A spokesperson for the surviving members ofALICE IN CHAINS has toldLaunch that guitaristJerry Cantrell, bassistMike Inez, and drummerSean Kinney are unaware of any plans for a proposed tribute album that was previously reported to be in the works.MUDVAYNE's manager also toldLaunch that the album was a "rumor."

News spread online last week that the project, titled"We Pay Our Debt Sometimes: A Tribute to Alice In Chains", would be released throughBullygoat Records, the label founded byMUDVAYNE singerChad Gray. Artists reportedly involved includedMUDVAYNE,COLD,AUDIOSLAVE,BREAKING BENJAMIN,STATIC-X and the members ofALICE IN CHAINS themselves.

On Saturday (August 6),aBLABBERMOUTH.NET visitor by the name ofMatt Davidson contacted this site to "apologize" for "fabricating" the story that resulted in the above-mentioned report. "I fabricated theALICE IN CHAINS tribute album rumor as part of a simple experiment to see if I could get a music news rumor published on a site such asBlabbermouth,"Davidson wrote. "After I created the story, I posted the rumor in a fairly official sounding tone on exactly three music-related message forums. That didn't stop someone, I don't know who, fromLaunch Radio Networks, from running with this totally untrue rumor ofBullygoat Records releasing a tribute toALICE IN CHAINS."