Layne Staley’s lyrics were pretty dark, but he was still no Michael Gira.
Think Ian Curtis may take the cake for dark lyrics. He actually followed up on the things he wrote about…
Layne Staley’s lyrics were pretty dark, but he was still no Michael Gira.
No doubt…
If you want it really dark check out M.Gira’s book…sheesh…
Layne Staley’s lyrics were pretty dark, but he was still no Michael Gira.
I have no argument for this.
I’m reading an oral history of the Seattle “grunge” scene (“Everybody Loves Our Town”) that is pretty good. Was surprised to hear that Layne was a fan of Front 242 and hung out with them a lot on the Lolla tour… Now that’s a strange pairing.