Never 2001. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_content_2', [[336,280],[300,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-4') It's too late. All Rights Reserved. "item": { googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_anchor', [[728,90],[320,50]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-6') Taproot were recording a new album with Alice In Chains producer Toby Wright in 2002, and wanted Layne Staley to sing on a song, according to Mark Yarms book Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge. He was beautiful and soo very talented. The one person that would know for sure is his mother, who declined . Left you here alone? She will know it sooner or later. Layne was super special , May he be loved and remembered for his contributions and May his death be a lesson, may it have meaning, may it please help others to never pick up. The river of deceit pulls down.". It also causes you to grind your teeth a lot. Her memorial service took place on November 2 at Neighborhood Christian Center and donations were made to Harborview Adult Medicine Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation, Harborview Medical Center (Seattle). In addition, Demri had a cardiac pacemaker in her heart. For the most part, Layne kept an incredibly private and insular life in the year leading up to his death, to the point where the few times people did see him, it was a notable event that they remembered well. } var googletag = googletag || {}; (A couple of the videos on our list were recorded for this MoPOP special.). When layne turned 8 vowed that he was going to become a famous rock and roll singer so his dad would see him on the cover of a 9 Benjamin Harrison Worked at Apple (company) Author has 146 answers and 117.7K answer views 4 y Related What do you feel was unique about Layne Staley's voice? I got the most beautiful, warmest hug from your mom.. just kidding, it was a blow job. In 2014, their present vocalist, Daria Nookie Stavrovich, was attacked. Hes the reason I started singing. Therefore, it seems only natural that Sully Erna has covered AiC at other concerts. Layne is one of my favourite singers ever, next to Kurt Cobain and Chester Bennington, RIP to all three of them (and Chris Cornell, Andy Wood, Mike Starr, the list sadly goes on). Godsmacks name was borrowed from Alice in Chains song God Smack, which first appeared on Dirt(1992). He said he was going back to treatment and then going to LA to do the audition in a couple of months. She was adopted by her stepfather, Stephen John Parrott. Also, this dude has a lot of spelling mistakes in this article. And Layne Staley was one sweetheart of a person who you could really see his weakness for his addiction and how much it appeared, from a distance, that he was not gonna survive it. "He looked like an eighty-year-old version of himself, and it was frightening. Layne was very into his artwork during his later years, frequently buying art supplies that were scattered around his home. The Hungarian band Ektomorf puts a brutal spin on We Die Young. While this interpretation is bound to be polarizing, it definitely is a lot of fun. Nonetheless, this clip by Steve Welsh, an Australian YouTuber, is so spot-on that it's shocking:Welsh performs snippets from each song on Dirt, minus "Iron Gland," as if they had been authored by different bands. 4. "We've talked about doing like a punk rock album where it's much quicker faster, straight to the punch kind of really fast music. While late Alice In Chains frontman Layne Staley was largely reclusive during his later years, the legendary singer considered fronting the band that later became known as Audioslave in January 2001, according to Staleys friend Morgen Gallagher, who talked to Alternative Nation in August 2015. I told him that John had gangrene once. It was written by Jerry Cantrell. No one can talk about the grunge movement without mentioning the name of Layne Staley. }); Late Alice In Chains singer Layne Staley was reclusive his his final years prior to his 2002 drug overdose death, but stories have surfaced over the years about collaborations he discussed, his hobbies, and run ins he had with old friends. We were running around like two little kids! But because of Staleys drug addiction, the band couldnt do much to tour or support the sales of Dirt. asi: 'theadengine.com', Around 1999/2000, Bob Forrest and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante tried to help Alice In Chains frontman Layne Staley get clean. According to several biographies, he knew by the time he was nine years old that he wanted to be a signer. Ethnicity: Danish (paternal great-grandmother), English, Scottish, German, Swiss-German, remote Italian/Venetian, possibly Irish Layne Staley was an American musician. } In Greg Prato's bookGrunge Is Dead, his mother Nancy described him as a "video game freak," while Tad Doyle of the seminal Seattle band Tad describes how Alice in Chains would have his band on their tour bus "playing video games and listening to music. In the past few years and especially the last two, I have become so depressed and the pain is so uncontrollable that I have wished I knew where to get heroin. I still miss Layne every day. Id feel better dead. Even those who usually Hate to Feel will be moved by this song. Demri Lara Parrott Murphy (February 22nd 1969 - October 29th 1996) was an American model, artist, and muse, and an amateur actress, girlfriend and later fiancee of Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley. Layne touches my soul with his voice, when I blast AiC with my good quality speakers I will just lie on my bed and I feel it so deep. According to The Seattle Times, shortly after Staley's death, his mother Nancy began receiving donations and letters from fans all around the world struggling with addiction. "I know I did my best or what I thought would be right," he said. VI (2004), which was released on April 20, or "Weed Day." "@type": "ListItem", Although theother songs on our list are covers, Zakk Wylde's original tribute "Layne" is certainly worth your ear: "Nothing's pure, nothing's real. Man in the Boxfirst appeared on Alice in Chains debut studio album,Facelift (1990). When he's not writing, he's probably wondering how Frank Dux got 52 consecutive knockouts in a single tournament. I agree 100%.Layne was definitely the heart of the band. They kind of meshed the darkness from some of the more extreme metal bands I was listening to at the time with that melodic sense. And yet I find, and yet I find. The frontman, who is known for his work with Alice in Chains, was born on August 22, 1967, in Kirkland, Washington. He couldnt even ingest food fully at this point and survived off of supplements. Sylvia, hoping you are feeling better. Make today Layne Staley Remembrance Day by listening to these 15 touching tributes. } Demri was in and out of the hospital for the last couple of years of her life.At the time of her death, she was clean, but for her last hours, she was at a friend's house, who took her to Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland, Washington, and recognized too late that she wasn't doing well on the pills she'd ingested. We cannot move on from this section without addressing the nagging, meme-culture question that we know is on your mind: What does Corey Taylor think [about Layne Staley]? During a Q&A at the RiffCenter in Columbus Ohio, Corey Taylor said: Layne Staley is still one of the greatest fucking singers that ever lived. Corey confessed that there is probably not a day that passes when he neglects to listen to AiC Its still just that good.. I got as far as he was the grunge version of Kurt Cobain. | By the time he passed away on August 5, 2002, the singer was physically and emotionally crippled by his addiction to heroin, as well as his use of other drugs. What a great person he was.". Every so often, you'd see that little glimmer.". Speaking during a February 2010 episode of Loveline, Mike said, "I was with him all that day on my birthday trying to keep him alive. I'd much rather have him alive and not talking to me than to have lost such a great human being [] a great friend. I can get by without them. I know he was joking, but I dont like to hear stuff like that. You sound like a good soul. The autopsy report indicated that Staley had died from a mixture of heroin and cocaine a speedball, as described above. This nu-metal band was founded in 2002 in Moscow. Friends comment that after Demri died, Layne was put on suicide watch for 24 hours.Demri Parrott was buried at the Miller-Woodlawn Memorial Park in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, USA. Because Laynerefused to allow his friend to call an ambulance that day, Starr stormed off. .addService(googletag.pubads()); Rachael Leigh Cook Says It Was A Huge Mistake To Pass On This Superhero Movie, Leonardo DiCaprios Worst Movie Is So Terrible It Has a 0% Rotten Tomatoes Score, This Rock Icon Was On An Episode Of DS9 And Many Star Trek Fans Had No Idea, The True Story of Why James Cameron Tried To Disown His First Movie, 5 Highly Underrated Futurama Episodes That Many Fans Have Overlooked. !function(a9,a,p,s,t,A,g){if(a[a9])return;function q(c,r){a[a9]._Q.push([c,r])}a[a9]={init:function(){q("i",arguments)},fetchBids:function(){q("f",arguments)},setDisplayBids:function(){},targetingKeys:function(){return[]},_Q:[]};A=p.createElement(s);A.async=!0;A.src=t;g=p.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];g.parentNode.insertBefore(A,g)}("apstag",window,document,"script","//c.amazon-adsystem.com/aax2/apstag.js"); Date of Death: April 5, 2002 Place of Death: Seattle, Washington, U.S. }); When it comes to Layne's. Add to this the death of Demri, these losses are so painful, yet, sadly the medicine he used to try and numb the pain, only engenders more pain and more suffering by stealing your gifts and dimming your spirit. Like Jerry Cantrell, Laynewas a poetic genius. | .addService(googletag.pubads()); Do Not Sell My Personal Although he was a bit insecure so was I at the time. In 2015, Cornell sang in place of Layne at a Mad Season reunion show with the groups two surviving original members, guitarist Mike McCreadyand drummer Barrett Martin. Mike Starr said he was going to be best man at Layne and Demri's wedding. He was raised with Catholic values and attended 'Meadowdale High School,' located in Lynnwood, Washington. Layne Staley dating history Relationships. He felt guilty about this for the rest of his life until he too died of a drug overdose some years later. In Greg Pratos Grunge is Dead, Laynes mother Nancy revealed that Layne was a video game freak. He had a big screen TV, 5 games 5 different gamers. In the mid-1980s, he fronted the glam metal band Sleze, then formed Alice in Chains (then called Alice n' Chains, ala Guns 'N' Roses) with guitarist Jerry Cantrell, bassist Mike Starr & drummer Sean Kinney. Murphy; and a sister, Christa Dougherty. According to David de Solas book Alice In Chains: The Untold Story, Layne Staley believed that the ghost of his late girlfriend Demri Parrott visited him just days before his April 2002 death. American Singer Layne Staley was born Layne Rutherford Staley on 22nd August, 1967 in Kirkland, Washington, USA and passed away on 5th Apr 2002 Seattle, Washington, USA aged 34. Post Malones Rooster also shatters expectations. Thinking about both of them yesterday and. The title track, which was written and sung by Jerry, is the bands farewell to Layne: Fading out by design. Surprisingly, Nickelback and Jerry Cantrells live rendition of It Aint Like That one of Alice in Chains most underrated songs is truly wicked. Bob Forrest & John Frusciante Visited Laynes Home. Layne told Wright, Wow, I get to perform again. Wright was preparing to fly up to Seattle to prepare the studio for Laynes return to recording when he got the called that he had died. What counts most, however, is that it clearly comes from a place of compassion. I think everyone has some not so good coping mechanisms. Laynes voice will live in each of our hearts as long as we listen to his uniquely soulful voice. Do you really have nothing better to do than shit on the dead? After his death and all this time later people are still interested in Laynes, teeth, gangrene and other lies. ", document.write(new Date().getFullYear()); As a recovering addict, a huge fan of Laynes and someone whos lost their teeth to addiction I find this article pointless. 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