1 most spectacular death in rock history ended the life of singer Johnny Ace, whose biggest hit, Pledging My Love, surged to the top of the Billboard rhythm and blues chart about two months after his untimely demise on Christmas day 1954. If he felt any misgivings about essentially pretending to be Bradley Nowell so his old bandmates could tour again under a lucrative moniker, he didnt show it when he made his debut as Sublimes new lead singer in February 2009 at a surprise show in Nevada. { She wasn't far behind, having immediately clocked out of work and raced home, flying past five police cars who, thankfully, didn't try to stop her. Staley's girlfriend, Demri Lara Parrott, started shooting smack and Alice in Chains got famous. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_top_2', [[336,280],[300,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-2') .addService(googletag.pubads()); Layne and Mike Starr were watching television on April 4, 2002, the day before Staley died of a heroin overdose. }); Im telling you: Demri was here last night. Demris mother, Kathleen Austin, heard this story from Mike Starr after Laynes death and relayed the story to David de Sola (and it was corroborated by Jason Buttino). In June 1992, the albums post-production was complete and the album was 100% complete by the end of June. Thats terrible, Mom. Demri Parrott. I don't need any help to get annihilated.". "position": 1, Staley had actually died on April 5, 2002 eight years to the day after fellow Grunge rock frontman Kurt Cobain had taken his own life but his body wasn't found until April 19,according to Ultimate Classic Rock. "@type": "ListItem", }); Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready remembered this version of Staley being funny and lucid, and without a doubt he was not reluctant to be a star.. Layne Thomas Staley, singer-guitarist, born August 22 1967; died before April 19 2002. "@id": "https://www.alternativenation.net/", They found the deceased singer sitting upright, surrounded by drugs and drug paraphernalia, cans of spray paint, spent needles, and unspent cash, all illuminated by a flickering TV. ver: '1.0', "And now they're turning against me, and now I'm walking through hell, and this sucks. Some believe that that when Layne his ex Demri Parrott died in 1996 from Drug overdose, Layne never recovered from her death and probably what caused him to fall apart beyond repair with his drug using. Much farther down on the most spectacular rock deaths list is Layne Staley of Alice In Chains. So it is that Alice in Chains, with its influential blend of heavy metal and grunge, which plays on. But Staley wouldnt see or talk to his bandmate. I know I have no chance. I didn't want my fans to think that heroin was cool.". Does taking Russian roulette out of the equation make Aces death any less spectacular? He never recovered from Demris death. .addSize([990, 200], [[728, 90], [970, 90], [970, 250]]) Layne: Nothing. Back in those days, the band lived in abject poverty, "obsessed with getting p---y and who they were f-----g.". They were attached at the hip until 1994 when they split for a final time. "He would get so angry at me, he would be ready to get out of the goddamn moving car. }, apstag.setDisplayBids(); Staley and Parrott were no longer together when she died; because she lacked Staley's rock-star bank account, Parrott was reduced to living out a conventional junkie death, finally prostituting. Alice in Chains was the first of grunge's big four to break out, but Nirvana clearly won the to-the-death competition. It was love at first sight. I felt so sad for him, and I missed him. If you or anyone you know is struggling with addiction issues, help is available. The singers life was full of trauma, and drugs, at first, offered him an escape from his pain. "@context": "http://schema.org", Layne said, Did you see that? While late Alice In Chains frontman Layne Staley was largely reclusive during his later years, the legendary singer considered fronting the band that later became known as Audioslave in January 2001, according to Staleys friend Morgen Gallagher, who talked to Alternative Nation in August 2015. ", The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Layne Staley, this Alice In Chains interview with Rockline. Ramirez grew up on Sublime records, and based on this clip of Sublime With Rome performing the hit Wrong Way in 2010 on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, he was hired for his ability to make Nowells demise seem like a mere inconvenience that temporarily kept the band off the road. At his side are two beautiful women, looking at him adoringly. He hadn't yet mastered singing high. Frusciante was hesitant to visit Staley because he didnt think you could really preach to somebody about getting clean, but Forrest was adamant about trying to help him. The frontman was fighting his addiction and wanted to get clean many times by entering rehabs or finding other ways to live a healthier life, however, he died due to a speedball overdose on April 5, 2002. We talked for a little and when we parted ways, I cried., This wasnt the last time Gallagher saw Staley. Eventually, his father managed to stop using. I told him that John had gangrene once. 99 talking about this. In Greg Pratos Grunge is Dead, Laynes mother Nancy revealed that Layne was a video game freak. He had a big screen TV, 5 games 5 different gamers. Learn More{{/message}}, {{#message}}{{{message}}}{{/message}}{{^message}}It appears your submission was successful. How lucky are we to have seen that? Ann responded that it was beautiful, and Layne retorted, Do you have any idea how rare it is for a meteor that big, and that bright, to come that close to us? Just as Alice in Chains became famous, Staley's girlfriend, Demri Lara Parrott, introduced him to heroin. ), the No. Tom Morello later claimed that he had no recollection of ever speaking to Staley about auditioning for Audioslave, so this could be a case of Gallagher misremembering the conversation, and it having more been about Staley considering the idea of calling up the former Rage Against The Machine members. Most people who love Sublime today are fans of a band that Nowell hasnt been a living member of for 15 years. "I never wanted to end my life this way," he continued, lamenting but ultimately accepting his decision to start using crack cocaine and heroin years before. ], var mapping1 = googletag.sizeMapping() But rather than a heartwarming reunion between father and son, his dad's habits rubbed off on him when he was trying to stay clean. According to David de Solas book Alice In Chains: The Untold Story, Layne Staley believed that the ghost of his late girlfriend Demri Parrott visited him just days before his April 2002 death. I dont give a fuck if you fucking believe me or not, dude. They also were on hand that year to accept an MTV Video Music Award for best alternative video, an appearance punctuated by drunken shoutouts to Happy Gilmore and Lynyrd Skynyrd and an awkwardly slurred tribute to Nowell. As for fans that object to another man heading up Sublime, Ramirez seems content to play the haters gonna hate card. But its a surprisingly decent addition to the Alice In Chains canon. The book notes he was missing teeth and struggling to breathe. Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. Staley and Parrott met in 1988 while she was working at a store called Saturdays. Neither Demri's mother nor Layne's stepfather have been able to confirm that. Nancy responded, Laynes got an odd sense of humor. }, Kinney claims he had an alter ego he called Steve who would stand on a chair in an upscale restaurant and pee on the dessert cart or methodically pour beer into the sconces lining a hotel hallway for the pleasure of seeing them explode seconds later. Who doesnt want to go to a concert to hear their favorite songs, regardless of whos singing or whos playing it? "He finally kicked heroin use, and I'm still fighting," the singer said. Parrott, too, was a heavy drug user and fatally overdosed on October 29, 1996. Layne was flipping through the channels and stumbled on the John Edward show Crossing Over, a show that TV Guide describes as: A psychic claims to communicate with his audiences late loved ones. Nowell was musically precocious as a child, able pick out a tune on his guitar after only hearing it once. Cover for 'Alice and Chains: The Untold Story,' by David de Sola. At the beginning of 1997, the biggest British rock band in the world was Oasis. I dont wanna see people anymore and its nobodys business but mine.. "@type": "ListItem", It's too late. }); However, that defensiveness had nothing to do with personal embarrassment. Bob: Your Moms worried, man. "item": { Much of the interview deals with his ongoing experiences with heroin addiction, which he claims were about to take his life. Demri's biological paternal grandfather was Beryl Gibson Dougherty (the son of Duncan M. "Dunk" Dougherty and . } He was supposed to record guest vocals for a song by Taproot, but his body was found shortly before a recording session was set to take place. { googletag.pubads().disableInitialLoad(); timeout: 2000 }, "name": "10 Surprising Stories About Layne Staley’s Reclusive Years" What Happened Next? }); "Demri was here last night," Staley allegedly said. .addService(googletag.pubads()); That charity fights heroin dependency in the Seattle area. melisaiscan@rockcelebrities.net, When Neil Young Found A Way To Communicate His Son With Disabilities, Inside Of The Third Eye Blind: Departures, Net Worths, And Conspiracy Theories, How Journey Fans Were Divided By Neal Schon And Arnel Pineda Feud, Paul Stanley Appreciates Gene Simmons Overcoming His Biggest Fear For Him, Top Five Best Counting Crows Songs Of All Time, James Hetfield To Share The Screen With Peter Dinklage In Dark Western Thriller, Rob Halford Believes Ozzy Osbourne Needs Support After His Difficult Decision, Neal Schon Reacts To Arnel Pineda Fans Accusations, Total Bullsh*t, Nikki Sixx Applauds Selena Gomez For Her Courage, Ted Nugent Believes Americans Should Be Ashamed Of Themselves, Paul Stanley Reveals Gene Simmons Real Character Beyond KISS Persona. hp: 1, "item": { "In 5thgrade, he [Staley] borrowed his Uncle Bob's trumpet, so that was his first instrument," said Nancy McCallum, Staley's mother, according to Northwest Music Scene. Mike Starr said he was going to be best man at Layne and Demris wedding. Brown heroin stains led from the bathroom to the living room. } "He was sort of a classic destroyer of hotel rooms.". They are not my friends.. adServer: 'googletag', }); The 20th anniversary of the death of late Alice In Chains frontman Layne Staleys girlfriend Demri Parrott was over the weekend. His friend and Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan opened up about his death saying that Staley never recovered from Demris death so it was the main reason behind his death. But having the circumstances of their death constantly rubbed in your face because so many others are experiencing addiction must be difficult. Demri Parrott was engaged to Layne Staley (1992 - 1994). His biological father, Philip Staley, vanished shortly after his birth in 1967, according to "Layne Staley: Angry Chair" by Adriana Rubio (and explained in Metal Sucks). Mike Starr said he was going to be best man at Layne and Demri's wedding. The singer spoke about how he went on a journey when he was 16 to find his father, but what he discovered made him not want to look any further. It was Brads expressed intention that no one use the name Sublime in any group that did not include him, the family said, and Brad even registered the trademark Sublime under his own name. A subsequent lawsuit forced Gaugh and Wilson to tour as Sublime With Rome, but in the end they won out over Nowells family where it mattered, finally having the ability to play for the millions of people who bought Sublime records in the years after Nowells death. Thinking about both of them yesterday and. Gaugh and Wilson said they had no plans to revive Sublime until they met Ramirez in 2008 and, as they later told Billboard, had instantaneous chemistry with the 20-year-old Fremont, Calif. native. Over a torturously slow metal-blues riff, Staley denounces the hypocrite norm, running their boring drills, and commits himself to consuming whatever drugs are available to him. It certainly rejiggers the list: Guitarist Terry Kath of MOR jazz-rock band Chicago (as well as the city of Chicago) died under similar circumstances in 1978, holding a gun he thought was unloaded to his head and mistakenly offing himself in front of his wife and one of his stage crew members. "@type": "ListItem", Although he'd lived as a recluse for years, former Alice in Chains bassist Michael Starr who Diffuser says blamed himself for Staley's death claimed on an episode of "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew"that he was the last person to see Staley alive. Courtney Love, center, tried to chase down Staley following the death of Kurt Cobain (r.), to see if he might've known something about the mysterious circumstances surrounding Cobain's death. Now touring as Sublime With Rome, Gaugh and Wilson are playing their old songs with Rome Ramirez, a singer born the same year that Sublime played its first show. Even though the server responded OK, it is possible the submission was not processed. One of the many drenched-in-drug moments revealed in David de Sola's new book, "Alice in Chains: The Untold Story," has Cobain and Staley striking a deal while the bands were on tour in Rio de Janeiro. She was adopted by her stepfather Stephen John Parrott. .addSize([0, 0], [[320, 50]]) But all too often, McCallum doesn't know what to say; she's just another grieving parent whose kid happened to be famous and touch lives. But you don't write and sing songs like "Rooster" and "Would?" In the soaring chorus, Staley harmonizes with Cantrell on lines that spell out the catch-22 that defined his final years: Whats my drug of choice? An eyewitness account from Thorntons bassist Curtis Tillman contradicts this story. I changed my number. "I pay you," she screamed back. ", He then goes says his heroin habit was to blame, and he was well past the point of shooting up for fun. "I got [a] call saying that my dad had died, [but] my family always knew he was around doing all kind of drug,"he's quoted as saying in the book. She attended at school in Arlington (Washington), and dropped at her . .addService(googletag.pubads()); And I thought, oh, for heaven sake, listen to his music. She also has Demris engagement ring that Layne gave her. Staley was on the sofa, illuminated by a flickering television. nodes: [ googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_anchor', [[728,90],[320,50]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-6') "@id": "https://www.alternativenation.net/category/rock/", simplerGPT: true, Clearly, Staley maintained some of what he learned in his religious upbringing, but he wanted nothing to do with the structures it forced him into. For what it's worth, Demri's mother believes Staley, although he was clearly affected by his drug use. He reminds me of my friends from high school, who returned home from the first year of college in the summer of 1997 blasting nothing but the Sublime record. Learn More{{/message}}. Demri Parrott was an American model. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_top_1', [[300,250],[336,280],[728,90],[970,90],[970,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-1') An updated version of The Book Of Rock Lists would probably be topped by Dimebag Darrell Abbott, the former Pantera guitarist who was gunned down onstage by a crazed fan during a performance with his band Damageplan on Dec. 8, 2004 at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio. However, Parrotts friend Amber Ferrano denied these rumors saying that all of them were wrong and her friend never used the drugs before she met the Alice In Chains singer. This idea was explored to an almost nauseating degree on 1992s Dirt, an unrelentingly grim collection of songs about how people should never, ever shoot heroin. "@type": "ListItem", This was neither the beginning nor the end of Staleys sufferings that he was trying to get rid of it for years. (1969-1996) model, artist, grunge icon, beautiful soul She was the fiance of musician Layne Staley. A syringe loaded with a fresh supply of heroin sat in his hand; a used needle lay at his feet. She was hurt that they chose someone that looked like her rather than having her do it. At the time of her death she had already had a pacemaker implanted due to the damage caused by using dirty needles to inject heroine. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_content_2', [[336,280],[300,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-4') He wasn't really into the trumpet, but the drums he loved. }); .addService(googletag.pubads()); David de Sola writes that Staley would fly into a minor rage whenever someone referred to him by that name. complete: 1, They are not my friends.". Layne Thomas Staley wasn't born Layne Thomas Staley. Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. You're not wrong if you're picking up on a bit of resentment at the end there. Needless to say, we missed the game and kept pretty much everyone else from watching it as well., That day we were talking and he said he had gotten a call from the old Rage Against The Machine members and they were putting together a new project, and they wanted him to audition. .defineSizeMapping(mapping1) Tough-guy posturing linked hip-hop with hard rock, and it would come to define the rap-rock hybrid that dominated mainstream rock radio in the late 90s. (Handout). .addSize([748, 200], [[728, 90]]) Hide the drugs!' Staley wasnt the sort to hedge his bets when it came to calling his own drug-related death. Its too late. Producer Dave Jerden watched as Staley disintegrated after a dressing-down from Cantrell: "Layne, who had such a strong personality, had completely turned into this nothing.". I didn't create myself because I would have done a hell of a better job.". To their shock and dismay, the two addicts discovered there was almost an excess of cocaine to be had in Brazil but no smack. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . } "name": "Rock Features" ,{ Hes wearing gold Elvis sunglasses and talking about partying with the other bands on tour and hanging with champion skateboarder Remy Stratton. By the end, she was living with an older man who bizarrely drove her around unconscious for several hours before getting help. "I know I have no chance. var mapping2 = googletag.sizeMapping() Meanwhile, Starr, who'd been introduced to heroin by Staley, drank a bottle of bleach used for cleaning syringes, thinking it was water.

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