One night, Alice in Chains dressed up as strippers in skimpy panties and combat boots, and followed Van Halen on stage, aping their signature walk. One of the purely amusing anecdotes de Sola shares concerns the night the Music Bank, the rehearsal warehouse where the band rented space, was raided in 1988. Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. To their shock and dismay, the two addicts discovered there was almost an excess of cocaine to be had in Brazil but no smack. ,{ Its not AC/DC roaring back to life with Brian Johnson on Back In Black, but its not the embarrassment it seemed destined to be either. *Rain When I Die. The show goes on, but Layne Staley and Bradley Nowell are still in the spotlight. apstag.init({ That version of the band still records and performs. He would never perform with Alice In Chains again. I never wanted [the publics] thumbs up about this fucking drug use. Dont try to talk about this to my sister Liz. The bands 1990 debut, Facelift, went platinum thanks in large part to the popular single Man In The Box, which succinctly laid out the themes of future Alice In Chains records in the very first lineStaley was a man trapped, buried in his own shit, and while he was self-aware enough to acknowledge it, he was powerless to lift himself out. "Layne shot me up first a couple of times. "When I haven't talked to anybody in years, and every article I see is dope this, junkie that, whiskey this that ain't my title My bad habits aren't my title. "item": { We talked for a little and when we parted ways, I cried., This wasnt the last time Gallagher saw Staley. She will know it sooner or later. var mapping1 = googletag.sizeMapping() Gaugh and Wilson tried as best as they could to capitalize on Sublimes unexpected and poorly timed success, signing a deal to release a series of archival records collecting early songs, outtakes, and remixes, starting with 1997s Second Hand Smoke. FULL FILM: https://youtu.be/qMlLfrU5fjsAlice in Chains lineup throughout the Layne Staley era consisted of Layne Staley (87 - 98), Jerry Cantre. .addSize([748, 200], [[728, 90]]) 3. Other (false) rumors emerged, claiming that Staley had contracted gangrene by shooting up and had body parts ranging from fingers to an entire arm amputated. They began dating a short time after they saw each other. Demri Lara Parrott(February 22, 1969 - October 29, 1996) was best known for Demri Parrott her relationship with Layne Staley, the singer of rock band Alice in Chains. Layne: Nothing. apstag.fetchBids({ At his side are two beautiful women, looking at him adoringly. pubID: '434bb5e4-3704-4b75-b36c-785a444462bd', She was of Native American (Cherokee), Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English, and Swiss-German descent. On January 28, 2001, he saw Layne again at a Super Bowl party. Tough-guy posturing linked hip-hop with hard rock, and it would come to define the rap-rock hybrid that dominated mainstream rock radio in the late 90s. As an act of first-person journalism from the depths of hell, Dirt has few equals in rock history. She said after most of the crowd left at night Layne was still there, and she wanted to go swimming so Layne followed her to the pool. But everyone starts somewhere. Topics The album-opening Them Bones welcomes you with the screams of a man being burned alive, and it just gets more brutal from there. Staley's girlfriend, Demri Lara Parrott, started shooting smack and Alice in Chains got famous. David de Sola writes that Staley would fly into a minor rage whenever someone referred to him by that name. Im not using drugs to get high like many people think. Given the loss of Staley and lag time between records, Black Gives Way To Blue had no right being any good. His will to live went with her. Even though the server responded OK, it is possible the submission was not processed. Hes the reason I started singing.. He was traveling with a bodyguard hired specifically to keep his drug use in check, but after the show he overdosed. He was found dead on March 8, 2011, in his home in Salt Lake City as a result of a prescription drug overdose. I am interested in rock music, creative writing, drama, and yoga. Since both Staley and Cobain were smackheads and ran with the same musicians, the assumption was he might know something. "I know I'm dying," Staley is reported to have said. Much farther down on the most spectacular rock deaths list is Layne Staley of Alice In Chains. It was love at first sight. "Demri was here last night," Staley allegedly said. googletag.pubads().disableInitialLoad(); Staley was on the sofa, illuminated by a flickering television. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_content_2', [[336,280],[300,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-4') "item": { "position": 2, I was about 20, and music became my only obsession to stay alive, he said. The host focuses on a section of his studio `gallery and makes references to those who have `crossed over.He also conducts one-on-one sessions with audience members and celebrity guests., While watching Crossing Over, Layne turned to Mike and said, Demri was here last night. "@type": "BreadcrumbList", { googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_top_2', [[336,280],[300,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-2') RIP Layne and Demri.. Rare pictures show her to be dark-featured and pretty, with long black hair and dark eyes. Forrest says that Staleys mind clearly still worked but that he was a million miles away., Bob: Hey Layne. " Kinney recalls. In addition to Mark, Demris friend Ferrano agreed with him and stated that Staley died because he felt guilty about ending their relationship and not being kind to Demri who was the only person that loved him although he wasnt famous and rich back then. ver: '1.0', He'd been dead for weeks, still cradling a full syringe of heroin. But Staley, of course, never did. More about Demri Parrott edit Dating History # Rosheen Raugi Yes, Staley, born Layne Rutherford Staley on August 22, 1967, picked the middle name "Thomas" because he was a fan of Mtley Cre drummer Tommy Lee. It's too late. Sean Kinney, Layne Staley, Mike Starr and Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains during an In-Store record promotion in Los Angeles in September 1990. "I told him I was sorry this was how it turned out.". The singers life was full of trauma, and drugs, at first, offered him an escape from his pain. His skin was grey, dark circles under his eyes. She was around five feet tall-maybe even shorter-and was stunningly beautiful. Staley wasnt the sort to hedge his bets when it came to calling his own drug-related death. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_top_2', [[336,280],[300,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-2') var mapping2 = googletag.sizeMapping() .build(); He wasn't really into the trumpet, but the drums he loved. ,{ Black Gives Way to Blue consists of 11 tracks: All Secret Know, Check My Brain, Last of My Kind, Your Decision, A Looking in View, When the Sun Rose Again, Acid Bubble, Lesson Learned, Take Her Out, Private Hell, Black Gives Way to Blue.The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here consists of 12 tracks: Hollow, Pretty Done, Stone, Voices, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, Lab Monkey, Low Ceiling, Breath on a Window, Scalpel, Phantom Limb, Hung on a Hook, Choke.Rainier Fog consists of 10 tracks: The One You Know, Rainier Fog, Red Giant, Fly, Drone, Deaf Ears Blind Eyes, Maybe, So Far Under, Never Fade, All I Am.Boggy Depot (Jerry Cantrell solo record) consists of 12 songs: Dickeye, Cut You In, My Song, Settling Down, Break My Back, Jesus Hands, Devil by His Side, Keep the Light On, Satisfy, Hurt a Long Time, Between, Cold Piece.Degradation Trip Volumes 1 \u0026 2 (Jerry Cantrell solo double record) consists of 25 songs: (Volume 1) Psychotic Break, Bargain Basement Howard Hughes, Owned, Angel Eyes, Solitude, Mother's Spinning in Her Grave (Glass Dick Jones), Hellbound, Spiderbite, Pro False Idol, Feel the Void, Locked On, Gone. Dirt plugs you into the day-to-day slog of one addicts life; even if you don't connect with the record, you still cant help but feel a dull ache in your bones and the sting of rancid sickness in your nostrils. "Don' try to talk about this to my sister Liz. Clearly, Staley maintained some of what he learned in his religious upbringing, but he wanted nothing to do with the structures it forced him into. Staley was playing video games while they talked, and pretended to listen according to Forrest. function(bids) { Cobain agreed to pay for the product if Staley shouldered the cost of having it flown in. Hed been dead for two weeks; the tip-off that something was amiss came not from concerned family members or friends but from Staleys accountants, who noticed that he hadnt spent any money in several days. Staley remembered, I was trying to kick this habit out of my life and here comes this man asking for money to buy some smack., He finally kicked heroin use, and Im still fighting, Staley said resentfully. Two years later, Alice In Chains briefly reunited to record the songs Get Born Again and Died for a boxed set. in 1998 that he and the other guys in Alice frequently hung out with Staley at his place, playing video games and having a grand old time. 99 talking about this. I told him that John had gangrene once. Nowells music was divorced from the deadly serious alternative music that had been the norm for the early part of the 90s; Sublime pointed the way to a new kind of mainstream rock that had the aggression and energy of punk and none of the underground pretension or anti-corporate ideology. "@id": "https://www.alternativenation.net/category/rock/", From rough beginnings to the deadly experiences with hard drugs that stole his prime and took his life to his final years as a recluse, these are the tragic details of one of rock history's greatest voices. ], }, "He was sort of a classic destroyer of hotel rooms.". Also, demri never got sober, so, all the times layne was in rehab, demri was still using heroin, which wasn't very helpful. But nevertheless, Starr still blamed himself and never even spoke about it until that Celebrity Rehab interview in February of 2010. "name": "Home" A stiff cocktail of drugs composed of cocaine, codeine, and morphine was rattling around his ravaged, 86-pound frame. Most people who love Sublime today are fans of a band that Nowell hasnt been a living member of for 15 years. The server responded with {{status_text}} (code {{status_code}}). Needless to say, we missed the game and kept pretty much everyone else from watching it as well., That day we were talking and he said he had gotten a call from the old Rage Against The Machine members and they were putting together a new project, and they wanted him to audition. googletag.pubads().refresh(); Part of what makes Dirt an impressive artistic achievement is that much of the album was written or co-written by Cantrell, who performed a sort of method songwriting by infusing a junkies hopelessness and guttural desperation even into songs that didnt directly address addiction. "position": 1, They found the deceased singer sitting upright, surrounded by drugs and drug paraphernalia, cans of spray paint, spent needles, and unspent cash, all illuminated by a flickering TV. "name": "Home" Layne Might Have Considered Fronting Audioslave. Layne and Demri. Forrest called back Staleys mother Nancy and told her that theyd try to help him, though he told her he didnt know if itd work. "I don't have any magic answers," she told the paper. } Back in those days, the band lived in abject poverty, "obsessed with getting p---y and who they were f-----g.". .addService(googletag.pubads()); "@context": "http://schema.org", At that point, Staley had already been to rehab after an intervention. I hadnt seen him in a couple of years and wasnt prepared for it. 7/19/94. Layne Considered Sending A Demo To Jerry Cantrell. Layne and Mike Starr were watching television on April 4, 2002, the day before Staley died of a heroin overdose. Im going to die like thisthis is it. For years, Kinney had tried reaching out to Staley three times a week, either by phone or, when he was in town, yelling at the window of his nondescript Seattle condo. 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. For Nowell, being dealt a shitty hand was a fact of life, but so was the pleasure of smoking killer bud, and acknowledging the former didnt necessarily negate the latter. You're not wrong if you're picking up on a bit of resentment at the end there. adServer: 'googletag', ,{ But having the circumstances of their death constantly rubbed in your face because so many others are experiencing addiction must be difficult. A year after his death, a rare interview emerged with Staley that he'd given with Argentinean writer and music fan Adriana Rubio, titled Layne Staley: Angry Chair A Look Inside the Heart and Soul of an Incredible Musician. Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. Here he is backstage on the Warped Tour looking like one of the many shirtless, deeply tanned, and blond bros lurking in the audience. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_top_1', [[300,250],[336,280],[728,90],[970,90],[970,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-1') "@id": "https://www.alternativenation.net/layne-staleys-haunting-wedding-never-will-break-heart/", "I know I have no chance. "Since that call I always was wondering, 'Where is my dad?' Tillman claimed that Ace had been drinking heavily and goofing around when he picked up the pistol. Nowell might have ended up being another heroin casualty of the era, but he didnt sound like a guy that needed a spike in the arm in order to get out of the bed in the morning. Frusciante was hesitant to visit Staley because he didnt think you could really preach to somebody about getting clean, but Forrest was adamant about trying to help him. Still, obvious as it was, Staley got defensive when pressed about his habit, worried it would come to define him. ], Sadly, Starr wasn't too far behind his former friend and bandmate. (Rolling Stone later noted that the heroin-related death of touring Smashing Pumpkins keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin that July garnered more coverage than Nowells death.)