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On October 29, 1996, Staley's former fiancée, Demri Lara Parrott, died of a drug related heart condition. [ 76 ] [ 77 ] Staley was placed on a 24-hour suicide watch, [ 6 ] according to NME , which quoted a friend saying Staley was taking Parrott's death "extremely badly" and had fallen into a deep depression. [ 78 ]
Everyone always asks if that is Demri Parrott on the "Dirt" Cover. I think Demri's name might have been mentioned as a possible model once or twice, but it was never a serious consideration. [30] In an interview with the Canadian magazine M.E.A.T. in December 1992, Layne Staley said about the cover: This album cover...
The album's gloomy, black and white cover art featuring a couple tongue-kissing was illustrated by Staley. [18] The drawing was based upon a photograph of Staley and his ex-fiancée, Demri Lara Parrott. [19] The album's title comes from the song "I'm Above".
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.
Mad Season was an American rock supergroup [3] formed in 1994 as a side project of members of other bands in the Seattle grunge scene. [4] The band's principal members included guitarist Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, lead singer Layne Staley of Alice in Chains, drummer Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees, and bassist John Baker Saunders.
Class of '99 was a short-lived American alternative rock supergroup consisting of members from notable rock bands: . Layne Staley of Alice in Chains as vocalist; Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine as lead guitarist
However, the song was shown to vocalist Layne Staley, who ultimately wrote lyrics for it and recorded it with the band in 1998. [3] In the liner notes of 1999's Music Bank box set collection, Jerry Cantrell said of the song: I wish we'd have got a bit more work on that one. It's more "Alice In A Jam Room", it's not as finished as "Born Again".
Facelift is the debut studio album by the American rock band Alice in Chains, released by Columbia Records on August 28, 1990. [1] The tracks "We Die Young", and "Man in the Box" were released as singles.