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RIP Layne Staley
By Eric | April 20, 2002 11:26 am
Layne Staley 1967-2002
A body was removed last night from the University District residence of Layne Staley, a victim of a drug overdose. Staley was the lead singer and guitarist for the Seattle grunge band Alice in Chains. KOMO-TV, citing an unidentified source, said the body was that of Staley, 34. .
A King County medical-examiner’s investigator said his office removed a body from the Staley address and planned an autopsy today, but he refused to confirm the identity of the person. He said it appeared the person had been dead for some time and would have to be identified scientifically.
Staley had a history of substance abuse, and in the early 1990s publicly acknowledged an addiction to heroin.
Now, I was and still am a huge Alice In Chains fan. They were the first band I really took a strong liking to, and thanks to a friend in high school, they primarily got me into collectiing CD’s as well. But don’t expect me to be wallowing in a “Sea of Sorrow” over it, ala Kurt Cobain. Everyone had Layne on their dead pool lists, and while no one wants to see anyone else die, unfortunately he had it coming. But I’ll definately throw on some AIC today in rememberance. Looks like I’ll never get to see AIC proper, but now in light of Layne’s death, seeing Jerry Cantrell is going to be that much better.
Source: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134439958_staley20m.html
Topics: Blog | Tags: Nate, NT | 1 Comment »
June 24th, 2003 at 3:11 pm
Scott 04-20-2002 12:26
Lol the “Sea of Sorrow” bit makes me feel less stupid about my “Man in the Box” comment…
scott 04-20-2002 12:47
or the one about how he ended up a big ‘ol pile of them bones
scott 04-20-2002 12:47
but hey, it’s Over Now
scott 04-20-2002 12:49
man, you see where unmitigated bad-punning can get you? I think I’ll just Stay Away from now on….
Eric 04-20-2002 14:24
“What the hell have I?” A roomate that thinks he’s hilarous… 🙂 But I won’t “Put You Down”, because I know you “Hate To Feel” bad. “Would?” you be “A Little Bitter”? “I Can’t Remember”.
“God Am” that was awful… 🙂
carolyn 04-20-2002 16:49
I AM SO LOST. ack. yup. alice in chains. at least ive HEARD of this one. lol.
Eric 04-20-2002 20:22
you have heard of the band, but none of the songs… 🙂
jason 04-20-2002 22:12
in a NUTSHELL, drugs are bad. does he have a BROTHER to mourn him?
Jason 04-20-2002 22:16
are they gonna bury him DOWN IN A HOLE.