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Alice in Chains separated themselves from the Seattle grunge scene with a sound influenced by metal. Here is the sad story of singer Layne Staley's final days.
Some interesting (and heartbreaking) facts came out about Layne Staley after his death, and some of them might surprise even diehard fans.
The lost journals of Alice In Chains' late Layne Staley are set to be published as a new book titled This Angry Pen.
Layne Staley‘s lost journals will be published in an official new book that’s set for release later this year. The book, titled This Angry Pen: The Lost Journals of Layne Staley, will feature ...
Alice in Chains' Layne Staley passed away in 2002, with a new book set to collect his journals, poetry, lyrics, and more.
Don’t sew your eyes shut! You’ll need them to watch this week’s Vault Guest Programmer. Featuring an interview with Staley, where he talks about directing his own band’s music videos and ...
One of the most iconic figures of the grunge era, Alice In Chains singer Layne Staley had stepped back from the limelight long before his drug-related death in 2002. Seven years later, in 2009, the ...
Coincidentally, two grunge pioneers died on April 5 — Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain in 1994, from a self-inflected gunshot wound to the head, and Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley in 2002, from ...
In 1993, while performing live in Sweden, Alice In Chains' Layne Staley invited a Nazi skinhead on to the stage before punching him straight back off it again.