Posts Tagged ‘Layne Staley’
Happy Birthday, Layne Staley
He would have been 48 today.
Read MoreDoes My Book Focus On Layne Staley Too Much?
Two weeks since its release, a recurring critique I’ve read online about my book is that it is too Layne-centric. I think it’s a valid point, and thought it would be worth explaining my creative/editorial process for why I wrote it the way that I did. By the time I started working on the book…
Read MoreThe End of the Road
A lot happens in four years: a presidential term, an Olympic Games or World Cup, a high school or college education, and a leap year. Almost four years after I started working on it, as of today Alice in Chains: The Untold Story is a reality, available in hard cover and e-book editions. It’s a…
Read MoreJournalism, Sources and Access
A frequent critique of myself or the book I’ve read online in recent days – usually by people who haven’t read it – is that the book wasn’t authorized by the band, or that I didn’t interview the band members. My lack of access wasn’t for my lack of trying over the course of three…
Read MoreThe First Time Jerry Cantrell Heard Layne Staley Sing
On May 1, 1987, Alice ‘N Chains was the first act of a three-band bill at the Tacoma Little Theatre, a local community theatre in the neighboring city of Tacoma approximately thirty-five miles south of Seattle. Though they are sometimes confused with Alice in Chains, they were two entirely different bands who had the same…
Read MoreBillboard
Alice in Chains: The Untold Story was included in the “Summer’s Music Must-Reads” list in the new issue of Billboard magazine which came out last week. The article is behind a paywall, but here’s a scan:
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