Layne Staley
Layne Staley
Layne Thomas Staley was an American musician who served as the lead singer and co-songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains, which he founded with guitarist Jerry Cantrell in Seattle, Washington in 1987. Alice in Chains rose to international fame as part of the grunge movement of the early 1990s. The band became known for Staley's distinct vocal style, as well as the harmonized vocals between him and Cantrell. Staley was also a member of the supergroups Mad Season...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth22 August 1967
CityKirkland, WA
CountryUnited States of America
It's just writing about things, feelings, not that we're dark or depressed...just as much as anyone else is.
Being me is no different than being most anyone else, I guess.
People have a right to ask questions and dig deep when you're hurting people and things around you.
I don't do much else but stay in my hotel room.
There's no huge, deep message in any of the songs. We recorded a few months of being human.
I was in a band when I was 15. We were a glam band. Then I couldn't afford to buy makeup. At the time that was the thing.
Our perception of songs that we've written... the meaning changes from day to day... to whatever stage we're at in our life and careers.
It was all about music, about getting your friends to come and see you play. I don't see that same intimacy happening very much today.
Andrew Wood's death changed things for a few weeks. I probably got even heavier into drugs after that.
When everyone goes home, you're stuck with yourself.
There are lasting consequences for using drugs. I'll still be paying for my prior use.
One of the first bands to break out of Seattle was Heart.
I haven't read anything but regurgitated rumors. Nothing new, and nothing true.
Drugs will have a huge effect on my work for the rest of my life, whether I'm using or not.