Layne Staley
Layne Staley in concert, 1992
Background information
Birth name	Layne Thomas Staley
Born	August 22, 1967(1967-08-22) Kirkland, Washington, U.S.
Died	ca. April 5, 2002 (aged 34) Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Genre(s)	Heavy metal[1] Grunge Alternative metal
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Guitar, Drums (pre-Alice in Chains)
Label(s)	Columbia
Associated acts	Alice in Chains Mad Season Class of '99 Second Coming

Layne Thomas Staley (August 22, 1967 - ca. April 5, 2002) was the lead singer and co-lyricist of the rock group Alice in Chains and the short-lived supergroups Class of '99 and Mad Season. Through his career as a musician he struggled with severe drug addiction, which eventually led to his death in April 2002. is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: The Little City That Could Location of Kirkland within King County, Washington, and King County within Washington. ... For the capital city of the United States, see Washington, D.C.. For other uses, see Washington (disambiguation). ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... Look up Circa on Wiktionary, the free dictionary The Latin word circa, literally meaning about, is often used to describe various dates (often birth and death dates) that are uncertain. ... is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Seattle redirects here. ... For the capital city of the United States, see Washington, D.C.. For other uses, see Washington (disambiguation). ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Heavy metal redirects here. ... Grunge redirects here. ... Alternative metal is an eclectic form of music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside grunge. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... A drum kit (or drum set or trap set) is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as a cowbell, wood block, chimes or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... This article is about the grunge band. ... Above (1995) Mad Season was a grunge supergroup formed in late 1994 by members of three popular Seattle based bands, as well as a friend of one of the members. ... Class of 99 was a shortlived alternative rock band consisting solely of members from notable rock bands: Layne Staley of Alice in Chains as the vocalist, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine on guitar, Stephen Perkins of Janes Addiction as the drummer, bassist Martyn LeNoble of Porno for... Second Coming are a rock band from Seattle, Washington formed in the mid-1990s. ... is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Look up Circa on Wiktionary, the free dictionary The Latin word circa, literally meaning about, is often used to describe various dates (often birth and death dates) that are uncertain. ... is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... This article is about the grunge band. ... Class of 99 was a shortlived alternative rock band consisting solely of members from notable rock bands: Layne Staley of Alice in Chains as the vocalist, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine on guitar, Stephen Perkins of Janes Addiction as the drummer, bassist Martyn LeNoble of Porno for... Above (1995) Mad Season was a grunge supergroup formed in late 1994 by members of three popular Seattle based bands, as well as a friend of one of the members. ... Drug addiction, or dependency is the compulsive use of drugs, to the point where the user has no effective choice but to continue use. ...

History

Early life

Layne Staley was born to Phil Staley and Nancy McCallum (nee Layne) in Kirkland, Washington.^[2] He was seven years old when his parents divorced, after which he was raised by his mother and stepfather, Jim Elmer. He took his stepfather's name while in high school and was known for some time as Layne Elmer.^[3] In early 2002, shortly before his death, he would describe the experience of witnessing his parents' divorce: "My world became a nightmare, there were just shadows around me. I got a call saying that my dad had died, but my family always knew he was around doing all kind of drugs. Since that call I always was wondering, 'Where is my dad?' I felt so sad for him and I missed him. He dropped out of my life for 15 years."^[4] In that same interview he also said that he was convinced that if he became a celebrity his dad would return. Nickname: The Little City That Could Location of Kirkland within King County, Washington, and King County within Washington. ... Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before the death of either spouse. ...

Staley began playing drums at age 12; he played in several glam bands in his early teens, but by this point, Staley had aspirations of becoming a singer. His bandmates found this amusing, and they would poke fun at him, which infuriated him.^[5] He proceeded to trade in his drum set for a microphone and started the band Alice In Chains with co-founder Jerry Cantrell. Glam rock (also known as glitter rock), is a style of rock music, which initially surfaced in the post-hippie early 1970s. ... Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. ...

Drug addiction

Like several other musicians in the Seattle grunge scene, Staley was a heavy user of heroin. His drug habit had started when he was a teenager when he began using marijuana and LSD in 1980. He was introduced to cocaine in 1982 when he was 15 and soon after he stole heroin and ecstasy, becoming an addict in 1989. City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is an independent-rooted music genre that became a commercially successful offshoot of hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... For other uses, see Heroin (disambiguation). ... Cannabis, also known as marijuana[1] or ganja (Hindi: गांजा),[2] is a psychoactive product of the plant Cannabis sativa. ... Lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly called LSD, LSD-25, or acid. ... For other uses, see Cocaine (disambiguation). ... MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), most commonly known by the street names ecstasy or XTC (for more names see the full list), is a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family, whose primary effect is believed to be the stimulation of secretion as well as inhibition of re-uptake of large amounts...

In the 1990s, Staley battled a severe addiction that would eventually lead to his death. This had a profound influence on the lyrical themes of Alice in Chains, with many songs depicting bleak and helpless atmospheres centering around the pains of addiction. The album Dirt showcased this preoccupation in songs like "God Smack," "Junkhead" and "Hate to Feel." Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) The bleak is a small pelagic fish of the Cyprinid family. ... Helpless is a song by Neil Young first performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young on their 1970 album Déjà Vu. ... Singles from Dirt Released: 1992 Released: 1992 Released: 1993 Released: 1993 Released: 1993 Dirt is a grunge album by Alice in Chains, released on September 29, 1992 (see 1992 in music). ... God Smack is a song by the Seattle grunge group Alice in Chains, from their breakthrough album Dirt. ... Hate to Feel is a track from Alice in Chains album Dirt. ...

The other members of Alice in Chains, seeing Staley's deteriorating condition, opted not to tour in support of their 1994 EP Jar of Flies. Following its release, Staley entered a rehabilitation clinic and began to work on a side project with several Seattle musicians, including Mike McCready of Pearl Jam and Barrett Martin of the Screaming Trees. The band worked on material for several months and eventually scheduled a show at the Crocodile Cafe under the name The Gacy Bunch. Within a few weeks, the band changed its name to Mad Season. In January 1995, Mad Season performed two songs on Pearl Jam's Self Pollution Radio broadcast, "Lifeless Dead" and "I Don't Know Anything". The band completed an album, titled Above, which was released in March 1995. The first single, "River of Deceit", became a modest success on alternative radio, and "I Don't Know Anything" still receives occasional airplay. A live performance filmed at the Moore Theater in Seattle was released in August 1995. EP can stand for: EP is the IATA code for Iran Aseman Airlines Extended play, a music recording (usually consisting of several tracks, but shorter than a typical album) European Parliament, the parliamentary body of the European Union Evolutionary psychology, a belief that psychology can be better understood in light... Jar of Flies is an Alice in Chains studio EP, released on January 25, 1994. ... Michael Mike McCready (born April 5, 1966, in Pensacola, Florida, U.S.) is the lead guitarist and, along with Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard, a founding member of the American rock band, Pearl Jam. ... This article is about the rock group. ... Barrett Martin is a man who has worn many hats over the course of 20 years as a professional musician. ... Screaming Trees was a musical group considered part of the grunge music movement of the early 1990s. ... Above (1995) Mad Season was a grunge supergroup formed in late 1994 by members of three popular Seattle based bands, as well as a friend of one of the members. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Above is the album by Mad Season, released March 15, 1995 on Columbia Records. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alternative music redirects here. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

During Alice in Chains' hiatus, reports of Staley's addiction began to gain widespread circulation in fan and media communities, in part from changes to his physical condition brought on by prolonged heroin abuse. Referencing Staley's guest-singing appearance with Tool on the song "Opiate", the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported, "At KISW-FM's 'Rockstock' concert at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds in Bremerton in May 1994 -- just a month after the death of Kurt Cobain -- Staley made a surprise appearance. He looked sickly and wore a wool ski mask to hide his face."^[6] Some of the more persistent and unsubstantiated rumors, ranging from gangrene to missing fingers,^[7] surfaced during this period. Mark Arm of Mudhoney is quoted as saying: "I remember seeing him in '95…he turned up and was totally green, and my stomach turned at that point — watching somebody on a track that they couldn't get off."^[8] Tool is an American rock band that was formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California. ... The daily Seattle Post-Intelligencer is the second leading newspaper in Seattle, Washington, United States. ... 1994 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 29 May 1994 (Wednesday) Herbert Shughart refuses to shake hands with President Bill Clinton following a presentation of posthumous Congressional Medals of Honour to the widows of two soldiers for valour in Somalia. ... Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. ... Gangrene is a complication of necrosis (i. ... Singer/Guitarist Mark Arm Mark Arm is the vocalist for the grunge band Mudhoney. ... Mudhoney may refer to: Mudhoney (band), a grunge band from Seattle, Washington Mudhoney (film), a film directed by Russ Meyer Mudhoney Records, a record label Mudhoney (store), fashion accessories stores, Adelaide, South Australia Category: ...

Alice in Chains regrouped to record an eponymous album, sometimes referred to as "Tripod," (largely due to the image of the three-legged dog, Sunshine, featured on the cover) released late in 1995. To accompany the album, the band released a home video, The Nona Tapes, in which they poked fun at the rumors of Staley's addiction – Charles R. Cross would later say that they had Staley's obituary on stand-by at The Rocket – but the band lapsed again, failing to complete tours planned in support of the album. When asked about the frustration of not touring to support the record, guitarist Jerry Cantrell provided some insight into how Staley's addictions led to repercussive tensions within the band: "Very frustrating, but we stuck it out. We rode the good times together, and we stuck together through the hard times. We never stabbed each other in the back and spilled our guts and do that kind of bullshit that you see happen a lot".^[9] Singles from Alice in Chains Released: 1995 Released: 1996 Released: 1996 Released: 1996 Alice in Chains is the self-titled album by the Seattle grunge group Alice in Chains. ... Charles R. Cross is a rock music journalist and author based in Seattle. ... The Rocket was a free weekly newspaper which was published in Seattle WA and Portland OR. Each citys issue contained mostly the same content with some slight variations. ... Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. ...

During the band's appearance on MTV Unplugged, Staley was visibly weak and emaciated and had problems singing at times, including stopping songs due to forgetting the words. He was nevertheless received by the audience with loud applause. He made his last performance on July 3, 1996, in Kansas City, Missouri, while Alice in Chains were touring with Kiss after their Unplugged appearance. In October, Staley's former girlfriend, Demri Lara Parrott, died from secondary complications caused by drug use (bacterial endocarditis). He was reported to have been placed on a 24-hour suicide watch according to NME, which quoted, "a friend saying Layne was taking Demri Parrott's death 'extremely badly' and had fallen into a deep depression".^[10] Unplugged is a live album by Alice in Chains. ... is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Nickname: Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ... Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. ... Endocarditis is an inflammation of the inner layer of the heart, the endocardium. ... For other uses, see Suicide (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see NME (disambiguation). ... On the Threshold of Eternity. ...

During his last interview in 2002, Staley's physical appearance had become even worse than before, he had lost several teeth and his addiction was so powerful, it made changes to his skin color, turning pale and severely gaunt. He had lost an extremely large amount of weight, from defecating himself and vomiting.^[11] Emaciation occurs when a person or animal loses substantial fat tissue, making that person/animal look extremely skinny. ... Horse feces Feces, faeces, or fæces (see spelling differences) is a waste product from an animals digestive tract expelled through the anus (or cloaca) during defecation. ... Heaving redirects here. ...

Final years: 1997-2002

Staley remained out of the spotlight until February 26, 1997, when he and the other members of Alice in Chains attended the Grammys after "Again" (from the 'Tripod' album) was nominated for "Best Hard Rock Performance".^[12] In September 1998, Staley re-emerged to help record two tracks ("Get Born Again" and "Died") with Alice in Chains, which were released on the Music Bank box set in 1999. Additional reports of Staley's deteriorating condition persisted in the midst of the sessions. Dirt producer Dave Jerden - who was originally chosen by the band for the production - said, "Staley weighed 80 pounds…and was white as a ghost." Cantrell refused to comment on the singer's appearance, and band manager Susan Silver said she hadn't seen the singer since last year. ^[13] Staley was thought to have left behind his "self-imposed rock & roll exile" ^[14] when in November he laid down additional vocal tracks as part of a supergroup called Class of '99, featuring members of Rage Against the Machine, Jane's Addiction and Porno for Pyros. The group recorded parts one and two of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" for the soundtrack to the movie The Faculty, with a music video filmed for part two. While the other members of the band were filmed specifically for the video, Staley's appearance consisted of footage pulled from Mad Season's 1995 Moore Theater video. On July 19, 1999, syndicated radio program Rockline was hosting Cantrell, Inez, and (via telephone) Kinney for a discussion on the release of Nothing Safe: Best of the Box, when, unexpectedly, Staley called in to participate in the discussion. From 1999 to 2002, Staley became more reclusive; little is known about the details of his life during this period. is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Get Born Again was one of the last two songs that Alice in Chains ever recorded, the other being Died, both written for their 1999 release Nothing Safe: Best of the Box. ... Died is the final Alice in Chains song recorded with lead singer Layne Staley, before his death (in 2002). ... Music Bank is a box set by the grunge band Alice in Chains. ... In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe music groups comprising members who had already achieved fame or respect in other groups or as individual artists. ... Class of 99 was a shortlived alternative rock band consisting solely of members from notable rock bands: Layne Staley of Alice in Chains as the vocalist, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine on guitar, Stephen Perkins of Janes Addiction as the drummer, bassist Martyn LeNoble of Porno for... Rage Against the Machine is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1991. ... Janes Addiction was an American rock band featuring Perry Farrell (vocalist), Eric Avery (bassist), Dave Navarro (guitarist), and Stephen Perkins (percussionist). ... Porno for Pyros was a US musical group and was Perry Farrells and Stephen Perkins next project after their former band Janes Addiction. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. ... This article is about the three songs by Pink Floyd. ... The Faculty is a 1998 horror/science-fiction film, written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Robert Rodríguez. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... is the 200th day of the year (201st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... Nothing Safe: Best of the Box is an album by the grunge band Alice in Chains. ...

In his last interview, which took place in early 2002, Staley spoke of the damage caused by his heroin addiction: "I'm not using drugs to get high like many people think. I know I made a big mistake when I started using this shit. It's a very difficult thing to explain. My liver is not functioning, and I'm throwing up all the time and shitting my pants. The pain is more than you can handle. It's the worst pain in the world. Dope sick hurts the entire body."^[15] The liver is the largest internal organ in the human body, and is an organ present in vertebrates and some other animals. ...

As far as published reports are concerned, such as Blender.com's "We Left Him Alone," close friends such as Matt Fox have said, "If no one heard from him for weeks, it wasn’t unusual." Further in the article, reporter Pat Kearny provides a glimpse into Staley's daily life and public routine: Blender is an American magazine that bills itself as the ultimate guide to music and more. ...

"It appears that Staley’s last few weeks were typically empty. According to an employee of the Rainbow, a neighborhood bar close to Staley’s condo, the singer was a frequent patron, stopping by at least once a week. 'He minded his own business,' said the employee, who wished to remain anonymous. Staley would never buy anything to drink, the employee said, but would simply sit at a small table in the back corner of the bar and 'nod off. We just left him alone'."^[16]

Staley's close friend Mark Lanegan had much of the same to say with respect to Staley's isolation: "He didn't speak to anybody as of late…It's been a few months since I talked to him. But for us to not talk for a few months is par for the course".^[17] Mark Lanegan (born November 25, 1964 in Ellensburg, Washington) is a singer and songwriter. ...

Death

On April 19, 2002, an unidentified person placed a call with 911 to say "She hadn't heard from…[Staley] in about two weeks."^[18] Staley was found dead in his home after "his mother and stepfather went to his condo with the police". ^[19] As reported by Rick Anderson of the Seattle Weekly, his body was surrounded by various drug possessions and paraphernalia: "When police kicked in the door to Layne Staley's University District apartment on April 20, there, on a couch, lit by a flickering TV, next to several spray-paint cans on the floor, not far from a small stash of cocaine, near two crack pipes on the coffee table, reposed the remains of the rock musician."^[20] He was only 34 years old. The autopsy report later concluded that Staley died after injecting an extremely large mixture of heroin and cocaine known as a "speedball". is the 109th day of the year (110th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Seattle Weekly is the third most popular newspaper in Seattle, Washington, United States, with a circulation of over 100,000. ... Speedballing is a term commonly referring to the intravenous use of heroin (or morphine) and cocaine together in the same needle. ...

The King County Coroner's Office estimated Staley to have died on April 5, 2002. By coincidence, the same Coroner's Office estimated Kurt Cobain to have died on the same day eight years prior. Also see: 2002 (number). ... Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. ...

After death

Jerry Cantrell released the solo album Degradation Trip in June 2002 and dedicated the album to Staley. Several of the songs on Cantrell's double-album version of the recording speak of Staley's reclusiveness (e.g. "Bargain Basement Howard Hughes") and self-destruction (e.g. "Pig Charmer"). Degradation Trip is the second solo album by the Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell, released on June 18, 2002 (see 2002 in music). ... 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for June, 2002. ... Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2 is a double album by Jerry Cantrell, released on 26 November 2002 on Roadrunner Records. ...

Following Staley's death, Alice in Chains officially disbanded. For the next several years, the band refused to perform together out of respect for Staley. In 2005, the remaining members reunited for a benefit concert for victims of the December 26, 2004 tsunami, with several vocalists filling in for Staley, including Maynard James Keenan from Tool (a friend of Staley's), and Ann Wilson from Heart, who had previously worked with Alice in Chains when she sang on the Sap EP (performing backing vocals on the song "Brother"). Following positive response, the band decided to reunite formally in 2006. In an interview with MTV News,^[21] Alice in Chains drummer Sean Kinney noted that the band would use the reunion concerts to pay tribute to the songs and to Staley. William DuVall, a member of Cantrell's solo touring band (who often sang Staley's parts on the Alice in Chains songs that Cantrell performed), was announced as Staley's replacement for the reunion shows. A benefit concert is a concert featuring musicians, comedians, or other performers that is held for a charitable purpose, often directed at a specific and immediate humanitarian crisis. ... is the 360th day of the year (361st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake,[1] was a great undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) December 26, 2004 with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. ... Maynard James Keenan (born James Herbert Keenan on April 17, 1964) is an American rock singer, songwriter, musician, and producer. ... Tool is an American rock band that was formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California. ... Ann Dustin Wilson (born June 19, 1950 in San Diego, California) is the lead singer and flute player[1] of Heart. ... For other uses, see Heart (disambiguation). ... MTV News is the news division of MTV, the first and most popular music television network in the U.S., as well as some of MTVs related channels around the world. ... William DuVall is the lead singer of the band Comes With the Fall and is currently touring with Alice In Chains. ...

In the same interview, Kinney noted the reunion didn't necessarily foretell a future for Alice in Chains. "If we found some other dude, I'd love to move on, write some cool tunes and change the name and go on like that. I don't see continuing as Alice and replacing somebody…We're not trying to replace Layne. We want to play these songs one more time, and if it seems like the right thing to do, it'll happen. I don't know how long it will go or where it will take us. It's kind of a tribute to Layne and our fans, the people who love these songs".

Eddie Vedder, lead singer of Pearl Jam, also recorded a song eulogizing Staley, titled "4/20/02" (the day Vedder heard the news and subsequently wrote the song). The song featured only Vedder singing and playing the guitar in a ukulele-inspired tuning, and was released as a hidden track on Pearl Jam's 2003 B-sides album Lost Dogs. Zakk Wylde also wrote a song about Layne Staley called "Layne" on the Black Label Society album, Hangover Music Vol. VI^[22] Staind featured a song called "Layne" in memory to the singer on their 14 Shades of Grey album. In addition, Cold's song "The Day Seattle Died" was an ode to Staley, as well as Kurt Cobain, who were both figureheads of the grunge rock movement. A further tribute entitled 'Layne To Rest' was recorded by former Babes In Toyland frontwoman Kat Bjelland with her band Katastrophy Wife. Eddie Vedder (born Edward Louis Severson III on December 23, 1964 in Evanston, Illinois) is the lead singer and one of three guitarists for the rock band Pearl Jam. ... This article is about the rock group. ... Look up eulogy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 4/20/02 is a song by Pearl Jam that is a tribute to Layne Staley of Alice in Chains. ... The ukulele (from Hawaiian: , pronounced ), variantly spelled ukelele (particularly in the UK), or alternately abbreviated uke, is a chordophone classified as a plucked lute; it is a subset of the guitar family of instruments, generally with four strings or four courses of strings. ... Lost Dogs is a compilation album by the group Pearl Jam, released on November 11, 2003. ... Zakk Wylde (born Jeffrey Phillip Wiedlandt on January 14, 1967 in Bayonne, New Jersey) is a lead guitarist, pianist, singer and songwriter, best known for his role as founder of Black Label Society and guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne. ... Black Label Society is a heavy metal band formed by Zakk Wylde, with nine albums released to date. ... Hangover Music, Vol VI is a Heavy metal album by Black Label Society Track Listing Crazy or High Queen of Sorrow Steppin Stone Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Takilya (Esthabon) Wont Find It Here She Deserves a Free Ride (Vals Song) House of Doom Damage Is Done Layne Woman Don... Staind (IPA: ) is an American alternative metal group[1][2] from Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Cold was an American five-piece post-grunge/alternative metal band, based in Jacksonville, Florida. ... Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. ... Grunge redirects here. ... Babes in Toyland were an all-women band formed in Minneapolis in 1988. ... Kat Bjelland (Katherine Bjelland, born December 8, 1963) was the lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Babes in Toyland. ...

Legacy

Staley's influence has likewise been felt in other genres. Two books have been written about him, both authored by Adriana Rubio—Layne Staley: Angry Chair and the more recent, Layne Staley: Get Born Again, which was described as "a 'brand new book' that has been revised and updated with the inclusion of two new chapters: 'Hate To Feel' and 'Get Born Again' as a revival of the acclaimed Angry Chair book".^[23] On September 28, 2006, Blabbermouth.net reported on a movie project related to Rubio's most recent book on Staley: "According to a press release from ARTS Publications, Argentinean journalist/author Adriana Rubio has been contacted by writer/director Eric Moyer from Philadelphia about turning her biography of late Alice in Chains frontman Layne Staley, titled Layne Staley: Get Born Again, into a movie".^[24] In relation to the field of literature and criticism, scholars such as Edward Carvalho (author of solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short, Fine Tooth Press 2006) have long regarded Staley and Cantrell's lyrics as essential components of Generation X's interplay in the postmodernist discourse. is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Philadelphia (disambiguation) and Philly. ... For other uses, see Generation X (disambiguation). ... Postmodernism (sometimes abbreviated pomo) is a term applied to a wide-ranging set of developments in critical theory, philosophy, architecture, art, literature, and culture, which are generally characterized as either emerging from, in reaction to, or superseding, modernism. ...

Cantrell has gone on to say in many interviews regarding Alice in Chains that "Layne is irreplaceable, not only as a singer, but as a person. We all loved him".

The reformed Alice in Chains (w/ William Duvall) are also known to have an intermission to include a five-minute filmed tribute in between sets to the late singer.

Layne ranked #27 on Hit Parader magazine's list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists" (published in the November 2006 issue). Hit Parader is an American music magazine focusing on the genres of hard rock and heavy metal External links Hit Parader website Categories: | ... 67 die and about 300,000 people are affected by floods in Ethiopias Somali Region of Ogaden after the Shabelle River bursts its banks. ...

Layne Staley Fund

In 2002, Staley's mother, Nancy McCallum, and Jamie Richards, a drug and alcohol counselor, formed the Layne Staley Fund, a non-profit organization that raises money for drug treatment and works with the Seattle music community. It holds a yearly tribute in August, on or around Staley's birthday.^[25] A non-profit organization (abbreviated NPO, or non-profit or not-for-profit) is an organization whose primary objective is to support an issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes, without concern for monetary profit. ...

Discography

Alice in Chains

Main article: Alice in Chains discography

The Seattle, Washington heavy metal/grunge band Alice in Chains band have released three studio albums, three EPs, two live albums, one boxed set, four videos, and seventeen singles. ...

Other appearances

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References

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External links

• Official Alice in Chains website
• Layne Staley Fund - A non-profit organization that raises money for drug treatment and works with the Seattle music community.
• Smoking Gun: Archive Seattle Police incident report