Layne Staley Small Biography

Real  Name   :  Layne Thomas Staley
Nickname      :  Blanche (from Jerry Cantrell)
Born               :  22 August 1967
Birth Place     :  Kirkland, Washington



Black Sabbath, The Doors, etcLos rumors of Staley's most original rock had become a hardcore drug user began spreading in the mid-90, and speculation only grew louder when the band refused to mount any substantial visits after an appearance at Lollapalooza 19 In the late 90's, the group stopped, as one of the best (not sure) a box (Music Bank), and put in Concert (Live) appeared, but no new album planned.Few rock singers created a dark and mysterious body of work as Alice in Chains Layne Staley.But abuse finally stopped, as Staley seemed more interested in feeding his addiction to continue music.Alice Saturday.Indeed became a track teammates, Staley's influence permeated much of the afternoon 90 alt metal scene, singers as Scott Stapp (Creed), Travis Meeks (Days of the New), and Sully Erna (Godsmack) clearly contains elements of style of singer Alice in Chains time delivery.He met guitarist Jerry Cantrell, soon after, and formed a Van Halen / 'Roses band of metal-esque glam, Alice N' Guns N Chaynz (along with drummer Sean Kinney and bassist Mike Starr).Taking Seattle bands (Soundgarden, Melvins, Screaming Trees, etc life.Despite have been a surprise, the rock music world was shocked when Staley's body was found on a couch in his apartment, the victim of a lethal overdose of heroin and cocaine in the media in recent years.Staley was quickly creating an original vocal style - borrowing the creepiness of such metal vocalists as Ozzy Osbourne and Alice Cooper, and merging with classic rock like Jim Morrison, as the group's sound was cut resistance.More a specific date, which proved to be unsettling - April 5 2002 - exactly eight years, the day that another leading figure in the scene of the early 90's Seattle rock also took his own life, Kurt Cobain.During his life, Staley rarely left his Seattle condominium, and refused to open the door or by calling former colleagues and friends to check the status of the singer (who supposedly had broken to the point that he had lost most of their teeth and abscesses had all weapons).Since the body had been in the apartment for two weeks and had begun to decompose, it was difficult at first to spend the exact date Staley.Also (the land of the long duration of hard rock and Alice in Chains, and acoustic EPs Sap and Jar of Flies) got more attention and huge sales, solidifying the group as one of the best in Seattle and win the respect as one Staley of chains scenes.Its took a turn for the worse in 1996 when his girlfriend died of drugs, friends say which was the site of the former lead singer of Alice in Chains medications.Staley had appeared only as part of the Seattle supergroup Mad Season (1995 supra), as well as the soundtrack to the film of the Faculty (a cover of Pink Floyd "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 -.Signed with Columbia Records in the early 80 the CIA released their first album, Facelift, touring Hardcore 19 built a fan base, but it was not until the summer of 1991 that the single and video "Man in the Box" was a success and the band broke big.

Staley speakers.Despite of success, things were going wrong behind the song.