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Author of Alice in Chains The Untold Story

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Thomas Dunne Books
(August 4, 2015)
416 pages
$27.99
ISBN: 978-1250048073

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Recent Posts

  • Some Thoughts About Chris Cornell’s Death and the Seattle Grunge Scene
  • The Origin of Layne Staley’s Middle Name
  • Jim Elmer Remembered
  • The Story Behind the Story: Was Layne Staley Going to Audition for Audioslave?
  • Chris Cornell Remembered

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    Facts Matter

    May 25, 2016 by David de Sola

    I recently joined Medium and published my first article there, titled “The Fact Checker’s Worst Nightmare.”

    You can follow me on my profile page there.

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    Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Blogging, David de Sola, Medium, Writing

    A Guide to the Unreleased Layne Staley Material

    May 4, 2016 by David de Sola

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    The subject of unreleased Layne Staley material received renewed attention today after this post at Alternative Nation.Β  I covered this subject in my book Alice In Chains: The Untold Story and thought it would be worth going into some detail here:

    Are any of the unreleased tracks from leftover Alice in Chains material?
    No.

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    Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Alice 'N Chains, Alice In Chains, Alice In Chains: The Untold Story, Despisley Brothers, Grunge, Jesse Holt, Layne Staley, Music, Ron Holt, Seattle, Second Coming, Taproot, Toby Wright

    Layne Staley vs. the PMRC

    April 25, 2016 by David de Sola

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    A few months ago, I wrote about the thirtieth anniversary of the PMRC hearing, as well as Layne Staley’s public comment on a local television program in opposition to any kind of censorship.Β  I’m revisiting the subject today because someone found an image of Layne on that show and posted it on an Alice in Chains Facebook group. (I’ve confirmed the authenticity of the image with Layne’s close friend and former bandmate Johnny Bacolas, who attended the taping with him.)

    Here are the two paragraphs I wrote about it in my book:

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    Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Alice 'N Chains, Alice In Chains, Alice In Chains: The Untold Story, KOMO, Layne Staley, PMRC, Sleze, Tipper Gore

    Prince Remembered

    April 21, 2016 by David de Sola

    I was absolutely devastated to find out that Prince died in his home this morning. It seems as if lately people have been writing a lot of obituaries and tributes for musicians in the not too distant past, and it’s only April! At the rate we’re going, this is going to be the worst year for musicians since 1970.

    As a child of the eighties, I remember hearing Purple Rain on radio or MTV around the time it came out and his career was going supernova.Β  To put it another way, I can’t even think of or remember a time that I didn’t know his name or his music.

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    Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Coachella, Minneapolis, Music, NFL, Parents Music Resource Center, Prince, Prince Rogers Nelson, Purple Rain, Rock, Super Bowl

    Thanks For The Memories

    April 14, 2016 by David de Sola

    Confetti explosion… #mambaout #mambaday #thankyoukobe #kobeslastgame #thanksforthememories

    A photo posted by David de Sola (@daviddesola) on Apr 13, 2016 at 11:29pm PDT

    There is a widespread cliche about journalism being the first draft of history, and in my experience there is an element of truth to it for me, personally. I was a history major in college, but also lived and traveled abroad extensively growing up. The impact that had on me was showing that people and faraway places written about in books weren’t abstract concepts but real things that were lived, seen and experienced.

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    Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Basketball, Black Mamba, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Lakers, Mamba Out, National Basketball Association, NBA, Retirement, Sports, Staples Center

    Dave Grohl and Axl Rose’s Long and Winding Road

    April 10, 2016 by David de Sola

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    NOW:

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    HUGE THANK YOU to Dave Grohl for the use of his rock Throne! An amazing gesture!Words rn't enough!! Makes all the difference up there!πŸŽ™πŸŽ›πŸ”₯🎸🎯πŸ’₯

    — Axl Rose (@axlrose) April 10, 2016

    UPDATE: Rolling Stone has compiled a pretty good account of the Nirvana/GNR feud.

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    Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Axl Rose, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Guns n' Roses, Music, Nirvana

    Unplugged 20

    April 10, 2016 by David de Sola

    Today is the twentieth anniversary of Alice in Chains’s performance on MTV Unplugged.

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    Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Alice In Chains, Alice In Chains: The Untold Story, Grunge, Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley, Mike Inez, Mike Starr, MTV, MTV Unplugged, Sean Kinney, Seattle, William DuVall

    Happy Birthday, Mike Starr

    April 4, 2016 by David de Sola

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    He would have been 50 today.

     

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    Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Alice In Chains, Alice In Chains: The Untold Story, Grunge, Mike Starr, Music, Seattle

    Requiem for a Dream

    March 19, 2016 by David de Sola

    Marco Rubio’s presidential dreams crashed and burned last week after being swept by Donald Trump in his home state of Florida. (Trump won every county in the state except Miami-Dade, where Rubio lives and has a large Cuban population)

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    Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: 2016 Elections, Chris Christie, Donald Trump, Florida, GOP, GOP Primaries, Marco Rubio

    Happy Birthday, Jerry Cantrell

    March 18, 2016 by David de Sola

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    He turns the big 5-0 today.

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    Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Alice In Chains, Alice In Chains: The Untold Story, Grunge, Jerry Cantrell, Music, Seattle

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