Layne Staley Dead.

Alice in Chains lead singer Layne Staley died of a heroin overdose. Check out mtv.com or shoutweb.com. This is a sad day. He was my favorite rock singer and i always had hopes he would replace zack de la rocha as the singer of rage. this sucks.

 

He did drugs and died.. I dont see what is sad about that, he knew what could happen when he started doing them.

 

Stupid Rock Stars..I swear.

I guess they'll do what Sublime has done and release a new cd every 6 months even though the lead singer is dead but yet somehow still has time to record....huh.

Sorry I just don't have a tear to shed for this one, sure it sucks that he turned to drugs and died, but it's far more pathetic than sad really.

 

yeah, that sucks.. but it's not too surprising... unfortunately.

 

If you don't see how the loss of human life is sad, then you are a cold, uncaring person. He had been battling heroin addiction for years. He had tried to stop, but it was too much for him, since his fiancee died of a rare disease a few years ago. It is real easy to sit on your moral high chair, from your computer screen isn't it?

 

yeah, boo freakin' hoo. He's a junkie who shot up one too many times.

I feel bad for the people that clean up their lives THEN die. Stevie Ray Vaughn for example.

 

Well, people were sad when Cobain died. They also didn't seem to think that his doing drugs had basically put a waiver on his life, either.

 

i don't know if you were talking to me, but, to clarify, i never said i wasn't sad... i said it wasn't surprising.

and that's unfortunate...

edit: having been a personal friend of Kurt Cobain's i was sad about his death - however, as the saying goes, if you play with fire you'll eventually get burned. Kurt played with fire. i have, since, accepted that.

 

Nobody MADE him put that needle in his arm in the first place. He knew full well when he first started that he could end up as a junkie.

It's tragic that he died, but I have no tears for him for being stupid in the first place.

 

what is alice in chains??

 

A grundge band from back when Rock&Roll died after Nirvana came out.

 

Alice in Chains

 

God.... with Alice in Chains being my all time favorite band, and the news of this... I had to shed a tear.

It's a shame on what drugs do to you. As Brad's (Sublime's singer) widow said, deaths due to drugs should only place more emphasis on drug education (not an exact quote).

God, the pain that Jerry Cantrell, Mike Inez and the rest of the gang must be feeling. They were all so close and great friends, according to Cantrell. I now must wonder if Jerry Cantrell will continue his current tour, and go about the planning of his next solo effort within the next few months. Alice in Chains never formally broke up. So in my heart, they never will have broken up. But the death of one of the most innovative singers in music is a shame.

And yet this makes me feel like all the bands I love are gone. Megadeth's recent break up, the death of Layne Staley, Metallica's change from their roots... At least we're fortunate enough to have the music they so painstakenly put out for us.

Thank you Layne, for all of the great music you put out for us to enjoy the rest of our lives. May your soul find comfort wherever you may be. As you once said... "We face the path of time."

I pray you died with peace and that you are given comfort in the Lord.

 

Good band...such a shame...heroin is such a popular drug for the rockers

 

Here's the story from MTV.Com. It's from here.

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A body believed to be that of Alice in Chains' Layne Staley was found in the Seattle home of the singer Friday evening.

Although the King County Medical Examiner could not positively identify the body at press time, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that a law enforcement source said it was Staley's. The cause of death was undetermined at press time. An autopsy is scheduled for 7 a.m. PT.

Police responded to a call to check on a person's well-being at Staley's address, which is in the 4500 block of Eighth Avenue Northeast in Seattle's University District. Upon discovering the body, which is presumed to have been there for several days, officers called investigators from the medical examiner's office, who arrived on the scene at approximately 7:30-8:00 p.m. PT, a spokesperson said. The body couldn't immediately be identified as that of the 34-year-old Staley, whose longtime battle with drug dependency was a central component of his band's music ? a dark and bombastic sound that continues to influence artists some 15 years after the group first formed.

With Staley as their scowling, tortured frontman, Alice in Chains claimed a spot as the darkest and hardest band of the early '90s grunge movement, bringing a healthy dose of metal to the new movement. Born in Kirkland, Washington, in 1967, Staley formed Alice in Chains while still a high school student in the mid-'80s. The singer soon formed a friendship with guitarist Jerry Cantrell, who joined the band in 1987 and provided the other half of the group's creative core. Drummer Sean Kinney and bassist Mike Starr (replaced in 1992 by Mike Inez) soon followed, and the band landed a deal with Columbia Records in 1989.

The band's 1990 debut, Facelift, found a home at both college rock and classic rock radio outlets, chiefly on the strength of the single "Man in the Box." The album soon went gold, and the band followed it with an appearance on the soundtrack to Cameron Crowe's Seattle love letter, "Singles." With anticipation high, the band delivered Dirt in 1992, pushing AIC to triple platinum status with caustic tracks such as "Angry Chair," "Rooster" and "Them Bones." A prime spot on Lollapalooza soon followed, but the trek would be the band's last major tour and Alice in Chains would be hard pressed to maintain their momentum.

Alice in Chains released the EP Jar of Flies in 1994 and a self-titled album in 1995, but they did not tour to support either offering. During this relatively quiet time, Staley provided vocals for the 1995 debut album from Mad Season, which also featured Pearl Jam's Mike McCready and the Screaming Trees' Barrett Martin. While rumors swirled about Staley's declining health and drug dependency, the group surfaced in 1996 to perform on MTV's "Unplugged" series. Save for a series of compilations cobbled together by Columbia, it would be the last music Alice in Chains would release.

Cantrell pursued a solo career, releasing Boggy Depot (which also featured AIC's Inez and Kinney) in 1998, further fueling rumors that Staley was in ill health. The singer did little to quiet the rumors with his one-off appearance alongside Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins and Porno for Pyros bassist Martyn LeNoble on a cover of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" that appeared on the soundtrack of 1998's "The Faculty."

While Staley's output had greatly diminished in recent years, his influence hasn't. Traces of the frontman's distinct vocal style and Alice in Chains' thick-as-a-brick sound can be heard in the work of Godsmack, Creed, Staind, Puddle of Mudd, Adema and a host of others.

?Joe D'Angelo and Robert Mancini

You will be missed, Layne. From friends, family and fans alike.

 

I honestly thought that he had died years ago. Huh.

BTW, some [uninformed] people didn't even know about Cobain's heroin addiction until after he died. All they knew was that he had shot himself. So the public's initial reaction to the news might be a little different.

But there is a much more troubling aspect to all of this. During my stay at the psychiatric hospital, I was shocked and dismayed at how many minors idolized the likes of Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Shannon Hoon and Janis Joplin. And by "minors" I mean children in the age bracket of 10-14.

Their parents likewise had this fixation with certain rock stars. Some of them even tried killing themselves after the rockers' respective deaths, using similar methods. Others succeeded. And then, of course, their children tried to commit suicide as well.

So just think - with Staley's death another minor may have finally decided to take the plunge.

 

say no to drugs

 

Megadeth broke up? Wha!?

 

I don't really find this very sad either...

 

Hard to feel sorry for a loser.

 

Megadeth broke up a while ago. About two weeks or so. Check out Megadeth.com for more info pertaining it..

 

Well, unfortunately I am not surprised at this, but I am saddened by it. I wasn't their most diehard fan but I enjoyed most of AIC music and I still think they were some talented individuals.

I understand and expect the statements that have been expressed in this thread concerning drug deaths but I still find it hard to think your opinion is valid. Unless you have battled drug addiction, or almost any addiction for that matter, then you will never fully understand the situation. My brother was addicted to heroin for four years and thankfully he was able to kick his habit. I've known several who were not so lucky and have since died as a result. Find them weak. Fine. Find them stupid. Fine. Just don't make light of their deaths and make them out to be worthless.

 

You cold bastards >

You people were more concerned that McVeigh didn't get the death sentence yet the fact that a harmless, depressed man died from a drug overdose doesn't mean anything?

You grieve about Cobain's death and you welcome druggies like Frusciante and Slash back to the game and praise Syd Barrett(Who, in my opinion is the biggest reason not to do drugs). What different is Staley's death than that of Bonham, Morrison and Hendrix? Their problem was no different(Although Bonham was more of an alchohic)

I think it's really sad. Now all we have is Vedder and Pearl Jam. I've never really paid attention to Soundgarden, so I don't know if they're around or not, but I haven't really heard much about them recently(Or ever, actually! ).

 

They broke up a few years ago, Shorty.

 

Who, Soundgarden?