First ever photo of Layne Staley from his reclusive years

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  • capthowdy1027
    capthowdy1027 Posts: 3,270
    SxDx1982 wrote:
    I hate drugs. Fuckin hate them.

    R.I.P. Layne.

    The catch 22 though is that AIC may not have been nearly as good if it wasn't for the demons that Layne had. It's sucks to look at it that way, but it's true.
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  • Stardog3..
    Stardog3.. Posts: 1,527
    capthowdy1027 wrote:
    SxDx1982 wrote:
    I hate drugs. Fuckin hate them.

    R.I.P. Layne.

    The catch 22 though is that AIC may not have been nearly as good if it wasn't for the demons that Layne had. It's sucks to look at it that way, but it's true.

    I was thinking about the same thing. A lot of their songs deal with drugs and Layne's personal issues and they are some of my favorite AIC songs because of the honesty and raw emotion. I wondered what they would have been like without them.
  • Harpsy
    Harpsy Posts: 83
    I've been listening to Mad Season a lot recently. "Wake Up" is such a sad, profound song.

    Slow suicide's no way to go indeed :(
  • RedMosquito22
    RedMosquito22 Posts: 8,158
    Stardog3.. wrote:
    capthowdy1027 wrote:
    SxDx1982 wrote:
    I hate drugs. Fuckin hate them.

    R.I.P. Layne.

    The catch 22 though is that AIC may not have been nearly as good if it wasn't for the demons that Layne had. It's sucks to look at it that way, but it's true.

    I was thinking about the same thing. A lot of their songs deal with drugs and Layne's personal issues and they are some of my favorite AIC songs because of the honesty and raw emotion. I wondered what they would have been like without them.

    Even if he got off of drugs it would have still dominated his lyric and songwriting process. You never lose the feelings just how you deal with them.

    It's like saying, hey if Ed grew up with his real father we wouldn't have had a lot of great early PJ songs.
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  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    PKTrekGirl wrote:
    Okay...I worked my way into looking today - thanks for the encouragement. Because you are right - not as bad as I thought it would be. Of course, you can tell he is wearing about 4 layers of clothes, probably to bulk himself up for public consumption. But while he looks very thin, he doesn't look any worse than in in this video of the Moore Mad Season show in 1995:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7B659Ry ... re=related

    Still, seeing video of him from this period is sort of sad to watch - bittersweet. As a huge AIC/Layne fan, I am grateful for every scrap of Layne I can get...but watching his decline is so heartbreaking.
    thank you for posting this song
    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
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    ResonantPassage wrote:
    I just read that book by Mark Yarm, "Everybody Loves Our Town," about all the bands that emerged from Seattle in the late '80s, early '90s...great read for anyone interested in the music that came out of there at that time..good stuff about Layne in there
    like the group TAD
    http://youtu.be/DX0WiCJEnUA - wood goblins

    :mrgreen:
    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
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    alice in chains and drug use was the same thing, one went with the other. i snorted huge ass rails and never felt like alice in chains need come out of the cd disc changer or the player in my car. i had no pupils in my eyes, totally absent from me and light. dilated is it? fuckin on...

    http://youtu.be/Nco_kh8xJDs ~ would

    http://youtu.be/Zxmt4PX6gto ~ angry chair

    no photos new or older of layne. just a few songs i throughly enjoy.

    resting well i hope mr. Layne
    you're badass
    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
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    http://youtu.be/xw1CASDtCbU
    a classic of a show. i enjoy the 3rd and 4th songs , they start at 10 minutes in. this video about 45 minutes long. mad seasons @ the moore, 1995.
    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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