A stiff cocktail of drugs composed of cocaine, codeine, and morphine was rattling around his ravaged, 86-pound frame. complete: 1, Starr left Staley's place later that day. }); But as far as the public was concerned, Staley lived out the rest of his doomed existence as the ghost of grunges skeezy past. She says she hopes that her son's music will shed light on the disease of addiction that ultimately took his life. ], Dont try to talk about this to my sister Liz. 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. Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro recently tweeted about late Alice In Chains frontman Layne Staley and Layne's girlfriend Demri Parrott, who died in 1996. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_content_1', [[336,280],[300,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-3') "@type": "WebPage", Sadly, Starr wasn't too far behind his former friend and bandmate. "@type": "WebSite", Visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration website or contact SAMHSA's National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357). RIP Layne and Demri.. Hes wearing gold Elvis sunglasses and talking about partying with the other bands on tour and hanging with champion skateboarder Remy Stratton. I know Im dying, he starkly told Rubio. .addService(googletag.pubads()); eyewitness account from Thorntons bassist Curtis Tillman. ] For the first time, there were problems with his vocals. He was found dead on March 8, 2011, in his home in Salt Lake City as a result of a prescription drug overdose. So two weeks later [our mutual friend] was having a Super Bowl party. "They asked if he believed in God? Demri Parrott was an American artist who was born on February 22, 1969. Im not using drugs to get high like many people think. The server responded with {{status_text}} (code {{status_code}}). Eventually, his father managed to stop using. Alice in Chains was opening for Van Halen on tour in 1991 when Staley, prompted by Parrott,. } Demri Parrott Remembered. ,{ I never wanted [the publics] thumbs up about this fucking drug use. 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But when theres 20,000 people out there, just loving everything, and just dancing around with smiles, nothing can stop that.. He struggled with addiction for much of his life, and as Steven Hyden of the A.V. At that point, Staley had already been to rehab after an intervention. 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. schain: { about the Dirt cover were awhile ago, but that's Mariah, not Demri. "I was trying to kick this habit out of my life, and here comes this man asking for money to buy some smack." } But Staley, of course, never did. According to MTV, the book "Layne Staley: Angry Chair" details the AIC singer's final interview with author Adriana Rubio, an Argentinian journalist. Money, status, nothing to me, Staley sings, though thats not completely trueits the money and status that allow him to live this way. Im going to die like thisthis is it. For years, Kinney had tried reaching out to Staley three times a week, either by phone or, when he was in town, yelling at the window of his nondescript Seattle condo. Nevertheless, Alice In Chains has lived on like few bands of its time, and even in death Staley is still among the most vital singers youre likely to hear on the local modern-rock station. I changed my number. { 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. His comments given to Rubio show that Staley was aware that his mortality was on the horizon and had accepted his fate. By 1998, Staley already seemed on last legs. Sean Kinney would try to visit Layne at his home, and he frequently called him to no avail. But you don't write and sing songs like "Rooster" and "Would?" This portable projector plays your movies in crisp, high-contrast, 1080p detailno matter where you are. googletag.cmd.push(function(){ Less sympathetic listeners might dismiss Junkhead as the empty lamentation of a rock-star addict, but Staley wasnt looking for pity. "I believe that there's a wonderful place to go to after this life, and I don't believe in eternal damnation for anyone," he said to Rolling Stone in 1996. My biggest dream is to become a world-renowned writer. *Rain When I Die. function(bids) { If you or anyone you know is struggling with addiction issues, help is available. She attended at school in Arlington (Washington), and dropped at her . .defineSizeMapping(mapping2) There was a stash of cocaine and two crack pipes on the table. Sublime was a band for working-class people who could reconcile the casual bleakness of the lyrics of a song like Wrong Waya cheery ditty about an underage hookerwith the dance-happy music. Yes, Staley, born Layne Rutherford Staley on August 22, 1967, picked the middle name "Thomas" because he was a fan of Mtley Cre drummer Tommy Lee. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_content_3', [[336,280],[300,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-5') Listening to music you love to hear is fun, period.Rome Ramirez, on replacing Bradley Nowell as the new singer of Sublime, So sing just like him, fuckers/It wont offend him/Just me/Because hes dead.Pearl Jam, 4/20/02, written for Layne Staley. He hadn't yet mastered singing high. Demri had a look that seemed to define the musical era, beautiful in a small-town way with her bright eyes, round cheeks, and curly hair. On the rare occasions that he ventured out of his home, where he gorged on videogames whenever he wasnt gorging on drugs, Staley cut a hard figure: Abscesses covered his arms, and hed lost most of his teeth. "The opioid explosion in recent years tells me that people feel alone," she says. ver: '1.0', It was love at first sight. Dirt, in particular, became an important touchstone. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_top_1', [[300,250],[336,280],[728,90],[970,90],[970,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-1') "@type": "BreadcrumbList", Hed been dead for two weeks; the tip-off that something was amiss came not from concerned family members or friends but from Staleys accountants, who noticed that he hadnt spent any money in several days. She died in the hospital late in 1996. Then Kurt shot me, and then Layne shot me after that and I died, for like 11 minutes.". He thought it was very rock n roll, you know, Nowells widow Troy Dendekker said. "@type": "ListItem", She said after most of the crowd left at night Layne was still there, and she wanted to go swimming so Layne followed her to the pool. "I told him I was sorry this was how it turned out.". 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). How close do you think that was to us, Ann? That model was to be Mariah O'Brien, whom Schenck had shot previously for the cover of Spinal Tap's "Bitch School" single. Here he is backstage on the Warped Tour looking like one of the many shirtless, deeply tanned, and blond bros lurking in the audience. I'm not using drugs to get high like many people think. Mar 14, 2016. They are not my friends.". He had already lost a finger or two from his veins collapsing and not getting enough circulation to his hands I remember seeing him from a distance, and I thought, Thats the oldest punk rocker Ive ever seen., Flash back about 15 years, and Staley is a dramatically different, happier, and more spandex-friendly person. It took Layne Staley, Alice in Chains' lead singer, a while longer to kill himself with a speedball. .addSize([0, 0], [[320, 50]]) She wore vintage costumes, long skirts with docs, lots of vintage style 30s and 40s jewelry. "name": "Home" She said he looked like a kid again, and at that moment there was no darkness in his life. By the next year, the band's dark and deeply pained breakthrough album, "Dirt," was rife with references to the drug. - CANADA \u0026 USA:- YouTube http://bit.ly/2Kbji5C - iTunes https://apple.co/2KNOCD2 - Vimeo http://bit.ly/2Iv1ywd - XBOX http://bit.ly/2K8AF6Z- Google Play https://bit.ly/3cwDybUWHAT IS CLASSIC ROCK? Im not going to quit doing drugs. }, Layne Considered Sending A Demo To Jerry Cantrell. Gallagher had been friends with Staley since 1986, even living with him and Sleze bassist Mike Mitchell for a period in the 80s. Yes, Staley had been experiencing heroin addiction for years by the time this 1995 article which was titled "Alice In Chains' Layne Staley: Needle and Damage Done" came out. 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. googletag.pubads().refresh(); That same year, Alice In Chains played its final shows with Staley, performing on MTV Unplugged in Aprilthe bands first concert in three yearsand several dates with the newly reunited Kiss, ending with a gig in Kansas City on July 3, 1996. Though never verified, there have been rumors that Layne worked on a home demo called Everyday that he planned on sending to Jerry Cantrell, possibly as late as 2002. "@context": "http://schema.org", People who knew both of them well generally agree (and told me) that Layne never got over Demris death. I know I made a big mistake when I started using this shit. I know why youre here. "He finally kicked heroin use, and I'm still fighting," the singer said. According to David de Sola's 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.. { He didnt have a great voice, but he sang like he did, using the power of his personality to give his vocals the sunny brassiness that made Sublime songs so irresistible on the radio once 1996s Sublime brought the bands music to the masses. There will always be haters, he said in an interview with budZtv in 2010. { This fucking drug use is like the insulin a diabetic needs to survive, he said. "position": 4, "@type": "WebPage", Staley sound-alikes became so common in the years after his public retreat and death that it was perhaps inevitable that one of them ended up replacing him in his own band. "@type": "WebPage", She was of Native American (Cherokee), Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English, and Swiss-German descent. Perry Farrell and Kurt Cobain and all those guys did drugs, and Brad wanted to see what it was like. By the time Sublime was in the studio recording its self-titled third record, Nowell was in such rough shape that producer Paul Learyno stranger to substance abuse as a founding member of Butthole Surferssent him home before the record was completed. His will to live went with her. Alice in Chains was opening for Van Halen on tour in 1991 when Staley, prompted by Parrott, started using. He was already pretty reclusive in 1996, but after her death, there were only three recordings that I know of (Despiseley Brothers, 2 AIC songs, and a Pink Floyd cover for a movie soundtrack). "item": { Its 1987, and Staley knows how to walk the walk of the day, strutting onstage in baby blue satin suits and exuding big-cock charisma. var mapping1 = googletag.sizeMapping() And then, our neighbor sold him a drum set, and he changed his middle name to Thomas, because he admired Tommy Lee.". To anyone with a passing knowledge of Staleys life and music, his downfall played out like the worst kind of endingdistasteful, depressing, and all too predictable. The Book Of Rock Lists gave Aces death most spectacular distinction based on a piece of mistaken information, repeating the legend that the shadowy balladeer killed himself during a game of Russian roulette played backstage at the City Auditorium in Houston between holiday shows with Big Mama Thornton. Alice In Chains drummer Sean Kinney told Greg Prato in the book Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History Of Seattle Rock Music that Staley had long resigned himself to an early grave: Layne told me straight up, Im never coming back. Mainly, he holed up in his apartment, gaming, playing with his cat and doing drugs. 7/19/94. } He dropped out of my life for 15 years." I dont wanna see people anymore and its nobodys business but mine.. 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. Hes always been dead as far as most people are concerned. Whether or not he still spoke to his bandmates was also up for debate. Sean Kinney, Layne Staley, Mike Starr and Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains during an In-Store record promotion in Los Angeles in September 1990. A year after his death, a rare interview emerged with Staley that hed given with Argentinean writer and music fan Adriana Rubio, titledLayne Staley: Angry Chair A Look Inside the Heart and Soul of an Incredible Musician. sid: '1366', Layne: Im okay, though. googletag.pubads().refresh(); But nevertheless, Starr still blamed himself and never even spoke about it until that Celebrity Rehab interview in February of 2010. However, that defensiveness had nothing to do with personal embarrassment. For the bands cover design, Layne Staley provided the artwork, even painting his girlfriend Demri Parrott on the cover, when approaching the band with the design they quickly agreed with it. 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. Meanwhile, Starr, who'd been introduced to heroin by Staley, drank a bottle of bleach used for cleaning syringes, thinking it was water. .addService(googletag.pubads()); 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. .addService(googletag.pubads()); Dope sick hurts the entire body, he horrifyingly shared. He showed up in the recording studio toothless, emaciated and looking like an 80-year-old man. What's not known is if they finally connected. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_top_1', [[300,250],[336,280],[728,90],[970,90],[970,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-1') Alice In Chains late leader Layne Staley tragically lost his fight against addiction on April 5th, 2002. Finally, Starr left angry. .build(); That night, Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr, who had just been tossed from the band, claimed he actually died and came back as he bounced from shooting up with one famed musician to the other. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_sidebar_1', [[300,600],[300,1050],[300,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-7') A syringe loaded with a fresh supply of heroin sat in his hand; a used needle lay at his feet. }, I didn't create myself because I would have done a hell of a better job.". } googletag.cmd.push(function(){ }, and "Them Bones" unless you've got deep wells of pain to draw from for inspiration. Although they were no longer together, Staley was clearly devastated by the news. Just as Alice in Chains became famous, Staley's girlfriend, Demri Lara Parrott, introduced him to heroin. Staley's first-ever concert, according to the article, was seeing Elton John in October 1975, who he checked out with Jim. During those years, Staley became a recluse and barely left his apartment. Not exactly a good start to the relationship. Demri's biological paternal grandfather was Beryl Gibson Dougherty (the son of Duncan M. "Dunk" Dougherty and . She loved creating decopage with 30s and 40s vintage style images cut outs from wrapping paper or old greeting cards. "name": "Rock Features" Pick it up, this is a classic. He was traveling with a bodyguard hired specifically to keep his drug use in check, but after the show he overdosed. The two were allegedly watching a show called "Crossing Over," which is about a psychic medium that helps connect loved ones to deceased relatives. Two crack pipes were waiting on his coffee table, and several more used needles were uncovered when his body was moved. Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. Now for the more positive things: Demri Parrott (which I recently found out was pronounced Puh-Row) was described by everyone who knew her as a bubbly, charismatic and beautiful girl. } Rumors began circulating that he had lost an arm to gangrene. Next { She will know it sooner or later. "When I tried drugs, they were f****** great, and they worked for me for years," he said. According to a transcript of a 2002 Rolling Stone article, Layne Staley spent the final years of his life in reclusive isolation, with nothing but his drugs to keep him company. Around 1999/2000, Bob Forrest and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante tried to help Alice In Chains frontman Layne Staley get clean. 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. Part of what makes Dirt an impressive artistic achievement is that much of the album was written or co-written by Cantrell, who performed a sort of method songwriting by infusing a junkies hopelessness and guttural desperation even into songs that didnt directly address addiction. .addService(googletag.pubads()); } "I don't have any magic answers," she told the paper. 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. .addService(googletag.pubads()); Nowell was musically precocious as a child, able pick out a tune on his guitar after only hearing it once. So it is that Alice in Chains, with its influential blend of heavy metal and grunge, which plays on. According to Ferrano, even though everyone around them knew that they decided to accuse Parrott of causing Staleys addiction and depression. Layne Was Going To Record With Taproot In 2002. I know I have no chance. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_anchor', [[728,90],[320,50]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-6') "position": 2, "When Sean got lit he was pretty unstoppable," a friend says. ver: '1.0', 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. Demri was the biological daughter of Kathleen Ann (Austin) and Dennis Wayne Dougherty. }, In June 1992, the albums post-production was complete and the album was 100% complete by the end of June. asi: 'theadengine.com', Then, Staley said his dad reached out. You're not wrong if you're picking up on a bit of resentment at the end there. Fortunately for Staley, Elmer appeared to be a pretty decent stepdad and even played a large role in getting young Staley into music. 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. Demri was born in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, in the United States of America's Pacific Northwest. Krist Novoselic brought him food, hoping he could save him after losing Kurt Cobain. More about Demri Parrott edit Dating History # Rosheen Raugi "When he returned from a trip to the bathroom," wrote Jon Wiederhorn about Layne Staley for Rolling Stone, "his sleeves were unbuttoned, exposing what appear to be red, round puncture marks from the wrist to the knuckles of the left hand. 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. Its okay! In April 1997, Sublime entered the Billboard Top 20. The two had argued over Staley's condition until Staley threatened to end the friendship if Starr reached out to the authorities. !function(a9,a,p,s,t,A,g){if(a[a9])return;function q(c,r){a[a9]._Q.push([c,r])}a[a9]={init:function(){q("i",arguments)},fetchBids:function(){q("f",arguments)},setDisplayBids:function(){},targetingKeys:function(){return[]},_Q:[]};A=p.createElement(s);A.async=!0;A.src=t;g=p.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];g.parentNode.insertBefore(A,g)}("apstag",window,document,"script","//c.amazon-adsystem.com/aax2/apstag.js"); She wasn't happy with the suicide ruling and wondered what more there might be to the story. "When I haven't talked to anybody in years, and every article I see is dope this, junkie that, whiskey this that ain't my title My bad habits aren't my title. He was reporting on his own ongoing dissolution, giving the play-by-play on his soul being ripped away from him. (1969-1996) model, artist, grunge icon, beautiful soul 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. Alice In Chains frontman Layne Staley and model Demri Parrott's relationship started as a fairytale but turned out a tragic love story that people can still remember. Staley was found dead, toothless and weighing only 86 pounds, in his Seattle apartment in 2002. In 2011, at the age of 44, he too died of an overdose, as per Rolling Stone. In addition to Mark, Demris friend Ferrano agreed with him and stated that Staley died because he felt guilty about ending their relationship and not being kind to Demri who was the only person that loved him although he wasnt famous and rich back then. Me? This actually isnt much of a departure from the sound of Alice In Chains 1.0, which was steeped in the undead Southern-rock harmonies of Staley and Cantrell. Layne was very into his artwork during his later years, frequently buying art supplies that were scattered around his home. Fuck it, fight it, its all the same, Nowell sang on What I Got, and it was a message that resonated with millions of people that had no idea that they were bobbing their heads to a happy-go-lucky dead guy. { 99 talking about this. .addSize([748, 200], [[728, 90]]) "@id": "https://www.alternativenation.net/10-surprising-stories-about-layne-staleys-reclusive-years/", asi: 'theadengine.com', Kurt Cobain short-circuited death by heroin with a shotgun blast to the head in 1994. People Projects Discussions Surnames She said she believes her daughter was there that night to be there with Layne as hes doing his transition., 10. Demri Parrott died on October 29, 1996. In 1996, Staleys life was turned upside down when his former fiance, Demri Lara Parrott, died of a drug overdose and when she passed, so did a bit of Staley. 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. Neither Demris mother nor Laynes stepfather have been able to confirm that. The most disturbing song on Dirt is Junkhead, co-written by Staley and Cantrell. Zack de la Rocha had quit Rage Against The Machine just a few months prior, and his bandmates were looking for a new singer. Really.. He had just gotten pretty much the entire Nerf arsenal, so we went to war. 5. }, Thinking about both of them yesterday and today, and what might have been. ,{ apstag.setDisplayBids(); Krist Novoselic, Mark Lanegan, Mike Inez & Sean Kinney Tried To Help Layne. It was therapeutic and worked for me for a while, until my dad saw my picture printed on a magazine." Thinking about both of them yesterday and. apstag.fetchBids({ I invested a lot of money on treatments. This past Saturday was the 20th anniversary of the death of Demri Parrott, Layne Staley's ex-fiance. The day of his death was estimated to be April 5, exactly eight years after Cobains suicide. She also created a path for herself as a model, artist, muse, and actress who died of a drug overdose on October 29, 1996, at the age of 27. But that was contingent on him having the energy and focus to be able to work, and I guess that didnt materialize., 5. "@id": "https://www.alternativenation.net/layne-staleys-haunting-wedding-never-will-break-heart/", Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message.
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