Layne Staley Interview Alice in Chains 1996 part 2 of 2

[@RottiLuvr5]

One quote by Layne I will always remember ...... Whatever dramas are going on in my life, I always find that place inside my head where I see myself as the cleanest, tallest, strongest, wisest person that I can be. -Layne Staley

[@CrawfordDrummer]

A Layne Staley solo record and book would have been amazing.

[@VotesGuitarShop]

Mad seasons the closest thing your gonna get

[@jimmyschmidt5077]

They made a book called angry chair id love to have it

[@55shocked55]

this man was the true meaning of an artist.

[@Sarah.Riedel]

What a creative, humble and compassionate soul. When he talks about the people he's touched through his and Jerry's lyrics there is such a genuine gratitude to have actually been able to reach people in that way.

[@The90sGamingGuy]

Layne had a big heart. He was not some heartless junkie. All those journalists bad mouthing him deserve to get punched in the face.Layne will live on in the music he left us.

[@lizbabe28]

Everyone tried to help him. He was in rehab 14 times. He really really tried to get better. He lived way longer than anybody expected. He was so special, it's not fair that he is gone, but I do know that his friends and family did try everything. He simply didn't want to stop using, and then couldn't stop due to withdrawal. RIP, Layne. I think of you every day.

[@criskatan]

Pure propaganda in line with "Project Heroin", which he didn't want to be a part of anymore.

[@blitzshriek999]

God, just listening to him talk makes me want to bawl, let alone listen to that wonderful singing talent that we will never hear again-wish he was still here doin stuff

[@sorrowstories7687]

Layne Staley - one of the best vocalists ever! Miss him.

[@pho3nix-]

I bet his solo work would have been mindblowing.

[@karlanadia2012]

5:47 aaaaaa, Layne laughing.... priceless!!!!!!!!!! Missing you so much!

[@Boganator4]

Layne was a multi-talented person it seems. As all musicians are. never knew that he was.

[@newparadigmbeings4127]

Beautiful voice. Beautiful soul.

[@williamdesario7047]

Great video/interview....enlightening. Miss ya Layne......gone way too soon.

[@oxrjbizzle1984y]

i have dealt with and am still dealing with my own heroin/opiate addiction and i kno how tgh it really fucking is, so i have a lot of sympathy for layne! if many of us had the money at our fingertips that layne did we would have similar endings to him, so we should not be so quick to judge him! he was one of the best singers in rock EVER, his voice is fucking so unique and singers have been trying to steal his style since he started! RIP layne, you will always be missed! new aic is cool tho!

[@nonyabizz928]

rjbizzle1984 I have just got off opiates 10 days ago. How awful.. How hard. The withdrawals. Whew. Im sure heroin is 100 times worse. Heroin is evil !!!! It has killed too many !! RIP. Layne. Missed.

[@cblev3694]

He had so many plans that he never got to follow through with... :( The solo album, the book...

[@angelyn40]

Thano you for sharing this with us all. what a joy to hear his voice. Today would have been Layne's 42nd b'day and i, just like all of you would love nothing more than to hear his wonderful vocals again.

[@angelyn40]

"We've taken some painful feelings and pulled them out of ppl & made it sound beautiful....and make it easier for that persson to deal with those memories and/or feelings" sniff sniff....i miss him so! Thanks for sharing this with us, at least we can still hear his voice and watch him in videos! Poor Nancy, how difficult this has been for her as a mother.

[@jonboshears]

God i wanna hear his solo record and read his book

[@AICMasta]

Hey this was great thanks for posting! You can just hear the pain in his voice but tell he was such a caring and considerate person. R.I.P Layne

[@otinane95]

thank you for uploading this!! its a great interview..

[@satanictaffy]

I cannot even stand what a sweetheart he was 😭

[@yoramenraps1011]

he's so beautiful

[@66ALicEiNCHaiNS06]

that last question was the ..... omg.... moment.. R.I.P LAYNE!

[@NoBadBlood]

too bad they didnt make another record with Layne. such a shame. loved the vid!! Thanks again!

[@lysyrg251911]

Good for you. A person who finally does his own homework,without asking others or going to stupid sites for information.

[@alice2663]

Sounds like that i am not the only one who was wondering about Mike Starr.my memory of Layne will not be forgotten.I will miss him more than any will know.At first I really didnt want to hear much about Mike,now its like,wow,they were best friends,what the hell happend, and why.

[@lennycarter7885]

EXPcustom Thanks for uploading this. I read your comment on the re-uploaded video. Report it so KZbin could take it down.

[@fluxerflixer1]

I only wish I could go back to April 2002 and save this beautiful man!! I am sick that his close friends didnt make something happen! Its always wish I could have or why didnt I...... If only we could turn back time. We love you Layne.

[@SalandFindles]

You're actually wrong. April 5, 2002 IS the exact date that Layne died from a Speedball overdose. Mike Starr was there the day before, on the 4th. They got into an argument because Layne told him that he was so stupid when he was high on those pills he was on at the time. Mike confessed to all this on Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. Didn't you know all this? The stuff that "hipcatjz" said 3 months ago in his comment on here is 100% true. You can't dispute this, no matter what.

[@CopperPriestess]

I love hearing him laugh at 5:46 X) It also sounds like he keeps playing around with a zippo in the background noise.

[@hipcatjz]

No, Mike was at Layne's house on the 4th, but thats not when he died. Mike decided not to call 911 because Layne didn't want the help. They argued a bit about his condition and how he should seek medical help etc. and the "party" ended with Mike storming out and Layne calling to him, "No, dont leave like this". The next day Layne speedballed and died.

[@przemi95]

i hope that somewhere somehow there's some of his solo unreleased work from his last few years, just imagine..

[@cmonabear]

Layne was a pure genius. Wish he were stil here. I wonder if we will ever get to read the book he was working on.

[@strongerthanallgtr]

this is awesome with the talk about the effects on the vox thats sick :)

[@lgmatt1420]

Thanks for this interview also.RIP Layne Staley

[@coldfire2227]

my god that last interview question got me. imagine if layne wasnt so consumed by heroin all the records alice in chains would have made....man fuck heroin!

[@MrSplattycakes]

God can you imagine a book wrote by him? it would've been amazing

[@Ичкерия90х]

Beautiful Layne is the most talented musician ever!!!

[@erraticchromatic]

4:22 they are cranking a bong!!

[@emilynelson7393]

erraticchromatic Yeah they are!! Lol

[@pacovl46]

Generally, a blood morphine level of 0.5mg/L is caused by 75 mg - 80 mg of heroin, the established maximum lethal dose, even for severe addicts. A blood level of 1.52 mg/L generally indicates an original dose of approximately 225 mg - 240 mg of heroin.

[@kylas124]

whats sad is he and kurt both died on april 5th

[@laffytaffy2916]

Always amazed me that such huge, powerful, belts could ROAR 🦁 out of Layne out of no where, talking voice so soft almost sweet and RAWR, for a chain smoker! I remember standing on the stage ramp and feeling his voice a second or two rocking my feet before it blasted out of the PA, when you were and AIC fan back then and lucky enough to get that close and knew a Staley belt was coming like at the start of “Junkhead” it was unreal and a little scary⛓⛓⛓

[@commenter6763]

Apparently he was writing a book for five years at the time of this interview (1995 or '96), but died in 2002. He had extra time to write more. Where is this material at? Does it still exist? Also, all those extra years and he never finished solo work or did anything else in music. Why? I guess he just gave up on being a rock star all together. Sad.

[@bdizzzzy]

Video games took over his time

[@hipcatjz]

Yes, im just glad you understood it WAS sarcasm.

[@chucksk8er1]

That last question will haunt AIC fans forever. I got goosebumps

[@junkhead223]

The first question gets me, when he says were here, wish he still was. R.I.P Layne Staley.

[@MsUnderdog76]

Mike was a heroin addict,broke and in Seattle at Layne's apt. He was asked by Nancy whom he stayed away fr. for yrs. if he saw Layne die. That was a turning pt. for Mike and he decided to lie to her face. It was hard to watch and she didnt react but with tears . .He drove there to get free H. and driving so far a B'day would get Layne to party. Trained in detecting truth or lies I knew,not even knowing of Layne/AIC he was self-destructing and guilt was heavy. He was facing prison B4 this too.

[@WakeyUpU]

I always wondered if Mike was there and left him to die. He should have called 911 a real friend would have. Never trusted Mikes story we’ll never know now.

[@lysyrg251911]

Spot on. Mike knew Layne was dying and while Layne was nodding off, Mike decided to steal whatever he thought was valuable. Layne was in the process of making a animated cartoon for his Nephew which he almost had finished but none of that was ever found at the scene because Mike stole it. He later tried to sell that and other items he took under an assumed name. But through Nancy's friends she located all of the things that Mike stole and bought all of it. Later in an family conversation, she was asked if she got all of Layne's possessions back and she gave a big "Wink" of her eye.

[@WniGma]

Thank you for sharing that. Really nice one!

[@IdaIda-pj6eh]

thanks for this interview

[@shiran865]

i love layne so much!!!!

[@coldfire2227]

Yes, he drew the cover for Mad Season. He did some other artwork that his mother now has.

[@jmelkis]

@rhcpfolies I would want to see all of the notes. They've done that with some authors, but you may be right about it not being a regular book.

[@KiiNGB0NGx]

Wow great interview last question makes me so depressed it was the last AiC album recored with Layne and here he is saying they had intentions to eventually make another little did anyone know he wouldn't make another record also that he intened to do a solo albulm and a book so much stuff we'll never get to hear or read

[@madaicseason]

thanx EXP, appreciate it

[@lasnot]

this awesome thank you for posting. is there a bong brewing in the background?

[@TheRockchick1981]

To MsBrit78 If I could get a DeLorean I would diffently go back and tell him that. I was in distraught in 2002 when I find out he was gone. I just couldn't believe it. My roommate at college said I looked awful. Man I give anything to go back to tell him that but would he actually believe me? RIP LAYNE wish we could have you back dude.

[@hipcatjz]

Whatever you say man, but remember that Wikipedia never lies.

[@chrispy639]

Been working on a book for 5 years... songs... What happened to his writings? And art. Where is it?

[@MahirSahinovic]

Layne and Kurt was amazing artist and that's it. They didn't want to be someone to cry for. I love their music and i think that mostly sad people who have their inner demon's can make good art.

[@Tbizzz42]

The guy has so many plans.

[@JAY3AA]

GREAT THANKS!!!

[@momangus7791]

this makes me want to cry

[@lgmatt1420]

he played the drums in his younger days in a band called sleeze.....

[@zachw1014]

@EXPcustom can I get a link to that website lol,

[@MsJilsephonie]

what happened with laynes book? i would love to see that

[@corvus6865]

I miss him so much. T-T

[@pacovl46]

sorry i made a mistake. it's 225 mg of heroin per liter blood and not 2.25. and it was 1.52 mg of morphine they found in his system. to get a morphine level of 0.5 one has to inject around 75 to 85 mg of heroin. the 96% purity level of black tar heroin refers most likely to the state it's in b4 it goes through a 1000 hands and gets all cut up. by the way i didn't get my numbers from the justice for kurt site. and 75-85 mg of heroin is the maximum established lethal OD even for severe addicts

[@21MiaLee]

Actually he did die on April 5th, very sadly his body just wasn't found until April 20th when his family realized that he hadn't withdrew any funds from his bank account those last 2weeks. It's devastating how this amazing person died alone and so young. He locked himself in his condo during the last few yrs of his life during his downward spiral with drugs and depression, alot of people think it was mainly due to his ex-fiance's death in 1996. Such an extremely talented man..

[@erraticchromatic]

i agree with you man. Nothing compares to aic. Not a day goes by that i don't listen to them. rip Layne

[@SickenedBarbie1]

abbie...what was done to him at MTV Unplugged?

[@Crzycommander]

I think Rubio told the truth too it was just HOW it was written that was such a nightmare. Vece - I did not know about all the recants. It seems so many are hellbent on believing A, B and C and get really nasty when anyone else suggests a different side. The timing just seems odd right now in all of this. I wonder if they would ever let Starr back in the band or work together somehow? Thanks for the vids by the way.

[@Lazermaeb_]

where are the layne stayley basement tapes?

[@N3m3sis360]

did he ever make that book if so can u give me the name so i can buy it?

[@FangTehWolf]

EXPcustom I read those forums, are you the one who posted all the information or someone who read it?

[@LilLee965]

@WeDieYoung1083 wow how did you know this ??

[@neurochris]

You don't suck I just wish I knew when this interview was.

[@erraticchromatic]

you think the $15 mike he was talking about was used for the song Grind?

[@markreese7356]

erraticchromatic that's what I was thinking and possibly head creeps too

[@telltalemse]

oh my god he was writing a book?! does anyone know anything about it?......aw... jeesus where did you get these interviews? do you have anymore? this is some of the most real stuff from layne ive ever heard. i miss him so much :( now with the new album coming out i always think of him

[@lysyrg251911]

His Mother has it and said she would never release it because, she felt like people would look at her for trying to make money off her dead Son. Plus there are some very personal writings that she will only keep to herself.

[@whiteboydubs666]

what???when is laynes mother gonna be on there?

[@Eirik36]

did that book ever come out??? and if it didnt that really really fucking sucks

[@Disc1]

What has happened to his book? Can anyone update me on that?

[@pjev93]

Did he ever finish his book?

[@blitzshriek999]

I notice a lot of people saying how they have 'seen it'-no one mentioning 'experienced' it-it's now cool to see it as dirty and gross to be addicted. Part of the issue to why Layne gave up and said fuck it-he felt he was an outcast in this new subliminally subverted society that said 'drugs are evil and bad, look down on users'.Feel free to tell this ex-user to fuck off.

[@yolandalavignette5272]

I'm really late here but this ex user completely understands..

[@madaicseason]

I'm an ultimate aic fan, can anyone tell me what all this mike starr stuff is about? why would he be up for manslaughter?? what happened?? i gotta know. why was he kicked out of the benefit?

[@lysyrg251911]

Mike was on probation and under strict guidelines he wasn't suppose to leave the state of California. So, he had no intention of calling 911 or he would have gone straight back to prison.

[@theenigmajjames]

my point exactly my friend

[@SarahForgot]

I'm trying to find the date too

[@jopparow]

Anyone know happened to Laynes book?

[@tequiladave78]

@fluxerflixer1 Having lived in the same house as a junkie, I know how that is just impossible. Junkies will only get better if they choose to. No one person can change that... It's all up to them. I believe that his friends tried everything they could, but there's no way to stop it for happening unless he had made the choice. He was a troubled mind and unfortunately for is family, friends and fans, he chose his path. I too would love to turn back time and do everything I could to stop it. R.I.P.

[@pacovl46]

heroin turns immediately into morphine after it has been injected. his morphine level per liter blood was 1.52 mg 3 or 4 days after he died. This means that he most likely injected around 2.25 mg. This amounts to a 75x lethal overdose for a "normal" junkie weighing 150 pounds and a 3x lethal OD for a heaviest addicted person. In other words even a "heavyweight champion" junkie would have died on the spot. kurt weighed only 115 and had just left rehab, so his tolerance would've been down anyway.

[@peetvader478]

PacoVL46 so you think he killed himself on purpose?

[@pacovl46]

makaveli237 no! I think someone spiked him with Valium, then shot him up with a triple lethal overdose of heroin (a lethal overdose is a dose so large that it would even kill the most hardcore addict) and then shot him in the head with the shotgun! The reason I’m thinking this is because the heroin overdose was so massive that there’s absolutely no way he could’ve shot himself afterwards with the shotgun. After shooting up he would’ve been incapacitated so quickly he wouldn’t even have gotten the needle out of his arm. As a matter of fact, he would’ve either died on the spot or fallen immediately into a coma and then died right afterwards. Yet, the tourniquet was taken off, the needle was taken out of his arm, the sleeve was rolled down and buttoned up and all his paraphernalia were nicely stowed away in a cigar box right next to him on the ground. In other words, there was most definitely a second person in the room and he was murdered!

[@austinpaquin3221]

What book!!!???

[@zukev1]

He started out playing drums as a kid

[@pacovl46]

u r right, he was in rehab less than 24 hours, so his tolerance was definitely the same. but u r wrong about the 2.25 mg. ask any doctor or google dead men don't pull triggers and read the report. by the way i was wrong about heroin turning immediately into morphine it takes several minutes. nonetheless that much heroin shot up at once will definitely incapacitate a person immediately.

[@lysyrg251911]

Well,I'm glad you agree. You must have asked EXPcustom and he gave you the proper place and Info. from a family member to determin the truth. Enjoyied the sarcasm about Wilipedia,and glad you don't rely on the truth at their doorstep.

[@madaicseason]

that's just plain sad, I hope Mike gets this addiction thing before he ends up like Layne. But what about this manslaughter thing?? what's that about??

[@yerkil28]

@savagembrace for me mad season is his solo stuff and its great!!!!

[@leeenglish450]

that would be cool

[@funwithFred]

You..have..made..me..a..very..happy..woman.

[@lysyrg251911]

Wrong. No one knows when Layne diedThey were BOTH speedballing. Mike said "you look in bad shape,I should call 911" and Layne said "Not like this man". Layne passed out or was dying and Mike stole a buch of stuff from his condo.It went up for action by an fake name used by Mike. Layne's mom found out about this and bought it all back,exept the money and drugs Mike took. I've been over this in great detail from a source in Layne's family. Ask EXPcustom,he'll let you know just what happened.

[@tylerrose4416]

I know I’m like 5 years late, but mike said that Layne was his absolute best friend. Why would he do that? Where is your evidence?

[@yolandalavignette5272]

Because he was an addict, and when that beast knocks u answer, it doesn't matter how.. just get the fix. Sad but true.

[@Boganator4]

Was Layne a artist?

[@theenigmajjames]

Actually I am recovering from a 8 year long battle with opiates....Not everyones tolerance reacts the same way....I was in rehab for 21 days one time...the day i got out i got high and guess what? It took just as much as it did 2 hours before i got to the rehab center...so every bodys body reacts differently