Layne Staley
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1967-00-00
- Died
- 2002-00-00
- Works
- 0
Top works
- This Angry Pen of Mine
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Film & TV
Acting · Bellevue, Washington, USA
Layne Thomas Staley (born Layne Rutherford Staley; August 22, 1967 – April 5, 2002) was an American singer and songwriter who was the original lead vocalist of Alice in Chains, which rose to international fame in the early 1990s as part of Seattle's grunge movement. He was known for his distinctive vocal style as well as his harmonizing with bandmate Jerry Cantrell. Prior to his success with…
Known for
- Class Action Park — Self (archive footage)2020
- MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains — Self (archive footage)2020
- VH1 News Special: Grunge — Self (archive footage)2001
- Alice in Chains - Music Bank: The Videos — Himself1999
- Alice in Chains: MTV Unplugged — Vocals1996
- Mad Season: Live At The Moore — Self1995
- The Nona Tapes — Self1995
- Alice in Chains: Hollywood Rock Festival 1993 — Vocals1993
- Alice in Chains: [1993] Live at Rotterdam1993
- Singles — Himself - Alice In Chains (uncredited)1992
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Layne Staley (born Layne Rutherford Staley, August 22, 1967 – April 5, 2002) was an American musician known for being the lead vocalist, occasional rhythm guitarist and co-songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains from 1987 until 1998. The band rose to international fame in the early 1990s during Seattle's grunge movement, and became known for Staley's distinct vocal style, as well as the harmonized vocals between him and guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/La
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
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- GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
· 2017 · cited 8,075x
- Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger<sup>*</sup>
· 2017 · cited 3,589x
- Advanced LIGO
· 2015 · cited 3,005x
- Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A
· 2017 · cited 2,927x
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Key facts
- Also known as
- Layne Elmer
- Born
- Layne Rutherford Staley , ( 1967-08-22 ) August 22, 1967, Bellevue, Washington , U.S.
- Died
- April 5, 2002 (2002-04-05) (aged 34), Seattle , Washington, U.S.
- Genres
- Grunge alternative metal alternative rock hard rock glam metal (early)
- Occupations
- Musician singer songwriter
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar
- Years active
- 1984–1998
- Formerly of
- Alice in Chains Mad Season Class of '99 Alice N' Chains Sleze
- Website
- layne-staley .com
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Key dates
- Born
- 1967
- Died
- 2002
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bellevue
- Place of death
- Seattle
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- alternative rock
Article
Layne Thomas Staley (born Layne Rutherford Staley; August 22, 1967 – April 5, 2002) was an American singer-songwriter. He was the original lead vocalist of Alice in Chains, which rose to international fame in the early 1990s as part of Seattle's grunge movement. He was known for his distinctive vocal style as well as his harmonizing with bandmate Jerry Cantrell. Before his success with Alice in Chains, Staley was also a member of the glam metal bands Sleze and Alice N' Chains . He was also a part of the supergroups Mad Season and Class of '99.
"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.
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