Layne Staley & DEMRI PARROTT's Relationship: Tragedy, Love & Grunge (Alice in Chains Documentary)
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Alice 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) & 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) & 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 & 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 Now
The 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.
Black Gives Way to Blue consists of 11 tracks: All Secret Know, Check My Brain, Last of My Kind, Your Decision, A Looking in View, When the Sun Rose Again, Acid Bubble, Lesson Learned, Take Her Out, Private Hell, Black Gives Way to Blue.
The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here consists of 12 tracks: Hollow, Pretty Done, Stone, Voices, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, Lab Monkey, Low Ceiling, Breath on a Window, Scalpel, Phantom Limb, Hung on a Hook, Choke.
Rainier Fog consists of 10 tracks: The One You Know, Rainier Fog, Red Giant, Fly, Drone, Deaf Ears Blind Eyes, Maybe, So Far Under, Never Fade, All I Am.
Boggy Depot (Jerry Cantrell solo record) consists of 12 songs: Dickeye, Cut You In, My Song, Settling Down, Break My Back, Jesus Hands, Devil by His Side, Keep the Light On, Satisfy, Hurt a Long Time, Between, Cold Piece.
Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2 (Jerry Cantrell solo double record) consists of 25 songs: (Volume 1) Psychotic Break, Bargain Basement Howard Hughes, Owned, Angel Eyes, Solitude, Mother's Spinning in Her Grave (Glass Dick Jones), Hellbound, Spiderbite, Pro False Idol, Feel the Void, Locked On, Gone. (Volume 2) Castaway, Chemical Tribe, What it Takes, Dying Inside, Siddhartha, Hurts Don't It? (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.
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I wonder why him and jerry had a falling out. You can tell it bothers jerry wen you hear his new songs. So many of them seem like he still hasn't gotten over how it went down. I bet layne and jerry split wen mike star got booted.
Goth Doom Metal will never be Dead
to me
ROCK isn't Dead, the young , white people that listen to Hip Hop are!! Rocks the best music ever written.
You are brain dead,you don't know anything about music, stick to you're boring life of a dreamer
@@MRSludgedude They didn't really didn't have a falling out. Cantrell was just tired and spent on Layne being a Smack Addict!! Staley, without a DOUBT...Told everybody that he was flat out living the life of a BRUTAL heroin Addict. Jerry had let his parting go to far as well, but seeing Staley in the condition he was in, he knew that the time Layne Staley had left in the band, was gone.That unbelievable Unplugged Edition, with Layne literally nodding out constantly, forgetting lyrics, etc. THAT...showed myself, after meeting the entire Band in August of 92, that they were done, with Staley as the Singer. I was actually surprised he lived as long as he did. That dude was hammering that shit up, daily, and several TIMES, daily. Never had the money problems MOST heroin addicts have. Staley's actual heroin dealer was in the video of "Again". He was ALSO in one of the last pictures of Staley, when he went in and cut those 2 songs with the band. That one guy with the shit eating grin, and one eye closed, I believe...
Was him. Should have taken him out and shot his ass. Met Shannon Hoon that night, as his band was opening for AIC. Hoon, was the COOLEST Rock Star I've ever met. Talked to him for 20 minutes outside AIC's dressing room. Great memories...
I knew Layne and his family.
He and Demri both died from addiction to opiates.
That's it.
It wasn't neat or cool or legendary.
It was a heartbreaking tragedy as it is for every family dealing with it.
100% correct, I knew Demri, (before she was with Layne) she was a good friend. I always thought she was going to be famous, but not like this. She should have been a photographer or in the theater. We talked a lot about leaving our little school and doing cool things. Looking for words here, I am so sad. I seen her one more time when she got back from art school, then it was my time to leave. I always thought we would see each other again and would share some great stories, not this. It wasn't neat or cool, it is heartbreaking.
the work he and his band created is why it's a legend, most addicts dont get much done in life much less become world famous so that makes it especially remarkable.
@@joejones9520
So you knew him personally?
How long was he an addict?
@@olyokie About as long as youve been a dick.
Layne's music is legendary tho
Layne and Demri's relationship really hits me hard! I met a girl in December of 2014 who introduced me to heroin and a needle. It took about 2 years for me to find out she was sleeping with other men for money to support her habit. She said it hadn't been going on for long...but i knew better. Instead of ending our relationship, I decided to LET her sell herself for money to support both our habits. We were best friends and were inseparable since the day we met but the heroin and the things that were done to get it had slowly taken us away from each other. Our relationship and our love for one another never recovered although we stayed together through it all. She died last December of an overdose almost exactly 7 years to the day we met. It destroyed me. I became very suicidal and tried overdosing many times to no avail. I got clean in January exactly 1 month after her passing. We have a 2 year old son together who has since been adopted by a wonderful family. I still get to be a part of his life, and I know she would be happy and proud of me. Miss you babe...and I'm sorry for not being better to you. I'll see you again someday
Wow what a story. Glad you got clean.
I sincerely hope you find peace and contentment.
You can’t blame yourself just as I can’t to an insidious individual that stole 31yrs from my life. 🕊🇦🇺
Thank you for sharing that with us. God has another plan for your life.
Good, que história louca. Espero que fique melhor
Seems like story from the movie "Candy" with Heath Ledger
You never "recover" from losing someone you love. Then there's the guilt. You're changed forever. Life is not the same. You've gotta learn how to be in the world. Some can and some can't. If you're a person who uses, you use that pain as a reason, and you use the drug to lessen the pain. It's vicious.
So the best way is to LOVE YOURSELF as a FIRST person to LOVE. Because all of us arrive in this world ALONE (it's not about physical birth) and go from it actually ALONE. The simple thing to remember 👻
@@AmazedDexter so do you think Layne didn't love himself? That he didn't think well of himself? We come into the world alone but we are fundamentally social beings who do not exist in a vacuum. We are relational beings. You think his feeling guilt for her death fostered a sense of "self love" in him? Do you think he might have thought he was too self oriented, too self indulgent? "Self love" is a modern construct. It's also very Western. Grief is a long hard process that most people don't have the tools for, especially when it's tragic, sudden, unexpected, or someone dying way before their time. It's especially hard when you're both in a situation where one does and the other somehow gets to stick around.
Loss is far more complex, as was their situation. He was already down and in over his head.
It's far more about coming to a place of peace and healing and the capacity to do so. I've lost someone suddenly, tragically, young... I don't mourn him any less now than I did when he died years, ago. I'd say I was and have been a person who genuinely like who I am as person and always striving to evolve and grow, which is something about me I love. But it doesn't lessen the pain. I'm also not an addict, thank god. I did not withdrawal when I suffered that loss and turn to drugs to dull the pain. I'm lucky, I had a big support system and had a good head on my shoulders, a clear vision, and people around me held me, gave me free sessions of all sorts of therapy, listened to me for hours. Layne withdrew and fell deeper and deeper, locking the world out. He was, already down. You can love yourself and still not have the tools you need to move forward. You can lose it real quick in the face of tragedy.
Yea, for me, the self love and bullshit doesn't much figure in to the way I see it. But I'm not a rock star, I'm not sick with an addiction, and I can truly know about Layne's inner world is from his lyrics.
I idolized and loved Layne, and I always will. I listen to AIC all the time and I often cry for him. I feel terrible for what happened to him. It was obvious that he was struggling. And I think his mom is spot on that he very much needed to be able to let go of the band to get the right kind of help, and that this bullshit of tying them up in contracts so that an addict could go to rehab for a few weeks only to have to jump right back into the pressures and environments that keep them sick is deadly. Demri or no Demri. Demri was just another part of it.
@@edeneverly2573 human who loves himself won't run away from reality into heavy drugs and afterwards die because of speedball injection. I had problems with drugs, I had a suicide attempt , almost 10 years passed - I do sports , I don't need any drugs other than just pure love for life, and that is not a substance, you know ☝🏽
Yes it's been 4 yrs and I can't someone else nope..ex been two yrs out life and nearly one more in xx I still feel same 😞🦋🌟🥀
@@cherrybelle7956 please remember - the only person who you can fully control, can fully maintain and can be with till the end of your life - is YOURSELF. Find your inner sunshine and if you become complete SELF - then you'll understand what is the real happiness ❣️
It's so silly and pointless even discussing who introduced who to heroin....nobody injects heroin unless THEY want too. It also implies that neither of them had their own mind. Seattle was awash with heroin at that time, nobody needed introduced, they didn't need to go far to find what they were seeking on their own.
Y'all females hate when our gender is held accountable for doing wrong.If there was proof Layne encouraged her to use drugs,it wouldn't be "silly, pointless" so knock it off.
Bingo
Have u ever heard died?? Sounds to me like he introduced her to the needle. Not the drug itself
It's like saying who cheated on who first but we all remember who that was in our lives right.
thank youuuu!!!
I gave Layne a ride to the show the night he met Demri. Alice played at the Central tavern on a Friday night. I had to work saturday morning and after I had stuffed my car full of band equipment I said let's go, and Layne said he would see me later and that he had a ride. No big deal and off I went. The next day after work I went straight to the Music bank to unload the gear in my car and bye surprise woke the both up from layne's sleeping loft area in the band room. Demri was a sweet heart ! I miss them and have a lot of great memories ! Jeff Hubbard
" woke THEM both up "
Wow Jeff, that is an incredible story. Did you remain friends with them in the years that followed?
amazing, this reminds me of why i love to read comments.
Awe such a wonderful memory.. nice to hear someone's recollection of some of their brighter days for sure ♡
Holy shit. That’s wild.
She came back for Layne. He told Mike Starr the last person to see him alive “She was here last night I swear" 😭
that whole story is so sad how they wanted to call the police and all that.. and how Layne didn't want give him drugs.. and then "don't leave me like this.." man that's sad.
@@dmvconartists6657 Gutwrenching and Laynes Mom asks him if he was there to see Layne pass and and her plea 😭 to all of them to keep trying to live without the drugs that were and eventually took many including Mike Starr himself. Layne was such a great friend and human even at his lowest point I know in my heart he never wanted anyone to feel the pain he did or see the hell he lived and died in. I think that's why Laynes voice has helped me even if the song material was dark it still helped.
What's really sad/eerie about that is that when people approach death, they often hallucinate, seeing people who aren't there.
@@UA-camViolates1AHow do you know that it's a hallucination? If you believe in the spirit world, your loved ones on the other side come and get you. You don't die alone.
@barbara-ann perry Because it's a proven fact you hallucinate when you're dying. That's like saying Heaven or Hell exists because you had a dream when you were dead for a few minutes, knowing that the brain is still active for a while after dying. I think people like the idea of a spirit world because it's less like a dismembered reptile moving its missing parts. In other words, it's a lot less scary and creepy to believe in a spirit world than the morbid fact that we experience such bizarre cognitive illusions. I'm not trying to shit on beliefs, but I'm just a firm believer in science. That's why I don't buy into bullshit like the moon landing being faked.
Layne's death is so sad. Also a cautionary tale. People don't understand addiction until they experience it.
I understand enough to know that it can ruin one's life and even kill them. Most people understand that.
Definitely a cautionary tale. I've read they both tried to encourage people to go to rehab to get clean, since they knew first hand how awful it was.
@@chriskitchen4772 Yes, I just mean those who have been through addiction firsthand know how bad it is. An obvious point but still.
@@chriskitchen4772 to add to OP’s point, what I think a lot of people don’t grasp about addiction is how someone can see themselves slowly deteriorate and STILL continue down that path. Most people would probably think “dude, just stop! Look at yourself!! That’s it! Let it go! This stuff is killing you!”, reducing it to just a simple choice of doing versus not doing, but it’s something closer to being possessed to the addict. The demons don’t let go very easily, endlessly tormenting the addict for more, putting them in a position to suffer through the pain and agony of their cravings, or shutting them up with more of the shit that got them there in the first place.
I’m in no way trying to endorse or make an apology for addiction, only to point out that what most people probably have difficulty comprehending is the extremely irrational nature of addiction, how it steers the user in the direction of self-destruction, and even though they notice the damage, they ask for more anyway.
@@chriskitchen4772Yes, but the point is people don’t quite understand the severity of the addiction.
It’s why not using at all is the best course of action. Unfortunately, addicts tend to use the drug for the first time when they’re quite young and reckless. So they don’t see themselves as being an eventual casualty of the activity or drug.
Hell, I’m 33 now and I still do activities such as scuba, climbing, mountain biking, ride horses, river rafting, all of which could be deadly. It’s not heroin but still, point is everyone does something that could end them.
I think what makes Layne's story so hard for everyone is that we all get to see him when he was at his best and studying his life it becomes clear that there was an innocence, romance and child like soul locked away deep in his heart until the very end. Bearing witness to those qualities creates a powerful compulsion to want to go back in time and save the beautiful person struggling to survive somewhere inside of Layne
Exactly, I really think he could've been saved but sadly he was left alone in his apartment and without any emotional support...
Makes me cry every time, Mike Starr as well
Heyyyy
Little boy made a mistake,
Ohhhh
Pink clouds turned to grey
Well said.
He sang his demons and had a beautiful way with everyone.
If you've read Mark Lanegan's book, there's a few INSANE chapters about him and Layne and touring with AIC. There's a few mentions of Demri where Mark says later later on, Demri ended up showing up at Mark's place in just a hospital gown, still connected to her IV bag looking to score heroine. He turned her away and a few weeks later, she died at the hospital.
Do you wonder what Mark's real cause of death was? I heard the COVID hit him hard and stated he was coma induced and felt like it was trying to dismantle his organs. He probably experienced some irreversible damage from that bout but there's already statements of suicide n od's on line.
As soon as she got out of the hospital she would go to people’s homes in her hospital gown wheeling her IV with her. It wasn’t just Lanegan. She had a death wish. I think she was driving Layne nuts with that behavior . He kept paying for her surgeries but she was determined to keep doing drugs.
@@josevillarreal9920do you know if he got the jab?
I had the distinct pleasure of spending 40 or so minutes with Layne crouched in front of me about a foot away at the Clash of the Titans tour in 1991. I took mental pictures of him I'll never forget. Thanks Daniel for another excellent video
Awesome. What was your impression of him, may we know?
Wow, that’s amazing. Really cool. What was he like as a person? I’d like to know more.
They went in first right before Slayer and their were few people up at the barricade. Most people there were not familiar, as far as I could tell. He spent most of their set crouched in that position. The thing that made it extra cool was that they opened with "Would" which hadn't even been released yet. But he seemed pretty introverted as apposed to jumping around a lot.
@@d.e.harrod8863A friend of AIC named Xana did say Layne was "about the world of the mind" and that she remembers him more for "quiet spells".
He buried you softly in his wombbbbbmmmmhmmmmm
How terribly sad. They were both so young and so beautiful. How heartbreaking for their families and friends, to lose them both. Wow.
From a recovering addict’s point of view. One of the hardest things ever when you’re in the thralls of addiction is having a “partner in crime”. You bounce off one another, help one another constantly to achieve the same goal..the next fix..(especially if you have money) and if you dont, youll do anything to feel “normal “ . Then as you get deeper into it, it becomes like a marriage. When you’re happy, its there, when you’re sad, its there , guilt sets in for whatever reason, it’s there. This condition is a true disease of the mind and body. I can empathize with them totally , not to say there’s anything right about it. But like anything else, with gods help and true inner strength /willpower to get out of this hole and LIVE LIFE again, it CAN be done. I did it. And if i can, anyone else can. May God bless and help all those still struggling out there.
I used dope for 10 years, many of those years with my sons father. You're exactly right- partners in crime.
I ended up getting clean. He still uses.
Thanks i am there now
I used to be a massive pot head, like to the point it was affecting my life and my health, I was on it for 9 years, I got off it doing lockdown and I've been clean for 2 years now.
Yes, yes, yes!! My ex got me into xanax and we both would get high, when we fought, every time we went out, just to celebrate even! It got out of hand because of me wanting more and more and wanting to get high more frequently… I don’t blame him completely even though he was my supplier. I wish he hadn’t got me into it. We both did alot of stupid things to each other because of xanax. Xanax mixed with alcohol really ruined my life for awhile. Having a partner that uses with you like that is a death wish I think.
My husband and i are together since 1978.
We're both addicts, many years in methadone programm now.
We both worked the entire time, raised two, now grown up kids, both of them have a good job.
We're proud grandparents. both retired.
Not all junkies are the same, we all have a different history and it disgusts me, to realise that there's still this huge social stigma..
Some just get addicted to oblivion itself. The rituals of drug use, the sick bonding during drug use, the fighting when some is needed. He'll itself. I still have the best memories of all these 90's bands. I love hearing any song from all the "Grunge" bands.
Their story just breaks my heart. I believe they deserved a different world where drugs and band life drama didn't make them unhappy. They were certainly two extremely beautiful people
Lol he was a drug addict before made famous and rich they are both clowns
It seems so unbelievable how these two young people managed to let drugs tear their health and lives apart. Hearing how Layne lived and how he looked and how his health was until he died makes me so baffled how he managed to live that long and the person or people who took his money and gave him drugs. It’s so hard to believe, especially with their families and friends in their lives while they continuously did drugs; not saying it’s their fault for not helping them or doing more, it’s just so odd hearing their families own recollection and how loving and warm they come off, when addicts don’t usually have family like that around them when they’re using so heavily. It’s heartbreaking.
Unbelievably common you mean
You forget…. You can’t help or change someone who doesn’t want it. Idc how much you do for them. They themselves have to change it and only they can do it. All you can do is be a form of emotional support to them.
@@abilesimo1 Sadly Layne didn't have that emotional support 😢
Addiction is heartbreaking no matter the circumstances, there is no quantifying how people who love you will act and respond to your disease, selfishness, false promises and insanity are a revolving door of the disease, there is no explaining how people will act going through this sad reality. RIP to them💯💯
It's the legality that tears them apart. Plenty of people live long happy lives on injectable legal heroin in other countries. The U.S has a way of making help so much harder than it has to be. Street drugs are filthy and full of things that damage your heart and body. I have no idea why Layne didn't leave the countries with demri and go to a country that allowed them to be human. I think the crack might of been the biggest cause of his healthy issues and deterioration.
When Layne’s mom came to speak to Mike Starr & the rest of the cast on celebrity rehab years ago- her words will haunt me forever. Especially having a son myself. 😭 once in a lifetime talent & beauty just gone, so incredibly heartbreaking.
I was hanging with some friends bored on a Friday with nothing to do. Flipped on muchmusic and this was just beginning. Five of us 18 year olds Sat in awe/silence for the whole thing. Was the greatest thing I had ever seen at that time
I always felt like this was one of the most beautiful and tragic relationships in all of music. Their drug use was nothing to romanticize but their love for each other was so beautiful. Thanks for making a video about this
Both were gorgeous looking people and Layne a talented guy but the relationship was toxic, they were not healthy for each other. Can't glamorise that.
@@howareyou857 I don’t know very deeply about their relationship, so sorry for asking this, but how exactly was their relationship dynamic toxic? I’m very interested about this subject matter, and would like to know more about it.
@@RoosaM88 two people addicted to drugs, who are constantly cheating on each other in order get a reaction....it's never going to be a happy healthy relationship.
@@howareyou857 I knew about their drug habits but I didn’t know they cheated on each other, and to get certain reactions out of each other. That’s messed and very toxic indeed. Just plain horrible.
@@RoosaM88 this guy mentions it in his presentation. It's common knowledge that Demri was bisexual and would sleep with women to get a reaction out of Layne. I've certainly read articles where he was partying with strippers. Combine that with serious Heroin addiction it's not a happy tale.
Love hate love tells you almost all you need to know about the impact demri had on Laynes life.
That’s right. People like to romanticize their relationship but their were difficulties for sure. Wasn’t she kind of selfish and didn’t care what effect she had on Layne? He really tried to and wanted to quit the drugs but she was constantly bringing them around when she was with him (and obviously other places too)?
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@@christar9527I don't think it's really fair to blame all this on Demri. I don't think the blame should be solely placed on either Demri or Layne. As someone who is also an addict and was also in a heroin-fueled relationship with someone, the blame shouldn't be placed on just one person. They were both vicious addicts, and with that comes temptation, pressure, cravings, and using. I'm sure there were times that Demri wanted to get clean, and Layne brought dope around, and visa versa. That's what happens in relationships like this. It doesn't matter how bad one person - or both people want to get clean, most of the time, one person in the relationship will tempt the other, and 99% of the time, it's on both sides. Also, addicts are inherently selfish and self centered, that's unfortunately a staple of being an addict and something that always comes with being an addict. Your mind is always on one of two things, how you're going to get money to use, and finally being able to get high. Doesn't really matter how much you love and care for someone, if drugs are involved, the drugs always come first - and unfortunately it's hard to fully understand unless you've lived it and experienced it.
I had my first child the day Layne died. I have a permanent reminder of him in my life and has always been one of my favorite bands.
Thank you for sharing Sarah, may Christ bless your family.
I visited his condo (where he last lived/ his body was found) in Seattle several years ago (it’s somehwere on my channel in a video, took a few pics) and traced the walk with my own feet that he use to walk, from the condo to the bar around the corner where it was said he would go just to sit alone in a back booth, not order anything and just nod off. The waitresses knew to leave him alone. All the booths are gone now inside. I plucked a little flower from a bush outside his home and I have it pressed In a travel journal from that trip. Very somber event. I’m so glad I got to see it tho. Even tho it’s “just some condo” that some rich executive lives in now, Probly never heard of Layne. It was enough for me, to have that one visit to the area. The condo is now (or was at the time of my visit) perched over what appeared to be a daycare center for little kids on the ground floor. Like things and people from decades before have passed on from existence and from memory, and the building lives on, housing and servicing whomever pays the rent this year… gives me a sad empty feeling. 🤷♀️
Reminiscing and that’s completely normal especially when you can resonate with them.🕊🇦🇺
what is the link to your video in Layne's building?
I would love to visit the condo (at least from the outside) and pick a flower too. His music changed my entire life and he means so much to me.
I would love to visit the condo (at least from the outside) and pick a flower too. His music changed my entire life and he means so much to me.
To visit Laynes condo is creepy to me. No one that was his friend was really ever there. This is not his home or the place he really wanted to be. If you knew him you would know where his home was.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for making this video. I've always wished someone made a full documentary about them. Great vid & research
It is unreal that the artists can even manifest their art while in such peril. That has always baffled me and always will. How such beautiful art comes from such a drab, barren, ugly intangible place. TY to Layne for sharin' your Life's experience with us musically. May You and All like You, Rest in Power and Peace, Jesus Name, Amen.
It’s the “peril” that creates the art.
Because u desperately need release. It’s a way to express yourself and it’s cathartic and stress relieving. That’s why I feel bad for Kids these days who just get cell phones early on from their parents and are encompassed with social media. They don’t have the boredom/lonliness we did, with no distractions, so we turned to the arts. Music. Etc
@@GypsyRock yes, I dont know how i stood it before internet, I distinctly remember sometimes becoming overwhelmed with how boring and sad life was sometimes, Id literally be out of stuff to do even tho I loved to read and always had hobbies and played guitar everyday, and Id go for a very long walk or bike ride until I was too tired to remember to be bored. Now with internet Im never bored and Im incredibly better at playing guitar because of the internet. This is better. Ive never even been on social media so that is not something I know about to even have an opinion of.
Just sad how many lives heroin ruined and continues to ruin. I lost my younger brother to heroin and it's just awful seeing the process and knowing how strong the addiction is.
Now its fentynal
Yes fent is so deadly u can just touch it n die :(
Don't forget crack has was on H and crack
Same .
As a person who has helped many people with addiction. All I could do was to be supportive and non judgmental. I just kept assuring them that they mattered. Many years later I found myself in addiction for opioids. What did I have in common with every other addict. Emotional pain.
Addiction is only the symptoms.
Once the pain is is dealt with then you to be in a supportive environment.
LOVE HATE LOVE
i could never respect cheating to each other in an relationship
there's just No love in that act of betrayal
but i still respect Layne for all the good
Normal people find it hard to understand. I am also a normal person. To be tempted constantly can't be easy. It's there for the taking and as human beings can be strong willed they can also,eventually be weak. I would never cheat on my wife and have not in 31 years. However, if I was married and 25 while young beautiful women wanted me every single night.....well I get it.
@@rickchyczewski576indeed we can't understand how is to be famous but I don't know if love can survive from multiple cheating .
There really is no love in betrayal. I agree.
Praise your heart for knowing LOYALTY and what true love is all about then my friend
never allow the world to corrupt that from you
there's women with a true heart that will value that
i know they are out there cos i have found such loving ones before
Great work Daniel, as usual.😅
As a trauma counselor, I know people usually use drugs as an escape, to make problems disappear. All who used abused themselves because they were abused and traumatized. Abuse comes in many forms. Who's to say if Layne could have kicked the habit? In a sense, Layne was so vulnerable because of his past. Another thing: some people can kill themselves over success because they are not prepared for the money, fame that comes with it. Layne was a beautiful but tragic person. Abuse and trauma leave nothing but death and destruction in its wake. So sad.
Lol. Just stumbled on this. Duane is my ex, we dated 6 years. He preys on vulnerable women and then exploits them later. "She was a very sexual girl, it wasn't my fault". Classic
Thank you for that comment. I also thought he must be a joke to take no responsibility for himself.
There may have been many reasons Layne was worried about demri being around Duane..it sounds like you put up with a lot.
Thank you for this comment. I was thinking the same thing reading about it in The Untold Story AIC biography. And then he was complaining about how his fee-fees were hurt when Layne told him off. Lol. Glad you're out of that relationship. Thanks for sharing.
@@leeannasloan2292 he is an emotionally abusive Narcissist. He started dating me when I was in active addiction and he had many years clean. He was 22 yrs older than me. He abused me psychologically the whole time and now plays the victim. It is disgusting. I can only imagine how Layne felt. Mia Zappata hated Duane too. Spear and the Magic Helmet is about him
@@peacelovempathy1 so glad to be out!!! It took a long time. I was trauma bonded and severely attached to the abuse. I’m healed now and with a kind man and can truly see how awful Duane was. He’s not a good person
Layne sadly gave up after she died
He actually even wrote a song about this called "Died". :(
your not gonna mention that when Mike Starr was with Layne the day before his death Layne insisted that Demri had been right there with him on the couch? Layne claimed she was present and just stayed with him. he swore that she was there. I mean, an addict can have selective memory and even hallucinate (been there) but I think she WAS with him and was there to hold his hand crossing over. I think she was always by his side.
Everyone's heard this a hundred times. Bla bla bla. We know.
@@edeneverly2573 👍 I totally agree, but still. That's exactly why it's surprising it's not here. Thanks
@@flazada a hospice nurse told me once that you see deceased loved ones when you that close to death. Could be hallucinations could be something else🤔
@@nadia562010 I've heard that also. It's like the vail thins. It's really interesting
He was high.
Men are suckers for women,,, They really had a crazy brother /sister type of relationship, Loved each other unconditionally, Could call each other anytime ect,
But couldn't live with each other, Mike Starr once said that Layne told him that Demri came to visit and told Layne everything would be OK and that she was there
for him, What Mike didnt realize is that usually means the person is dying when they see loved ones, Mike probably thought it was the drugs,
Its very common for people in hospice to see passed love ones at bedside shortly before they die
Yes, as my Mother laid upon her Deathbed, I stood always to her right side. She was in an out of consciousness for nearly two weeks and in her final days, she kept looking to her LEFT and mumbling constantly. Finally, I asked her who she was talking to...she simply and emphatically stated, "HIM!" I suspect she was speaking to my Father in Spirit. He had died when I was thirteen.
That's what makes that story so eerie to me. Poor man...
He addict's biggest enemy is tomorrow. I used today and quit tomorrow. Problem is Tomorrow never comes.
I understand chasing that first high. Every bit of my using was chasing my first time. The More I drink and the more drugs I took never came close.
I got sober in 1989 and serious about sobriety and 91. Working through a 12-step program AIC, especially Layne's Angry Chair gave me a focus to understand.
I was stunned over Layne's death, followed by Mike Starr's death. Sadly that is what we do. We either get clean or we end up in jail, institutionalized, or dead. Some of us get sober in a kind of stop the world I want to get off moment.
Relationships are hard enough, add heroin addiction and it's impossible, I'm a recovering addict, I used to joke to my friend that my gf comes in a little plastic bag, and it was true, when your hooked you only think of the next shot, it's maddening because it becomes every thought, your body gets to a point that no matter how big a shot it doesn't get you that feeling your chasing, it takes over completely, it's insidious, the moment you open your eyes it's all you think about, soon your doing it just to not feel sick. Only the addict knows the misery. RIP Layne
John ..the people who love their addicts are just as miserable ..they feel every bit of your torture every high every low wanting to help all except give you posion.They get sick through up have nightmares of you overdosing knowing it may be their LAST time seeing you saying I love you or even goodbye !! The people who love their addicts are VICTIMS with no fault of their Own other than because they LOVE !! I read all about the addicts on here but NOTHING ABOUT THE PAIN OF THE VICTIMS !!! OHH YEAH .
YOU SAY THEN DONT LOVE ME ...HOW SELFISH AND INHUMANE!!! I ALSO HAVE READ ..I DIDNT ASK FOR YOU TO LOVE ME ..I AM ONLY HURTING MYSELF ....
THATS BS all the way around the evilness these DRUGS possess. I HAVE ALSO read ..you can't help someone if they don't want it .....tell that to A Mom or sister that will NEVER give up the fight for your sobriety!! You better believe we know all of the things you feel ..every needle injecting death and God you recover .LAYNE tried to save the loved ones from this by going no contact but reality is ..there is no contact rule ...you still hurt from a distance 💔 your heart breaks they are alone ..die ALONE !! MY GOOD Lord how plan did he make the fact that he had to wake up ..suicides no way to go but his body was to far gone ..he would've had serious health issues to deal with resulting from overuse.He was drowning right in front of our eyes ..guess ya never witnessed someone drowning ??? Ya feel like dying with them cause there IS NO SAVING !!!! THERE needs to be compassion for us loved ones ...an addict CAN RECOVER BUT WE CAN NOT STOP LOVING !!! I PRAY FOR ALL !!
No matter how bad the drugs were they still loved eachother and dreamt of a future, unfortunately they never got it at the end, I hope they got their happy ending wherever they're to. A beautiful tragic love.
Places, and people are the hardest thing to overcome, when you're an addict. To truly succeed, you have to move, about 90% of the time.
Or just be done with it 🤷 🙄 like totally over this shyt ya know ya gotta really wanna be done with the shyt 💯
Been clean since end of Jan off benzos and opiates n lots other shit
@@ashleybailey5513 That's really good Man. Don't go back to the nightmare.
@@ashleybailey5513 People underestimate how difficult it is getting off benzos. Good for you. You got this. 💜
People really dont understand how addiction occurs. It seems like peopke who've had a "problem" with something for a bit have even less of an idea of what full blown addiction is like. People think that the physical aspect of opioid addiction is addiction and its not. Addiction occurs in the mind and in the spirit, the effect on the nervous system causing the physical symptoms is just that, a symptom. Ive suffered in and out of addictive addiction to hard drugs for 25 years and can say from experience that my life was forever changed the moment that I became addicted. The next time you judge a crackhead or junkie try to remember, these are someones children.
Thankyou sooooooo much for this video Daniel!!! I have watched everything possible on Layne and AIC, I've always tried to find more out about Demri however, it is always just pictures and videos of her and Layne ...... never the story. Finally the story about them and I knew you would be the one to do the research and a video. 😊 again thanks so much, great job!!!
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Love AIC! Tragic story, so sad most of the OG gungers r gone! TY for sharing, love the narration on all ur vids! Keep it up
I had the opportunity to take care of Demri at HARBORVIEW. She was so young vibrant and beautiful. She never imagined she would get hooked on heroin. It wasn’t too long after she passed. I still remember our conversation, very tragic.
What was she like?
@@madelynshreve she was very intense and also a bit biase at times. She seemed to have been on a track that was healthy, modeling and actually being her own muse. She was very artistic and used her clothes to show her personality. She was also at that point addicted hopelessly to heroin. Her family had been trying to get her back into rehab. She was a special person.
@@islandbirdw you've posted this exact comment on several videos. Aren't you bound to medical ethics of confidentiality as a nurse? I can't imagine the family wants you spreading this BS around.
@@limee8927 she’s passed I’m not doing anything other than telling my story
You're an idio* there was nothing said out of line. Her parents would be more worried about the video that you watched don't you think?@@limee8927you
Laynes became famous again on UA-cam 20 years after his death tons of videos being made daily about him more then any other rockstar I've seen recently right up there with vids of kurt
yes and people understand how great aic was now more than when the original lineup was active,.
Excuse me? When was Layne ever NOT famous? He'll always be famous. Just like Mike Starr, Hendrix, Andy Wood, Chris Cornell, Scott Weiland, Janis Joplin.... the list goes on and on......
@@monicanv69 Layne had been forgotten about and turned on by the industry he definitely was not appreciated for what he was when he was alive his fame and relevance has most certainly increased since he died and UA-cam came about you should be glad younger folks are discovering him
I saw Layne perform with Alice in Chains on Jools Hollands show back in 1993 and it was eerie how brilliant his voice was and how charismatic a frontman he seemed to anyone who saw that performance of 2 songs live this is not news to everyone else UA-cam it ...
Very neat to hear the back story on this relationship. These two were good and kinda bad for one another at the same time. I wouldn't be able to stand fame either not being able to go out and shop. Heck I already do most of my shopping late at night to avoid busy stores and lots of people.
Same. The thought of always being recognized, watched, gauked at, gossiped about .. etc. Seems uterly terrifying for someone like me. My anxiety is bad enough. I too struggled with addiction and that also I can't imagine having the world know, judge, and see all the ugliness publicly. My heart breaks for Layne. Rip
@@sharkbite5613 Totally agree. I wouldn't want to be recognized while in public and starred at that would make me uncomfortable. I think Layne did good with fame up until 1994 and 1995 and after that everything went down hill for him in terms of his addiction. Layne was such a great singer and he will be remembered for that.
Twin flames that created the perfect storm. RIP
I've always found it weird that Mark was great close friends equally with Kurt and Layne but Kurt and Layne didn't hang out except seeing one another at a dealers house or kinda hanging out in 93 in Brazil.
I think it was because he died so soon after they met. I think maybe in the same or next year. Not totally sure.
@@peacelovempathy1 Who are talking about?
@@williambeckham7703 Kurt
@@peacelovempathy1 You talking about KURT dying after her met MARK? He and Mark were friends yrs before he died.
@@williambeckham7703 Nooooo.
You said “I’ve always found it weird that Kurt and Layne didn’t hang out”. I said probably because Layne only knew Kurt around ‘93 and Kurt died in ‘94. Maybe they would’ve gotten closer had Kurt lived longer.
Ive had many relationships that ended in heartbreak, but i think everyone has that one girl that they will love no matter what she does. It really hits home. He died of a broken heart.
It's silly to blame someone for "introducing" someone else to heroin (or any other drug), imo. But it's usually heroin people make that connection with. As if the person isn't accountable for their own decision and the "introducer" could only have malicious intentions.
Some people can be selfish and knowingly push someone else in a bad direction. But that's not usually how it happens.
I agree. It's irritating and it doesn't matter anymore. He made his own decision. No one forced it into his arm.
Giving someone heroin if they haven't had it is sketchy and sinister you ain't a good person if you're getting people on that stuff aha
@@gcroller93 Exactly
You probably don't know this but Demri's mom was an anti-drugs expert and she teached her daughter about the consequences of heroin. Demri knew what would happen and she still introduced Layne to that deadly drug. She definitely had bad intentions. Why would she do that? My only guess is that she was already a heroin addict and since that drug is really expensive, she needed the only rich person she knew (Layne) to be an addict too so she could have freebies from him...
@@TheStepmonkey That's interesting. I see your perspective. But I still think there's a double-standard where you make her accountable, but not him.
I don't really agree that having an anti-drugs mother meant Demri was more aware than Layne of what would happen. She herself suffered pretty horrific consequences and ultimately died of drugs. (If anything, I think it's possible that it contributed to her becoming an addict herself; rebelling from over-zealous parental programming etc).
We all know "heroin is bad mm'kay" (including Layne Staley) but some of us still choose to roll that dice and many don't experience any of the negatives. So, nobody really knows what will happen.
The fact is, if you try heroin there's about an 80% chance you won't ever get addicted.
People like Amber Ferrano who knew them both also say it was actually Layne who introduced her to drugs. So, without actually being there. even the facts are unclear, before you get into the ethics of it.
Layne Staley's mother said: “I will never be able to understand even trying something that is so dangerous - I’m as bewildered as the next person, because I see a beautiful world.”
Either you get why people do drugs, or you don't. But imo, even if Demri was a people-user trying to manipulate Layne, it was still his decision. The same way it was every drug user's decision (who wasn't literally forced into it, which I don't think he was).
This is such a good video full of info I never heard before. Thank you.
My sons Dad passed away October 2nd this year from OD.. we're both struggling addicts.
Though we weren't technically in a relationship when he passed, I know we had a bond like no other. And my heart now hurts for my son who has to carry on without his bio Dad. Been fortunate to have him placed with two wonderful people, however, I can't help but feel like I'm simply existing now with truly lack of purpose. Being a Mom was the one thing I could 100% say I was meant to do. I'm not perfect, but I love my boy. I've struggled with addiction 12 years (my son is 5) and I will for the rest of my life I suspect.. I just want to make my son and his Dad proud. I was clean for the first 2 1/2 years of his life..unfortunately made some bad choices resulting in a relapse. And lost him to CAS. I've spent years dwelling in the shame of all that when I should have been using those feelings as ammo to get clean again.. maybe his Dad would still be here too had we both looked at life a little differently...
I love you Jesse & Jacks. ♡♡♡♡ forever my boys.
I was together with a touring musician for years and I think that, to not become a victim of being cheated on, you adapt and also start seeing others which in my case also were musicians in the same circles. It did work to keep things even, but it had nothing to do with being overly sexual, it was about surviving and adapting to a pretty unsound and decadent scenario.
Yes, it seems to me Demri cheated on him because she knew he cheated on her while touring.
Not true, listen to mark lanegans Audio-Book.
I think the 2nd time mark met demri, she was without layne.
He was just walking by her and she asked him what he's up to, Mark said : "not much, how 'bout you?" she replied : "not much either, we could go to my (or his, i cant remember) apartment, get high and fuck"
Mark was really suprised, it didnt even take 10 seconds after only introducing eachother thst she offered to sleep with him.
I dont mean this in a judgemental way, but demri was pretty straight forward with her intentions and everyone who knew her knew it
@@MrChillifresser Layne's friends said they had to have an open relationship due to his career and lifestyle so it seems it was a Layne's idea .
@@ArielAriel-rg8ngproblem was he wasn’t fucking their mutual friends and apparently she was. Layne was fucking groupies, he would most likely never run into them again.
@@MrChillifresserwow! I mean she was trying to score drugs in any possible way. Even if she had to sleep with one of Layne’s close friends.
Would’ve been great to have pics on the screen of the many people mentioned throughout the story
These two had powerful heroin addictions. The story in Mark Lanegan book of Demri showing up at his apartment in a hospital gown dragging an IV pole with an iv bag. She tried to score heroin the second she could walk out if hospital. Heroin is the most powerful drug. Layne quit his life as an artist to feed his heroin addiction. May they RIP!
Yes. Demri would go to peoples homes straight from the hospital looking for drugs in her hospital gown wheeling her IV along with her. I think that was one of the things that drove Layne nuts.
Another exceptional video, Daniel. Thank you for this.
I was 14 when layne passed away . I always loved Alice In Chains and all the other 90’s grunge and metal bands but had never learned about all the members and their stories until recently
I watched the episode of Celebrity Rehab. when Mike Starr was a quest on the show. When Dr. Drew interviewed Mike he said it was his father that introduced him to drugs.
love these stories, thanks for posting and sharing this with us :)
When I first read Lanegans book the parts about Layne made me cry. If he just moved outta seattle and had a moment of clarity. Fuck man. Now both him and Lanegan are gone. So much talent wasted
Same, man. Couldn’t even finish it 💔
And the way the book ends. Man. :(
They say the same thing about Kurt
When Demri died so did Layne
Just a sad story. Addiction don't care who u are, what u have, or ur social status. It'll take everything from u and eventually ur life.
'I live for you but I'm not alive.' 💔 I hope they found each other on the other side.
Had to divorce the love of my life, he was on meth. I still loved him but I loved my daughter more he committed suicide five years later with our pictures out it’s been 22 years I still have nightmares my daughter turned out wonderful and she’s pregnant with my first grandchild I think I made a wise decision even though it broke my heart
Great narrations and yr voice is easy on the ears.
I’ve no doubt that Layne was into hard drugs first. Rock star lifestyle - if he had an appetite for drugs, which he obviously did, it would be offered to him on a silver platter in the circles he would have been around - among other drug using musicians and their hangers on.
Of course that would have a hugely detrimental impact on Layne, knowing he contributed to her demise in some way. I imagine that made him all the more susceptible to self-destruction.
Thank you for saying this. I agree.
As much as I appreciate Layne and aic music, I don't for a second believe Demri got him into heroin. He had all the connections with his lifestyle. People in the aic camp want to protect his memory so they throw blame onto his non famous ex who has little defense. Many already know Layne was dabbling with substances in the 80s, plus his dad was also an addict. I suspect her death had such a traumatic effect on Layne not because of a romantic element but because he knew he introduced her to her demise. My musing is the weight of guilt caused him to give up trying to get clean and just hide in shame. I think he couldn't forgive himself.
Thank you so much for making this! Great information and so well produced!
She was 27? A lot people dying at 27.
*I know people will make fun of me for saying this, but I hope they found each other in heaven.*
With all due respect. This is a terrible tragedy.
I did no know this part of Layne's story, and TBH it explains * a lot *.
I think about Layne all the time and no matter what his life was like behind closed doors it doesn't take anything away from his legacy. I would love to know what he thought about bands of today like Slipknot, Mudvayne and if he liked the bands Korn or even Marilyn Manson. I know he liked video games and PlayStation and wonder about stuff like that too.
What gets me, is that he was clean for about 2 months and doing much better, his dad came back into his life, only for laynes money and for him to score. He litterly used him to get a fix, layne always loved his dad, but he hated him for him getting him back into herion. It is crazy to think that he was dead in his flat for about 2 weeks before he was found.
Same, he deserved a long and happy life 😢
I've heard/read he liked Prince a lot and also appreciated Radiohead.
@Valentina Bernocco ..he could relate to Prince ...same deep soul ..same running from demons / pain ..same awesomeness.. one of a kind ..compassionate about all things living !! They are icons gone to soon !!
I don't understand why people try drugs of any kind. We've been told all of our lives what it does, we know stories of people that have been addicted and lost their lives, yet so many people still try drugs. I do feel sorry for people who get trapped but at the same Time Life is about decisions. Hopefully from these terrible stories of loss people can learn to never try something that can be so destructive.
I understand smoking a little green from time to time, but indulging in heroin, meth, crack, pills. That I don’t understand. They say pot is a gateway drug, but that’s far from the truth. I smoked weed for a long time, all through high school, college, and many years after that. I never once wanted or tried anything else, had no desire to. I don’t know why people decide to shoot up with needles or snort the equivalence of glass up their nose. That’s on another level..something else is going on to make you want to do that. My cousin overdosed about a year ago. He was a heroin user. It’s all about choices, we know the consequences.
I hate what had happened to the legacy of so many of these musicians. I was never a “friend” of Layne’s.. but working in the industry I met, and hung out with him and his crew several times.. he was NEVER overly anxious or caught up in the so-called scene. My memory (and everyone else’s ) was that his band had that covered in spades. Jerry Cantrell (back then) was the de facto boss. Nothing wrong with that. Don’t get me wrong, there was a lot of talent to go around. But rock star didnt necessarily mean multi-millionaire back then.
At the end of the day, I only remember that this woman seemed nice. And she also seemed like a junky. But a nice junky.. it sucks it sucks, but that’s just the way it went with so many damn people back in the mid to late 90’s.
Wow what was Layne like? 😮
Rock star didn't mean multi- millionaire? Hmmm
Jerry is still the boss. Layne just couldn't deal with this world, for a lot of reasons. As Lanegan said, he was a magical person. The loss of his muse was too much for him, but he also had so many other conflicts with the world, which are evident in the body of lyrics that he wrote for the band . . .
Agreed. He was always the boss. Just more pronounced now. Because frankly, he’s the only one left of that original writing team.
@@cwheremonster8870 Layne had the motherlode of what you might call "spark" energy. Jerry also had a huge dose of this himself, but he was the boss, and Layne was the poet. No one can replace Layne in the original version of Alice, but they have gone on with Jerry's spark to create a boat load of incredible songs that benefit this world. I believe that is with Layne's blessing and inspiration, also, from beyond, which Jerry the boss also seems to believe, as he always says there are six members in this band. In BGWTB, Jerry wrote that he was haunted by Layne's ghost, but now it's not a haunting, anymore. It's just a presence.
Trying to establish which of them introduced the other to smack is pretty moot at this point, wouldn’t you say? Will it make either of them less dead?
Great piece Danny boy!!a
This one hurts my heart! I lost my fiance and band due to dope! She just got sooo bad on it she left to be with the guy whom was buying her dope and crack to shoot. Because of her, she gave a ride to a girl whom was in the music scene.
I was at sleep for work that night and she was late picking me up.and said "oh my gawd!!! M- od'd!"
I was oh my lord! Is she okay? She was saved but ended up having major mental issues! Poor girl!
This story hits SOOOOOOO CLOSE TO THE SOUL it hurts!
Amazing piece my man!🤘🎸🤘🍻🍻
25:53 “main-ee-ACKKLE” lol
It’s muh-NYE-ical. (Maniacal) sorry had to laugh at that one
Demri was incredibly beautiful.
She was breathtaking. 🥀
Layne was a sweetheart but could be a savage when needed 😆
The back and forth over the heroin introduction is weird. All addicts are fully responsible for their drug use, especially two adults. Layne and Demri were damaged people immersed in drugs and addiction. Demri honestly sounds like she had BPD, which is often a byproduct of severe sexual abuse. Layne came from a broken home and was estranged from his father. It doesn't matter which one introduced the other to heroin. They were both going to use regardless.
Mark Lannagen also turned down Demri's advances while out scoring. He said it was tough to do but he was glad for once he didn't take the bait.
In my vehicle when I was watching this on UA-cam. Getting ready to pull out the parking lot. Tacoma,Wa. Someone pulled in and parked. Written in the dust on the back window, was," " MOTHER LOVE. BONE."
93' or so my buddy who was in a amateur band type deal? (17 yr olds or so?) He and his band mates went to ,"The King Dome", Seattle, I believe? They somehow knew where AIC would be entering the establishment? So they had been waiting there for them. To get autographs or something? I was told that AIC all arrived in a 4-Runner? So they went up to them? I was told that AIC pretty much told them to," F-off and get the F away ?!"More or less?
AIC was a band in which every song on their album was awesome. Which is not a common thing? Majority of bands, a lot of times only have a few great songs on their albums!?
Talking about how F-up Seattle was back then!? You should see the area now!? Seattle, Tacoma,etc is completely Fu*ked .
The street sides are nothing but despair and suffering.
Those heroin pills given out by Big Pharm in the method they were. Completely changed the nature of the beast? That shit hit everywhere. To the point where the Fire Medics dispatched to a overdose etc.. Are in some cases also addicted to opiates?
That's just one example.
That was so informative and interesting! Thank you!
Something about the story that the lady at the end of this video just seems really off to me and if it is true I can only apologise for having a cynical mind? Correct me if I’m wrong but this is pretty recent testimony implicating herself into the very desperate scene in the last few years where we previously heard that nobody got in🤔 As well as being quite disparaging towards Layne re disease, drug use and a love sick puppy the bit where I smell a rat is recalling some prophetic dream about Layne, which may sound great but we are far more nuanced than that and just as likely to recall a dream about not being able to punch someone, let alone recall a dream that fits the story? Ever since the Argentina lady who was found to have made up BS about a period of Laynes life where nobody was around to dispute it, I’m afraid you gonna get some nut cases and grifters and there’s a reason why Jerry, Shaun, Mike don’t go into the sordid details about Laynes scar tissue, possible diseases and most importantly trying to explain the things said under the influence as they have too much respect for him and know those incredible songs would not be here without Layne Staley. So without knowing the source even if what she says is true I would say it’s coming from a different place to everyone else since she couldn’t understand or talk about the artist she chose to tell a story of him putting her on a pedestal, revealing his innermost thoughts, only for her to kick him in the nuts and save herself as it were🤔 It all comes across as a bit narcissistic and not in harmony with what we know. Can only imagine what Laynes Mother must of felt like upon hearing another sordid tale about her beautiful and by all accounts a guy who had nothing bad to say about anyone and doesn’t deserve some crackpot saying just about the most hurtful, embarrassing remarks about a dead man to prop herself up😡 ok rant over
Yeah, you can't really trust people's anecdotes. Everyone always wants to make themselves more of a main character than they were/are
@Jennifer Marie yes absolutely and perhaps the only trustworthy ones are from the likes of Lanagen who includes the awful stuff they did
I lost my soul mate of almost 30 years. We finally quit dope and I went to methadone, she went to alcohol. Took about 10 years for her to not so slowly drink herself to death. I knew I couldn't do anything about it. I'm an addict and far from perfect. I can really identify with his relationship with Demri, always wasted, having to constantly see her in the hospital. I'll never snap out of this.
I’m sorry to hear that brother, keep pushing and believing in yourself: You do have the power to break out of this, believe in yourself & believe in Christ, you can do this man 👊🏻
im sorry brother
He was heartbroken
Her story is even more tragic than Laynes in my opinion. She was an addict and didn’t have the constant influx of money like Layne so she had to turn to the real disgusting life of a true junkie doing things to get drugs. Layne turned his back on her for becoming that bad off and probably hated himself for doing that. He loved her but was disgusted at what she’d eventually become. His band mates probably eventually did the same to him. He went to treatment 10 times so it wasn’t like he didn’t at least try to stay clean. His money kept him all high and happy. As a musician I’ve seen my share of people completely throw away all of their talent and eventually their lives to addiction. I also know what it feels like to have to eventually walk away from an addict for my own sanity. After a while you just can’t take it anymore. You want them to get clean but over and over again you are disappointed. Thanks for the video.
Layne’s band mates NEVER left his side. They even went to therapy with him multiple times. Mike went to his apt right before he died and was crying hysterically because he couldn’t help Layne. Stop talking about things you know NOTHING about
You are absolutely right. The lack of empathy a lot of people have for her disgusts me.
@@Emily-ns1dg of course they did. After the last tour with Kiss they we’re done with him.
Apparently, Layne had actually offered to pay for her to attend rehab, and she just moved out. They hadn't been together for a while before she passed away. I believe she even had a new boyfriend at the time. No one does drugs unless *they* want to. I'm speaking from experience. He isn't at fault for hers, and she isn't at fault for his.
@@peacelovempathy1 since when honesty is disgusting?
To introduce anyone to heroin is seriously naughty and despite being in and around that life since 1995 I do take some kind of pride for never having gave it to anyone. I was dead against no doubt Layne was but a so called friend who knew how I felt was smoking it in my attic bedroom as I was getting out the shower and I just tried it. I ended up with my childhood sweetheart but never was responsible for giving it her but once she’d been taking it with her friend we became a pair of addicts in love. On breaking up with her she became so ruthless like Demri and was selling herself for gear. The really odd thing was that he had the money to see her right and yet he kinda let her prove to him that she could find money her way? I do get it since every time he was on tour she would just do it anyways so like he said the whole situation was f***d
@Robert Doyle oh dear well to be honest I’m not sure a good friend would put you in that position🤔 Talk about bad associations spoil useful habits? Our moral compass becomes broken
I feel this so hard. Maybe the chase was part of the high for them? like a "*uck you" in a way? Truth is, $$ or no, you can't save someone who doesn't want to be saved. he was right when he said he could have gotten them out of there, but then what? you have a famous face and voice and the dealers sniff that shit out. they were doomed unless they truly wanted it.
@Brooke Boots well what happens with some addicts, myself being the same is they take the irrational decision to hurt their selves after being dealt a bad hand and they either wake up and realise it needs not go that way or they perish
@@andrewbowen6875 I get it. believe me. I gave that *hit 8 years of my life.
@Brooke Boots After eight years I hope you are kind enough to yourself to give yourself an almighty pat on the back as Many have been lost in what is like playing Russian Roulette for eight years🙄 I’m still messing about after twenty years but I only smoke the Asian stuff if and when I convince myself im missing out (can you believe that) I’m down to such a low dose of methadone 20-30ml but I’m terrified of getting off it all as I have bad survivors guilt over my cousins overdose even though I wasn’t there I cannot stop dreaming about him 20 years later so f*** knows how to stop that when the mind fully wakes up. Bravo though because it doesn’t have to be this way and I don’t see you ever going back there
This story should be made into a movie.
It almost was. Glad it didn't happen.
dude, you only have 1 picture of Demri?
Right? There was maybe one in like 2008 but there's hundreds now....
A lot of us have this exact dynamic at some point in our dating history. And for better or worse it led most of us to never marrying.
I know this sounds weird, but Demri looks EXACTLY like my baby sister, who also died of a drug overdose. She was beautiful. ❤
I agree it’s pointless to blame one for getting the other addicted. But from what I’ve seen in my lifetime it is almost always the girl that gets the guy started on drugs. There are definitely exceptions, and one guy in particular I’m still angry at 20 years later for getting my best friend’s sister started.
She was such a good looking chick.
Layne's quote though after their breakup... He uses words like grifting(?) and instegating... It sounds like he was bitter. Which makes it plausible that he too felt that they were made for eachother... and he was coping to heal his broken heart. At least they are together now. ❤
Laynes look changed so much so fast I've never seen anything like it in my life I've been around terminal cancer patients that didn't change like that I know heroin is rough on you but there was something else going on there
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I wonder why the west coast…. Seatttle in particular, had sooo much heroin in the 90’s. Why?
Your talking about 2 people that only knew each other for 7 years and most of it was spent apart and cheating with other people. Everyone makes too much out of their relationship when obviously it wasn’t that serious or it would have worked out for them.
I Used to travel around with an ex-girlfriend of Layne’s, a girl named Heather Ventura who sometimes called herself “Phoenix”..
She was a sweetheart of a girl, and she told me a couple of War Stories about being on tour with AIC while Blind Melon was opening for them; Phoenix knew that I was/am a HUGE Melonhead, and was more interested in hearing about them than I was in hearing about AIC
The only other girls I have read about associated with Layne romantically, that were not Demri, were the Black Girl that Layne apparently dated around 1993 who was mentioned in the David de Sola book and also some Australian model mentioned by Layne's good friend D-rock. The Australian model evidently took advantage of Layne financially, convincing him to buy her expensive items and put them in her name. I am SO curious about the identity of the apparently beautiful Black girl Layne dated back then...
So you're here to tell the world about how your girl got railed by two bands?? Weird comment dude.
Exactly how my dad died when he lived in Seattle, back in '89. Ever since, I've had this irrational hatred for Seattle. Dad loved it so much. I blame Seattle for being nothing, but a cesspool of degenerates, more worried about getting fucked up than helping your overdosing friend cuz you'd rather rob him of his new birthday presents & cash he came back from upstate ny with after visiting his daughter, whom he abandoned, last contact/rich mother who's probably the reason. I miss him everyday and feel bad that i became as much of a degenerate as he was, but that's how God teaches me my lessons. Felt good to vent and don't be offended by my irrational hatred of Seattle. I was 9.
I disagree, Michelle would of NEVER been Layne’s #1 gal, DEMRI topped them all no matter what DEMRI was Layne’s soulmate, she had his heart♥️
Well that’s sad. He deserved better.
My question is how come no one talks about him going to rehab in 1991?
Junkies do as junkies do. It's not the real people but the addiction itself that takes them. Very sad.
At this point, what does it matter who used heroin first? In the circles they ran, heroin was rampant and both would have likely used, with or withot each other.