![]() ![]() Staley struggled with addiction for much of his adult life and later died from a speedball overdose on April 5, 2002, at the age of 34. He performed three more shows opening for Kiss, with his final live performance on July 3, 1996. From mid-1996 onwards, Staley was out of the public spotlight. On April 10, 1996, the band returned with a performance on MTV Unplugged in New York it was Alice in Chains' first concert in two-and-a-half years. ĭuring Alice in Chains' hiatus, reports of Staley's drug addiction began to gain widespread circulation in fan and media communities, in part due to changes in his physical condition brought on by prolonged heroin abuse. He began to work on a side project with several Seattle musicians, Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees and John Baker Saunders of The Walkabouts, which came to be Mad Season, while Alice in Chains went into hiatus. However, Staley's deteriorating condition due to heroin abuse led him to enter a rehabilitation clinic. Alice in Chains' EP Jar of Flies (1994), debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, making it Alice in Chains' first record-and the first-ever EP-to top the chart. " Man in the Box", the second single from Alice in Chains' debut album, Facelift (1990), garnered Staley critical recognition for his vocal style. Staley was also a member of the glam metal bands Sleze and Alice N' Chains, and the supergroups Mad Season and Class of '99. He was known for his distinctive vocal style as well as his harmonizing with guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell. The publisher who worked on Rubio's book, Craig Chilton, stated that he did not review any tapes or transcripts, and if Rubio had such things, he never saw them, he just cleaned the book up grammatically and spelling-wise.Layne Thomas Staley (born Layne Rutherford Staley Aug– April 5, 2002) was an American singer and songwriter who was the original lead vocalist of Alice in Chains, which rose to international fame in the early 1990s as part of Seattle's grunge movement. Rubio also refuses to release the tape that she claims that contains her interview with Staley. By 1996, Staley already had trouble remembering his own lyrics, as can be seen on the "MTV Unplugged" concert. Public records prove that Staley never quoted his own lyrics or song titles during an interview. Rubio's interview portrays Staley as using lyrics from Alice in Chains and Mad Season in casual conversation, besides using quotes from previous printed interviews. Coats stated that she unfortunately had to learn the hard way that Rubio was not to be trusted, and what she claims to be Staley's last interview was actually fabricated by herself. He also told his sister to tell Rubio: "Tell her if she wants to write a book about someone, she should write it about herself." Coats along with other family members and friends, have stated that Rubio's book is full of lies and she never interviewed him, and his family felt betrayed after they saw the content of her book. Staley's sister, Liz Coats, stated that she talked with Layne to let him know of Rubio's intentions to write a book about him, and he said that he wasn't interested in it, he did not trust journalists, and that they had never been honest in his experience. Rubio interviewed Staley's mother, Nancy Layne McCallum, and his sister, Liz Coats, to write the book, she also had access to Staley's art work, sketches, diary entries and childhood pictures. The controversial biography "Layne Staley: Angry Chair" (2003), features an alleged interview that Argentinian fan, Adriana Rubio, claims to have conducted with Staley a few months before his death in 2002. He didn't give another interview after that and lived recluse until his death. The show was hosting Jerry Cantrell, Mike Inez, and (via telephone) Sean Kinney for a discussion on the release of Alice in Chains' compilation "Nothing Safe: Best of the Box", when, unexpectedly, Staley called in to participate in the discussion. His last interview was for radio program Rockline on July 19, 1999. ![]()
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