Layne Staley
Layne Staley
Layne Thomas Staley was an American musician who served as the lead singer and co-songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains, which he founded with guitarist Jerry Cantrell in Seattle, Washington in 1987. Alice in Chains rose to international fame as part of the grunge movement of the early 1990s. The band became known for Staley's distinct vocal style, as well as the harmonized vocals between him and Cantrell. Staley was also a member of the supergroups Mad Season...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth22 August 1967
CityKirkland, WA
CountryUnited States of America
I was in a band when I was 15. We were a glam band. Then I couldn't afford to buy makeup. At the time that was the thing.
There's no huge, deep message in any of the songs. We recorded a few months of being human.
I don't do much else but stay in my hotel room.
Being me is no different than being most anyone else, I guess.
It's just writing about things, feelings, not that we're dark or depressed...just as much as anyone else is.
Every article I see is dope this, junkie that, whiskey this - that ain't my title.
I haven't read anything but regurgitated rumors. Nothing new, and nothing true.
I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15.
It was all about music, about getting your friends to come and see you play. I don't see that same intimacy happening very much today.
We write about ourselves because we know about ourselves.
Music is the career Im lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other desires and passions.
Our perception of songs that we've written... the meaning changes from day to day... to whatever stage we're at in our life and careers.
I'm not doing well. Don't try to talk about this to my sister Liz. She will know it sooner or later.
We started this band as kids, and as time has gone on, we've grown and are learning to accommodate each others' differences.