If it's so difficult for us to get over losing Layne, imaging what these guys went through/are going through. I can see how Layne would be an absolutley awsome "best friend". Rest in peace beautiful man...
Yes! Really hard to find a replacement for Layne! I like the new guy though! It is better to start a new day than to live in the past and create more goodness!
@Tupac14901 respect to any AIC fan, but Layne had no 'image', this music is a complete escape from that kind of horseshit. just straight up from the heart. any image was just some dicks at a magazine who lacked a fucking soul. and soul is what layne was in the truest meaning of the word.
Layne wrote all the lyrics to at least half of the best songs, man in a box, I stay away, angry chair, rotten apple, nutshell, etc. All Staley, you can't discredit the man like that, stop sucking Jerry's cock you fuckin homo.
Luv and miss you Layne...so glad we still have your voice to listen to in these great songs but just wondering what you would have been like today? sad that we never got the chance to know..RIP!
Jerry is such an awesome guy. i wish that AIC just stopped in my opinion and they moved on after Layne died. I can never get use to Duvall being in the band.
Just pretend they have a new name and don't get hung up on the idea. Think of it as Cantrell's 3rd solo album if you will. I can assure you the new album will still be better than most shit that's out there now.
I loved Layne.... nobody is like him... but DuVall is a great all-around musician with great vocals and a lot of style of his own...he is a perfect fit
its not that i dont like Duvalls voice cuz it truly is beautiful and pretty similar to layne. But, its the feeling of Laynes presence in the band that makes it Alice In Chains. thats what made the band special. and i think they still got alot of talent in the band. dont get me wrong cuz i do like the new record. its just not the same Alice in Chains that i got hooked onto when i was 6 years old. when other kids were listening to the Backstreet boys an Arin Carter. i was slowly being moved by AIC
never say Jerry was poser..without him this band would not be anything. Layne is the crown on this such out-of-the-world music. His unique voice made AIC famous but he needed the music that Jerry brought to life. They make it together.
I love Layne too but let me school u. Look at the writing credits on all their records. Jerry wrote a shit load of the songs with the exception of a few songs Layne totally wrote by himself. Layne did write genius melodies to the songs Jerry didn't write lyrics for but if you look, Jerry also wrote a lot of the melodies that you probably think Layne wrote. Example: "We Die Young" "Them Bones" "Would" "Damn That River" "Man In The Box" "Down In A Hole" all are Jerry's music and lyrics (melodies).
Wait i got it mixed up. Either Layne wrote lyrics to man in the box of some of the guitar part. He wrote Angry Chair Hate to Feel Head Creeps and basicially all of the lyrics to Tripod (except Heaven Beside you Grind and over now)
Layne wrote Man In The Box you moron. Layne also wrote the music that made Alice into a grunge band; God Am, Head Creeps, Died, Get Born Again, Sludge Factory, Angry Chair and more.
Don't fucking call me a moron for being right, you don't even know who I am. Layne wrote some lyrics, vocal melodies, and the riffs in Angry Chair and Hate To Feel, thats it, he was part of the process, but to say he "wrote" man in the box is bulshit, he didn't even play guitar at the time. He's my favorite singer and a fantastic musician with what he does, ...but if you're to stubborn to admit that Jerry really writes the songs, you're not worth talking to.
Hate to burst your bubble dude...but Layne totally wrote Man in the Box...all you have to do is read the linear notes inside of the Facelift CD and inside of the rest of their albums and you will see....on tripod....Layne wrote everything exepct over now and heaven beside you....but Jerry did write alot of it as well
Dude...Layne wrote alot of the lyrics from facelift and dirt and almost ALL of them from tripod....read the linear notes man....you dont know what you are talking about and you make yourself sound like an assclown when you argue when your wrong.....do the research man!!! Then talk
I'm not denying Layne wrote the lyrics from any of those albums. All I'm claiming is that he didn't "write" the large majority of the songs. I know my AIC, I don't need to do any research.
he wrote at least half the best tunes ya fucking douche bag! MAN IN A BOX, Rotten apple, nutshell, I stay away, ANGRY CHAIr. Ever heard of Jar of Flies douch bag? Or FACELIFT? He wrote half the songs on facelift and pretty much all of Jar of Flies, Not to mention there BREAKTHROUGH SONG MAN IN A BOX!! ALL STALEY U FUCKING RETARDED HOMO! You don't know shit about AIC, stop sucking Jerry's dick ya fucking shit eater. Yeah, Jerry wrote a few good songs but most of them are filler.
@timeruin Please don't call me a "douche bag." I know quite a bit about AIC, so don't try and claim otherwise (by the way, its Man in THE Box, not "Man in A box" mr. I know everything about AIC). As I've said several times, Layne is a brilliant musician and my favorite singer of all time, but did he pull out a guitar, a bass and drum set and write all those songs you mentioned? No. Aside from Angry chair & Hate to Feel, Layne only contributed vocals/lyrics, ....thats fact.
@Andonio1Core Layne contributed so much. I'm so sick of people like you coming on here and saying all Layne did was write a few lyrics, and sing.
Without Layne, AIC would have never been created. Layne made the name. Layne hooked Jerry up with a place to live and Layne introduced Jerry to Sean and Mike.
So basically if it wasn't for Layne, AIC would have never happened.
Eff, these guys were so good together. We'll never see this kind of talented blended together in a band again in our lifetime--just be glad you got to see it. Even if its on Utube--which has sold out big time!!!!!!!
I'm entitled to my opinion. You're entitled to yours. I'm not gonna "get over it" dead people should not be forgotten just because they're dead. LAYNE will live forever.
I lived 2 blocks away from Layne over in the U District in Seattle. I remember seeing all the ambulances, firetrucks and cop cars outside when they found him. When I found out the next morning that he had been found dead, it broke my heart.
Jerry said it man he loved Layne they were the best "one two punch" haha shit they were the best period that's all I have to say...Alson, I took my brother to the consert at Philadelphia, and he loves Alice, but he was satisfied just seeing Jerry playing the riffs, Sean kicking ass on drums, and mike just chillen
Wow. How can average vote only be "3". This is a great RARE interview shared here!!!!! Of "ALL" the "b.s." that people think about "anything" between Layne & Jerry; this is a great - super special & touching interview with some pretty "heart felt" comments made about Layne from Jerry. Thanks tulip2199.
That's so sad :(
Jerry really-REALLY loved Layne :(
tickedoffnow 1 year ago
I hate heroin for taking away Layne Staley, Kurt Cobain, and Jim Morrison among others.
whpriol1 1 year ago 3
"he's my best friend in the world" :((
If it's so difficult for us to get over losing Layne, imaging what these guys went through/are going through. I can see how Layne would be an absolutley awsome "best friend". Rest in peace beautiful man...
MsBrit78 1 year ago
Yes! Really hard to find a replacement for Layne! I like the new guy though! It is better to start a new day than to live in the past and create more goodness!
jyoung0000 1 year ago
@Tupac14901 respect to any AIC fan, but Layne had no 'image', this music is a complete escape from that kind of horseshit. just straight up from the heart. any image was just some dicks at a magazine who lacked a fucking soul. and soul is what layne was in the truest meaning of the word.
TheSlickLeg 1 year ago 3
who gives a fuck who did what for band these guys were brothers...."he's my best friend in the world" Jerry reffering to Layne
theMenace985 1 year ago
Layne wrote all the lyrics to at least half of the best songs, man in a box, I stay away, angry chair, rotten apple, nutshell, etc. All Staley, you can't discredit the man like that, stop sucking Jerry's cock you fuckin homo.
timeruin 1 year ago 2
Luv and miss you Layne...so glad we still have your voice to listen to in these great songs but just wondering what you would have been like today? sad that we never got the chance to know..RIP!
alicat76usa 2 years ago
it breaks my heat when he says "hes my best friend". ppl forget how long they knew each other its sad really RIP layne! favourite singer of all time
halzg 2 years ago
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FUCK YOU JERRY- You may have been able to write, but you're still under his shadow, right where you deserve to be.
Second place.
Watch your career go 'DOWN IN A WHOLE'
'May you never separate you from ME'
.....Mad Season (LAYNE STALEY)
saintdlee 2 years ago
chill the fuck out get over it hes fuckin dead people move on you should do the same
nathan7007 2 years ago
you're a douchebag
Totalmachine09 2 years ago
layne and jerry are on the same place asshole
nsjsjsjsd 2 years ago
You're an idiot.
MeowChef 2 years ago
its just not alice in chains to me without layne
debbzz15 2 years ago
Jerry is such an awesome guy. i wish that AIC just stopped in my opinion and they moved on after Layne died. I can never get use to Duvall being in the band.
GotdownwitteSickness 2 years ago
Just pretend they have a new name and don't get hung up on the idea. Think of it as Cantrell's 3rd solo album if you will. I can assure you the new album will still be better than most shit that's out there now.
MOV13M4ST3R 2 years ago 3
your right about that its better than most of the stuff nowdays.
GotdownwitteSickness 2 years ago
I loved Layne.... nobody is like him... but DuVall is a great all-around musician with great vocals and a lot of style of his own...he is a perfect fit
SkorpBX 2 years ago 2
its not that i dont like Duvalls voice cuz it truly is beautiful and pretty similar to layne. But, its the feeling of Laynes presence in the band that makes it Alice In Chains. thats what made the band special. and i think they still got alot of talent in the band. dont get me wrong cuz i do like the new record. its just not the same Alice in Chains that i got hooked onto when i was 6 years old. when other kids were listening to the Backstreet boys an Arin Carter. i was slowly being moved by AIC
GotdownwitteSickness 2 years ago
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malachymcnulty 2 years ago
yeah they made it together, i love how he talks about layne, but i cant listen to them now, i am not sure if its ok to have a new singer.
1embletina 2 years ago
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i never liked jerry thought he was a poser but Layne was a genius the harmonies you;d hear in his voice is what most nu metal bands try to do
swiv2d 2 years ago
never say Jerry was poser..without him this band would not be anything. Layne is the crown on this such out-of-the-world music. His unique voice made AIC famous but he needed the music that Jerry brought to life. They make it together.
sirintegralfairbrook 2 years ago 6
jerry also did ALOT of vocals man... AIC wouldnt really be AIC without his guitar riffs either
1Mrguitarman7 2 years ago 2
I love Layne too but let me school u. Look at the writing credits on all their records. Jerry wrote a shit load of the songs with the exception of a few songs Layne totally wrote by himself. Layne did write genius melodies to the songs Jerry didn't write lyrics for but if you look, Jerry also wrote a lot of the melodies that you probably think Layne wrote. Example: "We Die Young" "Them Bones" "Would" "Damn That River" "Man In The Box" "Down In A Hole" all are Jerry's music and lyrics (melodies).
uraneloi 2 years ago
i think layne wrote man in the box
Furthest1 2 years ago
You're right. He wrote the melody (lyrics), Jerry wrote the music. I stand corrected.
uraneloi 2 years ago
Your right but Layne wrote man in the box.
ecwmatt 2 years ago
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Andonio1Core 2 years ago
Wait i got it mixed up. Either Layne wrote lyrics to man in the box of some of the guitar part. He wrote Angry Chair Hate to Feel Head Creeps and basicially all of the lyrics to Tripod (except Heaven Beside you Grind and over now)
ecwmatt 2 years ago
Layne wrote Man In The Box you moron. Layne also wrote the music that made Alice into a grunge band; God Am, Head Creeps, Died, Get Born Again, Sludge Factory, Angry Chair and more.
JonSpam07 2 years ago
Don't fucking call me a moron for being right, you don't even know who I am. Layne wrote some lyrics, vocal melodies, and the riffs in Angry Chair and Hate To Feel, thats it, he was part of the process, but to say he "wrote" man in the box is bulshit, he didn't even play guitar at the time. He's my favorite singer and a fantastic musician with what he does, ...but if you're to stubborn to admit that Jerry really writes the songs, you're not worth talking to.
Andonio1Core 2 years ago
Hate to burst your bubble dude...but Layne totally wrote Man in the Box...all you have to do is read the linear notes inside of the Facelift CD and inside of the rest of their albums and you will see....on tripod....Layne wrote everything exepct over now and heaven beside you....but Jerry did write alot of it as well
theenigmajjames 2 years ago
@theenigmajjames layne didnt write every song from facelift only some and dirt like 4
midnitedeth 1 year ago
Dude...Layne wrote alot of the lyrics from facelift and dirt and almost ALL of them from tripod....read the linear notes man....you dont know what you are talking about and you make yourself sound like an assclown when you argue when your wrong.....do the research man!!! Then talk
theenigmajjames 2 years ago
I'm not denying Layne wrote the lyrics from any of those albums. All I'm claiming is that he didn't "write" the large majority of the songs. I know my AIC, I don't need to do any research.
Andonio1Core 2 years ago
Well...if you know,,,,,then you know that Layne wrote just as much as Jerry
theenigmajjames 2 years ago
he wrote at least half the best tunes ya fucking douche bag! MAN IN A BOX, Rotten apple, nutshell, I stay away, ANGRY CHAIr. Ever heard of Jar of Flies douch bag? Or FACELIFT? He wrote half the songs on facelift and pretty much all of Jar of Flies, Not to mention there BREAKTHROUGH SONG MAN IN A BOX!! ALL STALEY U FUCKING RETARDED HOMO! You don't know shit about AIC, stop sucking Jerry's dick ya fucking shit eater. Yeah, Jerry wrote a few good songs but most of them are filler.
timeruin 1 year ago
@timeruin Please don't call me a "douche bag." I know quite a bit about AIC, so don't try and claim otherwise (by the way, its Man in THE Box, not "Man in A box" mr. I know everything about AIC). As I've said several times, Layne is a brilliant musician and my favorite singer of all time, but did he pull out a guitar, a bass and drum set and write all those songs you mentioned? No. Aside from Angry chair & Hate to Feel, Layne only contributed vocals/lyrics, ....thats fact.
Andonio1Core 1 year ago
@Andonio1Core Layne contributed so much. I'm so sick of people like you coming on here and saying all Layne did was write a few lyrics, and sing.
Without Layne, AIC would have never been created. Layne made the name. Layne hooked Jerry up with a place to live and Layne introduced Jerry to Sean and Mike.
So basically if it wasn't for Layne, AIC would have never happened.
So please give the man some credit and respect.
thanks
Wesson4 1 year ago 5
He's too busy sucking Jerry's cock to look anything up!
timeruin 1 year ago
your dumb. the harmonies are from jerrys backing vocals.
WildStarChild90 2 years ago
I can't remember what it was I wrote..by the way you love cock
swiv2d 2 years ago
I can only imagine how hard it was for Jerry to loose his best friend.... God damn... Layne, will see you on the other side....R.I.P.
sandobg 2 years ago 3
a god among men
Alice in Chains lives on
R.I.P. Layne Thomas Staley
we still love you, man
guitarkiller8969 3 years ago 17
OMG! I love this, Punky! Thanks for the link! XXX
funkymomma 3 years ago
Eff, these guys were so good together. We'll never see this kind of talented blended together in a band again in our lifetime--just be glad you got to see it. Even if its on Utube--which has sold out big time!!!!!!!
utubedooby 3 years ago 2
omg, "he's my best friend in the world" :( i'm sad
psychicriver 3 years ago 27
Oh Gosh, Jerry sounds like tears are near when he says it... Layne, you're so missed!
odfoto 2 years ago 2
lol...he's funny!
cherrycheeks1 3 years ago
Alice in chains was like a dream... they had it all and will always be my number one
maroqui12 3 years ago 5
jerry cantrell!!!! marry me! LOL
metalchiq21 3 years ago 4
Yeah, the caption says this interview was in 1995.
LongLiveOx 3 years ago
cool! Was Layne still alive when Jerry did this interview?
showponygrl 3 years ago
Yeah. its wierd cause ive never seen him talk about layne after his death.
infamousk8er 3 years ago
There´s a typed interview of Jerry talking about Layne´s death and how dificult it was for him to deal with it though
maroqui12 3 years ago
whereabouts is it? id really love to watch it, would u be kind enough to let me know? thanks in advance:)
eni1980 3 years ago
I have and it was heartbreaking!
veddercinnamongirl 3 years ago
post it....
RothMan18 2 years ago
he doesn't have too. maybe people react differently when someone they love dies. some like to talk about it, some others don't.
mistifais 3 years ago 6
Everyone can imagine how it would feel to loose such a friend like Layne. So remember how it feels.
NinjaBurglar 4 years ago 2
"Cantrell rocks" good on him. Layne's dead life goes on it's great to see and hear them again.
tmv3 4 years ago
Jerry Cantrell, one of the best musicians ever...
Alice in Chains is a great band and will always be. Don't mix things guys, after Layne's death everything is different.
You cant blame Jerry for tryin some new music. Layne is dead, Jerry is alive...
Worst for Jerry, that "finds he sitting by himself, no excuses that he knows".
And no one is replacing Layne. And I think is better with the name of Alice in Chains, so we can always remember Layne...
UwerBK 4 years ago 8
Amen, for once somebody said it right!
I love you man!
veddercinnamongirl 4 years ago
Stop hating on Jerry you all have no f--ing talent or you'd be him.. losers
jennlinx 4 years ago 7
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Time to move on Jerry. Start a new band, with new, original music. We'll support you, but not when you replace your "best friend"
RespectForLayne 4 years ago
Fucking get over it. Your like a fucking crab you just jump from website to website talking shit.
Stantrell1 4 years ago
I'm entitled to my opinion. You're entitled to yours. I'm not gonna "get over it" dead people should not be forgotten just because they're dead. LAYNE will live forever.
BrightEyed 4 years ago 4
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"my best friend in the world.".. then why are you replacing him!! change the name of the band man..
BrightEyed 4 years ago
lol leech youre right, he pretty much predicted it. did it rain when he died? because then i would pretty much study his lyrics
turnthatuptoeleven 4 years ago
I'm not religious at all..But when i listen to Layne & Jerry harmonize i feel almost some sort of a spiritual awakening!
XOldGuardinMn 4 years ago 2
"Layne is just.. yeah.." even jerry has difficult to describe layne... RIP :( as Layne says in We Die Young " And We Die Young" :(
leechh 4 years ago
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...what the fuck is that suppose 2 mean, "in we die young as layne says....."we die young!" what a dumbass u r
SoundgardenReunion 4 years ago
I miss the whole thing, I really do
mohaven 4 years ago 2
i know...i know
SoundgardenReunion 4 years ago
I love to watch this, over and over. It is just so heartfelt! RIP Layne.
merryblagg 4 years ago
I lived 2 blocks away from Layne over in the U District in Seattle. I remember seeing all the ambulances, firetrucks and cop cars outside when they found him. When I found out the next morning that he had been found dead, it broke my heart.
Stanleylardbutt 5 years ago
his words are so heartfelt its really touching thanks for the clip
hottieana 5 years ago
awwww ''He's my best friend in the world''
Master0fBass 5 years ago
Jerry said it man he loved Layne they were the best "one two punch" haha shit they were the best period that's all I have to say...Alson, I took my brother to the consert at Philadelphia, and he loves Alice, but he was satisfied just seeing Jerry playing the riffs, Sean kicking ass on drums, and mike just chillen
viruszone 5 years ago
Wow. How can average vote only be "3". This is a great RARE interview shared here!!!!! Of "ALL" the "b.s." that people think about "anything" between Layne & Jerry; this is a great - super special & touching interview with some pretty "heart felt" comments made about Layne from Jerry. Thanks tulip2199.
casey10bb 5 years ago
well said.
don't yall think?
scusemewhileiwhipout 5 years ago
Jerry really says it all... Layne's an incredible vocalist ánd person.
rawpeters 6 years ago
i wish i could have met layne :(
Riotshoes 6 years ago