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Apr 5, 2002 · Alice in Chains Lead vocals (1987-2002) Mad Season. Class of '99. Buy. Meta. Added by Bastien. Works 19. All. Songs written by Layne Staley. Original songs. Report error. Layne Staley wrote Man in the Box, Nutshell and River of Deceit.
- August 22, 1967
- April 5, 2002
Alice in Chains (AiC) is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1987 by guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney, who later recruited bassist Mike Starr and lead vocalist Layne Staley. Starr was replaced by Mike Inez in 1993.
- 'Black Gives Way to Blue' Alice in Chains. Easily the most touching and hauntingly beautiful song inspired by Layne's life was written by bandmate and longtime friend Jerry Cantrell. '
- 'Wake Up' Mad Season. This track from the Staley-fronted side project Mad Season, sounds almost as if Layne is warning himself of the trouble ahead -- urging himself to "wake up" and cautioning "slow suicide's no way to go."
- '4/20/02' Pearl Jam. Included as the hidden track on the Pearl Jam rarities disc 'Lost Dogs,' '4/20/02' starts playing 4 minutes and 20 seconds after 'Bee Girl,' the final song on the disc, stops playing.
- 'Died' Alice in Chains. Though this wasn't actually written about Staley, in fact, he wrote the lyrics. It's noteworthy in the respect that it is the last song he recorded with the band.
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- “Hate to Feel,” Alice in Chains. Written by Layne Staley. This song, released on Alice in Chains’ seminal 1992 album Dirt, was written solely by Staley.
- “Angry Chair,” Alice in Chains. Written by Layne Staley. This Alice in Chains standout was also on Dirt. While Jerry Cantrell was known as the primary guitarist and songwriter in the band and Staley was known more as the sublime lead singer, the two often switched and shared roles.
- “River of Deceit,” Mad Season. Written by Layne Staley, Mike McCready, Barrett Martin, John Baker Saunders. While grunge music was taking the world by storm, the Seattle-born genre was also connecting many of the Pacific Northwest’s best musicians in supergroups, from Temple of the Dog that featured members of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, to Mad Season.
Alice in Chains (AiC) is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1987 by guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney, who later recruited bassist Mike Starr and lead vocalist Layne Staley. Starr was replaced by Mike Inez in 1993.
Mar 30, 2021 · One of the few AIC songs written entirely by Layne, the third single from Dirt found the vocalist weaving memories of being put into time-out by his father into a soundscape of incredibly...
Aug 2, 2021 · August 2, 2021. Alice in Chains ' contribution to rock music can't be understated. While straddling metal, grunge, hard rock and more, the Seattle titans have helped keep heavy music in the mainstream over the last three-plus decades. Crucially, guitarist-vocalist Jerry Cantrell and the late Layne Staley achieved enormous success without ...
