Sublime was a band for working-class people who could reconcile the casual bleakness of the lyrics of a song like Wrong Waya cheery ditty about an underage hookerwith the dance-happy music. "I know I have no chance. "position": 1, "I was trying to kick this habit out of my life, and here comes this man asking for money to buy some smack." Demri was born in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, in the United States of America's Pacific Northwest. } He was 44 years old. I changed my number. As Layne sat there and Ann was swimming, a huge meteor went over them and it lit up Laynes face. By the next year, the band's dark and deeply pained breakthrough album, "Dirt," was rife with references to the drug. A year after his death, a rare interview emerged with Staley that hed given with Argentinean writer and music fan Adriana Rubio, titledLayne Staley: Angry Chair A Look Inside the Heart and Soul of an Incredible Musician. Staley and Parrott met in 1988 while she was working at a store called Saturdays. As for fans that object to another man heading up Sublime, Ramirez seems content to play the haters gonna hate card. googletag.cmd.push(function(){ Im just a singer. He was supposed to record guest vocals for a song by Taproot, but his body was found shortly before a recording session was set to take place. Formed in 1988, Sublime made its name by playing surf towns up and down the California coast, honing a feel-good blend of punk, hip-hop, and ska informed by Nowells multicultural upbringing in Long Beach. .build(); Sean Kinney, Layne Staley, Mike Starr and Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains during an In-Store record promotion in Los Angeles in September 1990. The2002 Rolling Stone article claimed that thedeath of ex-girlfriend Demri Parrott was one of the catalysts for Layne Staley's collapse into an isolated, drug-fueled existence that ultimately claimed his life. Ramirez grew up on Sublime records, and based on this clip of Sublime With Rome performing the hit Wrong Way in 2010 on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, he was hired for his ability to make Nowells demise seem like a mere inconvenience that temporarily kept the band off the road. Its a very difficult thing to explain. But nevertheless, Starr still blamed himself and never even spoke about it until that Celebrity Rehab interview in February of 2010. They were attached at the hip until 1994 when they split for a final time. Demri was the biological daughter of Kathleen Ann (Austin) and Dennis Wayne Dougherty. "@type": "ListItem", about the Dirt cover were awhile ago, but that's Mariah, not Demri. He was holding a loaded syringe and was sitting on a batch of used ones. } googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_top_2', [[336,280],[300,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-2') Finally, Starr left angry. Staley wasnt the sort to hedge his bets when it came to calling his own drug-related death. Staley was playing video games while they talked, and pretended to listen according to Forrest. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_top_1', [[300,250],[336,280],[728,90],[970,90],[970,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-1') 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. Days passed before his accountant sent up an alert that Staley hadn't been withdrawing any money. googletag.pubads().disableInitialLoad(); He was traveling with a bodyguard hired specifically to keep his drug use in check, but after the show he overdosed. Alice in Chains was opening for Van Halen on tour in 1991 when Staley, prompted by Parrott,. schain: { In October of that year, his former girlfriend and fellow drug addict Demri Parrott died of bacterial endocarditis. We were running around like two little kids! Guns not loaded, see? Tillman recalled Ace saying as he pointed it at his head and, with a smile, pulled the trigger. .addSize([0, 0], [[320, 50]]) I don't need any help to get annihilated.". Sean Kinney would try to visit Layne at his home, and he frequently called him to no avail. After that, I dont think he wanted to go on.. Cover for 'Alice and Chains: The Untold Story,' by David de Sola. 5. { 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. ], Following Parrotts death, its rumored that she was the one who introduced Layne Staley to the drugs during their relationship. Meanwhile, Starr, who'd been introduced to heroin by Staley, drank a bottle of bleach used for cleaning syringes, thinking it was water. Layne Staley, Demri Parrott and Debbie Murphy at the Pantera show in the Mercer Arena, Seattle. Demri was born in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, in the United States of America's Pacific Northwest. 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. 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. 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. I didnt own the album because I didnt have to; if you spent time in a dorm in 1996 and 97, all you heard was Sublime, Odelay, and Dave Matthews Band. Money goes to the Therapeutic Health Services (THS), which runs the Layne Staley Memorial Fund. It's known that Parrott was upset about the situation because Parrott herself was an aspiring model and actress. She said she believes her daughter was there that night to be there with Layne as hes doing his transition., 10. "name": "Home" Addiction was a constant throughout Staleys short life, which he tried his hardest to break out from but sadly didnt make it, and his music serves as a memory of his distinct talent. 5 on Marsh and Steins list. { He was reporting on his own ongoing dissolution, giving the play-by-play on his soul being ripped away from him. .addSize([748, 200], [[728, 90]]) googletag.cmd.push(function(){ 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. 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. Layne didnt get in, but sat in a chair sipping a beer. Dope sick hurts the entire body. Staley and Parrott were no longer together when she died; because she lacked Staley's rock-star bank account, Parrott was reduced to living out a conventional junkie death, finally prostituting. Also, demri never got sober, so, all the times layne was in rehab, demri was still using heroin, which wasn't very helpful. For the first time, there were problems with his vocals. Pick it up, this is a classic. and "Them Bones" unless you've got deep wells of pain to draw from for inspiration. "Demri was here last night," Staley allegedly said. But rather than a heartwarming reunion between father and son, his dad's habits rubbed off on him when he was trying to stay clean. It cites reports of 76 crack cocaine-related deaths in 2002, up sharply from 46 the year before, and 80 opioid deaths compared to a milder 64 in 2001. ] It was later reported that the shooter believed that Pantera was reading his mind, which suggests that the famously affable Abbott was perhaps too good at connecting with fans. .addSize([748, 200], [[728, 90]]) Cantrell recalled to Charles R. Cross of Rolling Stone how he met his lead singer: Its a Seattle party, and Staley is standing in the middle of it all, his hair dyed a bright glam-rock pink and teased with a hair clip atop his tiny frame. According to a transcript of a 2002 Rolling Stone article, Layne Staley spent the final years of his life in reclusive isolation, with nothing but his drugs to keep him company. 3. 9. *Referenced briefly in "Don't Follow" ("Forgot my woman, lost my friends / Things I'd done and where I've been") *Referenced in "Again" ("Your weak will won't help her heal her heart") -- Demri was suffering from . The article notes that Jerry Cantrell had told Kerrang! Much of the interview deals with his ongoing experiences with heroin addiction, which he claims were about to take his life. I'm telling you: Demri was here." Still, obvious as it was, Staley got defensive when pressed about his habit, worried it would come to define him. Much farther down on the most spectacular rock deaths list is Layne Staley of Alice In Chains. "@type": "ListItem", simplerGPT: true, adServer: 'googletag', She was adopted by her stepfather Stephen John Parrott. Hes wearing gold Elvis sunglasses and talking about partying with the other bands on tour and hanging with champion skateboarder Remy Stratton. "@type": "ListItem", He insisted he wanted to play down his addiction because he was worried that wearing it on his sleeve would turn fans on to drugs, which had gone from a fun hobby to a life-threatening burden. simplerGPT: true, I'm not using drugs to get high like many people think. "name": "Home" }, Staley couldnt bring himself to join Cantrell on stage after being asked, and a photo taken of him backstage is the last image of the singer before his death. }); Visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration website or contact SAMHSA's National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357). "item": { She looks very similar to Staley's longtime girlfriend and eventual fianc Demri Parrott. Demri's obituary. I didn't create myself because I would have done a hell of a better job.". "@type": "WebSite", As recounted by Rick Anderson of Seattle Weekly, Staleys body was found sitting upright on the couch, his remains illuminated by a flickering television in an otherwise darkened room. Band manager Susan Silver told Staley that he had to be the one to break it to ticket buyers that the concert was going to end midperformance because he was too screwed up to carry on. sid: '1366', 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. In 2009, Alice In Chains released Black Gives Way To Blue, its first album of original material in 14 years. Demri Parrott was engaged to Layne Staley (1992 - 1994). An appearance at Cypress Hills Smokeout Festival followed in October, and the bands first tour commenced in April 2010. Layne said, Did you see that? googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || []; 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. 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. It's hard enough to lose a child. Mark Lanegan and Mike Inez also went to Laynes home and bang on his door trying to see him. 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. .addSize([748, 200], [[728, 90]]) One way she's contributed to the fight is by helping run the Layne Staley Tribute Concert, which the article says is an annual celebration of Alice in Chains' contributions to music. "@type": "WebPage", Then he relapsed again. Kinney claims he had an alter ego he called Steve who would stand on a chair in an upscale restaurant and pee on the dessert cart or methodically pour beer into the sconces lining a hotel hallway for the pleasure of seeing them explode seconds later. I never wanted [the publics] thumbs up about this fucking drug use. After that, I dont think he wanted to go on., He died because he wished he had done right by the one person he knew for sure loved him for the poor butt rocker he was when he met her and hed be the first to admit it.. Alternative Nation published a similar article in September 2014, but we are now publishing a new version with a couple of new stories. Nowell might have ended up being another heroin casualty of the era, but he didnt sound like a guy that needed a spike in the arm in order to get out of the bed in the morning. On top of this, Staley had lost his ability to ingest food and survived off supplements for the last few years of his life. ", It's hard to tell if Staley would agree or disagree with his mom's take. That charity fights heroin dependency in the Seattle area. }, According to The Book Of Rock Lists by Dave Marsh and Kevin Stein (1981 ed. Then, Staley said his dad reached out. Staley sound-alikes became so common in the years after his public retreat and death that it was perhaps inevitable that one of them ended up replacing him in his own band. .build(); He thought it was very rock n roll, you know, Nowells widow Troy Dendekker said. RIP Layne and Demri.. I just believe that I'm not the greatest power on this earth. It seems strange, since Staley would, of course, go on to become one of the most noteworthy figures in a genre that would present itself as the antithesis of everything bands like Mtley Cre stood for. Club tells us, the year 1996 seems to have marked the start of his slow, sad downfall. Whether you believe it or not, it's a hauntingly beautiful story. Nowell was musically precocious as a child, able pick out a tune on his guitar after only hearing it once. I'm Melisa. She says she hopes that her son's music will shed light on the disease of addiction that ultimately took his life. Kurt Cobain short-circuited death by heroin with a shotgun blast to the head in 1994. "@type": "WebPage", googletag.enableServices(); "item": { The book notes he was missing teeth and struggling to breathe. timeout: 2000 }, } } Whats going on. The bands 1990 debut, Facelift, went platinum thanks in large part to the popular single Man In The Box, which succinctly laid out the themes of future Alice In Chains records in the very first lineStaley was a man trapped, buried in his own shit, and while he was self-aware enough to acknowledge it, he was powerless to lift himself out. It's too late. She also created a path for herself as a model, artist, muse, and actress who died of a drug overdose on October 29, 1996, at the age of 27. By the end, she was living with an older man who bizarrely drove her around unconscious for several hours before getting help. } .addService(googletag.pubads()); Krist Novoselic, Mark Lanegan, Mike Inez & Sean Kinney Tried To Help Layne. .addService(googletag.pubads()); Both Jerry Cantrell, the other engine driving Alice in Chains, and drummer Sean Kinney openly talk about their sobriety these days, but are none too specific about the substances, other than booze, at the source of their addictions. Back in those days, the band lived in abject poverty, "obsessed with getting p---y and who they were f-----g.". About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . Demri Parrott - Biography. Starr was likely the last one to see him alive. Demri Parrott Remembered. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_content_2', [[336,280],[300,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-4') Thats terrible, Mom. Demri Parrott was former ex-girlfriend of singer Layne Staley from Alice in Chains. .defineSizeMapping(mapping2) 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. .addService(googletag.pubads()); Wright contacted Staley shortly before his death and Staley agreed to record the song, privately in a studio in Seattle. .addService(googletag.pubads()); "Demri was a fashion icon in the Seattle Grunge scene. 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. The most vocal haters of the new Sublime were from Bradley Nowells family, which issued a statement in 2009 chastising Gaugh and Wilson for carrying on the band name without their original singer and friend. You dont get the same singular experience listening to Godsmack (which took its name from a Dirt track), Staind, or Creed, who adopted the superficialities of Alice In Chains sonic and thematic signposts and reconfigured them into interchangeably angsty and thuddingly poppy plop-metal. An updated version of The Book Of Rock Lists would probably be topped by Dimebag Darrell Abbott, the former Pantera guitarist who was gunned down onstage by a crazed fan during a performance with his band Damageplan on Dec. 8, 2004 at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio. I told him that John had gangrene once. Krist Novoselic brought him food, hoping he could save him after losing Kurt Cobain. Parrott was born in Bremerton, Washington to Kathleen Austin and Dennis Dougherty on February 22, 1969. Neither Demri's mother nor Layne's stepfather have been able to confirm that. Sean Kinney, Layne Staley, Mike Starr and Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains during an In-Store record promotion in Los Angeles in September 1990. She will know it sooner or later. Part of what makes Dirt an impressive artistic achievement is that much of the album was written or co-written by Cantrell, who performed a sort of method songwriting by infusing a junkies hopelessness and guttural desperation even into songs that didnt directly address addiction. 7/19/94. This past Saturday was the 20th anniversary of the death of Demri Parrott, Layne Staley's ex-fiance. Just as Alice in Chains became famous, Staley's girlfriend, Demri Lara Parrott, introduced him to heroin. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_anchor', [[728,90],[320,50]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-6') Gaugh and Wilson said they had no plans to revive Sublime until they met Ramirez in 2008 and, as they later told Billboard, had instantaneous chemistry with the 20-year-old Fremont, Calif. native. "@id": "https://www.alternativenation.net/layne-staleys-haunting-wedding-never-will-break-heart/", According to Ferrano, even though everyone around them knew that they decided to accuse Parrott of causing Staleys addiction and depression. There would be occasional sightings of Staley after that with open sores on his arms. The singer spoke about how he went on a journey when he was 16 to find his father, but what he discovered made him not want to look any further. "Everyone always asks if that is Demri [Parrott, then-girlfriend of frontman Layne Staley], on the Dirt cover," he says."I think Demri's name might have been mentioned as a possible model once or twice, but it was never a serious consideration." Forrest says that Staleys mind clearly still worked but that he was a million miles away., Bob: Hey Layne. Nancy responded, Laynes got an odd sense of humor. The Book Of Rock Lists gave Aces death most spectacular distinction based on a piece of mistaken information, repeating the legend that the shadowy balladeer killed himself during a game of Russian roulette played backstage at the City Auditorium in Houston between holiday shows with Big Mama Thornton. Mike Starr said he was going to be best man at Layne and Demri's wedding. "I'm not doing well," the singer said. Demri was passionate about many things and excelled in art and theater. Forrest called back Staleys mother Nancy and told her that theyd try to help him, though he told her he didnt know if itd work. Courtney Love tried to chase him down following Cobain's death. The most disturbing song on Dirt is Junkhead, co-written by Staley and Cantrell. There were times where someone had to go into the bathroom to see if Brad was still alive, Leary told Rolling Stone. She wasn't far behind, having immediately clocked out of work and raced home, flying past five police cars who, thankfully, didn't try to stop her. His comments given to Rubio show that Staley was aware that his mortality was on the horizon and had accepted his fate. 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. My strengths and my talent are my title," he said. "I know I'm dying," Staley is reported to have said. He seriously, seriously hated "Rutherford." Perry Farrell and Kurt Cobain and all those guys did drugs, and Brad wanted to see what it was like. By the time Sublime was in the studio recording its self-titled third record, Nowell was in such rough shape that producer Paul Learyno stranger to substance abuse as a founding member of Butthole Surferssent him home before the record was completed. ver: '1.0', I had the chance to throw out all this anger by the music in order to help others. Staley spent the bulk of his childhood being raised by his mom, Nancy McCallum, and her second husband, Jim Elmer, who she met at a mutual friend's Christmas party, according to David de Sola. A year after his death, a rare interview emerged with Staley that he'd given with Argentinean writer and music fan Adriana Rubio, titled Layne Staley: Angry Chair A Look Inside the Heart and Soul of an Incredible Musician. Best of 2022 Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Top 250 TV Shows Most Popular TV Shows Most Popular Video Games Most Popular Music Videos Most Popular Podcasts. Staley erupted, then yelled at him whenever he tried to take more pills. } It might be the least spectacular rock death of all time, in the sense that it surprised absolutely no one, including Staley himself. Parrott, too, was a heavy drug user and fatally overdosed on October 29, 1996. Some of Staleys fans and friends blamed Demri for causing all these tragedies. She was around five feet tall-maybe even shorter-and was stunningly beautiful. Im telling you: Demri was here last night. Demris mother, Kathleen Austin, heard this story from Mike Starr after Laynes death and relayed the story to David de Sola (and it was corroborated by Jason Buttino). Its known that both Parrott and Staley were struggling with their drug addiction problems for a very long time until the young couples early and unexpected deaths. Layne and Mark Lanegan Discussed Collaborating, We talked about [working together] from time to time, Mark Lanegan told CDNow in April 2002. Layne Was Going To Record With Taproot In 2002. And I thought, oh, for heaven sake, listen to his music. ,{ However, they decided to break up after a few years while people were waiting for an announcement about their wedding. People Projects Discussions Surnames A friend of hers said so and there's even an interview with Layne where he says Demri was pissed about it because it looked just like her when they could've just let her . 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"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. schain: { Alice In Chains late leader Layne Staley tragically lost his fight against addiction on April 5th, 2002. This portable projector plays your movies in crisp, high-contrast, 1080p detailno matter where you are. Although they were no longer together, Staley was clearly devastated by the news. Rumors began circulating that he had lost an arm to gangrene. Staley's final public performance was in Kansas City, Mo., in 1996. He looked like an 80-year-old version of himself, Seattle music journalist Jeff Gilbert told Prato. An indicator of that drop in regard for himself was when, in 1998, he contracted gangrene as a result of his lifestyle. googletag.cmd.push(function() {
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