Layne and Mark Lanegan Discussed Collaborating, We talked about [working together] from time to time, Mark Lanegan told CDNow in April 2002. But having the circumstances of their death constantly rubbed in your face because so many others are experiencing addiction must be difficult. She said she believes her daughter was there that night to be there with Layne as hes doing his transition., 10. Finally, Starr left angry. Staley wasnt the sort to hedge his bets when it came to calling his own drug-related death. Bob Forrest & John Frusciante Visited Laynes Home. He would never perform with Alice In Chains again. }); simplerGPT: true, Staley sightings became increasingly rare, and rumors circulated that the singer was wasting away in his Seattle apartment, doing nothing but drugs, painting, and playing video games to pass the time. "Layne shot me up first a couple of times. ", At this point, Staley was too weak to fight on and admitted to having accepted that the drug would get the better of him sooner or later. (Volume 2) Castaway, Chemical Tribe, What it Takes, Dying Inside, Siddhartha, Hurts Don't It? The pain is more than you can handle. 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. According to Ferrano, even though everyone around them knew that they decided to accuse Parrott of causing Staleys addiction and depression. .addService(googletag.pubads()); "@type": "BreadcrumbList", } googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_top_1', [[300,250],[336,280],[728,90],[970,90],[970,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-1') pubID: '434bb5e4-3704-4b75-b36c-785a444462bd', 9. And it's a little comforting to think Staley at least didn't believe he was alone at the end. (Terry McGinnis/WireImage). Description: Demri Lara Parrott Murphy (February 22nd 1969 - October 29th 1996) was an American model, artist, and muse, and an amateur actress, girlfriend and later fiance of Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley. 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. You dont get the same singular experience listening to Godsmack (which took its name from a Dirt track), Staind, or Creed, who adopted the superficialities of Alice In Chains sonic and thematic signposts and reconfigured them into interchangeably angsty and thuddingly poppy plop-metal. googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || []; ", "I think people would be surprised that he [Staley] was raised in the Christian Science Sunday School for twenty years," his mother, Nancy McCallum, said to Alternative Nation in 2015. If you have a better quality version of this photo please send it! 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. He was supposed to record guest vocals for a song by Taproot, but his body was found shortly before a recording session was set to take place. Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready remembered this version of Staley being funny and lucid, and without a doubt he was not reluctant to be a star.. He hadn't yet mastered singing high. 5. Around 1999/2000, Bob Forrest and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante tried to help Alice In Chains frontman Layne Staley get clean. 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. An appearance at Cypress Hills Smokeout Festival followed in October, and the bands first tour commenced in April 2010. The day of his death was estimated to be April 5, exactly eight years after Cobains suicide. It was later reported that the shooter believed that Pantera was reading his mind, which suggests that the famously affable Abbott was perhaps too good at connecting with fans. 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. 4. An updated version of The Book Of Rock Lists would probably be topped by Dimebag Darrell Abbott, the former Pantera guitarist who was gunned down onstage by a crazed fan during a performance with his band Damageplan on Dec. 8, 2004 at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio. 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. One way she's contributed to the fight is by helping run the Layne Staley Tribute Concert, which the article says is an annual celebration of Alice in Chains' contributions to music. ], His biological father, Philip Staley, vanished shortly after his birth in 1967, according to "Layne Staley: Angry Chair" by Adriana Rubio (and explained in Metal Sucks). Layne didnt get in, but sat in a chair sipping a beer. On the other, Staley's affair with heroin got serious fast. Its a very difficult thing to explain. Alice in Chains was opening for Van Halen on tour in 1991 when Staley, prompted by Parrott,. }); It's known that Parrott was upset about the situation because Parrott herself was an aspiring model and actress. Staley couldnt bring himself to join Cantrell on stage after being asked, and a photo taken of him backstage is the last image of the singer before his death. Well, what have you got? "@type": "ListItem", I hadnt seen him in a couple of years and wasnt prepared for it. }, 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. More about Demri Parrott edit Dating History # Rosheen Raugi "There is no f-----g way I'm going to do that," he shouted. Demri Parrott probably is referenced in the most AIC songs that we know of: *Love, Hate, Love. But as far as the public was concerned, Staley lived out the rest of his doomed existence as the ghost of grunges skeezy past. On January 28, 2001, he saw Layne again at a Super Bowl party. Much of the interview deals with his ongoing experiences with heroin addiction, which he claims were about to take his life. Far Out Magazine details one of Layne Staley's final interviews, as published in "Layne Staley: Angry Chair." } Over a torturously slow metal-blues riff, Staley denounces the hypocrite norm, running their boring drills, and commits himself to consuming whatever drugs are available to him. Needless to say, we missed the game and kept pretty much everyone else from watching it as well., That day we were talking and he said he had gotten a call from the old Rage Against The Machine members and they were putting together a new project, and they wanted him to audition. "Alice In Chains: The Untold Story" says the two met in 1988, before Alice in Chains blew up, and that it was "love at first sight." "position": 4, That version of the band still records and performs. (Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage). sid: '1366', She wasn't happy with the suicide ruling and wondered what more there might be to the story. .defineSizeMapping(mapping2) var mapping2 = googletag.sizeMapping() The last time Kathleen Austin Demris mother saw Layne was in 1997. Taproot were recording a new album with Alice In Chains producer Toby Wright in 2002, and wanted Layne Staley to sing on a song, according to Mark Yarms book Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge. .build(); function(bids) { He was found dead on March 8, 2011, in his home in Salt Lake City as a result of a prescription drug overdose. Most people who love Sublime today are fans of a band that Nowell hasnt been a living member of for 15 years. "He finally kicked heroin use, and I'm still fighting," the singer said. .addSize([0, 0], [[300, 250], [336, 280]]) They also were on hand that year to accept an MTV Video Music Award for best alternative video, an appearance punctuated by drunken shoutouts to Happy Gilmore and Lynyrd Skynyrd and an awkwardly slurred tribute to Nowell. Alice In Chains late leader Layne Staley tragically lost his fight against addiction on April 5th, 2002. }); In the soaring chorus, Staley harmonizes with Cantrell on lines that spell out the catch-22 that defined his final years: Whats my drug of choice? Throughout, Cantrells off-kilter, shotgun-blast-to-the-intestines guitar work acts as a queasy counterpoint to Staleys dead-man-walking howling. Kinney, though, continued to have fun the old-fashioned way on the Shi--y Cities tour in 1992. } She said he looked like a kid again, and at that moment there was no darkness in his life. .defineSizeMapping(mapping2) .addSize([990, 200], [[728, 90], [970, 90], [970, 250]]) What Happened Next? "itemListElement": [ apstag.setDisplayBids(); Starr was likely the last one to see him alive. { *Confusion. nodes: [ "@context": "http://schema.org", I invested a lot of money on treatments. Still, its the brand name that puts butts in the seats, and Alice In Chains has drawing power; Black Gives Way To Blue sold 126,000 copies its first week, good for a Billboard debut at No. Since both Staley and Cobain were smackheads and ran with the same musicians, the assumption was he might know something. I can get by without them. I know he was joking, but I dont like to hear stuff like that. !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"); It took Layne Staley, Alice in Chains' lead singer, a while longer to kill himself with a speedball. Im not going to quit doing drugs. simplerGPT: true, Staleys method of killing himself was slower and more painful, but ultimately no less effective. Still, obvious as it was, Staley got defensive when pressed about his habit, worried it would come to define him. Staley was on the sofa, illuminated by a flickering television. Demri Parrott was in relationships with Rosheen Raugi (1993 - 1996), Kent Lake (1988), Paul Uhlir (1987 - 1989) and John Baker (person) (1984). googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_sidebar_1', [[300,600],[300,1050],[300,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-7') If its coming from someone, not in her obit or living in Seattle its probably not true and can certainly be verified through one of them. ), the No. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_sidebar_1', [[300,600],[300,1050],[300,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-7') googletag.pubads().disableInitialLoad(); "@type": "WebPage", Layne and Demri. .build(); In October of that year, his former girlfriend and fellow drug addict Demri Parrott died of bacterial endocarditis. Demri Parrott Remembered. Gaugh and Wilson tried as best as they could to capitalize on Sublimes unexpected and poorly timed success, signing a deal to release a series of archival records collecting early songs, outtakes, and remixes, starting with 1997s Second Hand Smoke. In a very real way, both men remain the most important members of their respective bands. I was about 20, and music became my only obsession to stay alive, he said. Two crack pipes were waiting on his coffee table, and several more used needles were uncovered when his body was moved. Befitting a band that preferred to work spontaneously and under the influence of strong substances, Sublime is a spotty, erratic record, with more dead ends and half-formed ideas than successes. }, When [Dirt] came out, the thing did not leave my CD player, Godsmack singer Sully Erna told Cross in Rolling Stone. She loved creating decopage with 30s and 40s vintage style images cut outs from wrapping paper or old greeting cards. During those years, Staley became a recluse and barely left his apartment. { No one would ever see him alive again. He was holding a loaded syringe and was sitting on a batch of used ones. }, 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. 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. Nowell was musically precocious as a child, able pick out a tune on his guitar after only hearing it once. As Layne sat there and Ann was swimming, a huge meteor went over them and it lit up Laynes face. Dirt plugs you into the day-to-day slog of one addicts life; even if you don't connect with the record, you still cant help but feel a dull ache in your bones and the sting of rancid sickness in your nostrils. 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. } }); 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. "@id": "https://www.alternativenation.net/10-surprising-stories-about-layne-staleys-reclusive-years/", googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_content_2', [[336,280],[300,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-4') About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . ver: '1.0', She will know it sooner or later. The two had argued over Staley's condition until Staley threatened to end the friendship if Starr reached out to the authorities. To quote a Staind album title, the legacy of Dirt is colored by 14 shades of gray. 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 would get so angry at me, he would be ready to get out of the goddamn moving car. But Staley wouldnt see or talk to his bandmate. We may earn a commission from links on this page. googletag.cmd.push(function() { Although they were no longer together, Staley was clearly devastated by the news. adServer: 'googletag', The memories alone give me a contact high. Just as Alice in Chains became famous, Staley's girlfriend, Demri Lara Parrott, introduced him to heroin. }); The 20th anniversary of the death of late Alice In Chains frontman Layne Staleys girlfriend Demri Parrott was over the weekend. "And now they're turning against me, and now I'm walking through hell, and this sucks. But its a surprisingly decent addition to the Alice In Chains canon. Then, two things changed. Demri was born in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, in the United States of America's Pacific Northwest. FULL FILM: https://youtu.be/qMlLfrU5fjsAlice in Chains lineup throughout the Layne Staley era consisted of Layne Staley (87 - 98), Jerry Cantre. A year later, though, drummer Sean Kinney painted a different story, saying, "I talk to Layne, but we don't hang out. According to MTV, the book "Layne Staley: Angry Chair" details the AIC singer's final interview with author Adriana Rubio, an Argentinian journalist. I know Im near death, Staley continued. She was hurt that they chose someone that looked like her rather than having her do it. On April 5, 2002, Layne Staley took a speedball a combination of cocaine and heroin and passed away (via Diffuser). It was love at first sight. But those successes, which include singles like What I Got and Santeria frontloaded in the first half of the record, made Sublime a leftfield and shockingly prescient smash, predicting and capitalizing on musical trends that were just taking hold when Nowell died. Despite his numerous attempts to get clean, Staleys body was discovered in his Seattle condo, with toxicology reports finding his death was the result of an accidental overdose. Mar 14, 2016. I dont give a fuck if you fucking believe me or not, dude. complete: 1, "@type": "BreadcrumbList", 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. Demri Parrott was famous for being the ex-fiancee of Alice in Chains frontman, Layne Staley. Cover for 'Alice and Chains: The Untold Story,' by David de Sola. The frontmans ex-fiance passed away because of a drug overdose on October 29, 1996, at Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland, Washington. Johns a guitar player. The most disturbing song on Dirt is Junkhead, co-written by Staley and Cantrell. " Kinney recalls. From the start of Dirt, youre trapped in Staleys skin, and for the next 50 minutes there will be no escape. This marriage of sound and fury unites Dirt as a justifiably unpleasant concept record of immense (and immensely sickening) power. "item": { He seriously, seriously hated "Rutherford." }); Late Alice In Chains singer Layne Staley was reclusive his his final years prior to his 2002 drug overdose death, but stories have surfaced over the years about collaborations he discussed, his hobbies, and run ins he had with old friends. In April 1997, Sublime entered the Billboard Top 20. The article notes that Jerry Cantrell had told Kerrang! 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. 7/19/94. Demri Lara PARROTT Left this world October 29, 1996; born in Bremerton, Wa, on Feb 22, 1969 and attended school in Arlington. I know who started it and they know too, but its funny I read stuff from people who make a statement as if they were there, knew her and it was fact and people believe them. Whats going on. And demri parrott kinda introduced him to heroin, i believe the first time layne used it was in the backstage of a show when demri gave to him. Parrott, too, was a heavy drug user and fatally overdosed on October 29, 1996. 99 talking about this. The singers life was full of trauma, and drugs, at first, offered him an escape from his pain. According to Alice in Chains: The Untold Story, it was love at first sight. I know I have no chance. Kaths death was good for only No. According to "sources close to the band," Staley lost his 27-year-old ex-girlfriend, Demri Parrott, to a heroin overdose later that same year. As for fans that object to another man heading up Sublime, Ramirez seems content to play the haters gonna hate card. After that, I dont think he wanted to go on., He died because he wished he had done right by the one person he knew for sure loved him for the poor butt rocker he was when he met her and hed be the first to admit it.. 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. Money, status, nothing to me, Staley sings, though thats not completely trueits the money and status that allow him to live this way. Demri's obituary. I know why youre here. I am interested in rock music, creative writing, drama, and yoga. { However, she goes on to say that her late son was "shocked to find that God isn't going to dig you out of every tunnel that you put yourself in to. Staleys horse-addicted ghost is still Cantrells muse, only this time Staley is actually dead. He never made it, so Chris Cornell went and got the job.. From rough beginnings to the deadly experiences with hard drugs that stole his prime and took his life to his final years as a recluse, these are the tragic details of one of rock history's greatest voices. "I never wanted to end my life this way," he continued, lamenting but ultimately accepting his decision to start using crack cocaine and heroin years before. The specificity of Dirt is what makes the album so moving, and its the most obvious attribute separating Alice In Chains from the legion of bands that emerged to take its place after Staley slipped into permanent heroin hibernation. "I know I'm dying," Staley is reported to have said. In 1993, when the band was touring in support of "Dirt," Staley would walk offstage midsong to get high. "@type": "ListItem", "They asked if he believed in God? Sadly, Starr wasn't too far behind his former friend and bandmate. Starr himself had drug issues and, like Staley, succumbed to their power. It seems strange, since Staley would, of course, go on to become one of the most noteworthy figures in a genre that would present itself as the antithesis of everything bands like Mtley Cre stood for. Layne: Nothing. .addService(googletag.pubads()); I'm Melisa. .addSize([748, 200], [[728, 90]]) He was reporting on his own ongoing dissolution, giving the play-by-play on his soul being ripped away from him. "Everyone always asks if that is Demri [Parrott, then-girlfriend of frontman Layne Staley], on the Dirt cover," he says."I think Demri's name might have been mentioned as a possible model once or twice, but it was never a serious consideration." What's not known is if they finally connected. A year after his death, a rare interview emerged with Staley that he'd given with Argentinean writer and music fan Adriana Rubio, titled Layne Staley: Angry Chair A Look Inside the Heart and Soul of an Incredible Musician. googletag.enableServices(); She was the fiance of musician Layne Staley. .addService(googletag.pubads()); 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. Meanwhile, Starr, who'd been introduced to heroin by Staley, drank a bottle of bleach used for cleaning syringes, thinking it was water. I think theres always been a little bit of death trip element [and a] survivor element, DuVall told Rolling Stone. But the loss still crushed him. "@type": "WebPage", Courtney Love, center, tried to chase down Staley following the death of Kurt Cobain (r.), to see if he might've known something about the mysterious circumstances surrounding Cobain's death. After a year in stores, it was selling 50,000 copies a week, eventually going on to sell 6 million. Layne Staley died on April 5, 2002. "@type": "WebPage", "name": "Deep Cuts" This portable projector plays your movies in crisp, high-contrast, 1080p detailno matter where you are. ,{ Soon, even bands directly inspired by early-90s bands would conveniently set aside the feminist idealism those groups were known for in favor of an unapologetically assertive masculinity that was both reactionary to recent rock history and restorative of the old status quo. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_anchor', [[728,90],[320,50]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-6') If you or anyone you know is struggling with addiction issues, help is available. Layne: Im okay, though. eyewitness account from Thorntons bassist Curtis Tillman. ", He then goes says his heroin habit was to blame, and he was well past the point of shooting up for fun. My liver is not functioning and Im throwing up all the time and shitting my pants. "When I tried drugs, they were f****** great, and they worked for me for years," he said. I didn't want my fans to think that heroin was cool.". The book says that former Alice bassist Mike Starr was visiting Staley the day before the singer's death. 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. He had just gotten pretty much the entire Nerf arsenal, so we went to war. "@context": "http://schema.org", Other (false) rumors emerged, claiming that Staley had contracted gangrene by shooting up and had body parts ranging from fingers to an entire arm amputated. "@type": "ListItem", 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. "position": 1, Sublime proved to be an ideal band for a generation that approached rock music with an irreverent, hip-hop-inspired sensibility. If you are interested in promoting your band/music email altnationadvertising @gmail.com, 10 Surprising Stories About Layne Staleys Reclusive Years, Why Stone Temple Pilots May Not Make Rock Hall of Fame (But Should), Dave Grohl Reveals Parallels Between Kurt Cobain & Amy Winehouse, Adele Melts Down At Las Vegas Show In Photo, Jessica Simpson Is Exploding Out Of Top In Photo, Pearl Jam Member Reveals Truth About Tom Sizemore, Travis Scott Alleged Victim Leaks Hospital Video. I dont wanna see people anymore and its nobodys business but mine.. "In 5thgrade, he [Staley] borrowed his Uncle Bob's trumpet, so that was his first instrument," said Nancy McCallum, Staley's mother, according to Northwest Music Scene.