Lane Stahley---R.I.P.

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Sad but true.....

The body of Alice In Chains lead singer, Layne Staley, was found late Friday night in his home near Seattle.

Staley had a long and frustrating addiction with heroine. It is assumed that Stahley died of a drug overdose and that he was dead for several days.

For those of you who may (or may not) have experienced the Seattle scene in it's glory in the early 90's(I was in high school) you will realize the effect that Stahley had on music and many people in general.

His voice was powerful, gripping and INTENSE. Just when you thought you were in such a bad mood that no one could understand what you were feeling, there was Stahley's voice and you found someone who could empathize with you.

That makes 2 out of 4 of the big Seattle bands(PJ, AIC, Nirvana and Soundgarden) lead singers who lost a battle with heroine.

Whiney, annoying, minimalized talent teens and twenty-somethings make a ton of money and are the "it" thing even though they can't sing and a great voice like Staley's is silenced forever. Life just isn't fair.


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So it was his body

I loved him, it is such a shame.

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http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/20/staley.ap/index.html

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Nothing on Seattle news yet.........they probably won't say squat until this afternoon. I'll go check the newspaper...
 
Originally posted by Mrs.Clayton:
Nothing on Seattle news yet.........they probably won't say squat until this afternoon. I'll go check the newspaper...

I am very surprised that there hasn't been any reports on the Seattle news stations yet. The Seattle-Post Intelligencer broke the story....
 
Originally posted by MBH:
I am very surprised that there hasn't been any reports on the Seattle news stations yet. The Seattle-Post Intelligencer broke the story....

I think they have to be careful....although they never are. When Kurt Cobain was found...the TV news said the same thing "unidentified body"....but the radio said it was him from the beginning. The radio doesn't care, they'll say whatever.....
Oh sh*t, they just said it on the news, as I'm typing this....my heart just sank again....
 
OK, they just had a big thing on TV....I guess it was all over yesterday, mostly the radio. So I guess Seattle knew yesterday.........but I didn't.
 
Man, I don't even know what to say. I also thought he had been in recovery. I'll never hear "Over Now" the same way.

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it's sad that such an influental music scene had to be associated with death and heroin. layne staley had a great voice which helped establish alice in chains as a great definitive rock band. he had such great talent, but now it's all gone. just like the whole seattle scene. it seemed like all those bands wanted to sabatoge their careers you know. but i guess it's expected from people that were rock stars trying their hardest not to be rock stars.

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Originally posted by david:
he had such great talent, but now it's all gone. just like the whole seattle scene.


There is still a very vibrant music scene here in Seatlle, its just the majority of you dont hear about it because the media has chosen to turn its eye elsewhere. We dont have a problem with that. We are glad to be out of the spotlight again. In the nineties, the mainstream music industry swung into town and exploited all the local talent and then moved on to the next "big thing" when they grew tired of us. There were great bands here before they disovered us and there are still plenty of great local bands here. I dont mean to sound defensive, maybe that is not what you meant to say, it's just a pet peeve of mine. I guess I get tired of hearing people say that Seattle music began and ended with grunge. "Grunge" was just a label created by some lame critic. It doesn't mean anything.

If you think our scene is dead, check out this week's top twenty local bands from our alternative weekly, The Stranger:

TOP 20 NORTHWEST

1. Rosie Thomas When We Were Small (Sub Pop)

2. Death Cab for Cutie The Photo Album (Barsuk)

3. Damien Jurado and Gathered in Song I Break Chairs
(Sub Pop)

4. The Drop Iceland (Loveless)

5. Mirah Advisory Committee (K)

6. The Long Winters The Worst You Can Do Is Harm
(Barsuk)

7. Supersuckers Must've Been Live (Mid-Fi)

8. New Pornographers Mass Romantic (Mint)

9. Maktub Subtle Ways (Jasiri Media Group)

10. Vendetta Red White Knuckled Substance (Loveless)

11. The Bend The Bend (Self-Released)

12. Pretty Girls Make Graves Good Health (Lookout!)

13. Carissa's Wierd Ugly But Honest (Brown)

14. The Blood Brothers March on Electric Children
(ThreeOneG)

15. Tragedy Can We Call This... 7" (Self-Released)

16. The Catheters Static Delusions and Stone-Still Days

(Sub Pop)

17. Dear John Letters Rewriting the Wrongs (Roam)

18. Various Artists Power of Ten 7"
(1-2-3-4 Go!/Excursion)

19. Modest Mouse Sad Sappy Sucker (K)

20. The Blood Brothers Rumors Laid Waste
(Self-Released)
 
i'm sorry, i worded that wrong, i meant the whole early 90's seattle scene. sorry. i have a death cab for cutie cd that my girlfriend made me, they're alright. i remember the supersuckers from a long time ago, and i've heard a little bit of modest mouse. it's just weird that all those early 90's seattle bands couldn't stick it out for ten years.

one band that i really liked from seattle that wasn't even associated with the "grunge movement" was sunny day real estate. they put out one of the best albums of the 90's, diary, and they didn't last that long either.

but yeah, seattle is still churning out good music. like you said it's no longer in the public eye, which is probably what a lot of people wanted all along.

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Oh man.. that really sucks.
I like Alice in Chains.

Its so sad that drugs take the lives of awesome musicians.

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Fuck, this really fucking sucks. Not only because Alice In Chains were a great band, but we lose another singer this way. I mean Cobain, Brad ? from Sublime, didn't the singer (Shannon Hoon?) from Blind Melon OD. And there was the guy from the Pumpkins. And of course these are just some of the BIG ones, how many more till these guys realize that the needle dosen't give them talent, God did. Well whatever, or whoever you believe in, DOnt play with FUCKING FIRE!!

But I am sorry for the outburst.

RIP Layne Staley, may GOD be with you and your family
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This is awful news... I heard it on the radio yesterday, and also heard the whole "unidentified body" thing... I've always been a fans of there's. Dirt was like a soundtrack for my senior year of high school! I remember seeing them live back then- the concert was completely out of control. Man this really sucks, more talent lost from drugs.
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Originally posted by z edge:
but we lose another singer this way. I mean Cobain, Brad ? from Sublime, didn't the singer (Shannon Hoon?) from Blind Melon OD. And there was the guy from the Pumpkins.
Also Andrew Wood from Mother Lovebone, a band which may have ended up regarded as the best of the "Seattle scene" had he not OD'd.
 
This topic deserves a reply.
It has been confimred that it was Layne's body.

Alice in Chains were a fantastic band and whenever they released a song, sad to say, I was overjoyed because I felt like it would always be their last.

In the years of reports of Staley's heroin use he never spoke of rehab, or trying to get better, he always talked about controlling his desires. It is very sad. As a matter of fact the last Rolling Stone article I remember reading about him was that he was wearing leather gloves during the interview as he had started injecting into his hands as his veins in his arms were "bad." Also that during the interview he excused himself to the bathroom a number of times and every time he returned he was more sedated.

He was a talent but a junkie. He had a great voice that went to waste.

Needle and the Damage done

It is better to burn out than to fade away

All that bullshit, addiction is serious and when neglected things like this happen. This was going to happen no matter what, it is simply sad.

When I go home tonight I am going to put on Jar of Flies and will take a moment to think of what could have been.

Alice in Chains

Layne Staley R.I.P.
 
the "guy from the Pumpkins" wasn't actually in the Pumpkins, he was a touring keyboardist, but Jimmy Chamberlain certainly has had his problems, hopefully he will stay healthy, he's been in good shape for about 3 or 4 years now (off drugs from all reports over that entire time)

however, D'Arcy Wretzky left the band around the time Jimmy rehabbed his way back in and she apparently is in very bad condition these days, a major junkie and it wouldn't surprise me if we hear about her death sometime in the not-too-distant future, hope not, but numerous attempts by the her ex-band mates to help her have been rejected

has anyone heard anything about Scott Weiland lately? i hear he's doing ok for now, but i wonder how long it will last
 
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