googletag.pubads().disableInitialLoad(); Kinney claims he had an alter ego he called Steve who would stand on a chair in an upscale restaurant and pee on the dessert cart or methodically pour beer into the sconces lining a hotel hallway for the pleasure of seeing them explode seconds later. { "The same s--t was going on again.". If he felt any misgivings about essentially pretending to be Bradley Nowell so his old bandmates could tour again under a lucrative moniker, he didnt show it when he made his debut as Sublimes new lead singer in February 2009 at a surprise show in Nevada. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_content_2', [[336,280],[300,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-4') .addSize([990, 200], [[728, 90], [970, 90], [970, 250]]) You dont look too good. He told her as a kid that he excelled at swimming, he said I loved to dive into water. He said the water felt like a whole other world. Following his death in 2002, Screaming Trees frontman told Rolling Stone, He never recovered from Demris death. It certainly rejiggers the list: Guitarist Terry Kath of MOR jazz-rock band Chicago (as well as the city of Chicago) died under similar circumstances in 1978, holding a gun he thought was unloaded to his head and mistakenly offing himself in front of his wife and one of his stage crew members. Over a torturously slow metal-blues riff, Staley denounces the hypocrite norm, running their boring drills, and commits himself to consuming whatever drugs are available to him. googletag.cmd.push(function() { Cobain agreed to pay for the product if Staley shouldered the cost of having it flown in. Layne Thomas Staley, singer-guitarist, born August 22 1967; died before April 19 2002. There was more to Nowell than living life like the world was one big smoke-filled Chevy van. But Staley wouldnt see or talk to his bandmate. The single Down In A Hole is a pained expression of romantic loss that became a metaphor for chemical longing in Staleys hands. Then, Staley said his dad reached out. apstag.setDisplayBids(); He was supposed to record guest vocals for a song by Taproot, but his body was found shortly before a recording session was set to take place. .addSize([748, 200], [[728, 90]]) "@type": "WebPage", For the first time, there were problems with his vocals. "@type": "ListItem", FULL FILM: https://youtu.be/qMlLfrU5fjsAlice in Chains lineup throughout the Layne Staley era consisted of Layne Staley (87 - 98), Jerry Cantrell (87 - 98), Sean Kinney (87 - 98), Mike Starr (87 - 93) \u0026 Mike Inez (93 - 98).Alice in Chains post-Layne Staley has consisted of William DuVall (06 - Present), Jerry Cantrell (05 - Present), Sean Kinney (05 - Present) \u0026 Mike Inez (05 - Present).The We Die Young EP consists of three tracks: We Die Young, It Ain't Like That, Killing Yourself.Facelift consists of twelve tracks: We Die Young, Man in the Box, Sea Of Sorrow, Bleed The Freak, I Can't Remember, Love, Hate, Love, It Ain't Like That, Sunshine, Put You Down, Confusion, I Know Somethin (Bout You), Real Thing.Sap consists of 5 tracks: Brother, Got Me Wrong, Right Turn, Am I Inside, Love Song.Dirt consists of 13 tracks: Them Bones, Dam That River, Rain When I Die, Down in a Hole, Sickman, Rooster, Junkhead, Dirt, God Smack, Iron Gland, Hate to Feel, Angry Chair, Would?Jar of Flies consists of 7 tracks: Rotten Apple, Nutshell, I Stay Away, No Excuses, Whale \u0026 Wasp, Don't Follow, Swing on This.Self-titled consists of 12 tracks: Grind, Brush Away, Sludge Factory, Heaven Beside You, Head Creeps, Again, Shame in You, God Am, So Close, Nothin' Song, Frogs, Over NowThe MTV Unplugged performance consisted of 13 songs: Nutshell, Brother, No Excuses, Sludge Factory, Down In A Hole, Angry Chair, Rooster, Got Me Wrong, Heaven Beside You, Would?, Frogs, Over Now, The Killer Is Me. "@id": "https://www.alternativenation.net/category/rock/", He was already pretty reclusive in 1996, but after her death, there were only three recordings that I know of (Despiseley Brothers, 2 AIC songs, and a Pink Floyd cover for a movie soundtrack). He didnt have a great voice, but he sang like he did, using the power of his personality to give his vocals the sunny brassiness that made Sublime songs so irresistible on the radio once 1996s Sublime brought the bands music to the masses. It's too late. nodes: [ function(bids) { If you are interested in promoting your band/music email altnationadvertising @gmail.com, 10 Surprising Stories About Layne Staleys Reclusive Years, Why Stone Temple Pilots May Not Make Rock Hall of Fame (But Should), Dave Grohl Reveals Parallels Between Kurt Cobain & Amy Winehouse, Adele Melts Down At Las Vegas Show In Photo, Jessica Simpson Is Exploding Out Of Top In Photo, Pearl Jam Member Reveals Truth About Tom Sizemore, Travis Scott Alleged Victim Leaks Hospital Video. Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready remembered this version of Staley being funny and lucid, and without a doubt he was not reluctant to be a star.. When I got there, Layne answered the door and he was back to the old Layne. pubID: '434bb5e4-3704-4b75-b36c-785a444462bd', He reminds me of my friends from high school, who returned home from the first year of college in the summer of 1997 blasting nothing but the Sublime record. But when the band was recording in Los Angeles during the Rodney King riots in 1992, Staley would hit the scary streets, desperate to score. And I thought, oh, for heaven sake, listen to his music. Description: Demri Lara Parrott Murphy (February 22nd 1969 - October 29th 1996) was an American model, artist, and muse, and an amateur actress, girlfriend and later fiance of Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley. "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@type": "WebPage", Money, status, nothing to me, Staley sings, though thats not completely trueits the money and status that allow him to live this way. Layne and Mike Starr were watching television on April 4, 2002, the day before Staley died of a heroin overdose. 9. ] "name": "Rock Features" Who doesnt want to go to a concert to hear their favorite songs, regardless of whos singing or whos playing it? .addService(googletag.pubads()); 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. In fact, it was his accountants who first noticed something might've been up. But the loss still crushed him. dawn to dusk. "Then, our family friend Fred loaned him a drum set, and he loved the drums. { "Alice In Chains: The Untold Story" says the two met in 1988, before Alice in Chains blew up, and that it was "love at first sight." .addService(googletag.pubads()); !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"); " Kinney recalls. His biological father, Philip Staley, vanished shortly after his birth in 1967, according to "Layne Staley: Angry Chair" by Adriana Rubio (and explained in Metal Sucks). }); ", At this point, Staley was too weak to fight on and admitted to having accepted that the drug would get the better of him sooner or later. Demri Parrott probably is referenced in the most AIC songs that we know of: *Love, Hate, Love. .addSize([990, 200], [[728, 90], [970, 90], [970, 250]]) He looked like an 80-year-old version of himself, Seattle music journalist Jeff Gilbert told Prato. 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. }, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. The difference on Black Gives Way To Blue was, as the title suggested, a shift in perspective. Demri Parrott Remembered. This portable projector plays your movies in crisp, high-contrast, 1080p detailno matter where you are. googletag.pubads().disableInitialLoad(); In 2009, Alice In Chains released Black Gives Way To Blue, its first album of original material in 14 years. "@type": "ListItem", "Since that call I always was wondering, 'Where is my dad?' Demri had a look that seemed to define the musical era, beautiful in a small-town way with her bright eyes, round cheeks, and curly hair. At the time of his death in 2002, neither Kinney nor AIC guitarist Jerry Cantrell had spoken to Staley for more than two years. "position": 4, By early 2001, it had been a couple of years since he had seen his old friend, so he was very surprised when he ran into him at a party. But while the surviving members of Alice In Chains made sure to present their band as a newly evolved entity, Sublimes Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson are trying to pick up where they were forced to leave off in 1996, when their lead singer, Bradley Nowell, died of a heroin overdose at age 28. Even sadder, Seattle Weekly says Staley's death contributed to the reversal of an encouraging decline in drug overdoses in the Seattle area. ,{ Staley then delved into his family life and how his father passed away after falling into a drug-filled route, with the two growing estranged. Staley created a personal shrine in the recording studio featuring a dead puppy in a jar that he used for inspiration as he crooned lyrics like "Stick your arm for some real fun.". } But his love of Tommy Lee wasn't the only reason he swapped out his middle name. Meanwhile, Starr, who'd been introduced to heroin by Staley, drank a bottle of bleach used for cleaning syringes, thinking it was water. { It seems strange, since Staley would, of course, go on to become one of the most noteworthy figures in a genre that would present itself as the antithesis of everything bands like Mtley Cre stood for. However, she goes on to say that her late son was "shocked to find that God isn't going to dig you out of every tunnel that you put yourself in to. Listening to music you love to hear is fun, period.Rome Ramirez, on replacing Bradley Nowell as the new singer of Sublime, So sing just like him, fuckers/It wont offend him/Just me/Because hes dead.Pearl Jam, 4/20/02, written for Layne Staley. In October of that year, his former girlfriend and fellow drug addict Demri Parrott died of bacterial endocarditis. } Whether you believe it or not, it's a hauntingly beautiful story. 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. Both Jerry Cantrell, the other engine driving Alice in Chains, and drummer Sean Kinney openly talk about their sobriety these days, but are none too specific about the substances, other than booze, at the source of their addictions. 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. His friend and Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan opened up about his death saying that Staley never recovered from Demris death so it was the main reason behind his death. "position": 4, Parrott was born in Bremerton, Washington to Kathleen Austin and Dennis Dougherty on February 22, 1969. Alice in Chains was opening for Van Halen on tour in 1991 when Staley, prompted by Parrott, started using. Hide the drugs!' But just as Layne Staley is present any time someone plays an Alice In Chains songeven an Alice In Chains song that hes not actually singing onNowell is the living dead, his spirit regenerated both by music he played a conscious part in creating and those who emulate what he left behind. (Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage). } sid: '1366', According to this Alice In Chains interview with Rockline on July 19, 1999, Staley wrote the song "Get Born Again" to target what he saw as "religious hypocrisy."