Layne Staley born august 22nd 1967 in Washington was the lead singer of hard rock/ Grunge band Alice in chains. Layne began his music career as a drummer playing in glam bands as he grew up but always had dreams of trading his drums for a microphone which he eventually did founding Alice in chains with musicians Mike Starr (Bass) , and Jerry Cantrell (Guitar). Layne released many albums with Alice in chains the most successful were Facelift, Dirt, Alice in chains, and Jar of flies. unfortunately like many of the other musicians on the music scene at this time Layne was addicted to heroin which ultimately led to his death on the 5th of April 2002 during an unplugged concert in 1996 Layne is clearly physically and mentally week from his addiction and often stops songs due to forgetting lyrics.Staley was found dead after an unidentified person rang 911 saying they had not heard from him in 2 weeks when police kicked down the door to staleys apartment he was found dead on the couch alongside several spray paint cans 2 crack pipes and a small stash of cocaine he was only 34 at the time. the coroners report estimates that Layne died on 5th which in coincidence is the same day as Kurt Cobain of Nirvana died eight years earlier.
Although Layne is now dead his legacy still lives on and there have been two books written about him.
RIP Layne Staley
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