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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.
"Died" is a song by Alice in Chains and the final one recorded with vocalist Layne Staley before his death in 2002. The song was included on the compilation albums Music Bank (1999) and The Essential Alice in Chains (2006).
"Get Born Again" is a song by the American rock band Alice in Chains and, along with "Died", one of the last two songs recorded with vocalist Layne Staley before his death in 2002. The song was released as the lead single from the compilation Nothing Safe: Best of the Box (1999) on June 1, 1
Written by guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell, "Grind" addresses the various rumors that surrounded the band at the time.The opening lines, "In the darkest hole, you'd be well advised/Not to plan my funeral before the body dies", address the rumors that the band had broken up and the many rumors of vocalist Layne Staley's death that had occurred frequently around this time.
The issue was the reference to bondage, which our parents would not go for. Layne's mom was very hardcore Christian. So we ended up changing it to Alice 'N Chains, which made it more like Alice and Chains. [2] However, Staley's mother Nancy McCallum has said she still did not approve of this at first: I had a sense of humor about the name Sleze.
Layne Staley: Angry Chair, subtitled A Look Inside the Heart and Soul of an Incredible Musician, is a biography by Argentinean journalist Adriana Rubio about Layne Staley, the lead vocalist of the rock band Alice in Chains, published in January 2003. It is named after the Alice in Chains song, Angry Chair. [1]
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The song is a tribute to the band's late lead singer, Layne Staley, who died in 2002. Cantrell described the song as the band's goodbye to Staley. The first concert that Staley attended was Elton John's, and Cantrell's first album was Elton John Greatest Hits (1974). A piano mix of the song is a bonus track on iTunes. [5]