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happy birthday layne staley

chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
edited August 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
august 22, 1967 - april 5, 2002
http://youtu.be/cNZYnSQcRss

alice in chains changed my life... maybe even controlled my life to some degree
thing is, i do not remember layne's passing as i was full on into my own grieving dark twisted deep hole because of dad's passing only two months earlier. layne staley & the guys make me happy. i need to go out & buy every newer aic album. love to mad season for some killer tunes

happy birthday, sir
for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
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  • PureandEasyPureandEasy Posts: 5,799
    I remember exactly where I was when I heard about his passing.

    Strange how you remember things like that.
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    PureandEasy wrote:
    I remember exactly where I was when I heard about his passing.

    Strange how you remember things like that.
    i was thinking the other day how i wish i knew when he went away from us. for three months or so i was in a bad bad place & had no clue what was going on with myself or anyone or anything else. guess i was mr. auto pilot. the dark & twisting well of a hole sucks way down deep, an instant tornado pulling the curtains closed. on come the tears

    alice has some of the greatest lyrics ever written in my opinion
    http://youtu.be/0dVz2D1xS-0
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Hey, bud.

    Layne's voice is one of the most beautiful and pure I've heard. Unplugged gets me every time - his frailty and determination. And again, that voice.

    His death came about a week after my guy moved in with me from the opposite side of the country. Such sadness for that loss within the excitement of a new life we were starting together.

    Definitely check out the most recent AIC; Cantrell too is something else.

    (and I hear you with "on come the tears" - those associations now ingrained. After my father died, mine was Man of the Hour. Always will be, but now I smile.)
  • uninnocent-uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    I have so many great memories that involve Layne's music. He'll forever be missed.
  • mydogmookieblaylockmydogmookieblaylock Posts: 2,996
    fuck addiction - RIP and HBD Layne
  • NamiNami Posts: 5,995
    mydogmookieblaylock wrote:
    fuck addiction - RIP and HBD Layne

    +1
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  • Last-12-ExitLast-12-Exit Posts: 8,661
    For me, pearl jam was #1 and AIC was a very close second.
    RIP Layne
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    http://youtu.be/ORdffD8u9vk
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Posts: 10,217
    chadwick wrote:
    august 22, 1967 - april 5, 2002
    http://youtu.be/cNZYnSQcRss

    alice in chains changed my life... maybe even controlled my life to some degree
    thing is, i do not remember layne's passing as i was full on into my own grieving dark twisted deep hole because of dad's passing only two months earlier. layne staley & the guys make me happy. i need to go out & buy every newer aic album. love to mad season for some killer tunes

    happy birthday, sir

    Me too Chadwick. I adored Sap and Jar of Flies. I htink i will give them a spin tonight.
    Pick up my debut novel here on amazon: Jonny Bails Floatin (in paperback) (also available on Kindle for $2.99)
  • don smithdon smith Posts: 833
    Happy Birthday! :D
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  • Leezestarr313Leezestarr313 Posts: 14,352
    Fuck heroin :(

    I hope you have a blast today, wherever you are, Layne ...
    Please, Pearl Jam, consider a Benaroya Hall vinyl reissue!
    http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/148993/please-pearl-jam-consider-a-vinyl-benaroya-hall-re-issue


  • badbrainsbadbrains Posts: 10,255
    chadwick wrote:
    PureandEasy wrote:
    I remember exactly where I was when I heard about his passing.

    Strange how you remember things like that.
    i was thinking the other day how i wish i knew when he went away from us. for three months or so i was in a bad bad place & had no clue what was going on with myself or anyone or anything else. guess i was mr. auto pilot. the dark & twisting well of a hole sucks way down deep, an instant tornado pulling the curtains closed. on come the tears

    alice has some of the greatest lyrics ever written in my opinion
    http://youtu.be/0dVz2D1xS-0

    My favorite singer from that era. Rip layne, always missed, yet NEVER FORGOTTEN......
  • jlaustinjlaustin Posts: 2,355
    RIP, Layne. What a voice, what a songwriter... You are missed.
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