Layne Thomas Staley (born Layne Rutherford Staley; – ) [2][3] was an American singer-songwriter. He was the original lead vocalist of AliceinChains, which rose to international fame in the early 1990s as part of Seattle 's grunge movement. · In the late 1980s, vocalist Layne Staley and guitarist Jerry Cantrell, friends who shared a Seattle rehearsal space, moved on from the breakups of their respective bands to form a new one, which became the grunge group AliceinChains. Welcome to the official Layne Staley website—where grunge meets purpose and the flannel never fades. Our purpose is to celebrate the legacy of Layne Staley, the hauntingly powerful voice of AliceInChains and Mad Season, by preserving his music, his message, and his messy, magnificent humanity. · On , when Seattle police officers kicked in Staley's apartment door after a relative voiced concern about his whereabouts, they found the lifeless 34-year-old singer sitting upright on his couch with a syringe of heroin in his hand, and cocaine and crack pipes on his table. · AliceinChains separated themselves from the Seattle grunge scene with a sound influenced by metal. Here is the sad story of singer Layne Staley's final days. · AliceInChains' Layne Staley is considered by many to be the greatest vocalist of the grunge era, and his legacy still lives on. · After a long struggle with drug addiction, AliceinChains singer Layne Staley died of a speedball overdose on — but his body wasn't discovered for two weeks.
