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Schenck then snapped a few photos, which were later used for the 1999 box set Music Bank. [ 30 ] For many years, fans believed that the model on the cover was Staley's then-girlfriend, Demri Parrott, but Schenck revealed to Revolver Magazine in 2011 that the girl was actually Mariah O'Brien , with whom he had previously worked on the cover of ...
Layne Thomas Staley (born Layne Rutherford Staley; August 22, 1967 – April 5, 2002) [2] [3] was an American singer and songwriter who was the original lead vocalist of Alice in Chains, which rose to international fame in the early 1990s as part of Seattle's grunge movement.
The original lineup in a 1988 promo. From left: Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Mike Starr, Layne Staley. Before the formation of Alice in Chains, Layne Staley, a drummer at the time, [13] [14] landed his first gig as a vocalist when he auditioned to sing for a local glam metal band known as Sleze after receiving some encouragement from his stepbrother Ken Elmer.
In October 1996, Staley's ex-fiancée, Demri Lara Parrott, died by "Misadventure", not secondary complications caused by drug use (bacterial endocarditis). Parrott’s death certificate lists her cause of death as “Acute intoxication,” and “Combined effects of opiate, Meprobamate & Butalbital.”
Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. (born March 18, 1966) [1] is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and main songwriter [9] of the rock band Alice in Chains. [10]
With her first Oscar nomination finally landing after a hard-fought, four-decade career in Hollywood, The Substance star Demi Moore is no longer standing in labels heaped upon her by industry ...
Michael Christopher Starr (April 4, 1966 – March 8, 2011) [1] [2] was an American musician best known as the original bassist for the rock band Alice in Chains, with which he played from the band's formation in 1987 until January 1993. [3]
A photo of bassist Mike Starr was chosen as the album cover. After seeing the photo, the band decided to name the album Facelift. [22] The original concept for the cover was to have all four members' faces superimposed into one startling expression, which appeared years later in the Music Bank box set. [22]