}); .addService(googletag.pubads()); Its okay! Austin got that bear back after it was found in Laynes things after his death. "Alice In Chains: The Untold Story" says the two met in 1988, before Alice in Chains blew up, and that it was "love at first sight." There were times where someone had to go into the bathroom to see if Brad was still alive, Leary told Rolling Stone. But just as Layne Staley is present any time someone plays an Alice In Chains songeven an Alice In Chains song that hes not actually singing onNowell is the living dead, his spirit regenerated both by music he played a conscious part in creating and those who emulate what he left behind. His father was six years clean when they rekindled their relationship, but he soon started using again, and the two of them were getting high together. The frontman was fighting his addiction and wanted to get clean many times by entering rehabs or finding other ways to live a healthier life, however, he died due to a speedball overdose on April 5, 2002. I think maybe the percentage has been a bit inverted [on the new album]. But while the surviving members of Alice In Chains made sure to present their band as a newly evolved entity, Sublimes Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson are trying to pick up where they were forced to leave off in 1996, when their lead singer, Bradley Nowell, died of a heroin overdose at age 28. Demri Lara Parrott Murphy (February 22nd 1969 - October 29th 1996) was an American model, artist, and muse, and an amateur actress, girlfriend and later fiancee of Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley . Despite his numerous attempts to get clean, Staleys body was discovered in his Seattle condo, with toxicology reports finding his death was the result of an accidental overdose. An eyewitness account from Thorntons bassist Curtis Tillman contradicts this story. Ten weeks after Nowells funeral, Sublimes label, Geffen, went forward with plans to release the bands new record, though the original title, Killin It, was understandably ditched. Nevertheless, Alice In Chains has lived on like few bands of its time, and even in death Staley is still among the most vital singers youre likely to hear on the local modern-rock station. Demri Parrott. But nevertheless, Starr still blamed himself and never even spoke about it until that Celebrity Rehab interview in February of 2010. (Rolling Stone later noted that the heroin-related death of touring Smashing Pumpkins keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin that July garnered more coverage than Nowells death.) ], One of the many drenched-in-drug moments revealed in David de Sola's new book, "Alice in Chains: The Untold Story," has Cobain and Staley striking a deal while the bands were on tour in Rio de Janeiro. melisaiscan@rockcelebrities.net, When Neil Young Found A Way To Communicate His Son With Disabilities, Inside Of The Third Eye Blind: Departures, Net Worths, And Conspiracy Theories, How Journey Fans Were Divided By Neal Schon And Arnel Pineda Feud, Paul Stanley Appreciates Gene Simmons Overcoming His Biggest Fear For Him, Top Five Best Counting Crows Songs Of All Time, James Hetfield To Share The Screen With Peter Dinklage In Dark Western Thriller, Rob Halford Believes Ozzy Osbourne Needs Support After His Difficult Decision, Neal Schon Reacts To Arnel Pineda Fans Accusations, Total Bullsh*t, Nikki Sixx Applauds Selena Gomez For Her Courage, Ted Nugent Believes Americans Should Be Ashamed Of Themselves, Paul Stanley Reveals Gene Simmons Real Character Beyond KISS Persona. }); "name": "Deep Cuts" Courtney Love, center, tried to chase down Staley following the death of Kurt Cobain (r.), to see if he might've known something about the mysterious circumstances surrounding Cobain's death. This portable projector plays your movies in crisp, high-contrast, 1080p detailno matter where you are. "position": 2, By the time Staley actually was a star, he traded in the poufy-haired bravado of glam for the vein-popping gutter grime of Alice In Chains. } googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_sidebar_1', [[300,600],[300,1050],[300,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-7') "It would make him madder than f***," said Nick Pollock, one of Staley's former bandmates, who claimed he used to call his buddy variations of "Rutherford" just to mess with him. According to Greg Pratos Grunge is Dead and Mark Yarms Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge, many of Laynes rocker friends refused to give up on him and still tried to see him during his reclusive years. There will always be haters, he said in an interview with budZtv in 2010. .addSize([748, 200], [[728, 90]]) He had just gotten pretty much the entire Nerf arsenal, so we went to war. That charity fights heroin dependency in the Seattle area. Alice In Chains drummer Sean Kinney told Greg Prato in the book Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History Of Seattle Rock Music that Staley had long resigned himself to an early grave: Layne told me straight up, Im never coming back. } } asi: 'theadengine.com', And demri parrott kinda introduced him to heroin, i believe the first time layne used it was in the backstage of a show when demri gave to him. The pain is more than you can handle. I didn't want my fans to think that heroin was cool.". "This f****** drug use is like the insulin a diabetic needs to survive. } When I got there, Layne answered the door and he was back to the old Layne. I just believe that I'm not the greatest power on this earth. She was the biological daughter of Kathleen Ann ne Austin and . She was adopted by her stepfather Stephen John Parrott. apstag.init({ }); Its a very difficult thing to explain. The lesson of Black Gives Way To Blue, at least as it applies to the SoCal pot-rock band Sublime, is that there really is life after death in 90s rock, provided you can retain enough of your old sound to convince people to move forward with you. According to "sources close to the band," Staley lost his 27-year-old ex-girlfriend, Demri Parrott, to a heroin overdose later that same year. On April 4, 2002, Starr, high on benzodiazepine, offered to call 911. .addService(googletag.pubads()); "position": 3, In Greg Pratos Grunge is Dead, Laynes mother Nancy revealed that Layne was a video game freak. He had a big screen TV, 5 games 5 different gamers. Of course he did." Genealogy for Demri Lara Parrott (1969 - 1996) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. In 1988, Layne Staley met Demri Lara Parrot, a model who would eventually become a grunge icon. !function(a9,a,p,s,t,A,g){if(a[a9])return;function q(c,r){a[a9]._Q.push([c,r])}a[a9]={init:function(){q("i",arguments)},fetchBids:function(){q("f",arguments)},setDisplayBids:function(){},targetingKeys:function(){return[]},_Q:[]};A=p.createElement(s);A.async=!0;A.src=t;g=p.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];g.parentNode.insertBefore(A,g)}("apstag",window,document,"script","//c.amazon-adsystem.com/aax2/apstag.js"); .addService(googletag.pubads()); In fact, it was his accountants who first noticed something might've been up. For Nowell, being dealt a shitty hand was a fact of life, but so was the pleasure of smoking killer bud, and acknowledging the former didnt necessarily negate the latter. Far Out Magazine details one of Layne Staley's final interviews, as published in "Layne Staley: Angry Chair." Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready remembered this version of Staley being funny and lucid, and without a doubt he was not reluctant to be a star.. "Demri was a fashion icon in the Seattle Grunge scene. Can you try to talk sense to him?, Forrest agreed to, and he and Frusciante visited Staley at his Seattle condo. Learn More{{/message}}, {{#message}}{{{message}}}{{/message}}{{^message}}It appears your submission was successful. Demri had a look that seemed to define the musical era, beautiful in a small-town way with her bright eyes, round cheeks, and curly hair. There was a stash of cocaine and two crack pipes on the table. Club tells us, the year 1996 seems to have marked the start of his slow, sad downfall. } googletag.pubads().refresh(); Other than that, there was no promotional concert tour for Sublime, or any new music to follow it up. Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. They had chosen Kiana Lodge on Bainbridge Island as the wedding venue, thats why the private invitation-only memorial service for Laynes family and close friends was held there in 2002. } That night, Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr, who had just been tossed from the band, claimed he actually died and came back as he bounced from shooting up with one famed musician to the other. *Rain When I Die. .addService(googletag.pubads()); Well, what have you got? Staleys horse-addicted ghost is still Cantrells muse, only this time Staley is actually dead. Forrest had gained a reputation at the time as being someone who could communicate with addicts, he had helped Frusciante get clean in 1997. Where some of the records might have been more Scarface, this one is more Shawshank Redemption.. .addService(googletag.pubads()); .addSize([990, 200], [[728, 90], [970, 90], [970, 250]]) Layne Thomas Staley, singer-guitarist, born August 22 1967; died before April 19 2002. Much of the interview deals with his ongoing experiences with heroin addiction, which he claims were about to take his life. Demri was born in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, in the United States of America's Pacific Northwest. Nowell was musically precocious as a child, able pick out a tune on his guitar after only hearing it once. - CANADA \u0026 USA:- YouTube http://bit.ly/2Kbji5C - iTunes https://apple.co/2KNOCD2 - Vimeo http://bit.ly/2Iv1ywd - XBOX http://bit.ly/2K8AF6Z- Google Play https://bit.ly/3cwDybUWHAT IS CLASSIC ROCK? I don't need any help to get annihilated.". He wanted a teddy bear that Demri had had with her in hospital. To their shock and dismay, the two addicts discovered there was almost an excess of cocaine to be had in Brazil but no smack. Actually, the best of times was when everyone was just strung out on booze, coke and sex the basic musts on any rocker's CV. Mike Starr said he was going to be best man at Layne and Demri's wedding. Like lots of rock stars, Layne Staley didn't have the happiest, most stable upbringing. His biological father, Philip Staley, vanished shortly after his birth in 1967, according to "Layne Staley: Angry Chair" by Adriana Rubio (and explained in Metal Sucks). It was therapeutic and worked [for] me for a while until my dad saw my picture printed on a magazine., The singer divulged how his father became a bad influence on him. "The same s--t was going on again.". FULL FILM: https://youtu.be/qMlLfrU5fjsAlice in Chains lineup throughout the Layne Staley era consisted of Layne Staley (87 - 98), Jerry Cantre. The group didnt release another album with Staley following their eponymous third studio album in 1995, which gave Alice In Chains their first number one record in the United States. I changed my number. "I believe that there's a wonderful place to go to after this life, and I don't believe in eternal damnation for anyone," he said to Rolling Stone in 1996. Befitting a band that preferred to work spontaneously and under the influence of strong substances, Sublime is a spotty, erratic record, with more dead ends and half-formed ideas than successes. RIP Layne and Demri.. This past Saturday was the 20th anniversary of the death of Demri Parrott, Layne Staley's ex-fiance. . "I know I have no chance. His friend and Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan opened up about his death saying that Staley never recovered from Demris death so it was the main reason behind his death. } Hed been dead for two weeks; the tip-off that something was amiss came not from concerned family members or friends but from Staleys accountants, who noticed that he hadnt spent any money in several days. The book says that former Alice bassist Mike Starr was visiting Staley the day before the singer's death. What happened to Demri? Parrott was born in Bremerton, Washington to Kathleen Austin and Dennis Dougherty on February 22, 1969. }); The couple was defined as soulmates and everyone admired their passionate relationship. He was traveling with a bodyguard hired specifically to keep his drug use in check, but after the show he overdosed. .addSize([0, 0], [[320, 50]]) That same year, Alice In Chains played its final shows with Staley, performing on MTV Unplugged in Aprilthe bands first concert in three yearsand several dates with the newly reunited Kiss, ending with a gig in Kansas City on July 3, 1996. I'm Melisa. Though DuVall obviously apes Staley whenever his voice meshes with Cantrell on one of those ominous, crypt-keeper choruses, at least Black Gives Way To Blue doesnt ignore the track-mark-covered elephant in the room. "@id": "https://www.alternativenation.net/", The two were allegedly watching a show called "Crossing Over," which is about a psychic medium that helps connect loved ones to deceased relatives. But you don't write and sing songs like "Rooster" and "Would?" The specificity of Dirt is what makes the album so moving, and its the most obvious attribute separating Alice In Chains from the legion of bands that emerged to take its place after Staley slipped into permanent heroin hibernation. } Kaths death was good for only No. Now for the more positive things: Demri Parrott (which I recently found out was pronounced Puh-Row) was described by everyone who knew her as a bubbly, charismatic and beautiful girl. "Layne shot me up first a couple of times. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_anchor', [[728,90],[320,50]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-6') Staley was playing video games while they talked, and pretended to listen according to Forrest. .build(); Staley's girlfriend, Demri Lara Parrott, started shooting smack and Alice in Chains got famous. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . His will to live went with her. Mike Starr said he was going to be best man at Layne and Demris wedding. .addSize([0, 0], [[300, 250], [336, 280]]) And then, our neighbor sold him a drum set, and he changed his middle name to Thomas, because he admired Tommy Lee.". "@type": "BreadcrumbList", He hadn't yet mastered singing high. Demri was born in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, in the United States of America's Pacific Northwest. She says she hopes that her son's music will shed light on the disease of addiction that ultimately took his life. googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || []; Alice in Chains was opening for Van Halen on tour in 1991 when Staley, prompted by Parrott,. ", It's hard to tell if Staley would agree or disagree with his mom's take. Demri Parrott was an American model. Would you agree, because I kind of would after reading from many of the fan theories? Does taking Russian roulette out of the equation make Aces death any less spectacular? Though never verified, there have been rumors that Layne worked on a home demo called Everyday that he planned on sending to Jerry Cantrell, possibly as late as 2002. Much farther down on the most spectacular rock deaths list is Layne Staley of Alice In Chains. I didn't create myself because I would have done a hell of a better job.". Me? In 1996, Staleys life was turned upside down when his former fiance, Demri Lara Parrott, died of a drug overdose and when she passed, so did a bit of Staley. 99 talking about this. "item": { (Instrumental), She Was My Girl, Pig Charmer, Anger Rising, S.O.S., Give It a Name, Thanks Anyways, 31/32.Brighten (Jerry Cantrell solo record) consists of 9 tracks: Atone, Brighten, Prism of Doubt, Black Hearts and Evil Done, Siren Song, Had to Know, Nobody Breaks You, Dismembered, Goodbye.PAYPAL: https://bit.ly/2RlNUWCWHAT IS CLASSIC ROCK? But all too often, McCallum doesn't know what to say; she's just another grieving parent whose kid happened to be famous and touch lives. Demri Parrott (born Demri Lara Murphy on February 22nd 1969 - d. October 29th 1996) was the love of Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley's life.She was born in Bremerton, Seattle (WA) to Dennis Dougherty and Kathleen Austin, and had three brothers, Devin, Derek and David. var mapping2 = googletag.sizeMapping() Because he'd been a recluse for so long, friends and family who might've found him earlier didn't think it was particularly odd they hadn't heard from him during that time. In the end, his dad found him. Courtney Love tried to chase him down following Cobain's death. He never made it, so Chris Cornell went and got the job.. He'd been dead for weeks, still cradling a full syringe of heroin. Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. By this point he had quit [Alice In Chains], he had lost most of his teeth, and weighed barley 100 pounds. !function(a9,a,p,s,t,A,g){if(a[a9])return;function q(c,r){a[a9]._Q.push([c,r])}a[a9]={init:function(){q("i",arguments)},fetchBids:function(){q("f",arguments)},setDisplayBids:function(){},targetingKeys:function(){return[]},_Q:[]};A=p.createElement(s);A.async=!0;A.src=t;g=p.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];g.parentNode.insertBefore(A,g)}("apstag",window,document,"script","//c.amazon-adsystem.com/aax2/apstag.js"); He showed up in the recording studio toothless, emaciated and looking like an 80-year-old man. Demri Parrott was in relationships with Rosheen Raugi (1993 - 1996), Kent Lake (1988), Paul Uhlir (1987 - 1989) and John Baker (person) (1984). Taproot were recording a new album with Alice In Chains producer Toby Wright in 2002, and wanted Layne Staley to sing on a song, according to Mark Yarms book Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge. } dawn to dusk. Demri was the biological daughter of Kathleen Ann (Austin) and Dennis Wayne Dougherty. Demri Parrott was an American artist who was born on February 22, 1969. "name": "10 Surprising Stories About Layne Staley’s Reclusive Years" When Nowell finally pushed his luck with heroin too far in a San Francisco hotel room on May 25, 1996, his band wasnt yet famous enough to warrant much media attention for the tragedy. Bob Forrest & John Frusciante Visited Laynes Home. On January 28, 2001, he saw Layne again at a Super Bowl party. .build(); Alice in Chains was the first of grunge's big four to break out, but Nirvana clearly won the to-the-death competition. He ended up in the hospital. apstag.setDisplayBids(); "He finally kicked heroin use, and I'm still fighting," the singer said. But those successes, which include singles like What I Got and Santeria frontloaded in the first half of the record, made Sublime a leftfield and shockingly prescient smash, predicting and capitalizing on musical trends that were just taking hold when Nowell died. "It's heartbreaking and overwhelming and unnecessary." Staley's girlfriend, Demri Lara Parrott, started shooting smack and Alice in Chains got famous. In 2005, Cantrell, Kinney and Mike Inez, who replaced Starr as bassist, reunited for a benefit concert. "I promised that I would always be there for my children," she said to TheSeattle Times. "item": { As an act of first-person journalism from the depths of hell, Dirt has few equals in rock history. Layne told Wright, Wow, I get to perform again. Wright was preparing to fly up to Seattle to prepare the studio for Laynes return to recording when he got the called that he had died. Gold Standard: Oscars edition - Best Director. Do you think that almost hit us, Ann? He never recovered from Demris death. "I don't give a f*** if you f****** believe me or not, dude. }); But everyone starts somewhere. For what it's worth, Demri's mother believes Staley, although he was clearly affected by his drug use. After a year in stores, it was selling 50,000 copies a week, eventually going on to sell 6 million. ver: '1.0', Needless to say, we missed the game and kept pretty much everyone else from watching it as well., That day we were talking and he said he had gotten a call from the old Rage Against The Machine members and they were putting together a new project, and they wanted him to audition. I know who started it and they know too, but its funny I read stuff from people who make a statement as if they were there, knew her and it was fact and people believe them. "When he returned from a trip to the bathroom," wrote Jon Wiederhorn about Layne Staley for Rolling Stone, "his sleeves were unbuttoned, exposing what appear to be red, round puncture marks from the wrist to the knuckles of the left hand. .addSize([748, 200], [[728, 90]]) He said, In his arm? I'm not using drugs to get high like many people think. He had already lost a finger or two from his veins collapsing and not getting enough circulation to his hands I remember seeing him from a distance, and I thought, Thats the oldest punk rocker Ive ever seen., Flash back about 15 years, and Staley is a dramatically different, happier, and more spandex-friendly person. The two had argued over Staley's condition until Staley threatened to end the friendship if Starr reached out to the authorities. They also were on hand that year to accept an MTV Video Music Award for best alternative video, an appearance punctuated by drunken shoutouts to Happy Gilmore and Lynyrd Skynyrd and an awkwardly slurred tribute to Nowell. function(bids) { "I got [a] call saying that my dad had died, [but] my family always knew he was around doing all kind of drug,"he's quoted as saying in the book. "itemListElement": [ "And now they're turning against me, and now I'm walking through hell, and this sucks. var mapping2 = googletag.sizeMapping() Although they were no longer together, Staley was clearly devastated by the news. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_content_3', [[336,280],[300,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-5') Dont try to contact any AIC (Alice in Chains) members. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_top_1', [[300,250],[336,280],[728,90],[970,90],[970,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-1') The difference on Black Gives Way To Blue was, as the title suggested, a shift in perspective. Following his death in 2002, Screaming Trees frontman told Rolling Stone, He never recovered from Demris death. "There is no f-----g way I'm going to do that," he shouted. Demri Parrott was former ex-girlfriend of singer Layne Staley from Alice in Chains. "I don't have any magic answers," she told the paper. But this version of AIC is an appreciably different band; many things can be said of Layne Staley, but Morgan Freeman-esque is not one of them. I dont go broke, and I do it a lot. Even as his habit kept Alice In Chains off the road and out of the studio, Staley still had more than enough money to ensure that hed always have a steady supply of the substances he craved. apstag.fetchBids({ pubID: '434bb5e4-3704-4b75-b36c-785a444462bd', If you or anyone you know is struggling with addiction issues, help is available. Ill look at the coke-fueled disaster of Oasis misbegotten epic Be Here Now, and the unlikely triumph of Radioheads dystopian prog-rock masterpiece OK Computer. Parrott, too, was a heavy drug user and fatally overdosed on October 29, 1996. I know I made a big mistake when I started using this shit. Who doesnt want to go to a concert to hear their favorite songs, regardless of whos singing or whos playing it? }, FULL FILM: https://youtu.be/qMlLfrU5fjsAlice in Chains lineup throughout the Layne Staley era consisted of Layne Staley (87 - 98), Jerry Cantrell (87 - 98), Sean Kinney (87 - 98), Mike Starr (87 - 93) \u0026 Mike Inez (93 - 98).Alice in Chains post-Layne Staley has consisted of William DuVall (06 - Present), Jerry Cantrell (05 - Present), Sean Kinney (05 - Present) \u0026 Mike Inez (05 - Present).The We Die Young EP consists of three tracks: We Die Young, It Ain't Like That, Killing Yourself.Facelift consists of twelve tracks: We Die Young, Man in the Box, Sea Of Sorrow, Bleed The Freak, I Can't Remember, Love, Hate, Love, It Ain't Like That, Sunshine, Put You Down, Confusion, I Know Somethin (Bout You), Real Thing.Sap consists of 5 tracks: Brother, Got Me Wrong, Right Turn, Am I Inside, Love Song.Dirt consists of 13 tracks: Them Bones, Dam That River, Rain When I Die, Down in a Hole, Sickman, Rooster, Junkhead, Dirt, God Smack, Iron Gland, Hate to Feel, Angry Chair, Would?Jar of Flies consists of 7 tracks: Rotten Apple, Nutshell, I Stay Away, No Excuses, Whale \u0026 Wasp, Don't Follow, Swing on This.Self-titled consists of 12 tracks: Grind, Brush Away, Sludge Factory, Heaven Beside You, Head Creeps, Again, Shame in You, God Am, So Close, Nothin' Song, Frogs, Over NowThe MTV Unplugged performance consisted of 13 songs: Nutshell, Brother, No Excuses, Sludge Factory, Down In A Hole, Angry Chair, Rooster, Got Me Wrong, Heaven Beside You, Would?, Frogs, Over Now, The Killer Is Me.