@@jamesvancam I agree, he's amazing too. I'd say Chris Cornell had classical beauty and harmony to his voice where Layne Staley had a unique, extremely powerful, raw beauty to his voice. Both are legends in their own right.
If he was dead for 2 weeks already that apartment must have smelled terrible. 80 pounds, defeated by heroin and coke. RIP Layne. Still my favorite singer of all time.
@@waltergoring8428 I ran into that dipshit on a video from the Kansas City show, and he was spouting that shit there as well. He's either crazy or a troll.
Both him a Kurt died the same date April 5th , 8 years apart. One of My sisters birthday is April 4th and she was born the day mlk was assassinated and I was born hours after Bob Marley passed away. I’m not religious but I am spiritual when it comes to life and death. It’s a weird concept but all life is sustained by the death(s) of other beings (were sustained by harvested plants , animals, microlife and phytolife yet were are all one. Like the cells in our bodies we are but a very small part of the larger world and ecosystems with it. follow Buddhist philosophy as best I can. Life is full of suffering and pain in infinite ♾ forms. The only out of that trap is to accept there would be no good without the bad and be thankful for the opportunity to learn from that uncomfortableness and suffering in order to better ourselves as Wells’s the life’s of our fellow residents of the universe. Easy to say But that’s incredibly hard to do when your going through some real hardships! One ☝🏽 love, many blessings to you all!
Hard to believe that one of the most refreshing, creative, innovative and popular bands of the past 30 years had not 1 but 2 members die from drug OD's. I never knew or met Staley but I think of him fairly often. Horrible loss to music lovers.
It's heartbreaking that Layne wasn't able to overcome his crippling addiction and died the way he did. Layne Thomas Staley you and that great voice will always be missed. RIP! Thank you for the music!
Layne has such a very beautiful voice. Even when he talks, his voice is so sweet and beautiful. I cannot talk about Layne in the past tense because he continues to live through his amazing music and in the hearts of millions of fans
What’s the deal with April and suicide? Dealing with depression over the years, the winter and its short days are kind of comforting for those who are reclusive, and the spring can be a reminder of ones sickness and isolation.
If April showers bring may flowers think how rainy these guys are used to Seattle being. Poor Layne. It still bothers me more than some older family members who have passed
I also struggle with depression and I also have Seasonal Effective Disorder (winter depression). I don’t have an answer for why there are so many suicides in April. I do know that September is Suicide Prevention month.
I think with Layne it was coincidence. That and it wasn’t necessarily “suicide” but a long long time of drug addiction that just happened to catch up to him that day.
Yeah still really hurts to think about Layne... - Jerry graduated from my high school a few years before me and I know it really still hurts him deeply! April really sucks!! - Losing Kurt and Layne even though years apart will always affect me...🥺 R.I.P. 😇KURT,LAYNE😇&😇MIKE⚘🥀
He died while Star was there.. Star saw him od that's why he never got over it.. Star admits he went home and didn't leave his basement for 2 weeks after he left laynes house.. Also some of laynes things were ebayed by Mike.. Facts
Ive always wondered who his drug dealer and drug buddies were ? I dont believe nobody talk to him he had to go out and get drugs somewhere i just wonder who those people are and the convos they had with layne
I’m pretty certain through videos and reading comments it’s known. Just like Kurt cobains was a female known drug dealer. People within those area etc close to and that scene definitely know.
@@shawnwhite3980 where did you learn this fact ? Because ive never heard that .... and a millionaire trusting a drug dealer with his bank card ? That seems like a terrible idea
@@symphonyinkart the point i was trying to make was he had to have had a drug dealer i would imagine they were pretty close and seen each other often ... i just wonder the convos they had
Beautiful but heartbreaking story of Layne Staley RIP my man 😇 such a beautiful talented man, what an incredible voice!!! FOREVER REMEMBERED AND NEVER EVER FORGOTTEN 💝🌹😔
From who? His moms states he went to rehab 13.times to no avail. Died 3 times but got saved and nothing helped. What's there to do, it's his choice at the end of the day.
Layne story was so beautiful and heart wrenching…I wish they would do a movie on his life, but it’s got to be one that does his legacy justice with A-list actors, with one of Hollywoods great directors, etc. it needs to be done tastefully so more ppl can learn about how awesome he was and what a huge hdf sh he left behind.
@@grungegods Oh, OK. That makes sense then. I have seen a couple of the photos as well and have seen a video of somebody walking up to the front doors of the condo complex, but not going inside.
I’d love to hear what you all saw on your “grunge trip!” I was in Seattle a few years back and saw really cool Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Hendrix exhibits at that museum next to the space needle. Would love to go back again someday!
A Heroin addiction will kill you at the end if you dont eat anymore and no sleeping anymore. Its so difficult to stop believe me i now what i'am talking about. 45 years addiction on Heroin. You sink in a deep pole of misery and loneliness you lose everything. Layne died alone and i feel so sorry for him. For his friends and mother
He could not rise above his addiction and it killed him. A stone cold waste. He is beyond reproach. It's the people who truly loved him that suffer the most..his family,friends and fans.
Miss and love u my friends, Dem, Layne, Andy and Chris. So many great memories. I hate that every new RUclips video I see is how destructive his life was in the end. If people new him they would know he was an angel. Nothing we could do for our friend after Dem died :(
Whoever Laynes Drug Dealer(s) were back then, know much more to the story than anybody, they were the only people in contact with him, I have always wondered if they will ever come forward, but they would get a lot of backlash, so I doubt it.
Probably not considering they were probably the ones who broke into his car and storage lockers after Layne passed then tried to blackmail his family for the stolen items.
I saw his homie Mike Starr a bit too live for awhile when he kept trying to move in w me from his dad's place 1/2 mi away... around '99 or 00 this was. nice kid morphed into a monster by his devils within .... Mikey I been praying you found peace 🕊️✝️
oh man they are fantastic! Start with their greatest hits so you can get a feel of the band then once that sucks you in go back to their first album:l 'Face-lift' then go down the line. Also watch their unplugged set and that'll show you they was the real deal Layne was so goooooooodddddd live!! deff one of the greatest vocalist of all time!
I feel there is more to Laynes passing then Mikes version. Sadly the only two people who know are gone. I’m aware the police had to break in etc but hearing Mike talk about it and his demeanor on celebrity rehab with Nancy I’ve always had the gut feeling Layne died while Mike was there. Mike discovered him and seeing that Layne was already gone left fearing he would be in trouble. When he was speaking with Nancy he just seemed like he was holding back and couldn’t let that guilt out. I could be totally of based and have no evidence of it just my opinion. Either way RIP to both Mike and Layne.
The date being so close... who knows Could be possible He had already alienated in a sense and told to eff off in hope Layne wouldn’t use Imagine if he was the one to find him as well...
Yeah I’ve always said this, unfortunately Mike himself has been dead over a decade, so we will never know. I personally believe, either Mike actually didn’t see him that day, made the story up, or he saw him die, cleaned up best he could for Laynes sake, and left. They didn’t find much dope, so Mike took it, for himself, but the way Layne, and the house itself looked at that time, god I can’t imagine, and I don’t see Layne letting anybody see that, but if anybody it would be Mike, we truly will never know.
I read a comment on facebook of a friend of Demri, she wrote Layne and Demri tried to stay clean but drug dealers knew where Layne lived and used to wait for them outside the house. So I feel a bit angry when I listen Your Decision written by Jerry. I don't think we can't understand a heroin addict, if many people have died it means it's extremely difficult to get clean.
I would have kicked his door down dragged him out and done whatever had to be done to get him through it... He was and is the best front man I've ever seen and should of had more
Addicts have to decide to get help for themselves. I used to be an addict, too. I quit because I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. Your heart is in the right place, but addicts have to decide to get help themselves. Phil Anselmo (of the band Pantera) did that, too. (Sorry for the late reply; I just found your comment.) Edit: I get why you feel that way, though.
People as a 58 year old man i lost a wife at 28 years old and not one time i turned to drugs and alcohol. Life is so danm precious and we as human beings think money and success can cure our pains and problems but in the end everything we do is about choices. I'm a fan of AIC and they ar😂a great band. People laughed at Nancy Reagan for the just say no to drugs phase maybe we should start listening
I went through detox 7 times. It's almost impossible to get off. I couldn't imagine having the money to continue, because every time, that's why I went in. The methadone would at least keep me sane
The problem is it’s the lifestyle, sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll have been synonymous with each other since it began, if he’d been a gardener or a fireman or any other person he probably still be alive today. Some guys can do the drugs and the lifestyle and the sex but not let it overtake them, classic example is look at the Rolling Stones or Led Zeppelin. I’m sure they’ve had their fair share of addiction, never let it gain control of them to this extent. Sad end.
Cornell, Cobain, Staley all suffered from severe addiction, alcoholism and depression. The reason Laynes addiction killed him is because he wanted that, his life was empty after his wife's death.
Obviously every member helped create the incredible music of AIC my personal favorite vocalist in music/incredible lyricist, one of my favorite guitarist in music/great singer in his own right, criminally underrated drummer & two equally great bassist again all imo! That being said Layne would’ve always been iconic without addiction it would be a diff type of iconic but still amazing I’m sure we all can agree! Unfortunately it was a tragic path but he expressed the anger, loneliness, emptiness etc in such a way it’s like he’s singing to just you! His art through so much tragedy helps us who experience it relate like we’re not alone no other musicians life gets me emotional thinking about them like Layne but what left behind really is special as horrible as his life ended up & I feel the pain I’m in still isn’t at the level he ended up (not to compare tragedies) but it’s bad enough that I truly relate to his words even more so then I did years ago even as a huge fan then! I’m ion a very bad place emotional right now not to get into details so trying to imagine the pain getting worst to just being close to how he probably felt is a very terrifying thought!Thanks Layne & also Mike for giving us some of the best music ever created!
I was born in 67 and heard Alice in chains many times but it wasn't until some time after 9/11 did i feel more linked to the lyrics. And the river of deceit just blows my mind as to how some things in life really are. Now any time i hear him i just want to hear more and feel so sad for him for having lost his loved one and going into seclusion. One thinks someone should or could have done something but some times not always but i do know it's hard to change someone if they don't want to change them self. It's kind of hard to imagine the world being a lonely place for a soul. But it can be. Shine in Heaven the guiding light of Layne Staley from DOGMAN@NAMGOD
To this day it’s still so heartbreaking... It blows my mind it was that long ago when it literally feels like last week. Idk. Maybe it’s just me being a loser...
Hasta 1993 tenia todo, el pibe. Talento, facha, fama, dinero. Qué tristeza que toda su vida y la de su novia se fueran al caño. Un ejemplo más de cómo la droga te puede transportar del cielo al infierno y sin escalas.
Look, if it takes TWO WEEKS for someone to discover your body after no one hearing from you and you weigh 80 LBS, I assure you that you have succeeded in kicking everyone out of your life. Which is what I'm sure he had done at that point. It's been said that he spent the last months of his life pumping heroin and playing video games. He also made withdrawals from the ATM for his fix since thebank had mentioned the day of his death is when they no longer saw withdrawal activity.
He had contact with people though just not his family or bandmates, as evidence when they found his corpse, his car was broken into and a lot of his belongings were sold off before his family had any chance to recover them
Don't want to bash his mother but she thought he could figure it out? He was a addict, you don't figure it out w/o help. Since he had money made it even worse...
He covered another brick in the wall for the film the faculty in 99 still love the song I've heard he would occasionally go to his local toys are us for new computer games he was massive metal gear fan
Some of us just wanna die the world is way too terrible for kind people it will turn you into rust and losing a wife on top of that I don't blame the guy
Kurt was deff murdered. If he wouldnt of met Courtney he would still be alive. Think of all the amazing music that was to come from him. He was only getting started
Sorry I don't believe Mike Starr's account of being with Layne the day before his death and wanting to call 911. Mike was a active addict do you really think he went over to Laynes thinking of his best interest. No odds are they were both hanging out using together
hello AIC, he went and rested after weiland married gellar. it was not meant to for him to be better than weiland. cuz weiland was there and waited and still be my lead for no die to live with a better lyrics. elle for Mary Chain was nice
@@nycriotgrrrl6110 yeah, I’m subscribed to him and watched the nirvana series. I wish he would explore Chris Cornell lol Ppl think because it’s a famous person , no, can’t happen and ur a nutter Evidence says otherwise and corruption does exist and sometimes investigations can be swept over. There’s heaps of scenarios where this has been found out later to have happened ... And plus ppl like that have a large audience and $$$ is the oldest explanation to why some things go the way they do.
@@symphonyinkart I wish he would do more Chris Cornell as well...i know i hate how ppl like to point their fingers and say crazy conspiracy theorists when they just eat up all that mainstream nonsense.
In interviews he sounds shy and quiet. Then he opens his mouth and sings and that powerful, chill-inducing voice comes out.
He is the best vocalist. Period
I get goosebumps when I hear his voice!!! LOVE YOU LAYNE💜🕯💫
@@thomasgregg2367 idk, Chris Cornell is pretty up there.
I was thinking the same thing 💜💜💜 He is one of a kind
@@jamesvancam I agree, he's amazing too. I'd say Chris Cornell had classical beauty and harmony to his voice where Layne Staley had a unique, extremely powerful, raw beauty to his voice. Both are legends in their own right.
If he was dead for 2 weeks already that apartment must have smelled terrible. 80 pounds, defeated by heroin and coke. RIP Layne. Still my favorite singer of all time.
I can't imagine his mom seeing him after being dead for two weeks...jeez, that poor lady.
Right so sad makes me almost cry 💔
It still bothers me how he passed, he had so much more to do here in the physical world, as well as Mike Starr. May they both rest peacefully🌹
@@jeffersonaraujoelcristiano Check your head
@@waltergoring8428
I ran into that dipshit on a video from the Kansas City show, and he was spouting that shit there as well. He's either crazy or a troll.
@@jeffersonaraujoelcristiano lol
@@jeffersonaraujoelcristiano not sure about all that but but I bet they didn’t get diddled by a priest growing up
Damn he didn't get to finish his book or his solo record. He had so much work to do that was left. This legend will forever be missed.
Someone should release some of that, tho
@@kayal5905true, like what happened with jim morrison's poems
@@kayal5905Not sure if those still exist. Ppl walked on his apartment after his death and stoled many things
@@kayal5905Not sure if those still exist. Ppl walked on his apartment after his death and stoled many things
The star that burns twice as bright burns only half as long. RIP Lane and Mike!
@plejaren giants I love the way you worded that...very beautiful!
I love and need to reuse that quote ✊️
30 years since the 90's and 20 years since Layne passed away. Time sure does fly. Rip to the greats from the 90's Layne, Kurt and the rest.
19 years since Layne passed...
Both him a Kurt died the same date April 5th , 8 years apart. One of My sisters birthday is April 4th and she was born the day mlk was assassinated and I was born hours after Bob Marley passed away. I’m not religious but I am spiritual when it comes to life and death. It’s a weird concept but all life is sustained by the death(s) of other beings (were sustained by harvested plants , animals, microlife and phytolife yet were are all one. Like the cells in our bodies we are but a very small part of the larger world and ecosystems with it. follow Buddhist philosophy as best I can. Life is full of suffering and pain in infinite ♾ forms. The only out of that trap is to accept there would be no good without the bad and be thankful for the opportunity to learn from that uncomfortableness and suffering in order to better ourselves as Wells’s the life’s of our fellow residents of the universe. Easy to say But that’s incredibly hard to do when your going through some real hardships!
One ☝🏽 love, many blessings to you all!
@@analogalien651 "There would be no good without the bad" is the dumbest most irrational saying ever. Keep coping fool
@Hal Colombo what is even weirder, is you are going to die on 5/4/23 from an overdose
Yes, and of course Chris Cornell. 😞💐
It breaks my heart everytime I hear his mother talk about her baby. 💔
This is the first time that I have heard that clip myself, and it is really heartbreaking. 😢
Hard to believe that one of the most refreshing, creative, innovative and popular bands of the past 30 years had not 1 but 2 members die from drug OD's. I never knew or met Staley but I think of him fairly often. Horrible loss to music lovers.
It's heartbreaking that Layne wasn't able to overcome his crippling addiction and died the way he did. Layne Thomas Staley you and that great voice will always be missed. RIP! Thank you for the music!
R.I.P Layne, Chris, Kurt, and Scott
And Demri
@@teraarmstrong6488 and chester
also mike
(Kurts the best) but yes may they all rest in peace
And Andrew, the frontman of Mother Love Bone, he was a grunge frontman who also passed in the 90s
Rest in peace Layne and Mike!! Alice in Chains Rock!!⚘✌
Hearing Mike talk about him is incredibly depressing. Talking about him in the present tense and “I just really miss him”
That interview voice of his is so heartbreaking...
Layne has such a very beautiful voice. Even when he talks, his voice is so sweet and beautiful. I cannot talk about Layne in the past tense because he continues to live through his amazing music and in the hearts of millions of fans
You can feel his presence when you listen to his music. Took a lot of comfort in that when I had no one else to talk to.
He's voice sounds very shy and sad , they tried to help him
Missing Layne Staley, one of the greatest vocalists of all-time
FACTS!!
What’s the deal with April and suicide? Dealing with depression over the years, the winter and its short days are kind of comforting for those who are reclusive, and the spring can be a reminder of ones sickness and isolation.
April showers bring May flowers (from being buried).
If April showers bring may flowers think how rainy these guys are used to Seattle being. Poor Layne. It still bothers me more than some older family members who have passed
I also struggle with depression and I also have Seasonal Effective Disorder (winter depression). I don’t have an answer for why there are so many suicides in April. I do know that September is Suicide Prevention month.
I think with Layne it was coincidence. That and it wasn’t necessarily “suicide” but a long long time of drug addiction that just happened to catch up to him that day.
Rest In Peace Layne.
You will be missed 😔
Thanks for another great video. I've never been a massive AIC fan, but I'm starting to appreciate them more as I get older.
Same
Me too
Rest in peace to my cousin, and my in third full blood Close, long, distant blood cousin cousin to my cousin Layne T. Staley
Frusciante apparently went up there to visit him in that apartment a couple of times to try and coax him out and get better.
Layne was the GOAT of the grunge frontmen!
Alice In Chains forever! And there is no such thing as Alice in Chaims without Layne!
Soft spoken yet a monster on the microphone
RS 850 - Yes, that he was!
20 years today we lost one of music's greatest singers. MTV unplugged is one of my favorite albums... sad, emotional and yet beautiful. RIP
Addiction may have ultimately taken him but depression is what drove him there. That is the silent killer, not heart attack
Exactly, I think Layne started to use H because of depression and his addiction and Demri's death made depression got worse.
Yeah still really hurts to think about Layne... - Jerry graduated from my high school a few years before me and I know it really still hurts him deeply!
April really sucks!! - Losing Kurt and Layne even though years apart will always affect me...🥺
R.I.P. 😇KURT,LAYNE😇&😇MIKE⚘🥀
Yeah I agree April sucks, I also lost my cousin and my father, both to suicide, in April
@@soaktinbleech1106 So sorry for your loss!😪
Died of a broken heart..
This guy was the best singer from my era…alice in chain’s unplugged has been probably one of the best albums out there
He died while Star was there.. Star saw him od that's why he never got over it.. Star admits he went home and didn't leave his basement for 2 weeks after he left laynes house.. Also some of laynes things were ebayed by Mike.. Facts
Yep
@@WakeyUpUhuh if he saw him
OD he surely would have called an ambulance.
@daveyboy8907 I think there is more to what happened with Mike S and their last day. Not saying he had a hand in it. Just very odd.
Yep
Ive always wondered who his drug dealer and drug buddies were ? I dont believe nobody talk to him he had to go out and get drugs somewhere i just wonder who those people are and the convos they had with layne
I’m pretty certain through videos and reading comments it’s known. Just like Kurt cobains was a female known drug dealer. People within those area etc close to and that scene definitely know.
They should be in jail.
The dealer would take his bank card from under door and deliver.....the bank notified that no withdrawal were made in 4 days.....well known fact
@@shawnwhite3980 where did you learn this fact ? Because ive never heard that .... and a millionaire trusting a drug dealer with his bank card ? That seems like a terrible idea
@@symphonyinkart the point i was trying to make was he had to have had a drug dealer i would imagine they were pretty close and seen each other often ... i just wonder the convos they had
Beautiful but heartbreaking story of Layne Staley RIP my man 😇 such a beautiful talented man, what an incredible voice!!! FOREVER REMEMBERED AND NEVER EVER FORGOTTEN 💝🌹😔
Man I still miss him ! I hope he found peace
Starr saw a grown man weighing only 80lbs and didn't call for help....
From who? His moms states he went to rehab 13.times to no avail. Died 3 times but got saved and nothing helped. What's there to do, it's his choice at the end of the day.
Layne is a Great Singer and charismatic person in my mind in my heart.
Miss You a Lot Layne 😞
RIP Layne and Mike😢🥺
He was a great musican and wonderful person
I would have love to play video games with Layne 😢😭
What is goddamn weird comment.
Love u layne .....and old school AIC....you are touched my heart❤❤❤😢😢
Love the videos man keep up the good work
Thanks man, much appreciated
Layne story was so beautiful and heart wrenching…I wish they would do a movie on his life, but it’s got to be one that does his legacy justice with A-list actors, with one of Hollywoods great directors, etc. it needs to be done tastefully so more ppl can learn about how awesome he was and what a huge hdf sh he left behind.
*LEGACY he left behind
I have no money or talent, but let's do it, no one else is, and it needs to be done
Awesome video thanks for that. I recently did the grunge trip to Seattle and spent some time at layne's place.
You can go to his old apartment on the top floor? What the heck?
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 not quite... We just walked around outside the building and all. I have seen some pics of the inside though.
@@grungegods
Oh, OK. That makes sense then. I have seen a couple of the photos as well and have seen a video of somebody walking up to the front doors of the condo complex, but not going inside.
I’d love to hear what you all saw on your “grunge trip!” I was in Seattle a few years back and saw really cool Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Hendrix exhibits at that museum next to the space needle. Would love to go back again someday!
A Heroin addiction will kill you at the end if you dont eat anymore and no sleeping anymore.
Its so difficult to stop believe me i now what i'am talking about.
45 years addiction on Heroin.
You sink in a deep pole of misery and loneliness you lose everything.
Layne died alone and i feel so sorry for him.
For his friends and mother
So sad how heroin killed so many awesome people
RIP layne Staley 20 years tommorow.
God please , please god . Let lane and mike get born all over again .
RIP LAYNE AND MIKE
I've loved aic for years but recently started doing research about his life😔💔
So sad when we are young we don't think about things we live for the moment thats what matters at the time I hope he found peace rip 🙏 😢
Only people that have lost a loved one knows how much it hurts... why did my younger brother take his own life? :'( it hurts me so much
He could not rise above his addiction and it killed him. A stone cold waste.
He is beyond reproach. It's the people who truly loved him that suffer the most..his family,friends and fans.
What a great video.What a great person he was...
Awesome video!💯👏👏. R.I.P. L.S.😥🙏🌹
Miss and love u my friends, Dem, Layne, Andy and Chris. So many great memories. I hate that every new RUclips video I see is how destructive his life was in the end. If people new him they would know he was an angel. Nothing we could do for our friend after Dem died :(
Fan fiction
Yep of course you did
🤘😎🤘
R. I. P. Layne, I hope the demons finally left you to be at peace.
Great piece man! Well done.
Layne forever❤
Whoever Laynes Drug Dealer(s) were back then, know much more to the story than anybody, they were the only people in contact with him, I have always wondered if they will ever come forward, but they would get a lot of backlash, so I doubt it.
Probably not considering they were probably the ones who broke into his car and storage lockers after Layne passed then tried to blackmail his family for the stolen items.
What I'd give to see this man live....
I saw his homie Mike Starr a bit too live for awhile when he kept trying to move in w me from his dad's place 1/2 mi away... around '99 or 00 this was. nice kid morphed into a monster by his devils within .... Mikey I been praying you found peace 🕊️✝️
I wish they were both here layne and Mike 💜🌟
Love Layne, fantastic music
There will never be another voice like LS.
I’ve never actually listened to Alice In Chains besides the song Would. What are some good songs by them
Listen to man in the box , junkhead , Down in a hole , angry chair , It ain’t like that , bleed the freak ,
Ya, man in the box is good.
oh man they are fantastic! Start with their greatest hits so you can get a feel of the band then once that sucks you in go back to their first album:l 'Face-lift' then go down the line. Also watch their unplugged set and that'll show you they was the real deal Layne was so goooooooodddddd live!! deff one of the greatest vocalist of all time!
Would is on the album “dirt” you should dive deeper into that album
Listen to them Caeden they will blow you away, just the music and lyrics alone will touch a cord in you!! Listen to one of music greats!!✌
Exactly 8 years after kurt's death WTF
I feel there is more to Laynes passing then Mikes version. Sadly the only two people who know are gone. I’m aware the police had to break in etc but hearing Mike talk about it and his demeanor on celebrity rehab with Nancy I’ve always had the gut feeling Layne died while Mike was there. Mike discovered him and seeing that Layne was already gone left fearing he would be in trouble. When he was speaking with Nancy he just seemed like he was holding back and couldn’t let that guilt out. I could be totally of based and have no evidence of it just my opinion. Either way RIP to both Mike and Layne.
The date being so close... who knows
Could be possible
He had already alienated in a sense and told to eff off in hope Layne wouldn’t use
Imagine if he was the one to find him as well...
That is interesting theory. Perhaps that is indeed one of the reasons that led to his own death, stewing over his silence.
Maybe Courtney Love killed him?
@@coleparks7593
Lol! Courtney only killed Kurt.
Yeah I’ve always said this, unfortunately Mike himself has been dead over a decade, so we will never know. I personally believe, either Mike actually didn’t see him that day, made the story up, or he saw him die, cleaned up best he could for Laynes sake, and left. They didn’t find much dope, so Mike took it, for himself, but the way Layne, and the house itself looked at that time, god I can’t imagine, and I don’t see Layne letting anybody see that, but if anybody it would be Mike, we truly will never know.
bike star says I was with him trying to keep him alive then he says I didn't know he was going to die??
Please do a video about John Baker Saunders (Mad Season)!
Yes another one sadly taken that no one really talks about.
My favorite Grunge vocalist
I read a comment on facebook of a friend of Demri, she wrote Layne and Demri tried to stay clean but drug dealers knew where Layne lived and used to wait for them outside the house. So I feel a bit angry when I listen Your Decision written by Jerry. I don't think we can't understand a heroin addict, if many people have died it means it's extremely difficult to get clean.
:( really love his voice
What a incredible voice
He died 8 years to the date after Kurt...
He died horribly..
He should’ve been in hospice
Heroin overdoses are a pretty decent way to go honestly. You just feel good and go to sleep and never wake up
I would have kicked his door down dragged him out and done whatever had to be done to get him through it... He was and is the best front man I've ever seen and should of had more
Addicts have to decide to get help for themselves. I used to be an addict, too. I quit because I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. Your heart is in the right place, but addicts have to decide to get help themselves. Phil Anselmo (of the band Pantera) did that, too. (Sorry for the late reply; I just found your comment.) Edit: I get why you feel that way, though.
Thanks
People as a 58 year old man i lost a wife at 28 years old and not one time i turned to drugs and alcohol. Life is so danm precious and we as human beings think money and success can cure our pains and problems but in the end everything we do is about choices. I'm a fan of AIC and they ar😂a great band. People laughed at Nancy Reagan for the just say no to drugs phase maybe we should start listening
Too bad almost all of these grunge singers are dead now
I was born in mid January 2002, I can’t imagine Layne was doing well by that point.
Great video
I went through detox 7 times. It's almost impossible to get off. I couldn't imagine having the money to continue, because every time, that's why I went in. The methadone would at least keep me sane
The problem is it’s the lifestyle, sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll have been synonymous with each other since it began, if he’d been a gardener or a fireman or any other person he probably still be alive today. Some guys can do the drugs and the lifestyle and the sex but not let it overtake them, classic example is look at the Rolling Stones or Led Zeppelin. I’m sure they’ve had their fair share of addiction, never let it gain control of them to this extent. Sad end.
Cornell, Cobain, Staley all suffered from severe addiction, alcoholism and depression. The reason Laynes addiction killed him is because he wanted that, his life was empty after his wife's death.
I wish I could have seen them
Obviously every member helped create the incredible music of AIC my personal favorite vocalist in music/incredible lyricist, one of my favorite guitarist in music/great singer in his own right, criminally underrated drummer & two equally great bassist again all imo! That being said Layne would’ve always been iconic without addiction it would be a diff type of iconic but still amazing I’m sure we all can agree! Unfortunately it was a tragic path but he expressed the anger, loneliness, emptiness etc in such a way it’s like he’s singing to just you! His art through so much tragedy helps us who experience it relate like we’re not alone no other musicians life gets me emotional thinking about them like Layne but what left behind really is special as horrible as his life ended up & I feel the pain I’m in still isn’t at the level he ended up (not to compare tragedies) but it’s bad enough that I truly relate to his words even more so then I did years ago even as a huge fan then! I’m ion a very bad place emotional right now not to get into details so trying to imagine the pain getting worst to just being close to how he probably felt is a very terrifying thought!Thanks Layne & also Mike for giving us some of the best music ever created!
I hate reading but would've loved to read that book
I was born in 67 and heard Alice in chains many times but it wasn't until some time after 9/11 did i feel more linked to the lyrics. And the river of deceit just blows my mind as to how some things in life really are. Now any time i hear him i just want to hear more and feel so sad for him for having lost his loved one and going into seclusion. One thinks someone should or could have done something but some times not always but i do know it's hard to change someone if they don't want to change them self. It's kind of hard to imagine the world being a lonely place for a soul. But it can be. Shine in Heaven the guiding light of Layne Staley from DOGMAN@NAMGOD
To this day it’s still so heartbreaking... It blows my mind it was that long ago when it literally feels like last week. Idk. Maybe it’s just me being a loser...
Hasta 1993 tenia todo, el pibe. Talento, facha, fama, dinero. Qué tristeza que toda su vida y la de su novia se fueran al caño. Un ejemplo más de cómo la droga te puede transportar del cielo al infierno y sin escalas.
Look, if it takes TWO WEEKS for someone to discover your body after no one hearing from you and you weigh 80 LBS, I assure you that you have succeeded in kicking everyone out of your life. Which is what I'm sure he had done at that point.
It's been said that he spent the last months of his life pumping heroin and playing video games. He also made withdrawals from the ATM for his fix since thebank had mentioned the day of his death is when they no longer saw withdrawal activity.
He had contact with people though just not his family or bandmates, as evidence when they found his corpse, his car was broken into and a lot of his belongings were sold off before his family had any chance to recover them
Don't want to bash his mother but she thought he could figure it out? He was a addict, you don't figure it out w/o help. Since he had money made it even worse...
He covered another brick in the wall for the film the faculty in 99 still love the song I've heard he would occasionally go to his local toys are us for new computer games he was massive metal gear fan
Some of us just wanna die the world is way too terrible for kind people it will turn you into rust and losing a wife on top of that I don't blame the guy
Mark Lanegans Sing backwards and Weep. Recommend everyone read it.
That picture of Layne was scary.
Looked 60+ trying to look younger...
You really sounded like Lars Ulrich lol,,RIP Layne.
He had chronic hepatitis and was in liver failure, he couldn't eat, the drugs were not working anymore.
You should do a video about the nirvana fecal matter demos
Please no..
@@rollinstoned6311 why not lol
Kurt was deff murdered. If he wouldnt of met Courtney he would still be alive. Think of all the amazing music that was to come from him. He was only getting started
Fly High Boo🖤
Sorry I don't believe Mike Starr's account of being with Layne the day before his death and wanting to call 911. Mike was a active addict do you really think he went over to Laynes thinking of his best interest. No odds are they were both hanging out using together
hello AIC, he went and rested after weiland married gellar. it was not meant to for him to be better than weiland. cuz weiland was there and waited and still be my lead for no die to live with a better lyrics. elle for Mary Chain was nice
Kurt burned out. Layne Faded away.
Yes, Kurt was murdered
Sorry
No one can change my view on that
I looked loads into it
@@symphonyinkart 100% Have you seen anything by AmericanSpyFox channel on YT? He really does his research.
@@nycriotgrrrl6110 yeah, I’m subscribed to him and watched the nirvana series.
I wish he would explore Chris Cornell lol
Ppl think because it’s a famous person , no, can’t happen and ur a nutter
Evidence says otherwise and corruption does exist and sometimes investigations can be swept over.
There’s heaps of scenarios where this has been found out later to have happened ...
And plus ppl like that have a large audience and $$$ is the oldest explanation to why some things go the way they do.
@@symphonyinkart I wish he would do more Chris Cornell as well...i know i hate how ppl like to point their fingers and say crazy conspiracy theorists when they just eat up all that mainstream nonsense.
@First name Last name that’s right.