Layne Staley RARE 1998 RECORDING With Jerry Cantrell

[@ФонФон-й7о]

Layne sounds even sweeter than ever.

[@Vaygon]

He was such a genuine guy.

[@evil_laughter.]

he was in such a dark time (obviously) but he sound so positive and cute in this 🥲

[@steez8287]

i think he was putting on a performance for his friend. seems like he didnt want to raise any alarms

[@Davidscomix]

This was in 1999, one of his darkest years

[@maraweisl3709]

This is how my heart breaks 💔💔💔💔😢😢miss him so😢

[@mrmister9860]

even in trying times, not every day is going to be bad

[@coolchickenboys]

He was most likely high and feeling good. Sad

[@ko0974]

His giggle is infectious 😅

[@RobertsonS61]

Nice😊

[@caylenking5222]

I never got to live at the same time as Layne but the incredible amount of respect I have for him is insane

[@heathertiller3644]

What does the fact that u didn’t live at the same time, have to do with anything whatsoever???

[@Davidscomix]

@@heathertiller3644he wanted to meet him obviously

[@scottpannell2286]

@@heathertiller3644also it’s a nice thing to think you shared the planet with someone you admire. I feel the same as this kid does about John Lennon. Born just after he was killed.

[@bigboss24T1]

I think that's confirmation you've got a good soul.

[@Xiroi87]

@heathertiller3644 it's relevant that Layne's talent is appreciated by someone from a different era, even if that's not the music of the OP's generation.

[@sillynelson1]

Man this is like listening to 2 old war buddies reminiscing after years apart. These guys made the most incredible music together but at this point it was just a distant memory.

[@playafromdasouth6]

More or less, they were friends all the time and Layne loved no one more than Jerry cause their connection was a true one: a soul connection and that's what Jerry always claimed too. I'm not sure about how their contact was in the last years of Layne but Jerry always was in Layne and Layne in him.

[@patriotist1873]

They didn't contact much after 1996 when the band broke up​@@playafromdasouth6

[@richardsiciliano7117]

​@@playafromdasouth6Well said, and a good reason why they sounded so great singing together. They were brothers.

[@goldenboy06]

Geez imagine what a distant memory all this is in 2024…

[@WornDownSaint]

@@playafromdasouth6 Jerry visited and played often with him until the last year or so and then Jerry flew Mark Lanegan to his apartment because Layne fell out of contact and he knew Layne would answer the buzzer for Mark. Mark and Mike Starr were dearer to Layne than any of his band mates. Layne really didn’t like or respect Jerry because Jerry was demanding and critical, and that’s why Jerry is still healthy and successful, even now.

[@shaunpilkington4625]

It still amazes me how such a voice is so mellow and kiddish sounding, yet powerful when belting lyrics

[@AlfimAlves]

It’s easy to deepen and darken your singing voice above a certain pitch, a lot of tenors are soft spoken despite sounding like demigods live

[@moonriseillusion]

I'm a simple man, I see Layne at the suggested videos, I click. RIP 🖤

[@johnpeterolff8640]

The guy had a intrview of a liftime when Layne called in.Instead of keeping the convo going.He said "thanks for calling in Layne" Layne stopped doing all press during that period.If you listen Jerry's voice gets all serious when Layne is asked about hearing Jerrys album.Its a damn shame where their relationship was at this point. I miss you Mr.Staley

[@MunkeeFWRrng]

It’s really heartbreaking to hear them talk to each other like complete strangers. It’s a shame how their friendship fell apart as Layne spiraled deeper and deeper into his addiction and self isolation. Rest easy, Layne. You’re dearly missed

[@ДжонГилл]

Just a crazy story if anyone cares, my uncle was on his way to a guitar convention or event that jerry Cantrell was gonna be at in FL, on the way there he heard on the radio that layne Staley was found dead, jerry Cantrell obviously canceled and my uncle never ended up meeting him, but thought I’d share

[@tracyhaney2176]

Wow that's pretty crazy! RIP Layne

[@yamuson08]

Hearing Layne's speaking voice, it's crazy that his singing voice comes out of the same person

[@brettfrykman6380]

Definitely sounds like Staley and Cantrell hadnt spoken in quite awhile here, very awkward. Its too bad how it all turned out, these two were an absolute force 7-8 years earler.

[@musicffan1863]

Very special man, he will always be missed ❤

[@Vaygon]

Such a genuine guy... But he Will be forever with US thx to his music. 💜

[@erikaleslie50]

The “you’ll hear about it real soon” kills me 😔😞😞 Long Live Layne 🕊

[@ryankemp7254]

You'll here about it real soon 😢

[@whois3581]

He was referencing the Class of '99 project with Tom Morello, Stephen Perkins...covering Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall 1 and 2 on the movie The Faculty soundtrack which was released later that year.

[@kanachanwhisper7174]

*hear

[@SwiftEhx]

@@whois3581the quality of that song was horrible and it’s almost haunting. Especially knowing it was his last song and he was in fact another brick in the losing battle to addiction wall 😢

[@DarlaKroupa]

What a couple of beautiful people both inside and out

[@LRM5195]

Knowing he was 90 lbs when he was found is insane

[@shwnmnstr77]

I wish people would stop fixating on that. That was like a coronoers report after he had been dead for like 2 weeks and lost all his body fluid. He was def. 100+ while alive. Super emaciated, but yeah not 90lbs while alive.

[@shakesdug]

@@shwnmnstr77 whether it was 86 or 106 that is still a ridiculous weight for someone 6' tall. such a sad ending for a very tortured soul.

[@amiinside91]

86 pounds partially decomposed. he was most likely walking around 130-140 pounds.

[@LRM5195]

@@shakesdug Exactly. The whole point was he was severely underweight. NO ONE knows his weight upon death. All these people getting mad in the comments have small dicks

[@Jasonk89]

​@@amiinside91 No way in hell he weighed 130-140. That was his weight whilst being healthier around 90-93. I'm sure 86 lbs was just due to losing all the fluid etc. but he could not have weighed more than 110-115 at the most. Looking at the last photos from around 98-99 you can definitely see he's gotten almost skeletal and that was 3 years prior to his actual passing. I've read the David de Sola book in which his mom states he's never weighed more than 150-160 and that was in his in between rehab stints in 93 when he looked way fuller and bulkier. He's always been a lean guy. Being 6"1 obviously didn't help his thin figure.

[@Vaygon]

Layne we still miss you to this day. Your voice was amazing , and your personality was amazing too. Forever Layne!!!

[@GreenWithEvil33]

😢

[@KRM2]

man thats just heartbreaking, he sounds so upbeat :(

[@0n_a_plain.]

This is too sad 😢 I love them and miss Layne 😢😢

[@danny.217]

I love you Layne, the best vocalist in rock/metal ever.

[@DBKMX]

I listened to this live I couldn’t believe when Layne called in

[@bongeggs]

must have been super hard for Jerry to have Layne on the line like that after all that had gone on

[@SomethingNowhereMan]

I was born at this year. I never really got to know his music before his passing, but I’m grateful enough to know that I at least shared the same air as Layne once did. Rest in power.

[@atargetcartontheground9930]

I’m sad Layne passed before I was even born 🥲

[@KevinP32270]

LEGENDARY!!

[@richardsiciliano7117]

Seems like this should have gone a lot longer than 2 minutes.

[@MandrakeRoots]

Wish it would have...Layne was cool as a cucumber

[@WornDownSaint]

It was. There is another video of the 20 minutes the whole band was on radio.

[@tracyrichards6545]

2024 we miss you Layne 💔

[@kathyguerndt2795]

Anything with Layne is absolutely priceless Love this so much

[@slimfraud]

i miss layne 😥

[@fonkyjunkie]

Man i miss his voice so much

[@rqseblood]

Such a sweetheart 💔

[@Sarah-ug2rx]

Thank you for sharing this ❤ RIP 🌹💝

[@scowlfarm3061]

I wish Layne had found recovery from addiction🕉️✌️

[@MandrakeRoots]

Or was able to deal with deep depression...drugs are ok when you use, but never abuse.

[@GreenWithEvil33]

Layne wanted to die after Demri passed

[@kristinaboggs2241]

Such a handsome man

[@k.r.outlaw9489]

This is sad. It’s odd to hear them talking like they don’t know each other when they have brother tattoos.

[@tracyhaney2176]

What brother tattoos? All Layne had was on his (I believe LEFT) arm and man on his shoulder w/eyes sewn shut. I could be wrong.

[@WornDownSaint]

They didn’t love each other. Jerry loved what Layne was capable of that he wasn’t. Layne didn’t respect Jerry but was afraid of what he could do as composer of the band. There was no love, and that’s why Layne shut him off in his final months. Jerry was/is a demanding businessman. Always has been. Layne wasn’t about that life. They’re two totally different people who had an opportunity and only 1 of them took it. Listen to 31/32 by Jerry Cantrell on his Degradation Trip volume 2 album. He beat his own addiction battles and came out clean. He’s a fighter.

[@oxicon]

how do you know this? ​@@WornDownSaint

[@BethanieLantisdismyudo]

❤️ Layne Sure do miss him

[@JesseChand]

The you'll here about real soon comment hurts me deep down man

[@WornDownSaint]

Anyone see that recent video of the guy doing a tour of Laynes apartment that went up for sale? Still mostly original, including the original buzzer. He did an entire walk through with the realtor. Pretty amazing.

[@TheMCzorro]

Phone compression made me think that Layne sounds like a teenager here

[@PMC47]

I heard this live on the radio on a simulcast.

[@UrFavGuyInABassProShopHat12345]

I literally was about to look this up before I came up first in my recommended

[@RobertBrown-h1f]

What an incredible voice of my generation! Rest in peace ❤️

[@Kiki-kt9kk]

So sad, I feel like this was the last time he heard publicly talking, true loss RIP Layne you are missed 🖤

[@TheAlexLamberty]

Blanche!

[@Samideaux]

“you’ll hear about it real soon” at the end man… 🙁

[@xxLonniExx]

"You'll hear about it, real soon" We mean new music, Layne 😢😢

[@kickstartonly]

Bless Layne Staley 🖤

[@lancer7p]

That explains the lyric on Pig Charmer

[@matthewphelps3446]

You’ll here about it real soon is so sad

[@Soothing432]

Kinda awkward of a conversation, RIP

[@GenXMind67]

Truly bittersweet. RIP "Blanche".

[@paolomolinelli666]

The vibrant laughs get to me, this feel like an anti-climactic special moment; and I’m sure it was - perhaps in the good, perhaps in the bad. Most likely, in a bit of both

[@Лейла-э1ц]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@humorbegone]

😿 hearin Layne talk you wouldn’t have guessed the vocals he got on him

[@TheArtArq]

Always that kind person

[@ELVN111]

"Oh you'll hear about it real soon"

[@berealsupportive2744]

Was it for Class of 99 Another brick in the wall? He did that for the movie The Faculty 😊

[@heartofglass6697]

😢💔

[@Noob_Guy2k]

:/ he was going through a battle

[@kristinesanta6971]

Wow! I didn't realize that was B.C. from KLOS! My brother was on Rockline at least 5x w/different artists!

[@adamturner1563]

Brown stainer 😂😂!

[@amjh4lah809]

Like number 1k❤

[@followdanger890]

Damn

[@falconater68]

"OH, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT IT REAL SOON"

[@Professorkenneth]

"you'll hear about it real soon" 🥺🙏🏻 bloody hell..he was brilliant..so sad he's gone. Aic I liked better than Nirvana. They should have had the attention Nirvana did.

[@noneyabusiness1302]

😢😭😭😭

[@Mr.wiwattanakanTathaisong]

❤

[@markdubois3614]

Jerry and Layne should talk alone without out that other fella I think.

[@missbateman3250]

Layne😢

[@berealsupportive2744]

So now we all know. Jerry has very smelly feet. Lol the foot lovers in that are all loving this lol 😁 So this was when Layne wasn't with AIC? They had been apart for a few years? 1998 was a sad time even more now to me. Geri left the Spice Girls to go solo and Layne wasn't in AIC. The Kings and Queens of the 90s both missing a hugely important member. Sad 😟 Layne said he didn't recognize Jerry calling him by his name.

[@JonHop1]

why did he end the call so fast?

[@Don.Infinito]

Hello buddies. Please, Can you write subtitles on video? Tks.

[@sibbyeskie]

Was this just before the “Brick in the Wall” cover, and that’s the “big” thing he was referring to? That video and song was terrible and sad. His vocal in the chorus especially you can tell was all he could muster and theyre like “…we normally trash this but I guess this is as good as it will get.”

[@ddbennett21]

I think he was just joking about something big coming, this is a good 8 months to a year before he did that song

[@acidrain.cobain]

but we never heard what was actually going on at this time....maybe there is something like a montage of heck equivalent from layne that we just didnt heard of

[@j.c1574]

Satan hoof 😂😂😂

[@leftfield5914]

Layne cant really articulate much here

[@TML34]

His teeth have left the chat.

[@Mywayoflif3]

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