RIP - Layne Staley (2 years ago)

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TheNinja

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April 5, 2002 Layne Staley died alone after a drug overdose at the age of 34. He was not found until approximately 2 weeks later.

Partial Last Interview (more found on MTV linked there)

Exerpt: ""This f---ing drug use is like the insulin a diabetic needs to survive," he said. "I'm not using drugs to get high like many people think. I know I made a big mistake when I started using this sh--. It's a very difficult thing to explain. My liver is not functioning and I'm throwing up all the time and sh---ing my pants. The pain is more than you can handle. It's the worst pain in the world. Dope sick hurts the entire body.""

RIP Layne, your music and emotional lyrics are missed.
 
Platypus

Platypus

Lifer
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one of the best vocalists of all time, I'm so glad we have recordings to remember him by
 
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GasX

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Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
one of the best vocalists of all time, I'm so glad we have recordings to remember him by
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He was no Frank Sinatra...

 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: Mwilding
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
one of the best vocalists of all time, I'm so glad we have recordings to remember him by
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He was no Frank Sinatra...
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Apples and oranges are fun to compare aren't they
 
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Lifer
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His stories are just sad to read. He couldn't kick the drug habit. At one of his interview he had to leave half way through, when he came back he had puncture marks in his hands b/c he had tapped out the veins in this arms. He wore long sleeves and gloves a lot to try and hide it. A lot of his songs are about fighting innner demons or about losing loved ones, they are quite powerful and emotional. Sad story indeed.
 
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Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Originally posted by: Mwilding
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
one of the best vocalists of all time, I'm so glad we have recordings to remember him by
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He was no Frank Sinatra...
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Apples and oranges are fun to compare aren't they
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They are both dead vocalists. Sounds like apples and apples to me...

 
Platypus

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Lifer
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It's prudent to watch AiC's unplugged set today, which I commonly refer to as Layne's funeral.

:sun:
 
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azazyel

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Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
It's prudent to watch AiC's unplugged set today, which I commonly refer to as Layne's funeral.

:sun:
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Just finished Nivanna's unplugged...now Mad Season in spinning.
 
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KarenMarie

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I ask myself, over and over.... wtf was his family.

If you know someone you love is addicted to something, you usually keep a close eye on them. and if you dont hear from them in a certain time frame, then you go looking. And I dont know about others, but if someone I loved were in trouble, I would have them locked up until they are no longer a danger to themselves.

thing is, imho, he became such a fat cash cow that those that could have helped him were too focused on the $$$!

 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: KarenMarie
I ask myself, over and over.... wtf was his family.

If you know someone you love is addicted to something, you usually keep a close eye on them. and if you dont hear from them in a certain time frame, then you go looking. And I dont know about others, but if someone I loved were in trouble, I would have them locked up until they are no longer a danger to themselves.

thing is, imho, he became such a fat cash cow that those that could have helped him were too focused on the $$$!
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His dad was more addicted to heroin than he was and he continually took money from him to support the habit. If you want to find something more powerful than family, you can't do much better than heroin.
 
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gistech1978

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Originally posted by: KarenMarie
I ask myself, over and over.... wtf was his family.

If you know someone you love is addicted to something, you usually keep a close eye on them. and if you dont hear from them in a certain time frame, then you go looking. And I dont know about others, but if someone I loved were in trouble, I would have them locked up until they are no longer a danger to themselves.

thing is, imho, he became such a fat cash cow that those that could have helped him were too focused on the $$$!
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you think no one tried?
the man struggled with drug addiction for years and years.
yeah its easy to judge his friends and family for 'not being there' but i can see how it can be easy to get disillusioned when the person youre trying to help wants no part of it. eventually, they will all give up. his bandmates, his friends, his family, his fans.
no matter what you say or do, they have to quit on their own free will. and junk is not an easy one to kick.

 
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Feldenak

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Originally posted by: KarenMarie
I ask myself, over and over.... wtf was his family.

If you know someone you love is addicted to something, you usually keep a close eye on them. and if you dont hear from them in a certain time frame, then you go looking. And I dont know about others, but if someone I loved were in trouble, I would have them locked up until they are no longer a danger to themselves.

thing is, imho, he became such a fat cash cow that those that could have helped him were too focused on the $$$!
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IIRC, one of the reasons AiC stopped touring was b/c the rest of the band saw how much worse his addiction got while on tour.
 
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TheNinja

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Would it be over the top to get something like AIC SunPatch tattooed at the top of my back along with some black designs and/or flames off the sides of it? :)
 
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KarenMarie

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While I understand what the replies to my post are, I still maintain that someone should have had him locked up for his own good and kept there until he was not a danger to himself.

Drug addiction is hard to kick, but not impossible.

:)
 
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azazyel

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Originally posted by: Staley8
Would it be over the top to get something like AIC SunPatch tattooed at the top of my back along with some black designs and/or flames off the sides of it? :)
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Yes, it would but it's your body
 
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Originally posted by: Staley8
Would it be over the top to get something like AIC SunPatch tattooed at the top of my back along with some black designs and/or flames off the sides of it? :)
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My best friend got a tatoo of a design based on that AiC design.
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: Staley8
Would it be over the top to get something like AIC SunPatch tattooed at the top of my back along with some black designs and/or flames off the sides of it? :)
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Good friend of mine has this on his leg, I was going to get one as well. I have this patch on my bag right now :)


:sun:
 
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Feldenak

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Originally posted by: KarenMarie
While I understand what the replies to my post are, I still maintain that someone should have had him locked up for his own good and kept there until he was not a danger to himself.

Drug addiction is hard to kick, but not impossible.

:)
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Like it or not...you can't force someone to beat an addiction.
 
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