Alice in Chains Rooster Live in Kansas 07-03-96 (Layne's final show)

Alice in Chains Rooster Live in Kansas 07-03-96 (Layne's final show)

[@DrizztD88]

"I see that a whole lot of you kids dress up like someone who was in kiss, but don't see anyone dress up like me... what's up with that!?" RIP Layne

[@ko0974]

They were on tour with kiss .kiss were headliners. So kiss fans in audience

[@rihamy2nd]

@@ko0974 I think that was obvious. I believe OP was just noting that it was a cool line, which I agree.

[@TopRevs]

He didn't say kids

[@BlacksburgEV]

@@rihamy2nd I didn't know, thanks for the clarification!

[@trentacosta7328]

@@ko0974 DUH.

[@swisscheeseplease97]

The first time I heard Rooster it knocked me on my butt. Then I discovered Layne Staley. Then I couldn’t stop listening to AIC. Rest In Peace Layne. There’s no replacing you . You were truly one of a kind

[@reeltalkwithrealnurses9518]

That was my hook also. What a great band that I discovered way too late. I would have loved to see the original band live.

[@MGV23]

One in a life time.

[@joehiggs4349]

My story exactly. 44 years old

[@cindyfitzgerald4500]

I don’t care what anyone says Layne was AMAZING!

[@morgancoady4943]

Excuse my language, but who the FUCK questioned that?????? I need to hurt them 😂

[@troycartrayvick]

Biblical

[@HamzaWaked]

nobody ever said anything lol

[@cindyfitzgerald4500]

Hamza Oukkad I worded that incorrectly. I believe he deserves much, much more recognition than he has. He truly is a legend and in my opinion was better than Cobain . He’s in a class of his own!

[@HamzaWaked]

@@cindyfitzgerald4500 I totally understood what you meant, I was just kidding pulling your leg, and yes I agree he's way better than Cobain in my opinion too

[@nohabloemojislosiento4930]

It kind of blows me away that after AIC finished their set, the curtain behind Sean would drop, the stage would be twice as deep, and 4 aging dudes in makeup would walk on (or probably be lowered on on wires) and call themselves the headliners over this.

[@johangambleputty7658]

But, having done shows like this, it's an awesome place for the drummer to be. On big stages, I was always in the back, on a big drum riser. Sure, I would have a great monitor system, and could hear the band fine, but... Good live drummers work off the energy of the crowd, we take it in, and throw it back at them. And getting to set up closer to the crowd, and your band members, makes for a more powerful show. The energy is just that much more powerful and raw. In fact, one of my favorite shows was as an opener at a venue I had played at numerous times, but setting up that much closer to the crowd made for a great show, unforgettable!

[@robertsmith5744]

$$$$$$$$$

[@jfromstate8581]

Aye I know Sean didn’t mind , he’s been apart of the kiss army since a kid lol

[@devinmichaelroberts9954]

@@johangambleputty7658 way too go douche... his post had nothing to do with drummers but you still found a way to turn into an opportunity to brag about yourself! bahahaha

[@devinmichaelroberts9954]

@@johangambleputty7658 you know what they say... the drummer that always talks to everyone about how they are a drummer is no real drummer at all!

[@astrumfaerie]

layne fucking killed this. the fact that he gave it his all and almost died after this performance from an od is a testament to his artistry and dedication to the people there. some people argue that he doesn’t sound “as good” as he did from 1988-1993…no shit sherlock, crack and heroin were wreaking havoc on his health-the fact that he still sounds this powerful even when he’s sick as hell is insanity and places him up with the greats like freddie mercury, dio, and chris cornell. no one sings like him anymore and no one ever will. rest in peace, layne. 🤍

[@alexdeaton6031]

My God that last harmony sounded heavenly

[@yuritarded4774]

Man I’m just so glad Layne popped off for his last show

[@doose911]

Rest in peace Layne, you were the best. I just left a Alice in chains show. August 3rd 2019. I couldn't even stand listening to it without your voice. It just wasn't the same. R.I.P

[@chadmaddogcoleman4945]

That's all I'm saying ...

[@tylerspunucious7420]

That's a little extreme.

[@Ичкерия90х]

I agree. I cannot listen to AIC without Layne. The new AIC with William is a totally different band

[@luckylarry88]

The new guy who covers Laynes song was the worst choice of a replacement

[@xphile01]

love the head shake by Cantrell at 2:35 as the crowd gets louder ** oh yes here it comes ** Layne "Yeaaaaaaaaa"!

[@jdhall82]

I would do anything just to be there, nothing comes close, nothing ever will

[@wizza2315]

Facts

[@fargocheef]

props to the one guy in the audience with the VHS camcorder! probably had to sneak it in too! lol

[@NCFB4Life33]

He still sounded great

[@Ичкерия90х]

So great someone recorded Layne's final performance. Thank you for sharing! Layne is the most talented musician ever and AIC with Layne and Mad Season are the best bands ever because of beautiful Layne

[@sjay9398]

This seems very tense. Jerry keeps staring at layne worried. I'm pretty sure he almost died after this performance. He always gave his all, layne was a good man.

[@AndoThree]

He overdosed right after the show. It's crazy how powerful his voice still was despite the state he was in though.

[@r.a.contrerasma8578]

Layne died six years later in 2002.

[@sanzen1234]

You can't help but feel sorry for Jerry he didn't know what he could do- but can tell looked to Layne with love and also hate for what he was doing to himself

[@Rocxidesagolsem_9_6_3_]

LAYNE vocal sparks like a HD quality video

[@coldsummer23]

Вот как он это делает?!.. Спел так, словно чувствовал, что это будет последний раз.

[@lolilolmdrxd]

i discover this band in 2021, i'm an old fan of rock etc damnnnn one of the best singer and musicians of all the time

[@lisahudson9547]

I just found them not too long ago myself and I love it can't get enough just heard a song today never heard before lying season

[@xerotolerance13]

Outfuckingstanding audio!!!!!! Great job.

[@knightlove1000]

RIP laney. This was in KISS reunion tour , wasn't it?

[@Chingachgook89]

Layne forever! From Italy :)

[@Tarot_MisangelesyYo]

miss you... miss you... so much!!! LAYNE...

[@metalmonarch]

Layne Staley. Awesome. R.I.P.

[@juannicenboim]

Rip brother layne

[@puanani_usa]

Laynes earlier photos when they were just starting out are adorable. He really was a doll. But honestly this is one of the best looking bands at the time. Each guy was hot in his own way. This is when the 1st Mike was in the band.

[@gonzaloNMF]

second that. Those were some good looking pals.

[@ISAAKKUSH]

Yeah. AIC was a four flavours of handsomeness

[@JuLiGoKuVeGuEta]

I love you Layne!!!!!!!

[@shockzula2937]

My headphones just came.

[@josephdouglasgardenhourjr.1092]

What's quite eerie is that this day was exactly 25 years to the day Jim Morrison died. Gives me goosebumps.

[@nonameman7114]

Layne was a huge Morrison fan

[@zacharygutshall8452]

My only question is why on earth is aic opening for anyone?

[@santtusan6387]

It's KISS man

[@larryfreeman6942]

@@santtusan6387 fuck kiss

[@Ичкерия90х]

AIC is much better than Kiss. I mean AIC with Layne

[@wm1573]

Kiss sucks so damn much

[@sjay9398]

Probably because layne was very sick those days and could only handle an hour show instead of 3 or w.e

[@Butterfly98799]

This man never missed a note. I've listened and watched so many different concerts and he always sounds his absolute best. No one will ever sing like Layne. All he ever wanted to be was a rock star growing up then hated it. Jerry is keeping a close eye on him in this video, just like brother's do. ♥️

[@thomasdavis3998]

amazing voice

[@Saltyketchup688]

I do anything to be a part of that audience.

[@gustainchains]

Me too. I was born in 2003

[@TopRevs]

@@gustainchains me to

[@klm4446]

No other voice like Layne's, not anywhere. Not ever.

[@akrup8702]

6:41. That is all.

[@TreyBDrums]

Sean Kinney absolutely destroys his kit in the most beautifully intense fashion.

[@denkabernedo5285]

he looks so thin and fragile , we miss u , Layne :')

[@tahaakhlaq84]

I miss you and Love you Layne.

[@phillyduffy9831]

Best AIC song

[@noverrr4508]

Agree

[@NEWSUPERCHARGER2001]

The Greatest band died on this day, July 3rd 1996 Alice in Chains 25 years on, still never gets better knowing the greatest musicians of a generation chose to step down and walk away. Get Born Again and Died

[@pedrolandivar1648]

The unplugged was actually after this, on april

[@AngelWildBlue]

He was one of the best vocalists imo....Still get shivers listening to his soul laced voice....

[@thejoymakers7356]

LEGEND

[@gladyspaez6311]

Jerry see everytime layne maybe think he no its okey

[@chelseah763]

Would you mind if I posted this on my instragm ? A clip?

[@motorman1873]

Fucking awesome!!!!!!

[@claudioc821]

sounds fucking amazing

[@cjankforever5747]

I saw Kiss at Madison Square Garden during this tour and was so upset AIC had dropped out

[@bwah7]

huge. fucking Layne. What a waste. love him so much

[@Desireesorenson]

This hurts so much to watch this 😢like all die hard Alice in chains fans it's fucking heartbreaking to see our beloved layne sick thin and barely able to stand!!! But that Mother Fucker gave it his all!!!! 🤘🤘🤘 AIC FOREVER..

[@cortezmack8611]

Layne fucking killing it like always 👏 legend right there!!!!

[@jamesford2192]

the audio doesn’t work on this clip it’s just random buzz noises ?

[@JonathanXize27]

love you Layne .. rest in peace

[@lukasil4838]

Oh yes man, you found the way

[@mariastone5104]

Lol 😂 Layne kinda looks like Steven off of that 70's show in this video!

[@mrbailey4272]

The great 101st Airborne screaming Eagles. There story in Vietnam 🦅🇺🇸

[@matiaskarjalainen7968]

Was this recorded by R2-D2

[@cookieburger4242]

love you xo

[@matiaskarjalainen7968]

@@cookieburger4242 So it's OK that the video has space alien👽 noises, and you can't hear a word, because it was recorded in 1996?

[@revolution6661]

Put headphones on man, trust me, it's quite shite but you can hear

[@clarissabentley3421]

good mythical morning

[@diogueragrazy5067]

R i p leyne

[@KingCrimson82]

he just totally jazzed the chorus withoput mistake here and then just went back to the original metrum to show that he could.

[@jkoephoto]

hi Melissa, where did this footage come from and is there a way we could use it for a thing we are doing with the band?

[@dannydunn2772]

Melissa has been sharing these for 10 years..bless her soul❤

[@ghostsofutopija]

anyone could write what is he saying at the beginning?

[@ryan.1357]

+ghostsofutopija He said: "I see a whole lot of you dressed up like some of the members of KISS but no one dressed up like me. What's up with that?" Classic Layne.

[@ghostsofutopija]

+Nano B thanks:)

[@pmolqrcd3370]

He’s transmitting a frequency to space aliens.

[@jorron50]

Layne was the shit......

[@turnstylee]

Kansas City, Missouri.

[@longhaired93]

💔

[@OGsoupy]

Bruh the audio is fucked up

[@michaelprosperity3420]

Raw power and no bull shit. That's how rock is supposed to be. F the man.

[@originalfallinggirl]

Melissa has a killer last name

[@lukebyington5449]

This video just makes alien sounds on my raycons, but sounds fine through my phone speaker?!?! Only on this video

[@joshrohricht4948]

No sound

[@ivaninchains9650]

Espero que ese dislike haya sido un mal movimiento de mano...

[@iTzLiru]

you can like after you dislike you know puede gustar después usted aversión

[@ivaninchains9650]

I did not put the dislike, put another, i said an expression , only a fool puts dislike to this song

[@iTzLiru]

Iván Vázquez i dont get it

[@SkySlayer666]

High Kootra He just said " I hope that dislike was a missclick", he never said he did click Dislike, he was refering to the one to did it

[@iTzLiru]

SkySlayer oh i cant read Spannish

[@zombeast23]

😻 😻 😻 😻

[@Stoned_Jesus]

I dress up like you Layne! Haha

[@peetvader478]

Was there a pro camera crew filming this?

[@hugo.p.t3086]

Best audio bro

[@dancooper7233]

What’s with the sound?

[@revolution6661]

Need headphones, only low and high frequencies

[@drewt6235]

Thanks!!

[@zombeast23]

💰 💰 💲 💲

[@TristanDelGiudice]

It's all garbled?

[@revolution6661]

Put headphones on bro

[@Hey00074]

No se escucha ._.

[@RakimAiribe]

a Machine like of tone Vocal. but though in Sing voice. Rather then Vocal. -Jim Morrison. And this Really Oakland. 1992

[@brandonthomas9288]

Opening for any band was a travesty at this point. But it was Kiss. Really?

[@leomessi7058]

Is it me or is the sound quality shit?

[@joshh694]

Can't expect much from these bootlegged vids

[@DM-sc9rg]

Bootlegged from 96 stfu

[@charlesbalter3470]

This would be the song off, like, a Sony Camcorder recorded onto a mini-video cassette and then transferred and dubbed. And they still sound good to me.

[@leomessi7058]

@@joshh694 Apparently, it was just a glitch with my phone back in the day... I'm hearing this masterpiece now in my computer and it sounds really good.

[@mookhaze]

I practice this song... and it's impossible...

[@shahriark2]

Keep practicing, mate. You’ll get there eventually.

[@theophany1770]

Nope

[@scottcooneymusic6736]

I've tried to cover it. Its on my channel. I can't do it justice.

[@miajc6606]

I wanted to learn this song on my first week of learning acoustic guitar, but those barre chords killed my fingers 😭

[@kai326]

@@miajc6606 don’t play them with your index and pinky, play them with your index and ring finger instead. It’ll save you so much wrist ache and peeling skin

[@joelmiller6315]

NO sound jus6 waters

[@demonofdeath2020]

Yo there's no sound in this video??😂

[@kakashihatake6176]

You have to use headphones or earphones to hear this video

[@scarykurapika100yago2]

Melissa is a goddess

[@joseluis0301]

Una mierda el audio

[@charlesbalter3470]

Goddam, they were good.

[@kingsfield3945]

6:53 sounds off putting to me, like Layne was straining.

[@georgeciugureanu4052]

he was fucked up man...he was ressurected by the paramedics after that show and he "died" after that show

[@colettelutter7954]

He was dying in this show. Was his last show.

[@areid609]

He died years after this show...

[@matiaskarjalainen7968]

@@colettelutter7954 He died 6 years later

[@georgeciugureanu4052]

@Gisselle S i know...what i was trying to tell you is that he overdosed after that show

[@Dewteamsucks]

this is 5 monthes to the day I was born

[@stepheng887]

I thought so too but then realised American dating is different (🤔) and it's 1 month from mine.

[@matiaskarjalainen7968]

4 years, 4 months and 16 days before I was born

[@cookieburger4242]

just shut the fuck up

[@matiaskarjalainen7968]

@@cookieburger4242 Is this personal? Come fight me

[@jadentrestrail5398]

what's with the audio, dude? i can't hear shit but garbled noises. could barely hear the tones

[@joeydrumstix]

uhm maybe because its filmed by some random kid in the back of the stadium with a video tape camera from 1996

[@caseywinehouse777]

Use headphones. Doesn’t make it sound amazing, but you’ll hear a lot more of the instruments and Layne that way.

[@theDiReW0lf]

I can’t. Layne you son of a goddamn bitch. What a legend.

[@zombeast23]

🤑 🤑 ☠️ ☠️

[@rjmacready2737]

Great song. Phenomenal singer. Terrible video.

[@anotherbigfootwithinternet2147]

Y'all saying you could hear this, all I hear is water.

[@maccalex]

Fix the sound

[@manwithtwoeyes6911]

poor camera work. Not enough layne.

[@theginth74]

Anyone could write this (ghostsofutopija) or (da-babydumb?) but nobody ever had or did, except for AIC. Cantrell gets most of the credit, deservedly so, minus the drums and vocal talent he was fortunate enough to have around him. Why didn't anyone see how crucial Layne was to the music/art world, much less any project he took part in?! A constant intervention by the 'brilliant' Cantrell should've been the his focus, rather than writing songs that documented the downfall of the most talented individual his claim to fame ever had. Jerry got bitter and couldn't understand being the elite that he is, and cashed in on his 'homie's' addiction, rather than saving him. Even continued writing lyrics to prove he saw what was coming, what was obvious. It became not intriguing anymore, but rather like dafuq?!? You don't give a shit or was the plan you and Staley had was to ride til he dies?! Maybe so, and if not Cantrell, you suck as a human being.

[@pedobears]

ah well, i cant speculate about what went down, blame wouldnt matter anyhow, if you hear it, you hear it, i dont know what it means but i sure hear a lot. Recognition for a dead body is a fault of the living, dont get upset about that, just listen

[@patlaurin1631]

Dumbest fuckin comment ive read today!! What a fuckin moron you are

[@Lukescomment]

That is one big assumption.It is what it is man.Drugs perfected them,then it Destroyed them.

[@tiletom9118]

Easy to voice an opinion from above a microscope. When you're under it thing's go on as you're not being dissected.

[@Noname444-c3v]

Des Harris this statement of Layne was fake. He never said these things about the band, it was a fake interview by some “journalist”. His family denied it, he never talked to that woman. Another thing Layne didn’t die because of his lost love, he had broke up years before and also when he overdosed after this show his ex gf was still alive. People need to stop romanticizing his demise, it’s not Romeo and Juliet. Actually he had to cut the support and broke up with her to try to be clean, as she was not helping too. Thing is, Layne had a lot of people around him enabling his addiction, and a lot of people taking advantage of his money and fame to be supplied by drugs, and for this it was hard for him to escape this spider web...He tried 13 times...and right before his passing he was making new music and was going to collaborate with some artists...so he didn’t give up life, he just couldn’t get out of the hands of addiction...he just accepted that and was trying to live like a functional addict...I think the fight with Starr was the last straw, he didn’t want people to give opinion about his life or try to control it...and maybe he went too far that day, his body didn’t handle.

[@Garysmith2045]

Who was on more drugs? Layne, or this camera man?

[@brucemoyers1006]

Lame, with regrets.

[@cindyfitzgerald4500]

Bruce Moyers ru serious! Never Layne the Legend!!

[@scarykurapika100yago2]

Lol this guy must be a troll

[@user-iy5tk7el7w]

WTF happened to the audio?

[@grimzal214]

He forgot to bring his iPhone 15 pro max to the show

[@paulmarion8084]

Love the Rooster. Watch this girl belt this song out at a veteran's day event. Wait till she starts letting it rip. studio.kzbin.info1p7NejuBPkw/edit