10 years today.
Spooky, I’ve ben blasting the dirt album for the last 2 hours.
Late,
grmpysmrf
TAD!!!
another guy i admired who did drugs to death.
Layne Staley didn’t die, that’s Layne Staley right there:
I have always considered Layne Staley and AiC as the most influential band of the 90’s. He brought a new singing style that is everywhere today, and still fresh.
AiC were not totally grunge, not totally metal, etc. I still remember when Jar of Flies came out, I wanted to hate it. I could not believe they did an acoustic album. But I could not deny that it was amazing, without comprimising who they were. RIP Layne. You are missed.
Layne Staley didn’t die, that’s Layne Staley right there:
That scaly bastard? Damn! I hope someone kills him again before he wrecks Tokyo.
I never really gave a crap about Alice in Chains or any of those Seattle bands for that matter. I did see them twice live (once around 1990 as the first opener in a line-up that also included Lynch Mob, LA Guns, and Ozzy) and then in 1993 as the headliner (or was Primus headlining?) for Lollapalooza.
They had horrible sound and no one was paying attention to them at the '90 show, but they were really good at the Lolla gig. Layne really did have a cool stage presence and with the weird colored lighting shined on him he looked so demonic and alien.
Well, what can I say, Dude? Drugs. Don’t do 'em. And if you do, don’t do Heroin. And if you do heroin, just don’t do so much that you die.
Tad!!!
Great lyricist, one of the best when it came to dark lyrics…really created pictures of the atmospheres he was in or, at the very least, subconsciously painted.
“Down In a Hole”…hard one to beat imo
Great lyricist, one of the best when it came to dark lyrics…really created pictures of the atmospheres he was in or, at the very least, subconsciously painted.
“Down In a Hole”…hard one to beat imo
“Angry chair” and “would” for me. But “down in a hole” is definitely up there.
Late,
grmpysmrf
he’s not dead, he’s on elvis island. or are you all just now hearing about “elvis island” ?
Well, what can I say, Dude? Drugs. Don’t do 'em. And if you do, don’t do Heroin. And if you do heroin, just don’t do so much that you die.
I’m sure the drugs did him good.
Maybe the drugs were part of his style. Who can say what he would have sounded like without them?
On another site someone posted a youtube clip of him VJ’ing music videos he personally selected, circa 1992. Apparently he was a big Ministry fan and highlighted Just One Fix, saying it had a strong affinity to his life.
I’m sure the drugs did him good.
Maybe the drugs were part of his style. Who can say what he would have sounded like without them?
I don’t disagree with any of this. There are some bands and performers that are just defined by the drugs that guide their lives and music.
I wasn’t giving suggestions on how to make a good album. I was just giving my suggestions on how to increase one’s chances of living past 40 (or 27 in many cases).
I’m sure Al is better off health-wise without being strung out on heroin. Is his music better? Some might think so. They’d be wrong, but some may still think it.
I never really gave a crap about Alice in Chains or any of those Seattle bands for that matter.
Somehow…I’m finding this incredibly hard to believe.
But then again, look at the source.
I did see them twice live (once around 1990 as the first opener in a line-up that also included Lynch Mob, LA Guns, and Ozzy) and then in 1993 as the headliner (or was Primus headlining?) for Lollapalooza.
Well, I guess they’ll never reach the dizzy heights of Lynch Mob or L.A Guns…whom I’m pretty sure you’d rock out to.
Well, what can I say, Dude? Drugs. Don’t do 'em. And if you do, don’t do Heroin. And if you do heroin, just don’t do so much that you die.
And there’s a dial-a-philosophy right there, if ever there was one.
Do you think you could go, like, 15 minutes or so without being a complete and utter cockarse?
Do you think think Layne Staley had anything on Tool? You honestly think Maynard is backstage after a gig with a needle shoved up his arm and surrounded by junkie tit whores? Think about it. The think about it some more. It will make your head spin.
Just look at the end product and you tell me, Mr Big Shot, exactly where my allegiance should lie.
oh! yer back…
Late,
grmpysmrf
Do you think think Layne Staley had anything on Tool? You honestly think Maynard is backstage after a gig with a needle shoved up his arm and surrounded by junkie tit whores? Think about it. The think about it some more. It will make your head spin.
Just look at the end product and you tell me, Mr Big Shot, exactly where my allegiance should lie.
Listen, Retard! I never said I liked Alice in Chains. I ONLY said he had a good stage presence but I own ZERO of their CD’s, never liked the music much, and couldn’t give a rat’s ass whether you like them or not.
I can’t believe you’re STILL crying your crusty 45-year-old emo eyes out over the fact that I don’t like Tool. It’s okay, Sweetie. Different people like different things. I like drinking beer, hanging out with hot chicks, gambling, and listening to Twisted Sister.
You like listening to Tool, wetting your pants, and crying like a baby for months on end. There’s a place for all of us in the great big universe, Kiddo!
You honestly think Maynard is backstage after a gig with a needle shoved up his arm and surrounded by junkie tit whores?
No. He’s too busy getting drunk off of his cheap wine.
Layne had a great stage presence. He was very fucked up and acknowledged it, wrote some great songs about it. Guy couldn’t help himself though. And for the last few years of his life, quits music, and becomes even worse of a junky, very reclusive, provably with the intent of killing himself. It’s bittersweet. Loved the music and felt sorry for him. But, at the same time, he was a junky and a complete waste of talent.
Alice In Chains has sucked ever since.
Do you think think Layne Staley had anything on Tool? You honestly think Maynard is backstage after a gig with a needle shoved up his arm and surrounded by junkie tit whores? Think about it. The think about it some more. It will make your head spin.
Maynard James Keenan’s lyrics, not all, are great, but they aren’t anywhere close to the depths of morality or darkness that he could portray. But that’s just my opinion.
Layne had some real problems, but let’s face it - at the end of the day, Layne had a heroin addiction…Maynard makes wine. WINE. There’s nothing more fucking embarrassing than that as a human being, other than maybe finger banging your cousin behind the basement radiator at age 11.