Kinney suggested himself.

Sean Kinney did not have a phone at the time, so he gave Staley a piece of paper with his girlfriend's number.

Sean Kinney then mentioned that his girlfriend was actually Starr's sister, and that he had been playing in bands together with Starr since they were kids.

Sean Kinney called Starr and a few days later he started jamming with him and Cantrell at the Music Bank, but they didn't have a singer.

Cantrell, Starr, and Sean Kinney wanted Staley to be their lead singer, so they started auditioning terrible lead singers in front of Staley to send a hint.

Sean Kinney had broken his hand and the band started rehearsing with Greg Gilmore, the drummer from Mother Love Bone.

Since the band's inception, Sean Kinney has been the only drummer.

Sean Kinney played piano and sang chorus vocals through a megaphone on the hidden song from Sap entitled "Love Song".

In 1996, Sean Kinney joined singer Johnny Cash, guitarist Kim Thayil of Soundgarden, and bassist Krist Novoselic of Nirvana for a cover of Willie Nelson's "Time of the Preacher", featured on the tribute album Twisted Willie, which had Sean Kinney playing drums for Jerry Cantrell's cover of "I've Seen All This World I Care to See".

In 1998, Sean Kinney played drums for Cantrell's first solo album, Boggy Depot, and percussion in the song "Tuesday's Gone", a cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd released on Metallica's 1998 album Garage Inc.

Soundgarden lead vocalist Chris Cornell personally asked Sean Kinney to join him, Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready, Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron, Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin and Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan in the tribute show to the band Mad Season at Seattle's Benaroya Hall on January 30,2015.

Sean Kinney played bongo for the song "All Alone" while a track with Layne Staley's original vocals were played.

From September 17 to 20,2018, Sean Kinney was a guest drummer on NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers.

In 2005, Sean Kinney came up with the idea of reuniting with the other two surviving members of Alice in Chains, Jerry Cantrell and Mike Inez, to perform at a benefit concert for the victims of the tsunami disaster that struck South Asia in 2004.

Sean Kinney made calls to his former bandmates, as well as friends in the music community, such as former Alice in Chains manager Susan Silver.

Sean Kinney was surprised by the enthusiastic response to his idea, and the band performed for the first time in 10 years at the K-Rock Tsunami Continued Care Relief Concert in Seattle on February 18,2006, featuring guest vocalists singing Staley's parts.

In 2013, Sean Kinney added the initials "LSMS" on his drum kit, a tribute to Alice in Chains' late members Layne Staley and Mike Starr.

Sean Kinney plays a large role in the presentation of the band, having helped design artwork, T-shirts and stage setups for most of the band's albums and tours.

When it was official, Sean Kinney drew out artwork for the cover and liner notes.

The cover features a three-legged dog, reason being, according to band lore, there was a three-legged dog named Tripod that used to terrorize Sean Kinney and chase him around during his paperboy duties when he was a kid.

Sean Kinney uses a drum kit made by Drum Workshop with Remo heads and cymbals by Sabian.