Layne Staley - Wikipedia. Layne Thomas Staley (born Layne Rutherford Staley, August 2.

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April 5, 2. 00. 2) was an American musician, who served as the lead vocalist and occasional songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains, which he founded with guitarist Jerry Cantrell in Seattle, Washington, in 1. Alice in Chains rose to international fame as part of the grunge movement of the early 1. Staley's distinct vocal style, as well as the harmonized vocals between him and Cantrell.[6]Staley was also a member of the supergroups Mad Season and Class of '9. By mid- 1. 99. 6, Staley was out of the public spotlight, never to perform live again.

He struggled for much of his adult life with depression and a drug addiction, culminating with his death on April 5, 2. Biography[edit]Early life[edit]Layne Rutherford Staley was born to Phillip Blair Staley and Nancy Elizabeth Staley (née Layne) in Kirkland, Washington, on August 2. Staley was seven years old when his parents divorced, after which he was raised by his mother and stepfather, Jim Elmer.[9] He used his stepfather's surname while enrolled in Meadowdale High School in Lynnwood.[1. He did not like his middle name, and after he got a drumset in his teens, he changed his middle name to Thomas because he respected drummer Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe.[7]Staley was raised Christian Scientist,[1. I was raised in the church until I was 1. I've disagreed with their beliefs as long as I can remember, so when I had the choice I chose not to believe in anything apart from myself."[1.

Staley wrote about what he called "religious hypocrisy" in his song "Get Born Again".[1. Staley approached music through his parents' collection, listening to Black Sabbath (regarded by him as his first influence) and Deep Purple.[1. Other favorite bands include hard rock and metal bands like Anthrax, Judas Priest, Saxon, Rainbow, Mercyful Fate, Twisted Sister, Van Halen,[1. Ministry, the Lords of the New Church and Skinny Puppy.[1. Staley began playing drums at age 1. Staley had aspirations of becoming a singer.[1. In 1. 98. 4, Staley joined a group of Shorewood High students in a band called Sleze,[1.

The Dehumanizers and Second Coming. In 1. 98. 5, Staley and his band Sleze were featured in a low- budget movie from Seattle's Public Access Channel, called "Father Rock".[1.

We were just blown away by him – he had 'star qualities' even then. He was much more timid – he looked down while he sang. But the grain of his voice was there, the soul was there."[2.

It really is, I use it as the intro for my show, I found him years ago, and have got to watch him grow. Check out his other music, very solid and a great message. Kilauea; Mount Etna; Mount Yasur; Mount Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira; Piton de la Fournaise; Erta Ale.

Johnny Bacolas describing an 1. Staley. In 1. 98. Sleze morphed into Alice N' Chains, a band which Staley said "dressed in drag and played speed metal."[2. The new band performed around the Seattle area playing Slayer and Armored Saintcovers. Alice in Chains and Mad Season[edit]Staley met guitarist Jerry Cantrell at a party in Seattle while working at Music Bank rehearsal studios in 1. A few months before that, Cantrell had watched Staley performing with his then- band, Alice N' Chains, in his hometown at the Tacoma Little Theatre, and was impressed by his voice.[2. Homeless after being kicked out of his family's house,[1.

Cantrell lived with Staley at the Music Bank for over a year.[1. Alice N' Chains soon disbanded and Staley joined a funk band, which at the time also required a guitarist. He asked Cantrell to join as a sideman. Cantrell agreed on condition that Staley join his then un- named band which included drummer Sean Kinney and bassist Mike Starr. They started auditioning terrible lead singers in front of Staley to send a hint.[2. The final straw for Staley was when they auditioned a male stripper in front of him – he decided to join the band after that.[2. Cantrell said about Staley's voice: "I knew that voice was the guy I wanted to be playing with.

It sounded like it came out of a 3. Layne. I considered his voice to be my voice."[1. Eventually the funk project broke up, and in 1. Staley joined Cantrell's band on a full- time basis. The band had names like "Fuck" and "Diamond Lie", the latter being the name of Cantrell's previous band.

Diamond Lie gained attention in the Seattle area and eventually took the name of Staley's previous band, Alice N' Chains, then renamed Alice in Chains.[2. Staley explained the name Alice in Chains saying, "The name came from a side project of my old group. We were going to have this band that dressed in drag and played heavy metal as a joke."[2. Two weeks after the band's formation, they were playing a gig at the University of Washington, trying to fill out a 4.

Hanoi Rocks and David Bowie.[3. Local promoter Randy Hauser became aware of the band at a concert and offered to pay for demo recordings.

Completed in 1. 98. The Treehouse Tapes and found its way to the music managers Kelly Curtis and Susan Silver, who also managed the Seattle- based band Soundgarden. Curtis and Silver passed the demo on to Columbia Records' A& R representative Nick Terzo, who set up an appointment with label president Don Ienner. Based on The Treehouse Tapes, Terzo signed Alice in Chains to Columbia in 1. The band also recorded another untitled demo over a three- month period in 1. This recording can be found on the bootleg release Sweet Alice.[3. Alice in Chains released their debut album Facelift on August 2.

The second single, "Man in the Box", with lyrics written by Staley, became a huge hit. Man in the Box" is widely recognized for its distinctive "wordless opening melody, where Layne Staley's peculiar, tensed- throat vocals are matched in unison with an effects- laden guitar" followed by "portentous lines like: 'Jesus Christ/Deny your maker' and 'He who tries/Will be wasted' with Cantrell's drier, and less- urgent voice."[3.

Facelift has since been certified double platinum by the RIAA for sales of two million copies in the United States.[3. The band toured in support of the album for two years before releasing the acoustic EPSap in early 1. In September 1. 99. Alice in Chains released Dirt. The critically acclaimed album, also the band's most successful, debuted at number six on the Billboard 2. During the Dirt tour in Brazil in 1. Layne saved Starr's life after he had overdosed.[3.

The band did not tour in support of Dirt for very long, because of Staley's drug addiction.[3. Starr left the band for personal reasons after the Hollywood Rock concert in Rio de Janeiro in January 1.