Mad Season - Lifeless Dead (Live at the RKCNDY - NYE Show, 1995)

[@turtleman6281]

I swear Layne's screaming voice breaks my depression even if it's just for a moment

[@bettyf8616]

The very part where he sings 'yeeaayaaaah lifeless dead!!!' is SO fucking primal, so raw, it conveys so much of the pain he was feeling. It literally pierces me to the core. Such an amazing singer. His ability to make us FEEL was uncanny.

[@turtleman6281]

@@bettyf8616 🤘

[@turtleman6281]

@Josh Meza 🤟

[@gianluigicellerino7708]

One of the most beatyfull and particular I ever heard...I love his voice

[@turtleman6281]

@@gianluigicellerino7708 🤘

[@brianloher7617]

The 90s have the best music. It's not that I'm old. It's just the music today really does suck

[@gab7386]

You can appreciate both

[@Woodzillo]

Listen some Wavves- Afraid of Heights or Together Pangea- Badillac, you might dig 'em

[@Austin_Niepołomice]

I say that’s not really true and more that the industry simply cannot support bands anymore. Single artists are the only ones that can even make money’s willing music anymore. Also music movements are impossible now as there isn’t an MTV or radio that is the main source of music. Combine those two along with tours being the only way a band gets paid and more entertainment options all creating a recipe for disaster as far as rock, metal, etc... is concerned. It’s not because music today sucks and it’s more that the genres you like don’t know how to be viable anymore and music scenes emerging are almost impossible in the way ‘grunge like cam about.

[@motorizedmisfit-artist8535]

Brian Loher yep.

[@jaimecucalon2804]

@@Austin_Niepołomice I blame everything on social media and the radio. Image is being selles, not talent.

[@jessehutchings]

Layne is master of enthralling YEAHs. His voice goes off like a bomb

[@goudagirl6095]

The line that gets me and truly breaks my heart is "then a demon came to him, you must know I'm going to win..." I believe not only was Layne's struggle physical and mental but spiritual as well. He truly wrestled with his demons, and it may have been more than just a metaphorical saying. The horror of knowing that he lost his life to those demons who so tormented him is truly haunting (no pun intended). 😭💔

[@ladybecca1540]

I agree

[@OGStinkywizzleteats]

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

[@crazycatman5928]

Addiction sucks. I got clean then backslider and it’s even worse than before.

[@JoshuaJodell]

"Alone on dirty floor he slept" is a pretty heavy lyric even in today's songs

[@davez71chevy72]

McCready, Staley, Martin and Saunders just killin' it!!

[@call-me-dezz]

Damn it Layne you did it again, gave me goosebumps! 2:09 JESUS!!!

[@totoaddiction5603]

Great band , just one but is a masterpiece.

[@TheAndreluizcarneiro]

One what? Album?

[@totoaddiction5603]

@@TheAndreluizcarneiro sorry .......just one album and many ,many concerts .It' good now . Ciao from Italy

[@bettyf8616]

Actually seeing layne makes me cry sometimes...it's a bitter sweet feeling. The man only wanted peace from his demons. The torturous pain he could convey through his vocals was a haunting ability of his ...RIP layne

[@renrose2386]

Listening to this band gives me a kind of anesthesia from this boring life we ​​currently live, Layne and all the other musicians are a gift from the divine to us

[@Hrenee1015]

Couldn’t agree more !

[@dmax-zr9hg]

This band as a whole is awesome !

[@riverofdeceit]

This band is the love of my life. It hasn't changed since 1995.

[@lanedollar9415]

This is song is pure brilliance. I'm so blown away and grateful for the the person that posted this. What a masterpiece. I hope future generations honor this song. RIP Layne. He was the greatest frontman and singer of all time.

[@tomasribeiro2298]

Thank you for all these uploads. You made my week

[@artschoolkid9299]

That voice crack at 1:21

[@JacksonCopBlock]

That move @ 0:38, ROCK STAR!

[@David-m2f2f]

A good night the best in along time

[@jessechandler9572]

A new friend turned me on to an old favorite

[@Korcunball]

The greatest performer his music and voice will be with us forever

[@zolfodor4835]

What i would do to have seen this band,i wish there was so much more that we could have seen & heard,4 musically talented genius,s right there. ❤

[@crossbytedelafade6073]

My friends and I got to see their "Live at the Moore Theatre" show. My ex was friends with AIC so we had 2nd row seats just left of center stage. So we were in alot of the crowd shots. We also had backstage passes. They had a 6ft tall pyramid of beer among other things. Lol. It was an epic night and an epic show. One of my all time favorites. Top 5 for sure. The "Moore" has excellent accoustics and being that it's a theatre the show was really intimate. That was the first time I met Layne. He sat quietly in the corner most of the night. He was always a very humble dude. Oh how I long for a time machine.

[@zolfodor4835]

@@crossbytedelafade6073 no way 😍 how cool is that mate ?? Did you manage to meet the rest of the band aswell ?? One of the all time legendary gigs 🤘🤘 yeah i watched an interview with mike & Barrett & they said that venue is incredible,you witnessed something special mate.

[@crossbytedelafade6073]

@@zolfodor4835 Yeah Seattle in the early 90's was a great place and time to be alive. To answer your question yes, I met everybody in the band, but what was really cool is all the guys from their respective bands were there too. I had a chance to meet them all. Oh yeah Chris and the guys from Soundgarden were there too. It was a good time. I was invited to a barbeque at Jerry's house the next weekend. It was wild to say the least. Lol. Oh yeah and I got to hang out and watch the Deftones record tracks for "Around the Fur" too. But back then we all kinda ran in the same loose circles. Seattle isn't a huge city and if you were playin music and doing drugs it was inevitable that you'd eventually cross paths. Edit: Now I'm remembering all sorts of things I'd forgotten. You got me all kinds of nostalgic. Lol. Anyway be safe my friend and good luck to you on all your journeys.✌

[@zolfodor4835]

@@crossbytedelafade6073 wow,you have totally made my day mate,why do i feel like i,m buzzing & its something that i have had nothing to do with lol,i suppose thats the power & love of music & if theres one period in time that was special,that was it & those memories must be something else for you 👍🤘😍 if ever you come over to England,the beers are on me mate 🍺🍺 stay safe, take care & may these memories bring a smile to your face,you are one lucky dude.

[@moonagedaydream9786]

Thank you so much for this. This almost as good a resurrection from the dead. Soooo Love Mad Season. You are my youth. #LayneLivesForever

[@erinnothingtoseehere4992]

Mike shredding on that shit as usual! I think this from one of those shows where they hadn’t really worked out all the songs yet as the album wasn’t released until a few months later, but Layne really seemed to have this one down as opposed to “wake up” where he was still figuring out the lyrics. This band, this album, these musicians were incredible! Great performance! Happy to see new stuff from them popping up in my feed.

[@ottogofast3882]

Erin Faulkner I can definitely see that because Layne’s singing the melodies a little differently from the studio version but then again that could just be him feeling the music and improvising.

[@erinnothingtoseehere4992]

Warren Pellacani yeah true. He actually talks about the first couple gigs in an interview. They had only jammed a couple times the few nights before and he didn’t have lyrics yet. He said at one point he thought about running off stage while the band was waiting for something to come out of his mouth. I wonder was this one of those gigs? Or like you said, in the moment and feeling the music a little differently. Either way, a true artist and I love to see this old footage.

[@kittylaflamme3036]

Live At the Crocodile... First M.S show...making up songs...here is polished pretty much how the album sounds...in fact it is

[@kittylaflamme3036]

Original Wake up is just wake up...12 long years..this IS IT

[@goudagirl6095]

I've never heard it mentioned, but I'm starting to wonder if Layne was some type of musical savant, and/or if he had a photographic memory, because it was an _extremely_ rare occasion when Layne forgot any of the HUNDREDS of lyrics he sang over the years (and not just AIC/MS songs - even when he'd sing on other projects or with friends on stage randomly somewhere). Undoubtedly because of his drug use. But even _then_, he managed to 'stick the landing' on nearly everything. I can have the lyrics literally in front of my face, singing along, and STILL screw up. So that ability of his fascinates me no end.

[@nina-uq5nx]

One word- p e r f e c t i o n!

[@emirbalic8800]

Rock and roll can change the world

[@bythewaybytheway67]

My favorite Mad Season song!! Truth be told in this song!!

[@mohammedebaad1685]

The ultimate supergroup.

[@ravens112]

God this band was so underrated and amazing. Legendary!

[@richardkey4289]

This bands music is jarring, unsettling, beautiful, VITAL. Miss you Layne

[@jaredcampbell]

WOW, thanks for uploading this. Brings back amazing memories of that night. I was fortunate enough to be there with my wife and a couple friends. Amazing, crazy night!

[@shelbylioness_]

Still to this day nobody does it better...RIP Layne...😢

[@charlesschaefer7354]

Incredible thanks for keeping me alive Rock n Roll baby!

[@hessykat7551]

Absolutely GREAT!! Love you Layne, I dont think there is one song with Layne singing I dont like with whoever else in any Band he was incredible.

[@magnusodinson8834]

RIP Brother

[@keithmiller6743]

The more u listen the better it is, totally wicked awesome.

[@olpitelli]

5 Lifeless Deads brought back to life after hearing this

[@iamperfectingodseyes5903]

Love laynes hair like this!!! Bad ass!!!

[@danahicks9479]

One of , the Best vocalists

[@bryantbrueckner7310]

My favorite singer what a talent

[@stephtofil]

Barrett Martin is a storming drummer...

[@vinyldiary6664]

Badass, kickass drummer! Very underrated!

[@morelife6508]

He's framing a house. A la Bonham

[@dixirose111]

Talk about real!

[@jamesshindehite5599]

That double neck killed it.

[@laurawatters914]

INCREDIBLE!!! 😊💓🔥🤘✌️

[@greciaespinoza7122]

THE BEST BAND EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@grungemetalhd1668]

Grecia Espinoza nope, Alice In Chains was a better band than mad season

[@germanengineering204]

@@grungemetalhd1668 both were bad ass mad season only had one album but it's excellent!

[@albertofernandez9804]

It was a Great band, better than some actuals.

[@greciaespinoza7122]

@@grungemetalhd1668 jajaja I love AIC too!

[@jaimecucalon2804]

@@grungemetalhd1668 Well we can't really compare much with one album.

[@boodauzat5405]

The sweetest demonic yet angelic voice to ever intrigue your soul

[@jennifercaton9322]

You guys LIVE put studio recordings to shame. Thanx Mike & Barrett!

[@wallytr1804]

Um dos melhores vocalistas da história do rock Laney Stanley imortal, um vocal único até hoje não vi nada igual Queria que ele tivesse gravado essa música no ALC com o Cantrel.

[@renrose2386]

E não vai ver, só vemos agora lixos

[@RockNoTieneLaCulpa]

Yeah!!!

[@boodauzat5405]

Truly makes your sickness fulfilling yet not alone

[@ListedMia-sm4xm]

The drummer is spot on such an art to compliment a band so demanding yet delicately balanced

[@jamesshindehite5599]

Layne is the man!

[@JonathaSilva777]

That's my favorite, I think Barret is uploading those vids, thank u

[@vinyldiary6664]

Barret is such a badass drummer! VERY underrated!

[@sedalia9356]

100, the best performance

[@GeorgeTemelakiev]

Live at the Moore was better.

[@stevieb1295]

Greatest 12 string ever. Blessed are meek

[@ste1nhoff]

Amazing solo, amazing vocal Fuckin love this, fckin underrated

[@tinabell6583]

2 22 2022 Rock in Peace Mark 💜 seattlerockrgrrrl 💘

[@acidrain.cobain]

that solo !!!!!!!

[@dynjarren7523]

Sure, bring out the DoubleNeck! But you better bring it if you bring that guitar 🎸 out or you’ll look foolish! I’m glad to say this song sounds great here live! God, it’s almost feels like Laynes back and he’s alive again! His voice just dominates the entire live show! I wish a resurrection was possible but we’ll have to settle for this live show to be one of the last live documents along with the AIC Unplugged show! RIP LS

[@crossbytedelafade6073]

Check out "Mad Season live at the Moore". In MHO it's their best recorded show out there.

[@RafaelSales1]

Amazing videos, thanks for share!

[@InfluencesFromtheMiddleEast]

Esses vídeos são uma dádiva de Deus, cara!

[@chilltawilrecords]

0 DISLIKE THIS IS IT!

[@JamesShindehite]

Thanks for the upload, and thanks, Layne, for your voice. We miss you, Layne.

[@neilmartin3220]

Great song

[@joeydrumstix]

hey guys! this is actually NYE '94 12/31/1994

[@ottogofast3882]

She was gone and so he wept...

[@lauramalizia9636]

Which eerily happened a year and a half later when Demri died..

[@ottogofast3882]

Laura Malizia yeah but in this line he was referring to his high going away and the pain of withdrawals.

[@daniellevitoriaa840]

@@ottogofast3882 no it's about the death of his relationship with Demri.

[@KarlDelaney99]

@@daniellevitoriaa840 Yeah you're right. Look at the lyric "How he wished that they would wed"

[@crossbytedelafade6073]

@@ottogofast3882 Just because he was strung out doesn't mean every song he wrote was about dope. It may seem that way to you but "the eye of the beholder" and all that...

[@devious187]

All true Staley fans know this album was his epic, Jerry wrote most of AIC's songs (and still does) but Layne wrote or co-wrote every song on Mad Season's album and it shows, it's beautiful and haunted, just as he was... This is a fantastic performance

[@jimwilliams4215]

Awesome ... thank you so much for this clip!!! What a killer song ..... . .

[@mccartneycairns9380]

Thanks for uploading 💗 it’s so amazing!!

[@sahilbhardwaj1963]

I wish I could trade my life for Layne Staley. This world deserves him after all.

[@Elpiratamuere]

Fool...Layne didn't have any desire to live...you are in this world, alive, so conspire to be happy! :)

[@daveeuhus4493]

A very full on thing to contemplate even just hyperthetically.but i totally get where your coming from.as much as wish someone could trade there life for his.so we could have him back.your is worth somthing to this world im sure.nice thing 2 say though 🖒💣💥

[@RSPDiver]

Buddy, I’m living a shit show of a life and circling the drain in depression. You (and I) need to LIVE! Don’t fuck around with those thoughts!!! You have a purpose! Happy to connect and share thoughts.

[@richardkey4289]

Hey, don't say that; he is gone, we can't change that.but we have his art. NEVER offer what you just did.bad karma, man.you are here, now. Keep it that way as long as you can!

[@nightwalkerprod666]

No, the world do not deserves Layne, it never did...

[@musicffan1863]

Jim Morrison vibes😮

[@Runaddict1167]

Thank you so much! This was the best concert I haven't been to!

[@bryantbrueckner7310]

Pure fuckin grunge thank you

[@thomaskurina1170]

Incredible

[@mattdad8429]

Such a badass groove.

[@humbertojulianoblog4333]

Super banda

[@silver911100]

My God 😮

[@Bvinent626]

Not a single dislike. Let's keep it up.

[@albertofernandez9804]

6 now

[@agnesszajko8600]

Oh,I just woke up, and saw this new upload.Thank You #MadSeason You made my day!I love it!This perform different a little bit what I used from the Moore,but awesome.Million thanks from Hungary! And Layne...He is "just" Layne,awesome,perfect.I'm glad,and I'll waiting the next surprise from Mad Season tomorow(too)... ;)

[@danm2422]

I’m loving all these uploads!

[@lolilolmdrxd]

putain ses 2 groupes auraient pus l'amener au sommet, le goat.

[@josealbertobezerradesousa2004]

Ótima música!

[@Odarka_lu]

Thanx for the upload, this performance is gold. It seems even better than the one at the Moore, more raw and powerful to me.

[@StephanieSmith-e9k]

Fucking love mad season ❤❤❤

[@dipsonsitaula4262]

Fuckin epic! Raw as it could be!! Thank you for the upload you!

[@DerSpielfuehrer]

in the descriptions it says Mad Season performing "Wake Up"

[@danielcastillo219]

OMG why nobody knows this amazing band?

[@richardkey4289]

They were kind of a side project, but awesome chemistry.star burns bright, not long....

[@trentfriday1655]

Got a 14 year old named after this legend….

[@croay]

God bless VEVO

[@lauramalizia9636]

I feel like this song so eerily predicts a year in advance, Demri's death and how Layne declined quickly yet slowly to his own death 6 years after her in April 2002.

[@mkxv1]

On the simplistic side one could interpret the lyrics being about a relationship, but this is clearly about addiction. "unclean bed" "alone on dirty floor he slept" referring to nod outs ppl on H do and the pain with withdrawals "then a demon......" MS was his peak at writing, the poetry on that album is phenomenal. Plus, by this point Demri and him had broken up a good couple of years before, I really don't see a lot of mourning on his lyrics except for the song Died that obviously references her

[@snailtrailaquatics959]

Well he created the cover art based on a photo of him and demri, and referenced her repeatedly in the next album he wrote, so I’d have to disagree.

[@jaymz]

i looked this concert up and apparently it was on either december 31st 1994, or jan 1st 1995. thats what the setlist.fm show showed. if there is anyone who can back up the original date, let me know

[@kevincoady5248]

It was New Years Eve 1994/1995, so technically both dates are probably correct. I’d imagine the show went past mid night, but technically the date is Dec 31, 1994.

[@dannymathis7275]

Super Hero Rock!!!

[@deborahpisano59]

So true the devil thinks he's winning. But for some he's not.

[@salvatoremurineddu2448]

Super

[@daveclark3600]

how the fuck did i not know about this when it was released..

[@humquelegal2881]

Layne tinha muito estilo

[@jimwilliams4215]

When giants walked the earth! ☠

[@jmac7272]

Juicy and delicious!

[@DavidBlumberg-b3c]

I hate to say something like this, but truly how many out there are you on highland or methadon or both originally released and recorded? I just wanna know.

[@richardm8807]

It just dawned on me that McCready just did that solo on a fucking 12 string.

[@johnbagley8211]

What kind of dorks disliked this?

[@DavidJones-oq3xu]

Check out Mike mccready's guitar looking all Jimmy Page's cool🎀

[@PnwOnTour]

This place is a dental office now...they tried to save it but I think the rent increased to purposely drive out tenants to modernize.

[@faviansabado9513]

all the greats die young and tell there story on the way! its amazing to look back at songs written by the genius minds of tormented souls and addiction battled legends. the ones that hurt the deepest possess the lyrical art of connecting what they feel raw and articulate they live in misery behind the music but when inside of it they are free they are above all the pain and free of the grasp of demons, in this moment on this stage they rule them selves and the world, they control their own destiny! overdosed the way of death the story told comes to a inevitable end the last chapter he knew would come, the demon wins the almost untested champion of souls satans powerful undefeated weapon the life taker addiction! but his greatest tool is deception the skill of making god seem not real or worth our time, so deceiving we don't even contemplate that evil is real just humans being bad just religion causing division and wars! the sky fairy! that is the worlds problems! not the solution! lane knew the demon came and was going to leave with his life but he knew the demon which means he also knew god. the demon may win in your life most likely without question just don't let it deceive you he may win on this earth in this life but when life is lost god will save you! your soul will linger on outside of the grasp of demons in paradise the world is ran by satanic evil but the true heavenly and godly places where no evil can touch is obtainable through Christ! If you object you have already lost at life and even worse you will loose at death no matter what you want to say or what you feel or how dumb it all may seem your 100% without doubt wrong you fell for satans trick your mind is week faith eludes you and what a scary pitiful way to live void of hope no faith no purpose no real identity just the trick the world has played you with.

[@leestriplin554]

Why did the guitar player use a es1275 on this song? He only used the 12 string neck. Hmmm. Maybe thats his only 12 string. Likely a copy anyway but what a waste

[@davidfrazier2273]

Guitar player? Never heard of Mike McCready huh??????????

[@meltedglass4366]

You must know that I'm gonna win