Mad Season Tragic History of The Band, Above, Losing Layne Staley & John Baker Saunders Mark Lanegan

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    The sad history of the mid 90's grunge supergroup Mad Season featuring Layne Staley of Alice in Chains, Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees and John Baker Saunders of The Walkabouts.
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    Mad Season with their lone record Above. And like a lot of bands to come out of Seattle drugs played an important role in the history of the band not just in its formation but in stopping the band in it's tracks. The formation of Mad Season really began with Pearl jam's third record Vitalogy. During the making of the album Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready was struggling with alcohol and substance abuse and would head to Minnesota to go to rehab. it was there he would meet Walkabouts bassist and fellow seattle resident John Baker Saunders. Following their treatment, the pair agreed to start a band together to help them both remain sober. They would seek out Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin to start writing material and all the band needed now was a singer so McCready would reach out to Alice in Chains front man Layne Staley who was deep in the throws of heroin addiction. Now McCready was hoping that the trio would have a positive influence on Staley and help him get clean and 1994 had been a disastrous year for Alice in Chains as the band had started off the year releasing their hugely successful EP Jar of Flies and the band was supposed to tour that summer with metallica but addiction and infighting forced the band to split up for about 6 months. With lots of time on his hands, Staley agreed to front Mad Season and at that point in his life Staley was living with a roomate named Johnny and the members of Mad Season would drop by Layne's place to discuss the band nad have him listen to instrumental tracks the trio had come up with and Layne's roomate would recall in the book The Untold Story of Alice in Chains how Layne and John Baker Saunders didn't exactly get off to a good start as Saunders use to come over to Layne's place and fall asleep on his couch. Layne would take guitarist Mike McCready aside and tell him that Saunders couldn't keep coming over and falling asleep at his place because then Layne would have to tip toe around his apartment and that one little misstep aside the band would get together several times to jam and based on the great chemistry the group had booked their first gig. Now the band would play their first show at the Crocodile Cafe in october of 1994 and most of the songs played at the first gig would end up on Mad Season's Above album, but they also threw in a cover of Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Child. And since the band didn't have a name yet and by the time their first gig rolled around they called them selfs the Gacy Bunch named after the serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Now it would be guitarist Mike McCready who would suggest that the band record a demo, but it would be Layne Staley who would raise the stakes suggesting the group record an album instead. Now the group knew they had to come up with a legitimiate name though. McCready would look back at Pearl Jam's first albumTen, which was mixed in Surrey, England. The name of Mad Season originated and i won't go too deep in to it. When we were mixing the first record, the Pearl Jam record in Surrey, England, the people who worked at the studio said oh it must be the mad season and that's the season when all the hallucinogenic mushrooms come out over in Surrey, England and I thought ah I'll keep that title for something, someday. Now the band would head to Bad Animals studio to record with producer Sam Hofstedt and Hofstedt would remember the recording of the album saying Layne was still working on his lyrics and vocal parts when it came to actually recording the album. He would go into the studio by himself and have no one else around him and he could operate the tape machine himself and do a little bit of experimentation without feeling like anyone was listening to him or watching him. So Brett Ellason who worked with Pearl Jam also worked with Mad season in the studio and also recalled Layne's drug use at the time saying Layne was not healthy. Heavy heavy drug use. Such a sweet guy and such an amazing talent we were in cahoots with his roomate who would get layne off the couch and point him in our direction and Layne would show up and he would go back to the studio

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  • @rnrtruestories
    @rnrtruestories  3 года назад +57

    throw your suggestions below for future topics!

    • @juicepick7131
      @juicepick7131 3 года назад +2

      Stryper's continual sobriety 🤔

    • @ministerofdarkness
      @ministerofdarkness 3 года назад +5

      Thanks for the TAD video!

    • @Jason_Maier
      @Jason_Maier 3 года назад +5

      The 50 States in 50 Days tour that George Thorogood & The Destroyers did in the fall of 1981. The logistics of it are something else, especially because one day they did a Maryland show in the afternoon and a DC show at night!

    • @smurphftw2008
      @smurphftw2008 3 года назад +8

      @unarmed black man You're right of course. I can't think of a single black person who became successful in the music industry
      /s

    • @wrecklessfilmsofficial
      @wrecklessfilmsofficial 3 года назад +3

      AC/DC Flick of the Switch....maybe talk about Phil Rudd's firing at the time. Or when Chris Slade was pissed when they demoed Rudd in 94....in fact a video about Phill Rudds in and outs of the band.

  • @lesflynn4455
    @lesflynn4455 3 года назад +291

    I really like Jerry Cantrell's honesty and self awareness regarding his jealousy over Layne Staley recording with Mad Season. There's a man who has identified his faults and knows how to deal with them.

    • @robwalsh9843
      @robwalsh9843 2 года назад +9

      It's kind of a healthy jealousy for artistic creativity. It probably get Jerry pumped up to write the self titled album.

    • @philocleandes9302
      @philocleandes9302 2 года назад +12

      He knew that voice is the meal-ticket. Guitarists are a dime a dozen.

    • @SteveFrench_420
      @SteveFrench_420 Год назад +3

      I'm surprised by it. I figured it was more like "Layne couldn't make an effort to stay sober in our band but could clean up his act enough to start another"?

    • @AJ-5098
      @AJ-5098 Год назад

      Jerry’s the man!

    • @springfieldmugshotshouser5113
      @springfieldmugshotshouser5113 Год назад +1

      Agreed. I highly respect Jerry Cantrell

  • @josephjelinek1841
    @josephjelinek1841 3 года назад +32

    Hey that's me on rock line ! I'm the caller who asked lane about mad season !

    • @aicsynthesizer
      @aicsynthesizer 3 месяца назад

      prove it

    • @scottdavidson526
      @scottdavidson526 Месяц назад +3

      Wow! Cool. I'll take your word for it, unlike the pessimistic previous comment.

  • @smkxodnwbwkdns8369
    @smkxodnwbwkdns8369 2 года назад +59

    Mad Season was the opposite of a tragic band. Wow. Everyone got sober and had an incredible experience in that band growing as artists and experiencing great success. The drummer and mark Lanegan earned the kind of money they didn’t earn in their other bands.

    • @rob604
      @rob604 Год назад +5

      It’s true; I’m reading Lanegans book and he openly admits the royalties from Above basically kept him afloat

    • @SeanEnginetechnology
      @SeanEnginetechnology 10 месяцев назад +4

      I bet it did, my goodness that album, and ESP live performance at the Moore theater are Soo incredibly magical 🙏❤️🙏❤️
      The stars truly aligned for that show!!

    • @joeldukes303
      @joeldukes303 29 дней назад

      @@SeanEnginetechnologyI don’t know anything is nuts from that show

  • @wendygreene
    @wendygreene 2 года назад +94

    The fact that Layne didn't want the guy coming over and falling asleep because he'd have to "tip toe around his apartment" is so sweet! The fact that he would actually just stay quiet in his own home when this guy was asleep on HIS couch says a lot about what type of person Layne really was.❤

    • @mrshaneobuenosnodgrass3328
      @mrshaneobuenosnodgrass3328 Год назад +5

      He was a compassionate guy. I'm the same way.

    • @Blackkitty32
      @Blackkitty32 Год назад +1

      I'd say it was more of a convenience to the guys having to tip toe, so obviously he had to go!

    • @UltraCatrolx
      @UltraCatrolx 11 месяцев назад

      Tenía ambos, convivencia y compasión (pero estás juntas no sobrevivirían siempre ) un caramelo el

    • @tino0217
      @tino0217 9 месяцев назад +1

      That's what drugs do

    • @RawDawg5153
      @RawDawg5153 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@tino0217not everyone needs a reason to be nice. It's a personality trait, just like being a judgemental a**hole

  • @nomaddamon670
    @nomaddamon670 3 года назад +446

    'Above' is a masterpiece.

    • @hegemonycricket2182
      @hegemonycricket2182 3 года назад +11

      One of my favorite albums of all time.
      It's part of me, part of my life in a meaningful way.

    • @hegemonycricket2182
      @hegemonycricket2182 3 года назад +1

      @OBEYTHEWALRUS G59 100%

    • @NahuNarutoKyubi
      @NahuNarutoKyubi 3 года назад +3

      Understatement of a decade

    • @STOKESEY1974
      @STOKESEY1974 3 года назад +9

      Love the ole first track wake up 🆙 having been affected in the past with crack cocaine and alcohol 🍺 if it wasn’t for Layne Staley and his wonderful artistry I would of topped myself may he fly high and RIP x

    • @dimondroof
      @dimondroof 3 года назад +9

      I just wish lane could have found sobriety! With out a doubt he was the best front man ever period.....

  • @stubkar
    @stubkar 3 года назад +95

    I had a roommate in college that would blast "I Don't Know Anything" as soon as he got home from flunking a test....

    • @anotherbigfootwithinternet2147
      @anotherbigfootwithinternet2147 3 года назад +5

      Madlad

    • @screamingtrees9619
      @screamingtrees9619 3 года назад

      😂😂

    • @daveyboy8907
      @daveyboy8907 3 года назад

      So fake get a life

    • @-Sober-
      @-Sober- 3 года назад

      @@daveyboy8907 how do you know thats fake? it sounds like something similar to what I could do. I listen to grunge throughout the day every day and if it doesnt bother anyone I sometimes play it loud

    • @melanieballard110
      @melanieballard110 3 года назад

      @@daveyboy8907Fake or not it’s still a funny comment 😆

  • @unclececil
    @unclececil 3 года назад +214

    There will never be another few years in music like 1989 through 1996

    • @BirrDetonator1989
      @BirrDetonator1989 3 года назад +10

      I really, truly, hope you are wrong bro.

    • @unclececil
      @unclececil 3 года назад +5

      @@BirrDetonator1989 As do I

    • @johnbraucher1499
      @johnbraucher1499 3 года назад +6

      Metallica binge and purge for example. My god, we will never have such a time again. I hope we do soon, but I don't see it happening unless the PEOPLE want it bad enough.

    • @floridianthrasher5426
      @floridianthrasher5426 3 года назад +1

      And pan fucking tera

    • @WakeyUpU
      @WakeyUpU 2 года назад +2

      Never

  • @AndrewLemmings
    @AndrewLemmings 2 года назад +72

    Above helps me get through life, especially on the days that I find it really hard to stay clean. I’ve been in recovery from opiates, speed and benzos for a little over a year. Layne Staley’s vocals in general get me through a lot, but especially this album in particular. RIP Layne Staley, RIP John Baker Saunders.

    • @Ичкерия90х
      @Ичкерия90х 2 года назад +6

      Andrew, my friend, I hope you are doing better now. I know life is very hard, but please try to stay well. I know you can do it

    • @meilnartin9109
      @meilnartin9109 2 года назад +2

      I hope you're still doing good...and if not keep trying man. I'm struggling with some of that too. It sounds like you've got the first step down....keep on trudging my man. You're not alone.

    • @AndrewLemmings
      @AndrewLemmings 2 года назад +7

      @@meilnartin9109 my worst days clean and sober are far better than my best days were in active addiction. I’m still doing good, one day at a time. I successfully got off all those pills like I said, now almost 2 years ago, and I’ve been on methadone treatment and I smoke weed. I was sick and tired of being sick and tired and my girlfriend always worrying about me because I’d only be awake for 2 hours of the whole day. I’m just so grateful to have such an amazing support system and to have another day clean from hard drugs. I know I’m still on maintenance medication and I smoke bud, but it doesn’t effect my life negatively, I don’t smoke a lot. Mostly for my stomach issues and to be able to sleep. I hope you’re doing good as well, and as you said, If not, keep trying. The most important thing with recovery is you have to want it more than anything else, and you have to want it for yourself. And you have to change people places and things, any triggers. One thing I’ve learned you cannot manipulate, or tough out because you think you’re different.

    • @meilnartin9109
      @meilnartin9109 2 года назад +1

      @@AndrewLemmings hell yeah. That's great news....what you said is 110% correct. I'm finally understanding those things.

    • @danyalaburns3934
      @danyalaburns3934 2 года назад +1

      no shit! 30 years AIC been in my life and Afukinlot of shit tve been through. this music has touched me from my fiancee overdosing in 02, to my to lifelong drug addiction, after loosig my love i started shooting again, morphine. so im 44 now and sober for 6 fukin years. im still that fukin X Generation grunge, alternative girl, so this transition i have done its something unfamiliar. i mean damn, i cant wrap myself around living life not popping pills, shooting up, self medicating. ive done good.

  • @joshjacobs3906
    @joshjacobs3906 3 года назад +125

    River Of Deceit is still one of my fav songs

    • @andycakesends
      @andycakesends 3 года назад

      Same, still in a couple of my playlists

    • @onemuckypup9823
      @onemuckypup9823 3 года назад

      One of mine too! It is absolute gold!

    • @williamfenton8043
      @williamfenton8043 3 года назад

      So true big mattress song of the week on WBCN WBCN Boston led by Charles laquidar

    • @Delaney_don1
      @Delaney_don1 3 года назад +1

      It's a beautiful tune

    • @tamaraclaw
      @tamaraclaw 3 года назад +2

      It's a very moving song

  • @VivaLaDnDLogs
    @VivaLaDnDLogs 3 года назад +41

    Gods bless Layne. He was such a genuine person. It was impossible not to like him, like someone's high-energy little brother. Every interview I hear with him just pushes that point home.

  • @Wolfdragon92584
    @Wolfdragon92584 3 года назад +86

    "Wake up, young man
    It's time to wake up..."

    • @STOKESEY1974
      @STOKESEY1974 3 года назад +3

      You’re love ❤️ affair has got to go my friend

    • @acee6919
      @acee6919 3 года назад +3

      @@STOKESEY1974 for ten long years

    • @64TMS
      @64TMS 3 года назад +3

      They had Layne's mother sing "Wake Up " at a benefit concert. Betcha there were puddles on the floor.

    • @Wolfdragon92584
      @Wolfdragon92584 3 года назад +6

      @@64TMS I don't doubt it; that must've been a poignant perfornance. She also started some sort of benefit program for people struggling with addiction and whatnot. Layne Staley Foundation, I think. She sounds like a sweet person.

    • @ahvideplaneet
      @ahvideplaneet 3 года назад

      Too late.

  • @CTStevens1
    @CTStevens1 2 года назад +23

    No human being can be as flawless of a singer like Layne without some vices his happened to be drugs. The amount of pressure he must of endured to nail it perfectly every time, pressure from his label to tour in withdrawal must have been overwhelming. The burden he must of carried publicly, the constant badgering from everyone who didn't understand his pain, to see himself beautiful and amazing whither away into a secluded oblivion must have been horrible,frightening, and embarrassing is there anything left to feel every single day that wouldn't destroy a person? I get it Layne thank you for your gift.

    • @emmastarr3755
      @emmastarr3755 5 месяцев назад

      LOVE THIS COMMENT SO CORRECT IT REALLY HIT THANKYOU FOR THIS COMMENT

  • @_my_last_resort_1163
    @_my_last_resort_1163 3 года назад +179

    I clicked because "I Don't Know Anything" about Mad Season

    • @bradyblackburn7877
      @bradyblackburn7877 3 года назад +2

      Well played.

    • @bbtb785
      @bbtb785 3 года назад +8

      Well, you can't say that anymore. Welcome

    • @booster115
      @booster115 3 года назад +15

      Well it’s time to “wake up” and listen to the music. Man what a beautiful album

    • @_my_last_resort_1163
      @_my_last_resort_1163 3 года назад +5

      @@booster115 I'll be sure to listen to them when I'm "All Alone"

    • @_my_last_resort_1163
      @_my_last_resort_1163 3 года назад +1

      @@jexikavindictive (title of the song)

  • @turdferguson353
    @turdferguson353 3 года назад +143

    I'm wearing a Mad Season shirt in my freshman yearbook picture, back on '97

    • @jeremyt2212
      @jeremyt2212 3 года назад +13

      Nice. I didn't realize it until later, but I was wearing the same grungy old Danzig shirt in both my junior and senior yearbook pictures. Good times.

    • @gavinbrando8255
      @gavinbrando8255 3 года назад +2

      You might be the coolest same age as me kid of all time

    • @jonabell952
      @jonabell952 3 года назад

      I was born in 97' That is epic I would love to be able to buy a mad season shirt today.

    • @vanessajohnson6660
      @vanessajohnson6660 3 года назад +2

      Great taste at a young age..that's the year I graduated lol I was wearing a RegHotChilliPeppers shirt in.my freshman pic in 93 that and a flannel shirt 😋😜🤘🏼🤘🏼👍🏼✌🏼

  • @christineferreira2181
    @christineferreira2181 3 года назад +30

    Above is a great album. My mom died at 55 from addiction to opioid addiction, alcohol and anorexia. She was abusive and fat shamed me sending me into I also learned about cutting. Then the booze came. Then in my 20’s I found my lover which is adderall aka legal meth. It made my workouts better which is why I think it’s banned in some sports. I was more productive but eventually angry and just didn’t work. So I quit. I’m clean almost 5 years. I wanted to sleep for a month. I still have body issues but hopefully that will eventually go away.

    • @jesseredwards
      @jesseredwards 2 года назад +2

      Stay strong, sis.

    • @BCMoney1995
      @BCMoney1995 2 года назад +1

      Hope you’re okay

    • @mccarthy5825
      @mccarthy5825 Год назад +1

      I bet you are way more amazing, special, cool, beautiful and awesome than you ever ever have realised. You are a tough person with more inner strength than you know and I wish you loads of ♥ ☀ ✌️ From 🇮🇪

  • @dkroyley
    @dkroyley 3 года назад +29

    i was at the moore show in 95. amazing

  • @groundhog713
    @groundhog713 2 года назад +12

    Mad Season was a great band. I bought Above when it first came out, and I was blown away when I dropped the needle (yes, I got it on vinyl)! I just wish they did a follow up, but I'm glad we got one album out of them. May Layne and John rest in power.

  • @garylagstrom3864
    @garylagstrom3864 Год назад +17

    The meaning of Mad Season: River of Deceit as sung by Layne Staley.
    Start off by saying this is about Layne’s drug habits particularly with Heroin! Think about it: The river(blood flow in your veins) takes down the Deceit (Heroin). If you read the lyrics now with this in mind and counter the fact this eventually led to Layne’s death is poetic. He KNEW he had a problem and was conveying that to the listener. My pain is self chosen. Pull off my skin and swim to shore…Heroin addicts pick at their skin. Shore represents being off the drug…now I can grow a beautiful shell (New Skin) for ALL TO SEE. Listen again with this in mind.

    • @SkeddaGarnom
      @SkeddaGarnom Год назад +2

      This made that song a whole new one for me bro

  • @Ичкерия90х
    @Ичкерия90х 2 года назад +22

    Layne was the best and the leader of Mad Season. His song "Wake Up" is the best song in history of music. Mad Season is not Mad Season without beautiful, talented Layne

  • @blazerocker1734
    @blazerocker1734 2 года назад +9

    It's tragic how drugs have brought us so much great music and yet have also prematurely ended so many of the great musicians that made that very music.

  • @vanessajohnson6660
    @vanessajohnson6660 3 года назад +29

    I love these little rockumentary documentary videos it just gives you a little more insight into everything that was going on at the time for the "real people" behind the band ,and the love that I feel for people like Layne Staley is so deep it hurts eternally that he is gone. And I honestly I had no idea what Mad Season meant until just now! That's a funny but cool lil factoid lmao anyway, thank you for a great story and video, I could listen to these.all the time!

  • @TLW4118
    @TLW4118 3 года назад +139

    Man Jerry was hitting that nose candy hard before that interview lol. Glad he got sober and still making amazing music

    • @jonesy2111
      @jonesy2111 3 года назад +13

      He certainly was

    • @diablodiablodiablo3827
      @diablodiablodiablo3827 3 года назад +12

      How many “you know?” did he say?

    • @Turk_2023
      @Turk_2023 3 года назад +13

      He was pretty bad off around the Boggy Depot album according to Rex Brown.

    • @garethharding8035
      @garethharding8035 3 года назад +4

      That's why they took lots of time off both sean and jerry were into coke and staley and starr both drugs

    • @bro-bh5kj
      @bro-bh5kj 2 года назад

      @UCmH7jmyKrYTRiRw9R0uBdkQ your stupid alot of pple speak the same and they dont do drugs, I say ya know also i never done that junk

  • @marknoble5495
    @marknoble5495 3 года назад +26

    I remember blaring Wake Up at a red light one night in my factory speakers in a 96 Cherokee. The bass sounded incredible. Even had the guys next to me turn their rap music off and ask who in the heck it was making that sound.

  • @bastianena
    @bastianena 3 года назад +53

    Layne was such a talent. When listening to this album, I like to spliff up and then zone out to "Long Gone Day" and then air drum the shit out of "November Hotel".

  • @dugp1862
    @dugp1862 3 года назад +98

    I had super rare posters and record store promo cut outs of Mad Season (and AIC) covering my bedroom walls circa '96. Would give anything to have my old room back. I miss my grunge den, I miss Layne.

    • @MG-ci6de
      @MG-ci6de 3 года назад +1

      Same

    • @dugp1862
      @dugp1862 3 года назад

      @@MG-ci6de You had a grunge den too?! Respect.

    • @dugp1862
      @dugp1862 3 года назад

      @Josh Meza Nothing wrong with that. One of my best friends only likes AIC tripod and Mad Season only - which I had put him on to. As long as we can all agree that Layne was beyond an average human being.

    • @dugp1862
      @dugp1862 3 года назад +1

      @Jeremy Chandler Always had. If anyone gave me shit for my musical preference I'd ask them whats theirs and I'd laugh back at what they like.

    • @MG-ci6de
      @MG-ci6de 3 года назад +3

      @@dugp1862 oh, for sure! Miss it. I had cut outs all over of everyone from the music paper in Seattle called The Rocket.

  • @sprontos
    @sprontos 3 года назад +201

    If you come to my house and fall asleep I will not tiptoe around you.

    • @sprontos
      @sprontos 3 года назад +21

      @Walkin' Tall Honestly, having known many junkies, including the vocalist from my band, who was one of my dearest friends, who also died from dope this year, I have the suspicion that he was doing the common junkie ploy of nitpicking his way out of doing something that might not be conducive to doing more dope.

    • @ChrisfromGeorgia
      @ChrisfromGeorgia 3 года назад +5

      Tiptoe Through The Tulips

    • @vanessajohnson6660
      @vanessajohnson6660 3 года назад +14

      I know right, when they said Layne was a really sweet guy they weren't joking! LOL the fact that he even cared to tiptoe around someone else in his home shows that he was a sweet guy but enough is enough and I certainly wouldn't do it either so he's a better person than I would have been about it that's for sure.

    • @alanmontoya7162
      @alanmontoya7162 3 года назад +9

      Layne was such a sweet guy! Not many people would tiptoe around their own space for someone else...

    • @joejackson9986
      @joejackson9986 3 года назад +4

      You’ve got to have a house first.

  • @cherisew
    @cherisew Год назад +4

    I like how Jerry Spoke of his jealousy and gave us a more clear idea of how him and Layne’s dynamic was. He kept it so real, gotta respect it.

  • @markbuerkjr4237
    @markbuerkjr4237 3 года назад +57

    "I mean, uh, whatever"
    -Jerry Cantrell

    • @dunhill1
      @dunhill1 3 года назад +14

      Those are profound words of wisdom. Jerry Cantrell is a modern Socrates.

    •  3 года назад +11

      “You know?”

    • @mtgmeansmagic4758
      @mtgmeansmagic4758 3 года назад +5

      “It’s kinda like your girlfriend, but not. Ya know?”

    • @texas4life88
      @texas4life88 3 года назад +4

      Lol, those were Jerry's coke days

  • @toddrichardson8595
    @toddrichardson8595 3 года назад +79

    I was "Blessed" to be in High School when Grunge broke out.. Music will never be like that again. 1991-1997 especially was loaded with wonderful bands and albums. The Mad Season record is a Masterpiece in itself... How I wish for a time machine....

    • @RestrainingHollywood
      @RestrainingHollywood 3 года назад +8

      Same. Grunge broke my freshman yr of high school. Perfect timing for my predictable teen angst ♡ nothing will compare..

    • @toddrichardson8595
      @toddrichardson8595 3 года назад +3

      @@sstaners1234 I've been with Pearl Jam since 1991 so I'm with you. I'm a true fan of theirs and have seen them live several times over the years...

    • @IvanLendl87
      @IvanLendl87 3 года назад +9

      I've said for a long while now that the Grunge/Alternative rock Era - which I consider to be 1989-97 - is second to none in the history of rock music. So many all-time great bands and albums during that era. Cool that you were in high school when Grunge broke. I was 24 (same age as Cobain and within a year either way of so many musicians of that scene) and hugely into music at that point. It felt like the perfect age for me to fully appreciate it.

    • @jeromesimon8916
      @jeromesimon8916 3 года назад +5

      So true there will never be an era like that again

    • @visisydandthevoid
      @visisydandthevoid 3 года назад +5

      The world went completely to hell after that period of time

  • @sallygoodman5466
    @sallygoodman5466 3 года назад +14

    Artificial Red is Sublime!
    Love Mad Season
    Wish YOU were still with
    us Layne 😢❣😎

  • @V4Now
    @V4Now 3 года назад +55

    I didn't hear about this group till around the early 2010s. Above is definitely one of my favourite albums of all time.

    • @rnrtruestories
      @rnrtruestories  3 года назад +17

      great album

    • @dboy2462
      @dboy2462 3 года назад +3

      Have you heard Locomotive, a track recorded by the band in the 90s but sang by Mark Lanegan in recent years? It's great.

    • @V4Now
      @V4Now 3 года назад

      @@dboy2462 I have, I rekindled my childhood music during my college years starting with Grunge and found out about the album. I was like "Stayley and Lanegan on the same album, how!?"

    • @jesseredwards
      @jesseredwards 2 года назад +1

      Same. I grew up I'm the 90s but never heard of Mad Season till I heard them on a Comcast music channel.

  • @SarahAlyssa
    @SarahAlyssa 3 года назад +25

    I LUVVV ALICE IN CHAINS best 90s rock band 💓

  • @billbored8277
    @billbored8277 3 года назад +17

    That performance at The Moore was legendary, so amazing, I watch it frequently.

  • @rumpleforeskin5698
    @rumpleforeskin5698 3 года назад +10

    It’s scary/sad be side anyone that has done dope can not only empathize with Layne but understand just giving up and falling headfirst into addiction. Everyone who does dope is just one bender, or one tragedy away from giving up.

  • @Ericdz302
    @Ericdz302 3 года назад +71

    My pain is self chosen

    • @ww2guy782
      @ww2guy782 3 года назад +4

      Best song ever......

    • @ryote_6913
      @ryote_6913 3 года назад +4

      Got that tattooed on my arm!

    • @jimmaloney1121
      @jimmaloney1121 3 года назад +2

      So the prophet says

  • @evandelgadillo
    @evandelgadillo 3 года назад +97

    It wasnt all tragic, Layne was a beautiful person who sang beautiful songs that help me in everyday life. Irritates me to see everythings about Layne on youtube saying 'the tragic life of Layne". i know ur trying to get ur views brother but we have to remember Laynes Legacy also.

    • @sidneyvandykeii3169
      @sidneyvandykeii3169 3 года назад +6

      Unfortunately it was a tragic life. I grew up in Seattle and saw many of these bands/artists live in the club scene. Sooooo many of these bands/artists have tragic stories.

    • @BCMoney1995
      @BCMoney1995 2 года назад +3

      Dude, the last 6 years of Laynes life are literally as Tragic as Tragic gets.
      Sure he didn’t wanna stop, but I’d say by the year 2000, the spot he has put himself in he was far past the point of no return. How in the hell he lived until 2002 blows my mind. I mean he had already blown every vein in his arm out by 1992.
      It really shows you how tough and stubborn his body was, I mean he lived for years at literally a hundred pound or so. And would IV H and Coke, while smoking rocked crack, followed by inhaling. Every damn day, just to get by.

    • @williambennett7033
      @williambennett7033 2 года назад +1

      I agree 100% he's helped and saved so many people going through addiction and hard times glad u see something positive In this because I dot too....

    • @jordanbyates
      @jordanbyates 2 года назад +1

      Layne couldn’t help heal himself, but he helped heal thousand of addicts in the process. Those lyrics that helped those people could only come from someone in Layne’s position. From what I know of the guy I think he would say that’s worth it. Nothing tragic about that. It’s heroic.

  • @NottyGurlStyle
    @NottyGurlStyle 3 года назад +7

    I love Mad Season..that album will always be a classic. Layne was one of the most iconic artist of the 90s. His voice was just amazing and haunting.. I wish he was able to fight his drug addiction..

  • @danperez6685
    @danperez6685 Год назад +3

    Heroin has claimed so many wonderful and talented people. As a person in recovery, the struggle is real and addiction is a powerful burden to carry. RIP guys!

  • @jabbermacy
    @jabbermacy 3 года назад +15

    Above is so good it's ridiculous it's River of deceit is just absolutely haunting I just love it I really miss layne...

  • @jillmichno9545
    @jillmichno9545 3 года назад +12

    One of the best collaborations ever! 90s ruled! ❤️Layne❤️

  • @synesthesia.aesthetic
    @synesthesia.aesthetic 2 года назад +7

    Mad Season is woefully underrated. It is tragic to think of what they could have accomplished. I hear their influence in groups like Cigarettes After Sex and the XX. They were way ahead of their time.

  • @michaelstevens5588
    @michaelstevens5588 3 года назад +42

    Above is a masterpiece!!!!! Great super band

  • @ryansoltess6006
    @ryansoltess6006 3 года назад +38

    Jerrry "Ya know" Cantrell.

    • @JuPac420
      @JuPac420 3 года назад +6

      “It’s too many know what I’m sayins, know what I’m sayin?”

    • @jayd.501
      @jayd.501 3 года назад +2

      What,xare you from the Department of Gnomesayin' ???

    • @rachelcoaster4272
      @rachelcoaster4272 3 года назад +1

      I know

    • @rachelcoaster4272
      @rachelcoaster4272 3 года назад +1

      Ya know is much better than you know what I'm sayin

    • @whitneygibson3431
      @whitneygibson3431 3 года назад +4

      That's why he never quit his day job as the "The Riff", just because somebody's famous doesn't mean they automatically have a gift for speaking. Jerry writes the songs, plays the music & harmonized like no else in our generation with Layne

  • @mikeview206
    @mikeview206 3 года назад +12

    Thank you for dropping a Layne Staley video on my birthday, much appreciated.

  • @medicinecircus
    @medicinecircus 2 года назад +2

    I appreciate the clips from other interviews of McCready, Cantrell and Staley.
    Good information.
    Interesting.
    Nice work.
    Thank you.

  • @Bartonfink3434
    @Bartonfink3434 3 года назад +4

    Man, i sure miss Layne. He would have been 54 this August. R.I.P.

  • @fbomb7184
    @fbomb7184 3 года назад +15

    So to help each other cope and get though our drug addictions lets make a band... buuuuuhhhht let's also call it "Mad Season", ya know, in honor of psychedelic shrooms. Love Rock n Roll!

  • @warrenwebb8172
    @warrenwebb8172 3 года назад +27

    I really believe Mike McCready is such an underrated guitarist. It’s crazy to think he worked with Vedder, Cornell and Staley. Would love to hear him working with Lanegan.

    • @erinnothingtoseehere4992
      @erinnothingtoseehere4992 3 года назад +8

      Lanegan is on a few of the Mad Season tracks, “long gone day”, “I’m above”, “locomotive”, “black book of fear”, “slip away.” I think the last 3 were only on the delux release. Apparently they tried to get Lanegan to do a second release but couldn’t get him to come to the studio to record.

    • @comfortscalling
      @comfortscalling 3 года назад +3

      Very apparent... since they just said that in the video.

    • @frankieedwards9825
      @frankieedwards9825 3 года назад +1

      He won Ultimate Guitar dot com best guitarist so no...not underrated

    • @warrenwebb8172
      @warrenwebb8172 3 года назад +3

      @@frankieedwards9825 good to know he’s getting some well deserved love! Thanks.

    • @DominiAeternum
      @DominiAeternum 2 года назад

      @@erinnothingtoseehere4992 why wouldn't he though? They never mentioned the reasons why

  • @rmk6444
    @rmk6444 3 года назад +4

    Above is such a beautiful album and such a pleasant surprise. So different than Alice but amazing nonetheless.
    I’m so glad you covered this in a video!

  • @IknowIamkindagreat
    @IknowIamkindagreat 3 года назад +17

    The cover of the album is art by Layne, it is so haunting.....just like the record.....#LifelessDead

    • @agotanagy5188
      @agotanagy5188 3 года назад +1

      Are you saw the original photo by Demri and Layne? Awesome work, yeah!✌ (Alex Nagy)

  • @mattskustomkreations
    @mattskustomkreations 3 года назад +22

    Band: Lets get a band together to say sober!!! Yaaay!!!
    Also Band: Lets ask Layne Staley to join.

  • @erin122123
    @erin122123 3 года назад +11

    I’d love a full video about Mike McCready. He’s a great musician and guy.

  • @lougaru2445
    @lougaru2445 2 года назад +1

    Great story. My favorite part about this channel is the sourcing of books and articles that I did not know about

  • @immortal2u
    @immortal2u 3 года назад +35

    Classic album, not as well known as it should be, same goes for Temple of the Dog and Mother Love Bone’s stuff. Such solid stuff.

    • @STOKESEY1974
      @STOKESEY1974 3 года назад +1

      Stardog champion apple 🍎 immense album 💿 the birth of the legendary classic grunge era

    • @iamdansimons
      @iamdansimons 3 года назад

      Too right.
      Mad Season and TotD. From each of those the listener can fire off in all directions.
      Welcome to the finest of Seattle.

    • @timothyray4440
      @timothyray4440 3 года назад +1

      MLB should have been, might have been bigger than Nirvana. Nevermind gives me a headache after a few spins. Apple gives my brain a boner after a few spins. Long live Andy Wood!

  • @mattstephens6137
    @mattstephens6137 3 года назад +3

    Staley's posture was fantastic. Something us junkies don't appreciate until we're hunched over. Crazy.

  • @jessecuster5877
    @jessecuster5877 3 года назад +8

    Long Gone Day is like hearing an angel for the first time.

  • @BA-vw2kx
    @BA-vw2kx 3 года назад +5

    Nice! Love me some Mad season!

  • @elcarsto156
    @elcarsto156 Год назад

    I can listen to wake up in an endless loop without getting bored after 3 hours.

  • @MrDmmagic
    @MrDmmagic 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for this. I’m still not over Staley’s death and Above is often playing in my house.

  • @mattlombardi54
    @mattlombardi54 3 года назад +7

    Imagine being invited to do an album with those guys and not showing up lol. That’s insane.

  • @SolidBased
    @SolidBased 3 года назад +3

    Great job👍

  • @nemo7207
    @nemo7207 3 года назад +8

    Layne saying there's no more Mad Season because Baker passed away... is beautiful that Sean, Mike Inez and Cantrell decided to keep playing together after losing Layne, but dude... i will never understand why it has to be called Alice in Chains still?
    rest in peace Layne Staley and Mike Starr.

  • @charlieryan1736
    @charlieryan1736 3 года назад

    Thank you for making a video about this amazing band

  • @ericragan
    @ericragan 3 года назад +1

    Fantastic story, me and my buddy Kurt are part of history, on my birthday which was April 29, 1995 we were able to score 2 tickets to that show by winning a lottery weeks before in Seattle. It’s also known that I’ve taken this album back to my original hometown of Springfield Ohio and passed to family and friends who still listen to that album to this day. What’s also interesting was I knew this would be A masterpiece, and I have Botton the album on LP and have never opened it! Lastly for that get together that they had just a few years ago he had not mentioned Jefferson “Junior“ angel, what is a prolific and well-known vocalist and guitar player in the area who sang in Lane Staley‘s absence. Great video, where did you get all your information?

  • @bbtb785
    @bbtb785 3 года назад +55

    Damn...Duff is friends with everyone. He must be a hell of a guy.

    • @Turk_2023
      @Turk_2023 3 года назад

      All of GNR seem cool except for Mouse,Mickey.

    • @Turk_2023
      @Turk_2023 3 года назад +1

      @@clintwilson6380 I thought that was Lemmy

    • @nikos8004
      @nikos8004 3 года назад +10

      Duff is also a Seattle native, born and raised. So he knows everyone in that area. But yeah he comes off as a super cool guy.

    • @64TMS
      @64TMS 3 года назад +3

      What he did for Mark Lanegan when Mark was just out of rehab was "sweet" ! Said, "oh by the way Mark, I want you to come and live in my house while I'm gone, or here". That's not an exact quote, but that's what he did for Mark. Look at Mark now. Wow ! What a genuine friend ❤

    • @Turk_2023
      @Turk_2023 3 года назад +2

      @@64TMS Duff did that?

  • @nickstarr2055
    @nickstarr2055 3 года назад +7

    I find it interesting how Layne Staley didn't promote mad season

  • @nps1016
    @nps1016 3 года назад +2

    I love Above, it’s one of the best collaborations ever, at least in the 90’s. R.I.P. Layne and John.

  • @KaIyptos
    @KaIyptos 3 года назад +13

    Sad Season.

  • @johnstoner666
    @johnstoner666 3 года назад +1

    This channel is so great. Thank you.

  • @kujo5998
    @kujo5998 3 года назад +77

    I know most would think im crazy for this, but to me, Chains opening for Metallica is nuts! I know Metallica is bigger, has more hits, etc.. But chains is so much better to me. Should be Metallica opening for them!

    • @JasminaFun
      @JasminaFun 3 года назад +1

      In melbourne, australia. Suicidal tendencies opened for AIC in 1990s tour.

    • @charliebay9441
      @charliebay9441 3 года назад +2

      They were all good friends. All of Metallica is sitting front row for the Unplugged album. Jerry Cantrell's guitar says "Friends don't let friends cut their hair" as most of Metallica had cut their hair off previous to that show.

    • @christytrim291
      @christytrim291 3 года назад +5

      @@charliebay9441 it was Mike Inez’s guitar.

    • @charliebay9441
      @charliebay9441 3 года назад +1

      @@christytrim291 Ahhh, knew it was one of theirs.

    • @dimondroof
      @dimondroof 3 года назад

      Facts

  • @wesrogers7630
    @wesrogers7630 3 года назад +11

    Please do a show on The Tea Party from Canada. The almost broke in the States and sold a lot of albums. Same time as the Grunge era. Similar style music. Fantastic band

    • @07foxmulder
      @07foxmulder 3 года назад

      They were more post-grunge. Their sound is more in line with bands like Creed and Days of the New. Regardless, they were garbage.

    • @jeremiahrenik8782
      @jeremiahrenik8782 3 года назад +1

      tea party is always going to be in my list of music i love timeless masterpieces created by them !

    • @wesrogers7630
      @wesrogers7630 3 года назад

      @@07foxmulder their first album was in 1992 and most popular was in 1994. Tale end of grunge. They were more like Led and The Doors. If your going to judge a band, make sure you actually know anything about them. Been a fan since 1992. I understand, by the way, grunge started in 1989. I know this before you try and dazzle me with when things started.

    • @07foxmulder
      @07foxmulder 3 года назад

      See Rogers Oh holy wowzers! You’ve been a fan since 1992? That’s incredible. That doesn’t change the fact that they sounded nothing like any of the bands from Seattle, regardless of when their first album was released. I mean, Gish was released in 1991 so I guess The Smashing Pumpkins is grunge, too, right? I never knew that dates and genres of music go hand-in-hand. Thanks for teaching me something :)
      Like I said, they were more post-grunge/cock-rock sounding. Just another boring, uninspired Canadian band who exists because of the CRTCs CanCon demand.

    • @wesrogers7630
      @wesrogers7630 3 года назад

      @@07foxmulder thank you for your superb input. When is your next class. I will sign up. If you have room for a dumbass like me of course.

  • @gandf12345
    @gandf12345 3 года назад +12

    Would love to see a video on how the smiths broke up

  • @breathtimebreath4934
    @breathtimebreath4934 3 года назад +1

    Thank you 🙏 🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @henryp7416
    @henryp7416 3 года назад

    GREAT documentary. Thank you for making it & going into detail!

  • @v2vroth
    @v2vroth 3 года назад +7

    Awesome

  • @denisefreitas6727
    @denisefreitas6727 3 года назад +12

    I loved Mad Season, and Above is really a masterpiece.

  • @Daddy53751
    @Daddy53751 2 года назад +3

    The dragon is nobody’s friend.
    Just imagine how much amazing music and musicians it’s stolen from us all.

  • @ryote_6913
    @ryote_6913 3 года назад +3

    Alice is by far one of my favorite bands ever but this album is probably my favorite albums of all time!

  • @OfWolfAndMan88
    @OfWolfAndMan88 3 года назад +14

    Love this supergroup and have the cd in my car. Shame they didn't do another great album.
    Another band you can also cover is The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Very underrated band from the 90's.

    • @rsohlich1
      @rsohlich1 3 года назад +2

      ever see that documentary about the band? it was really good. Also had the Dandy Warhol's in it.

    • @OfWolfAndMan88
      @OfWolfAndMan88 3 года назад

      @@rsohlich1 Yeah i think its called Dig great documentary on them. They have tons of good songs.

    • @neilmartin3220
      @neilmartin3220 3 года назад

      Have this on cd and cassette.

  • @stranac1978
    @stranac1978 3 года назад +1

    when I heard *above, wow, I was mesmerized & surprised, never heard so much energy & passion for making music... passed members RIP ❤️

  • @tanjab.7753
    @tanjab.7753 3 года назад +2

    Mad season was a revelation for me. 💜

  • @campbells0ups
    @campbells0ups 3 года назад +3

    love the b-roll clips youve added in this episode to add context

  • @deathakid
    @deathakid 3 года назад +14

    the face before me flys
    Laughs at me inside

  • @madarab37
    @madarab37 3 года назад +22

    please don't use stock video. It makes this look like a bad infomercial. Just tell the story and show some pictures of the relevant subjects please.

  • @jerredwayne8401
    @jerredwayne8401 3 года назад +6

    Wake up is the most powerful song Layne was involved with. More than even Nutshell imo

  • @oz9119
    @oz9119 3 года назад

    We are but the simple canvas for the artist and his many colorful songs...
    With the brush strokes his melody, he defines the detail of our hearts and minds as our ears are filled vibrantly with Sound... Rhythm... and the story of life.
    ...and we feel.

  • @hfm2374
    @hfm2374 3 года назад +4

    Still have the CD from the 95. Solid album from beginning to end.

    • @dunhill1
      @dunhill1 3 года назад +1

      Me too, I played it so much, the hinges of the plastic cover that attaches to the back broke off, so the cover just sits loose on top.

    • @Turk_2023
      @Turk_2023 3 года назад +1

      You should get the deluxe version. Live at the moore is great.

    • @hfm2374
      @hfm2374 3 года назад

      @@Turk_2023 yeah man I’ve listened to it on Spotify. Wish I could have seen them live!

  • @JayMcB
    @JayMcB 3 года назад +1

    I remember listening to the local alternative station with friends and we heard River of Deceit. Went out that night and bought the cassette

  • @batman40528
    @batman40528 3 года назад +3

    Long Gone Day is one of my favorite songs ever

  • @blown572hemi
    @blown572hemi 3 года назад +1

    Wished we had more from this. One of my top 5 albums

  • @bcuz2975
    @bcuz2975 2 года назад

    Thanks for sharing.

  • @edya866
    @edya866 3 года назад +3

    Wake up is the song on my alarm clock

  • @winnie6203
    @winnie6203 3 года назад +3

    First time I heard River of Deceit on the radio
    Me: "oh, new AIC. Never heard that one'
    Announcer: that was River of Deceit by Mad Season"
    Me: wow, that guy sounds a lot like Layne 🤦🏽‍♀️

  • @simplyshannon3478
    @simplyshannon3478 3 года назад +10

    Jerry Cantrell loved Layne so very much. You can tell in every interview he’s ever spoken his name. He speaks so highly of him. I absolutely loved Laynes voice. I still listen to mostly my 90s music at all times. AIC and Mad Season are both in my collection. There’s no other human that sounds like Layne. Such a beautiful, troubled soul.

  • @sunshinesweetlove..8066
    @sunshinesweetlove..8066 3 года назад +4

    Really great band and a fan of the music 🎶

  • @WillJM81280
    @WillJM81280 3 года назад +17

    Yes Jerry, we do know...

  • @williamberry8895
    @williamberry8895 2 года назад +3

    The song Wake up has helped me get clean off fentanyl/coke using the needle about 5x. I still can't get this completely right though. Not like I like waking up and feeling like death is the better alternative.

  • @Brandon-so9fp
    @Brandon-so9fp 3 года назад +3

    River of deceit is such a moving track.

  • @daBEAGLE1017
    @daBEAGLE1017 3 года назад +7

    Tragedy always gives the audiences what they came for.

    • @BennSimonn
      @BennSimonn 3 года назад +2

      I swear 90% of this channel's videos have "tragic" in the title