Althouse: 10 years ago... a beautiful voice died.

April 5, 2012

10 years ago... a beautiful voice died.

Layne Staley.

16 comments:

Rialby said...: I was just telling my wife they should make a movie about him. His demise is Oscar material.; 4/5/12, 7:53 PM
Known Unknown said...: Man in the (pine) box.; 4/5/12, 8:01 PM
chickelit said...: From the wiki bio:
In that same interview he hinted that his parents' break-up and his father's drug use were at least partially responsible for his own drug problems, and also said that he was convinced that if he became a celebrity his dad would return.

That's just so sad.; 4/5/12, 8:04 PM
traditionalguy said...: But was the voice human?; 4/5/12, 8:31 PM
Wally Kalbacken said...: I didn't even know he was sick!; 4/5/12, 8:38 PM
Luke Lea said...: To each his own.; 4/5/12, 8:40 PM
rcommal said...: But was the voice human?

Well, *at the time*, I sorta thought, in part, that he might be reaching for cashmere but with a gritty twist: y'know, same knit but different cable.; 4/5/12, 8:43 PM
rcommal said...: Alice in Chains 1993; 4/5/12, 8:48 PM
bagoh20 said...: Really great tunes, and so much fun missed.

Addict yourself to moderation.; 4/5/12, 8:58 PM
Peter Hoh said...: I didn't recognize this guy's name, and none of the youtube clips sounds even vaguely familiar.

Maybe my misspent youth wasn't misspent enough.; 4/5/12, 10:02 PM
rcommal said...: One of the various things I always wonder about, have wondered about for a long time--when I think of Staley, and Cobain, among others--is if given long enough there'd've been an analogy to "Kashmir: The Symphonic Led Zeppelin" (a real album, I assure you).; 4/5/12, 10:12 PM
bagoh20 said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/5/12, 10:24 PM
Wince said...: An open, alone, slow-motion suicide.; 4/5/12, 10:38 PM
Popville said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/6/12, 1:00 AM
Popville said...: All this man-in-the-box talk makes me yearn for 1978's V2 - Man In The Box (with pics & better sound this time). Manchester glam punk at its finest. Cheers!; 4/6/12, 1:26 AM
rcommal said...: What I really wanted to do here was to post a YT link to Liz Story's terrific instrumental interpretation of an oldie, "Mack the Knife." Alas, that's a "can't," so--acknowledging the different direction--here's this instead.; 4/6/12, 2:05 AM