Are the any good ALICE IN CHAINS biographies??

doog
doog Posts: 59
edited November 2006 in Other Music
I apologize for another AIC thread, but i was wondering if anyone has read any biographies about AIC and/or Layne that are worth checking out. Seeing them on this current tour has re-kickstarted my interest. Thanks for any info.
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  • MLC2006
    MLC2006 Posts: 861
    I don't know if there's any books that have been written on them. I know Layne was in a glam metal band he called Alice N Chainz when he met Cantrell and started the not so glam version, Alice In Chains. Starr quit AiC I believe in 1992 when they were touring with Van Halen and was replaced with Inez, who was Ozzy Osbourne's bassist. I do know that the song "Would?" was about Andrew Wood's death and of course "Rooster" is about Cantrell's father's time in Vietnam. and of course, most of the songs Layne wrote were about heroin.
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    There is a book called Angry Chair about Layne which I have not read but is apparently very badly written. There is also a book which is co-written by Mike Starr and is supposedly diabolical. I don't know of any books that are supposed to be any good.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • RW
    RW Posts: 97
    This is worth checking out. "The Rise and Fall of Alice in Chains", part of the Ongoing History of New Music:

    http://www.edge.ca/station/ongoing_history_of_new_music.cfm?recID=111&ell=8943&pge=1

    Two hour-long shows on the band, 11/05/03 and 18/05/03. Also, I recall reading a lengthy article about Layne over on the aliceinchains.com discussion board, though some people said there were factual errors in the article. You'd have to search for it over there.
    http://www.expressobeans.com/public/member.php?id=5209
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,758
    there will be: This Angry Pen: The Lost Journals of Layne Staley

    https://consequence.net/2025/02/layne-staley-journals-new-book-this-angry-pen/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Consequence Daily: How Severance Revives the Dread of Twin Peaks and LOST&utm_campaign=Consequence Daily - 2/19
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,568
    I don't think, things like that should be released unless the author themselves actively decided to have it released (like Alan Rickman). One has the right to ones private life, even after death IMO.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,758
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    I don't think, things like that should be released unless the author themselves actively decided to have it released (like Alan Rickman). One has the right to ones private life, even after death IMO.
    my first instinct when I read what this was, was similar. It reminds me of when Courtney gave the ok to release Kurt's journals. I bought them, of course, but I still felt weird about it. 
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,851
    So true^^imo
    Started reading Kurt Cobain's diary and it felt invasive. Had to stop.

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