Seattle is in the state of Washington.
Alice in Chains is an American rock band formed in Seattle , Washington , in 1987 by guitarist and songwriter Jerry Cantrell and original lead vocalist Layne Staley . Amazon.com ( [ ˈæməzɒn ] or [ ˈæməzən ] ) , also called Amazon , is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company that was founded on July 5 , 1994 , by Jeff Bezos and is based in Seattle , Washington . Seattle . With an estimated 704,352 residents , Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America . In 1994 , Internet retailer Amazon was founded in Seattle .