He and Chris Cornell had such a range that still takes people back like wtf did I just hear. That's why I love watching reactions of those who have never heard it.
man we were spoilt in the 90's for singers but most off them are gone now to early as well and losing Layne shattered my soul ive never properly recovered
“Oh man, he mad”…..I’m dying lol. Great reaction. I can tell you know a thing or two about singing, and Layne is one of the best. You’re 100% right that his occasional lack of proper annunciation is done purposefully for effect.
I can close my eyes and relax while I listen to this grungy loud rock song but Layne’s voice is so angelic. Even when mad.. it is so beautiful. Still to this day, he gives me goosebumps. You say, “he is a really good vocalist..” one of the greatest ever. I am surprised he isn’t in the top ten… because of his drug use, he is always forgotten.
They say when he sang it sounded and felt, key word felt, like it was coming from from his whole body not just his voice. Like he vibrated the sound out of his body.
Layne is the greatest and amazing voice of all time. Alice In Chains don’t have a bad song , I recomend Bleed The Freak live at the moore and Junkhead live performance. It’s insane how Layne sounds better in live performance than studio version. Layne Staley…. You will be forever missed … ❤
This whole concert is a display of Layne’s best vocals ever. This shows version of Man In The Box and also this version of Love Hate Love are legendary
@@marcusgrosomanidis3396 yup! ThT at MITB chorus is like nothing else. So damn food. Junk head at the MTV singles party is pretty amazing too. Seen that one???
Thanks again for the reaction mate 👍 Such a great time for grunge rock in the 90s with Layne, Chris, Kurt and Eddie. Sadly Eddie's the last one standing, but I've noticed some good new up and coming artists trying to bring the sound back.
you have a great ear for real talent man, "Bleed The Freak" and "Man In The Box" from same show, so unreal! Layne Staley is on my Mt. Rushmore for vocalists 🥰RIP 😇 EDIT: damn the autoplay was starting Bleed The Freak 😢😂
Every time I hear Alice in chains I just get sad! As humans we are worst off then we were before his death. You would think we would have found a way to tap into mental health and gotten better. Just sad man! Great reaction man
LOVE HATE LOVE live at the Moore December 22, 1990, is LAYNE STALEY in his prime and UNTOUCHABLE PERFECTION. All other bands should strive to have a live performance this perfect. Layne is better live than studio version. One of the very few singers who are better live. The entire Live at the Moore concert from December 22, 1990 was turned into a live vinyl album and VHS called Live Facelift. It cost about 75.00USD last I checked. The VHS has live concert footage from December 22, 1990 of: MAN IN THE BOX, REAL THING, LOVE HATE LOVE, SEA OF SORROW, BLEED THE FREAK, bonus footage of IT AIN'T LIKE THAT live and official videos for WE DIE YOUNG, MAN IN THE BOX and SEA OF SORROW. Jerry Cantrell is the guitar player. He's a certified Riff Lord. He respects any musician who KNOWS their instrument. Layne wrote the song about his tumultuous relationship with Demri Parrott (pronounced Per-roh). There was cheating on both sides. Listen to the song from the mindset of a sociopath. How many times did Layne come back home from being on tour to find another guy just so smitten-puppy love-tattoo-you-on-my-chest in love with Demri at first sight. But the Demri fans think Layne should have lain down and taken that because he deserved it for screwing groupies on the road? There a few stories of her on the road with him where the first thing she thought of was scoring junk before anything else. I've come to the conclusion that apparently to Demri fans the Layne/Demri relationship is a sacred, hollowed relationship and NO ONE is allowed to side with him against her for what she did to him with the drugs and cheating on him, but he was lower than a snake for what he did to her with the drugs and cheating on her. She was so independent, she DID NOT even want to be recognized as his girlfriend (God-forbid that ever happen). Even though the second he told her he wouldn't get her any more drugs, she just turned around and shacked up with the next guy who would do what she wanted. Her family called Layne back home from GERMANY where he was on tour for a damn intervention with her. Layne never thought interventions worked, but he did it for her. There was one instance where Layne sent her out for coke or something, and she came back with heroin. Hell, it wasn't like Demri was headed for a life in a convent when she met Layne and on the day she was to take her holy orders, Layne corrupted her. She already knew how to get drugs when they met. Layne could have wished upon a star a million times over that she would have married him, but she wasn't going to give up the drugs any more than Layne would have, so there was no way in hell she was marrying him. She had such a feminist independent streak. When they were making the SEA OF SORROW video, the girlfriends were all invited down to participate in the video. Every girlfriend showed up EXCEPT Demri. She didn't even show up to support him let alone be in the video. Discussing the title track "DIRT", Cantrell stated that "the words Layne put to it were so heavy, I've never given him something and not thought it was gonna be the most bad-assed thing I was going to hear." Staley said he wrote the song "to a certain person (Demri) who basically buried my ass". In an interview with the Canadian magazine M.E.A.T. in December 1992, Layne Staley said about the Dirt album cover: "This album cover... I like to refer to it as "revenge". The woman on the album cover is kinda the portrayal of that person being sucked down into the dirt (laughs), instead of me. The picture is the spitting image of her, and that wasn't even planned. Actually, I was pretty angry about it when I first saw it - she's not happy about it either (laughs). It was real eerie. The girl on the album cover is really Mariah O'Brien NOT Demri. She had two heart surgeries that Layne paid for and two lung surgeries (that Layne also paid for) all stemming from endocarditis that she contracted through intravenous drug use. She passed away on October 28, 1996, from a bacterial infection that was a complication from the last overdose she had. Even though they had broken up for good by 1994, he still loved her and she was still hanging around in 1995 and 1996 before she hooked up with someone else a few months before her death. Demri’s death devastated Layne. A few months later, Layne asked her mother for the teddy bear Demri had with her in the hospital and a few other things. It took another few weeks and an accidental meeting on a busy street to exchange the items. The consensus was that Layne never got over Demri’s death. He used her death as the catalyst to go into a drug-induced tailspin in which he would take his addiction to lengths few could imagine or sustain. (This is coming from a Layne fan who was NEVER a fan of Demri and the many times she strung him along)
Just think-a world of music before autotune! 🤯 Layne and Kurt-my two, all-time favs of the 90s Seattle Sound. 🤘🏻❤️♾️ RIP 💔 Layne Thomas Staley 08-22-67-04-05-02 and Kurt Donald Cobain 02-20-67-04-05-94
Love his reaction at the end lol. We all did that the first time we heard it. And if you wanna call bullshit on that then I know you are not a true fan cause none of us did.
His range and control just unbelievable
He and Chris Cornell had such a range that still takes people back like wtf did I just hear. That's why I love watching reactions of those who have never heard it.
man we were spoilt in the 90's for singers but most off them are gone now to early as well and losing Layne shattered my soul ive never properly recovered
truth be told though we lost Layne even before he died. Once they got really successful he was on a major downward spiral he never got out of.
Same here I miss Layne Staley
* too
Best out now imho is GVF.
@@andrewvasquez7872 sucks but too true
The way Layne would intentionally go flat and bring it back in always got me. It's definitely a big part of his signature sound.
RIP Layne
“Oh man, he mad”…..I’m dying lol. Great reaction. I can tell you know a thing or two about singing, and Layne is one of the best. You’re 100% right that his occasional lack of proper annunciation is done purposefully for effect.
I can close my eyes and relax while I listen to this grungy loud rock song but Layne’s voice is so angelic. Even when mad.. it is so beautiful. Still to this day, he gives me goosebumps.
You say, “he is a really good vocalist..” one of the greatest ever. I am surprised he isn’t in the top ten… because of his drug use, he is always forgotten.
Amazing performance!!! Saw them live in 1992.
Lucky man(or woman)
Same in San Francisco
They say when he sang it sounded and felt, key word felt, like it was coming from from his whole body not just his voice. Like he vibrated the sound out of his body.
One of my fav live performances
Layne is the greatest and amazing voice of all time. Alice In Chains don’t have a bad song , I recomend Bleed The Freak live at the moore and Junkhead live performance. It’s insane how Layne sounds better in live performance than studio version. Layne Staley…. You will be forever missed … ❤
That next song that started to play was Bleed the Freak. Also worth listening to.
Totally agree!
Yup, Alice In Chains really had the darkest sound of the Seattle bands back then. They just had that going on, and went all in with it.
Layne is the best singer from this time period hands down
Rest in paradise sweet Layne 💔
This is their best live performance imo. Wish I could have been there. Was busy doing high school 😂
This whole concert is a display of Layne’s best vocals ever. This shows version of Man In The Box and also this version of Love Hate Love are legendary
@@marcusgrosomanidis3396 yup! ThT at MITB chorus is like nothing else. So damn food. Junk head at the MTV singles party is pretty amazing too. Seen that one???
The pain is tangible. Such a great song!
Crazy how I miss somebody so much that i never knew. 😢🖤
Thanks again for the reaction mate 👍
Such a great time for grunge rock in the 90s with Layne, Chris, Kurt and Eddie. Sadly Eddie's the last one standing, but I've noticed some good new up and coming artists trying to bring the sound back.
Every song from this show is worth a reaction. It's 🔥 from start to finish. I think they played 5 or 6 songs. It was Peak Layne.
He lives the whole song and shows us his pain
Man these guys are the Lords of dissonance. Everything about this song is dark and unsettling. Knowing how it all ends makes it even darker.
That next song that auto played man was no accident haha it's also a great live performance by them called "Bleed the Freak"
I love the positivity in the line 🎶"I'd like to peel tha...Skin from your face "🎶 😆
Bro, that next song is even better....."Bleed The Freak". Gotta give that one a go, too.
I was about to write the same thing! That whole show is fire!
Totally agree!
You have a great take on this song. Thank you 🙏
Classic layne
The enunciation is true to the grunge movement.
And this was the same show where Temple of the Dog played before Alice in Chains (the Say Hello 2 Heaven song you reacted to).
Yup and Pearl Jam also imagine if could go back in time for just one night ..I would
passion is passion don't matter where we come from.
Love this. Love AIC forever.
love your reactions man, I catch them when I can but when I do they are absolutely worth it.
you have a great ear for real talent man, "Bleed The Freak" and "Man In The Box" from same show, so unreal! Layne Staley is on my Mt. Rushmore for vocalists 🥰RIP 😇
EDIT: damn the autoplay was starting Bleed The Freak 😢😂
This is prime to Alice in chains concert
Hardcore rock right there.
My favorite reactions of yours will always be when you first heard Journey & Steve Perry!
Pockets and breath....beautiful ❤
“ He’s a really good vocalist “ just may be the biggest understatement ever lol! Great vid brother! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Lol, thought the same, like there's a better performance out there!
Should’ve let it keep rolling
Layne prime
Okay. Trust me on this. Check out "Man in the Box" Live at the Moore, and "Junkhead", live MTV performance. Seriously.
Fire intro beat dude nice
Brother. You need to go down that Alice in Chains rabbit hole. It will change you.
Every time I hear Alice in chains I just get sad! As humans we are worst off then we were before his death. You would think we would have found a way to tap into mental health and gotten better. Just sad man! Great reaction man
It wouldn't be GRUNGE & if you wanted him to sing the way you think he should!!
Welcome to the YARL
Nice reaction, man.
LOVE HATE LOVE live at the Moore December 22, 1990, is LAYNE STALEY in his prime and UNTOUCHABLE PERFECTION. All other bands should strive to have a live performance this perfect. Layne is better live than studio version. One of the very few singers who are better live. The entire Live at the Moore concert from December 22, 1990 was turned into a live vinyl album and VHS called Live Facelift. It cost about 75.00USD last I checked.
The VHS has live concert footage from December 22, 1990 of: MAN IN THE BOX, REAL THING, LOVE HATE LOVE, SEA OF SORROW, BLEED THE FREAK, bonus footage of IT AIN'T LIKE THAT live and official videos for WE DIE YOUNG, MAN IN THE BOX and SEA OF SORROW.
Jerry Cantrell is the guitar player. He's a certified Riff Lord. He respects any musician who KNOWS their instrument.
Layne wrote the song about his tumultuous relationship with Demri Parrott (pronounced Per-roh). There was cheating on both sides. Listen to the song from the mindset of a sociopath.
How many times did Layne come back home from being on tour to find another guy just so smitten-puppy love-tattoo-you-on-my-chest in love with Demri at first sight. But the Demri fans think Layne should have lain down and taken that because he deserved it for screwing groupies on the road? There a few stories of her on the road with him where the first thing she thought of was scoring junk before anything else.
I've come to the conclusion that apparently to Demri fans the Layne/Demri relationship is a sacred, hollowed relationship and NO ONE is allowed to side with him against her for what she did to him with the drugs and cheating on him, but he was lower than a snake for what he did to her with the drugs and cheating on her. She was so independent, she DID NOT even want to be recognized as his girlfriend (God-forbid that ever happen). Even though the second he told her he wouldn't get her any more drugs, she just turned around and shacked up with the next guy who would do what she wanted. Her family called Layne back home from GERMANY where he was on tour for a damn intervention with her. Layne never thought interventions worked, but he did it for her.
There was one instance where Layne sent her out for coke or something, and she came back with heroin. Hell, it wasn't like Demri was headed for a life in a convent when she met Layne and on the day she was to take her holy orders, Layne corrupted her. She already knew how to get drugs when they met.
Layne could have wished upon a star a million times over that she would have married him, but she wasn't going to give up the drugs any more than Layne would have, so there was no way in hell she was marrying him. She had such a feminist independent streak. When they were making the SEA OF SORROW video, the girlfriends were all invited down to participate in the video. Every girlfriend showed up EXCEPT Demri. She didn't even show up to support him let alone be in the video.
Discussing the title track "DIRT", Cantrell stated that "the words Layne put to it were so heavy, I've never given him something and not thought it was gonna be the most bad-assed thing I was going to hear." Staley said he wrote the song "to a certain person (Demri) who basically buried my ass".
In an interview with the Canadian magazine M.E.A.T. in December 1992, Layne Staley said about the Dirt album cover: "This album cover... I like to refer to it as "revenge". The woman on the album cover is kinda the portrayal of that person being sucked down into the dirt (laughs), instead of me. The picture is the spitting image of her, and that wasn't even planned. Actually, I was pretty angry about it when I first saw it - she's not happy about it either (laughs). It was real eerie. The girl on the album cover is really Mariah O'Brien NOT Demri.
She had two heart surgeries that Layne paid for and two lung surgeries (that Layne also paid for) all stemming from endocarditis that she contracted through intravenous drug use. She passed away on October 28, 1996, from a bacterial infection that was a complication from the last overdose she had.
Even though they had broken up for good by 1994, he still loved her and she was still hanging around in 1995 and 1996 before she hooked up with someone else a few months before her death. Demri’s death devastated Layne. A few months later, Layne asked her mother for the teddy bear Demri had with her in the hospital and a few other things. It took another few weeks and an accidental meeting on a busy street to exchange the items. The consensus was that Layne never got over Demri’s death. He used her death as the catalyst to go into a drug-induced tailspin in which he would take his addiction to lengths few could imagine or sustain. (This is coming from a Layne fan who was NEVER a fan of Demri and the many times she strung him along)
Just think-a world of music before autotune! 🤯
Layne and Kurt-my two, all-time favs of the 90s Seattle Sound. 🤘🏻❤️♾️
RIP 💔
Layne Thomas Staley
08-22-67-04-05-02
and
Kurt Donald Cobain
02-20-67-04-05-94
You know your music ❤
You should do “Man in the box” by Alice In Chains! No one can hit the notes layne does in that song!
It’s not just “the electric”…
It’s Jerry Cantrell 🤌
Good review 👍
Layne=GOAT!
The next one was bleed the freak also epic
Love his reaction at the end lol. We all did that the first time we heard it. And if you wanna call bullshit on that then I know you are not a true fan cause none of us did.
This song is about a killer, but he loves her. It’s a little hard to do it.
Is there a set donation price for getting a sing on the list?...
That’s killer ain’t it HAHAHAHAHA, thanks
omg layne come back your like no other
His annunciation is perfect he just tweaked it for the style
*take my hand beg ‘for I kill …
that hat is almost maxed out, your head on huge level
He was friends with Jeff Buckley btw
If you ain't singing with a sock in your mouth, it's not grunge😂
Grunge does that on purpose.. with their words
He love/ hated Demri…
Her mother passed last night
Ya got to do some Soundgarden dog.. Outshined, or limo wreck..