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Layne Staley Biography

Layne Staley is one of the most popular and richest Rock Singer who was born on August 22, 1967 in Kirkland, Washington State, United States. Singer of the grunge band Alice in Chains who died at the age of 34 from a drug overdose. Also, he was a part of Mad Season the Seattle-based supergroup.

The band was similar the band of the Kurt Cobain group Nirvana in the late 1990s.

Layne Thomas Staley (born Layne Rutherford Staley, August 22, 1967 – April 5, 2002) was an American musician best known as the original lead singer and co-songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains, which rose to international fame in the early 1990s as part of Seattle’s grunge movement, becoming known for Staley’s distinct vocal style and tenor voice as well as the harmonized vocals between him and guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell. Staley was also a member of the glam metal bands Sleze and Alice N’ Chains, and the supergroups Mad Season and Class of ’99.

Staley began playing drums at age 12; he played in several glam bands in his early teens, but by this point, Staley had aspirations of becoming a singer. In 1984, Staley joined a group of Shorewood High students in a band called Sleze, which also featured future members of The Dehumanizers and Second Coming.

The parents of his birth were Phil Staley and Nancy Staley who separated when seven years old.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Staley met guitarist Jerry Cantrell at a party in Seattle while working at Music Bank rehearsal studios in 1987. A few months before that, Cantrell had watched Staley performing with his then-band, Alice N’ Chains, in his hometown at the Tacoma Little Theatre, and was impressed by his voice. Cantrell was homeless after being kicked out of his family’s house, so Staley invited Cantrell to live with him at the Music Bank. The two fast friends lived as roommates for over a year in the dilapidated rehearsal space they shared.

Layne Staley Net Worth

Layne Staley is one of the richest Rock Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Layne Staley's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He worked hard to achieve fame and fame with the hope of inspiring his father to return to his life. He along with Alice in Chains released their debut Album, Facelift, in 1990.

He sang songs such as “Queen of the Rodeo” and “Bleed the Freak.”

Staley was born Layne Rutherford Staley in Kirkland, Washington on August 22, 1967. His parents are Phillip Blair “Phil” Staley and Nancy Elizabeth Staley (née Layne). Staley did not like his middle name “Rutherford” and would get angry every time someone called him by this name. He legally changed his middle name to “Thomas” during his teens because he was a fan of Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee.

Local promoter Randy Hauser became aware of Alice in Chains at a concert and offered to pay for demo recordings. However, one day before the band was due to record at the Music Bank studio in Washington, police shut down the studio during the biggest cannabis raid in the history of the state. The final demo, completed in 1988, was named The Treehouse Tapes and found its way to the music managers Kelly Curtis and Susan Silver, who also managed the Seattle-based band Soundgarden. Curtis and Silver passed the demo on to Columbia Records’ A&R representative Nick Terzo, who set up an appointment with label president Don Ienner. Based on The Treehouse Tapes, Terzo signed Alice in Chains to Columbia in 1989. The band also recorded another untitled demo over a three-month period in 1989. This recording can be found on the bootleg release Sweet Alice.

In the early 1990s, Staley enrolled in several rehab programs, but he failed to stay clean for long. At one point, the other members of Alice in Chains flew to Los Angeles for weekly therapy at Staley’s rehab. During the Dirt tour, Alice in Chains manager, Susan Silver, hired bodyguards to keep Staley away from people who might try to pass him drugs, but he ended up relapsing on alcohol and drugs during the tour. Kurt Cobain’s death in April 1994 scared Staley into temporary sobriety, but soon he was back into his addiction. Alice in Chains’ managers turned down lucrative touring possibilities and kept the band off the road, hoping that would help Staley. Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready also tried to help Staley by inviting him to his side project, Mad Season. McCready had hoped that playing with sober musicians would encourage Staley.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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In 1985, Staley and his band Sleze made a cameo in Father Rock, a low-budget movie from Seattle’s Public Access Channel. In 1986, Sleze morphed into Alice N’ Chains, a band which Staley said “dressed in drag and played speed metal.” The new band performed around the Seattle area playing Slayer and Armored Saint covers.

“Man in the Box”, the second single from Alice in Chains debut album, Facelift (1990), garnered Staley critical recognition for his vocal style. Alice in Chains’ EP, Jar of Flies (1994), debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, making it Alice in Chains’ first record—and the first-ever EP—to top the chart. However, Staley’s deteriorating condition due to heroin abuse led him to enter a rehabilitation clinic. He began to work on a side project with several Seattle musicians, Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees and John Baker Saunders of The Walkabouts, which came to be Mad Season, while Alice in Chains went into hiatus.

Who is Layne Staley Dating?

According to our records, Layne Staley is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Layne Staley’s is not dating anyone.

Alice in Chains released their debut album Facelift on August 21, 1990, shaping the band’s signature style. The second single, “Man in the Box”, with lyrics written by Staley, became a huge hit. “Man in the Box” is widely recognized for its distinctive “wordless opening melody, where Staley’s peculiar, tensed-throat vocals are matched in unison with an effects-laden guitar” followed by “portentous lines like: ‘Jesus Christ/Deny your maker’ and ‘He who tries/Will be wasted’ with Cantrell’s drier, and less-urgent voice.”

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Facts & Trivia

Layne Ranked on the list of most popular Rock Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Layne Staley celebrates birthday on August 22 of every year.

Staley was raised as a Christian Scientist, but was critical of religion in his adult life, stating in a 1991 interview: “I have a fascination with how brainwashed people get with religion and how they’ll give up their money, their time and their whole life for a cause that they’re sure is right, but I’m sure is wrong. I think there’s a lot of people who are scared of life and living and they want to make sure they get to Heaven or whatever. I try to stay away from it as much as I can. I was raised in the church until I was 16 and I’ve disagreed with their beliefs as long as I can remember, so when I had the choice I chose not to believe in anything apart from myself.” Staley also stated in a 1999 interview that the song “Get Born Again” is about “religious hypocrisy”.

Who found Layne Staley death?

On April 19, Staley’s mother gave Seattle police permission to kick in the door to the singer’s condo, where they found an 86-pound Staley dead on his couch.

Who got Layne Staley's money?

Staley’s mother Nancy McCallum contends the surviving members of Alice in Chains owe her half of the money due Staley – about 16 percent of the hard rock band’s income.

How did Layne Staley get addicted?

That rabbit hole of drug addiction that Layne Staley found himself in began in the early 90’s– in 1992 to be exact–when his former fiancé, the late Demri Parrott, had introduced him to heroin.

Did Layne Staley have gangrene?

In 1998, amid rumors that Staley rarely left his apartment, had contracted gangrene, and had lost the ability to ingest food and was living on a diet of Ensure, Jerry Cantrell told Kerrang! that the members of Alice in Chains regularly hung out at Staley’s house.

Did Layne Staley have one arm?

In 1998, Staley contracted gangrene as a result of his declining lifestyle. He couldn’t even ingest food fully at this point and survived off of supplements. There were rumors that Staley lost an arm to gangrene, but there is no photographic evidence of this injury.

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