Oh Layney! I've always loved this song, but got back into it just after my 1st son was born in 2002...realised a bit later that Layne had gone and joined 'that club'. So pretty, so sad & such a waste. RIP. <3 you. xxx
This instrumental imo is about a junky waiting for and finally getting a fix. The depressing discordiant beginning lead riff, then followed by the orgasmic triumphent lead guitar work (getting a fix, shooting up) then returning to the first melancholy riff representative of the fadeing effects, and representative ultamitely of the viscious cycle of heroin addiction.
@laynestaleyisadedFAG Funny how you made a youtube account about something you hate, tell your whore of a mom to sell 333 more pieces of ass to pay for your rehab as her and your whole family die of AIDS in which they where all raped by sick Monkeys in the trailer park near a foodstamp office next to a methadone clinic, you piece of ant shit
When I bought this album at 14 it was a transition for me. I was, and still am, a metalhead to the bone, but something in this album and especially this song stirred deep emotion in me and I was changed forever. The first decade of this century took alot of people I loved and admired. The ones who inspired me, made me think about the world from other points of view and sparked a revolution in my heart and mind. RIP to Layne and Dime, may they rock together for eternity. \m/
Ugh i hate people Layne should of gotten more support and news about his death....it's like he didnt even exist. but when cobain blows his head off cuz he's depressed the world fucking crys it's eyes out.
The way this song is just so dark, desperate and foreboding-much like Layne's life and his struggle with heroin-then transitions into a lighter, more hopeful set of riffs, then back to the darkness, is so powerful. I LOVE THIS SONG, it's a true masterpeice, along with Nutshell are my two favorite songs from Jar. This song says so much to so many without a single lyric. It really paralells Layne's life, for he too was in the abyss and got sober, during this album, but eventually died. RIP Layne!!
Jerry sang his heart out during the Tribute Song "Black Gives Way To Blue" in memory of his friend Layne last Friday night a the Key Arena in Seattle, it wan an amazing performance and the entire concert was recorded in 3D for an upcoming DVD that will be out sometime next year but you can check out my channel for live footage that I recorded.... Check it out!!.. RIP Layne!!..
Whale & wasp illustrates AIC's versatility - I have yet to see another band create an eloquently gut-wrenching tune like this...without VOCALS! Layne, Jerry and AIC - rock gods in a world of wannabe's...
Jerry sang his heart out during the Tribute Song "Black Gives Way To Blue" in memory of his friend Layne last Friday night a the Key Arena in Seattle, it wan an amazing performance and the entire concert was recorded in 3D for an upcoming DVD that will be out sometime next year but you can check out my channel for live footage that I recorded.... Check it out!!.. RIP Layne!!..
Hey dude, glad you like good music at age 17. Someone taught you very well. Love those/that persons. I saw AIC on their first tour with Slayer, Anthrax, & Megadeath in Louisville, KY. I sit her writing this just finding out a few hours ago my step mother for 30 yrs died. I turned to real music like this to help me deal and get my crying out. Justin Beiber will not do that for you kids.
R.I.P. Layne! We miss you. I agree, Nu AIC isn't the same at all. It is growing on me, because we still have Mike, Jerry and Sean and that's cool, but DuVall makes a Layne replacement NOT!
@thestick169 That's why I so vigilantly disagree with these people who say that the band is just as good now. Glad to see someone agrees with me..not that it would matter but it's nice to know I'm not alone in my assessment of the present day AIC. Still love Jerry though, he's the shit!
I think i know why. Jerry's slow electric guitar riffs represent the whale swimming ever so slowly in the deep seas, and the acoustic/clean guitar represent wasps flying gently in the wind. Who is playing the acoustic/clean guitar part? Is Layne playing it?
Truly an amazingy crafted milestone in music, as expected with Stayley and Cantrell's work. I haven't come across much music measuring up to their standards other then the song Three Days by Jane's Addiction. I'm only 17, but I live for this shit.
There are just so many shining superlative to be shed on this music that I'll make like the vocalists in this track and let the music do the talking. My words simply do no justice to such an amazing band.
dude, that's a lot of wisdom for a 17 year old, especially since many douchenags your age are fascinated with Soulja Boy and Lady Gaga..keep exploring AIC..can't go wrong ("Rotten Apple", "God Am", "Hate to Feel", "God Smack", "Am I Inside", "The Killer Is Me", "Shame In You", "Head Creeps", "What the Hell Have I", "Rain When I Die", "Frogs", "Junkhead", "So Close", "Love Hate Love", "Last of My Kind", "Private Hell", "Grind", etc..)... also check "River of Deceit" and "All Alone" by Mad Season
We're honering layne here and you know what layne and cantrell we're really good friends they've lived together because layne was drunk and cantrell was homeless and he said tha cantrell could live with him that was when they formed the band jerry and layne did as friends not as enemies and then you just feel like you should come here with you're lame ass comment and disturb this go home man with your lame "666" grow up man
@WhaIeAndWasp Such an eloquent description of the genius of these pioneers. For such a young guy I think you have an accurate perception of the deepest of this music and how much more it was than that. Aic will live forever. Your fellow fan, Flowr
I know a guy that looks like Cobain, and he does heroin. It's not funny. People make so much shit out of him. No one knows his real name, they just call him the Cobain kid or Kurt. The tormenting makes him do heroin more, that's how it started in the first place, being beat up for looking like Cobain. Heroin is not funny, but until you hear a talented person, try to decide between heroin and life, you know what I'm talking about. Drugs are bad.
This has got to be the most beautiful song i have ever heard without lyrics. I close my eyes and picture the whale as the man and the wasp the female, and how they are proclaiming their love for one another literally willing to die side by side.walk through fire to get to a place in eachothers arms. man its so rad! Kari Cantrall
Fucking drugs , hendrix, lane, morison, Too many greats taken from us. Breaks my heart. We all feel the things he felt and wrote about with out the god damn drugs. Johnny rotten lost Sid to them. Fuck drugs
Feel his pain. Got the same heroin demon layne had, never has anything(music) touched my soul sooooo deep. Layne is fuc••n amazing!!! The truth. Sept 12, AIC in concert here in indpls. The creativity of AIC died in 02 w/mr. Staley. R.I.P. Best ever, did layne have any children? Any1?
I dont believe that Layne has any children. He did have that girlfriend (Demri) for a long time, but she actually passed in 1996...also from a heroin overdose. It is very sad, especially when it consumes young peoples' lives. I do hope that you can overcome your demon, friend...I will keep you in my prayers:)
Layne's girlfriend Demri died from endocarditis (inflammation of the sac around the heart) from using dirty needles & heroin (not necess shared needles, just dirty).
I too have a soul connection w/layne & I am an addict.Ive never come across heroin n my using days, but Im VERY lucky cuz I am an addict of the hopeless variety & if i ever touched it, I wouldn't stop! I AM an opiate addict (norco & soma). EVERYTHING he wrote, his upbringing & his past w/his dad (if its true), EVERYTHING about him, I can either relate to, or has happened in my life. I truly feel hes an angel & he watches over us! Hes part of my Hghr pwr! RIP Layne & God bless U w/ur recovery!
I too am a opiat addict, but i dont consider it a disease, i look at it as an opening to the other side of life good and bad and the ability to feel pain and hurt but most importantly a gift to see the things in life we must teach are children about. my disease doesnt handicap me, it opens my mind and heart to others.
I see my addiction as a disease, a spiritual malady, an allergy, & selfishness. I never use my 'disease' as a handicap. We wish to never close the door on the past, but to share it with & help others. An addict is the 2nd most selfish person on the earth (the 1 who commits suicide being the 1st), but an addict walking in recovery is the least selfish person walking the earth. We are to give back to society what we have taken & we live in harmony w/others doing w/them what we can't do alone!
no offense dude but u wont be teaching yur children shit if u OD on opiate. quit it man u'll save urself and ur family especially ur children the heart ache of ur passing
I saw first hand a few weeks ago what you are talking about. I hope I never have to witness something that sad again in my life. It's a pointless death. He left behind 2 very young boys. A father who's world revolved around them. Started with pain killers and moved up to heroin. What a waste.
I am VERY lucky to never have come across heroin! I think its a God thing because I am a VERY self-destructive person & I like opiates way too much that I wouldn't stop!!
Wow. I feel somewhat emotional. I am one of those people who is extremely passionate about their music. I feel each of my favorite singers to my heart. Layne was top on my list. I listen to his songs every day. He is one of my obsessions.
The pictures, the music... got to me. Music is in a sad state today and I'm sick of wishing for him to come back and revive my happiness. lol
you did a hell of a job, the pics are pure. this song brings tears since the mid 90's. this nut shell and don't follow wil be played at my funeral...hey SHADOW
this song brings back memories of college. WE would get stoned call some girls get drunk and amke love to this song then sleep put song on repaet. Those were the days.
Cantrell is a genius. AIC, as for me, is the best rock band ever. I like what people call 'grunge', but AIC isn't a grunge band, strictly speaking. They are like LedZep in a sense that they have their own style and no frames.
What about Layne... Layne had a gift that no one have never had and there won't be another guy with such a voice and such an attitude. He was a masterpiece himself, a beautiful beautiful human being, a priceless gift for everyone who can appreciate a true talent.
I disagree. I have heard many contemporary singers who are just as talented and good as Stayley. But it was in Stayley's uniqueness and individuality that he stood out. He had raw emotion and sorrow in his voice that Eddie Vedder, and many of his other peers, just couldn't match. Many other singers tried, but Stayley just was.
dont follow is the best song,the words i believe jerry cantrell wrote,correct me if wrong please, the part where he says forgot my woman lost my friends things ive done and where ive been sleep in sweat the mirrors cold see my face is growin old ,im scared to death of reasons why do whatever to get me by think about the things ive said read that page its cold and dead so take me home,take me home...i yearn for tampa but from n.c. live in new england...lol
Its like my best friend that killed himself, youre shocked, you hate them, then you miss them. Anyone can feel that toward Layne. I never met him, but I had the same reaction on that day in April 2002.
this song creeps me out at the beggining and for some reason at the end i about break into tears this is a very emotional song even though it doesnt seem like it... AIC forever!! RIP LAYNE!!
this song...listening to it makes me unafraid of death(if thats a word) cuz it sounds at the beginning your dying or something of the sort then other parts sound kinda pick me up tones like your dying but look..its the light..goddam are layne and cantrell gods in my eyes. they deserve more respect and recognition than they have right now..rip layne
hahah thanks for agreeing with me this is my new acc forgot my pass on onlylivingonce but yea theres the chills goiing thru my body..god i love this song
you know when music hits your soul; it sends chills down your spine. it's fucking beautiful how this song can sound sad and peaceful at the same time...
"Sad and peaceful at the same time" ... that is probably the most simple yet best description I have ever heard about Layne's music. His music sends chills down my spine also, there is something pure about his music that isnt in most songs today.
JAR OF FLIES-hard to believe they wrote this and recorded this in 7 days.one song per day,when it debuted at number 1 the band was shocked.i want this song played at my funeral.i love how you can hear the hand moving on the strings.each note pure gold!
Beautiful, RIP brother Layne
DoomTrooperSDMF 2 months ago
:(
vikkevictoria 3 months ago
Something about Chains music... it gets inside of you. If you can feel this inside your chest then you understand.
IeatyellowSNO 6 months ago
4 dislikes? You obviously are tone deaf and impaired in some way.
IeatyellowSNO 7 months ago
@IeatyellowSNO fuck 4 dises...just got back from a A.I.C. trib gig...long isld ny...long live layne!!!
shootonface 6 months ago
@IeatyellowSNO they are Def Tones, not tone deaf lol
muslimmetalman 2 months ago
fucking amazing!!
TheCagedBear 7 months ago
Oh Layney! I've always loved this song, but got back into it just after my 1st son was born in 2002...realised a bit later that Layne had gone and joined 'that club'. So pretty, so sad & such a waste. RIP. <3 you. xxx
samantha3165 7 months ago
This instrumental imo is about a junky waiting for and finally getting a fix. The depressing discordiant beginning lead riff, then followed by the orgasmic triumphent lead guitar work (getting a fix, shooting up) then returning to the first melancholy riff representative of the fadeing effects, and representative ultamitely of the viscious cycle of heroin addiction.
Elwoood13 8 months ago
this is the tenth AIC video ive had to flag for copy right. sorry but its the LAW
SythDarKProductions 9 months ago
@SythDarKProductions
thanks vevo (sarcasm)
you know, i really enjoy conformity (more sarcasm)
what would we do without you (pretty obvious by now)
FutBoy182 8 months ago
@SythDarKProductions Somebody has a stick up their ass.
ItHurtsWhenIPee100 8 months ago
@SythDarKProductions Doesnt seem to have worked, bud.
Antifaith29 5 months ago
@Antifaith29 i fucked ur grandmother
SythDarKProductions 5 months ago
@SythDarKProductiCan't get any alive girls huh? understandable.
Antifaith29 5 months ago
@Antifaith29 im sorry i was so dick i secretly love alice in chains
SythDarKProductions 4 months ago
I've listened to this song outside with midnight breeze looking at Auro Borealis , Truly Beautiful , with a Beautiful Song .
MATTHEWTHEINGRAM 9 months ago
Layne is my Jesus. This music is my God.
stathagranak 10 months ago
ok i find this kinda funny, it's a tribute to the singer but yet there are no lyrics in this song
oilfighter21 10 months ago
what an amazing tribute, thanku xxx
lizzykiss441 11 months ago
another masterpiece.
rawkgawdez 11 months ago
I HATE LIFE WITHOUT LAYNE. I HATE LIFE WITHOUT YOU LAYNE. I NEVER MET YOU BUT I MISS YOU WITH ALL MY HEART. I LOVE YOU LAYNE. GOD I MISS YIOU
matty2399 1 year ago
@matty2399
he sucked cock.fuck you pussy!
laynestaleyisadedFAG 10 months ago
@laynestaleyisadedFAG Funny how you made a youtube account about something you hate, tell your whore of a mom to sell 333 more pieces of ass to pay for your rehab as her and your whole family die of AIDS in which they where all raped by sick Monkeys in the trailer park near a foodstamp office next to a methadone clinic, you piece of ant shit
firegodjon1 9 months ago
@firegodjon1 WOW, I love the agression!!!!!!
03CobraBdub 9 months ago
When I bought this album at 14 it was a transition for me. I was, and still am, a metalhead to the bone, but something in this album and especially this song stirred deep emotion in me and I was changed forever. The first decade of this century took alot of people I loved and admired. The ones who inspired me, made me think about the world from other points of view and sparked a revolution in my heart and mind. RIP to Layne and Dime, may they rock together for eternity. \m/
Odinbepraised 1 year ago 3
Ugh i hate people Layne should of gotten more support and news about his death....it's like he didnt even exist. but when cobain blows his head off cuz he's depressed the world fucking crys it's eyes out.
MATTHEWTHEINGRAM 1 year ago
dude,i'm lost for words.....awsome....LAYNE RULES
ohmah70 1 year ago
0:37 and 1:53 are my favorites
peacebwithu97 1 year ago
The way this song is just so dark, desperate and foreboding-much like Layne's life and his struggle with heroin-then transitions into a lighter, more hopeful set of riffs, then back to the darkness, is so powerful. I LOVE THIS SONG, it's a true masterpeice, along with Nutshell are my two favorite songs from Jar. This song says so much to so many without a single lyric. It really paralells Layne's life, for he too was in the abyss and got sober, during this album, but eventually died. RIP Layne!!
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Jerry sang his heart out during the Tribute Song "Black Gives Way To Blue" in memory of his friend Layne last Friday night a the Key Arena in Seattle, it wan an amazing performance and the entire concert was recorded in 3D for an upcoming DVD that will be out sometime next year but you can check out my channel for live footage that I recorded.... Check it out!!.. RIP Layne!!..
MrRockStarr69 1 year ago
Whale & wasp illustrates AIC's versatility - I have yet to see another band create an eloquently gut-wrenching tune like this...without VOCALS! Layne, Jerry and AIC - rock gods in a world of wannabe's...
laynestaley15 1 year ago
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Jerry sang his heart out during the Tribute Song "Black Gives Way To Blue" in memory of his friend Layne last Friday night a the Key Arena in Seattle, it wan an amazing performance and the entire concert was recorded in 3D for an upcoming DVD that will be out sometime next year but you can check out my channel for live footage that I recorded.... Check it out!!.. RIP Layne!!..
MrRockStarr69 1 year ago
This song truly came from Cantrell's heart and soul.
Mobidyfid 1 year ago
Jar of Flies was definitely their best work
TwoHighways 1 year ago
You can't imitate raw heartfelt emotion! Layne had it!
meikagirl 1 year ago
R.I.P. LAYNE
carminebarcellona 1 year ago
Hey dude, glad you like good music at age 17. Someone taught you very well. Love those/that persons. I saw AIC on their first tour with Slayer, Anthrax, & Megadeath in Louisville, KY. I sit her writing this just finding out a few hours ago my step mother for 30 yrs died. I turned to real music like this to help me deal and get my crying out. Justin Beiber will not do that for you kids.
saltykrug 1 year ago 2
R.I.P layne amazing man
NickMaineee 1 year ago
beautiful, just beautiful.............
cmonabear 1 year ago 2
R.I.P. Layne! We miss you. I agree, Nu AIC isn't the same at all. It is growing on me, because we still have Mike, Jerry and Sean and that's cool, but DuVall makes a Layne replacement NOT!
BigNick419andholding 1 year ago
sadess song to put to this but good vid man :)-
kunkushun1 1 year ago
1:27...It's like looking into the eyes of God.
Sweatx23 1 year ago 2
Staley and Cantrell truelly needed each other to make great music.With out the other one the other will not be even close to as nice
thestick169 1 year ago
@thestick169 That's why I so vigilantly disagree with these people who say that the band is just as good now. Glad to see someone agrees with me..not that it would matter but it's nice to know I'm not alone in my assessment of the present day AIC. Still love Jerry though, he's the shit!
flowrpowrlovechild 1 year ago
this a mind journey...I would like to have jerry cantrell's mind for music.
luchboxer 1 year ago
This songs amazing when ur high
KarmaCollector 1 year ago 3
dam its unbelievable , what he would be wit ht odays tech.... rip friend.. finally find peace and harmony to your soul
voodoo4426 1 year ago
we miss you
trip7real 2 years ago 2
can any one tell me why its called Whale and Wasp id appreciate it, and R.I.P Layne
theMenace985 2 years ago 2
I think i know why. Jerry's slow electric guitar riffs represent the whale swimming ever so slowly in the deep seas, and the acoustic/clean guitar represent wasps flying gently in the wind. Who is playing the acoustic/clean guitar part? Is Layne playing it?
Anyway, AIC is the greatest band ever.
burnmehdown214 1 year ago
@burnmehdown214 thanks for the insight dude.....i would think its Layne playing acoustic, he would play rythm guitar from time to time....
couldn't agree more........AIC best band ever.
theMenace985 1 year ago
@theMenace985
doubtful it was Layne on the studio track.
1tag2 1 year ago
Listen to this song on Opiates!!!! Its the shit!!
joejoe1758 2 years ago
sure is
Headliner187 2 years ago
Cool song. The guitar sounds a lot like Steve Hackett's days in Genesis
howedelamitri 2 years ago
Truly an amazingy crafted milestone in music, as expected with Stayley and Cantrell's work. I haven't come across much music measuring up to their standards other then the song Three Days by Jane's Addiction. I'm only 17, but I live for this shit.
There are just so many shining superlative to be shed on this music that I'll make like the vocalists in this track and let the music do the talking. My words simply do no justice to such an amazing band.
WhaIeAndWasp 2 years ago 45
dude, that's a lot of wisdom for a 17 year old, especially since many douchenags your age are fascinated with Soulja Boy and Lady Gaga..keep exploring AIC..can't go wrong ("Rotten Apple", "God Am", "Hate to Feel", "God Smack", "Am I Inside", "The Killer Is Me", "Shame In You", "Head Creeps", "What the Hell Have I", "Rain When I Die", "Frogs", "Junkhead", "So Close", "Love Hate Love", "Last of My Kind", "Private Hell", "Grind", etc..)... also check "River of Deceit" and "All Alone" by Mad Season
SkorpBX 2 years ago 2
there is an endless sea of music besides aic dont get me wrong aic in in my top 5 of all time,,,fuck rap music
666Angelfuck 2 years ago
search for wake up by mad season. its an amazing song.
Guiseppe98 2 years ago
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fuck Cantrell's work!!!
666Angelfuck 2 years ago
you know what GO FUCK YOUR SELF KID!!
We're honering layne here and you know what layne and cantrell we're really good friends they've lived together because layne was drunk and cantrell was homeless and he said tha cantrell could live with him that was when they formed the band jerry and layne did as friends not as enemies and then you just feel like you should come here with you're lame ass comment and disturb this go home man with your lame "666" grow up man
breumsteen 1 year ago 3
sorry ment that it was for 666AngelFuck
breumsteen 1 year ago
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fuck you poser bitch
666Angelfuck 1 year ago
@WhaIeAndWasp Such an eloquent description of the genius of these pioneers. For such a young guy I think you have an accurate perception of the deepest of this music and how much more it was than that. Aic will live forever. Your fellow fan, Flowr
flowrpowrlovechild 1 year ago
@flowrpowrlovechild (I meant to say 'deepness of the music")
flowrpowrlovechild 1 year ago
this is butefull,and i really love the pic in 1:13
shiran865 2 years ago
It's a good song to hear looking at the stars, alone in the roof ^_^
squatch4ever 2 years ago 15
in the roof? you want get stuck?
broadcastmyass4u 2 years ago
this is butefull!! butefull just like layne
shiran865 2 years ago
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Layne Staley sure was a pretty girl.
frothingatdamouth 2 years ago
LOL shut up
Totalmachine09 2 years ago
Shut up pussy.
Mystemtoffadown 2 years ago
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frothingatdamouth 2 years ago
I know a guy that looks like Cobain, and he does heroin. It's not funny. People make so much shit out of him. No one knows his real name, they just call him the Cobain kid or Kurt. The tormenting makes him do heroin more, that's how it started in the first place, being beat up for looking like Cobain. Heroin is not funny, but until you hear a talented person, try to decide between heroin and life, you know what I'm talking about. Drugs are bad.
heartshapedflower 2 years ago
the most beautiful song ever written. i wish i could have met one of my heroes; bob marley, jimi hendrix or layne staley :( r.i.p.
GodlyVayne 2 years ago 3
same 4 me just add in cobain
Hellagoodedie 2 years ago
yep same last name as jerry cantrell
kcsixpak 2 years ago
i love you
kcsixpak 2 years ago
you have the same last name as Jerry?
B3adCreative 2 years ago
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kcsixpak 2 years ago
This has got to be the most beautiful song i have ever heard without lyrics. I close my eyes and picture the whale as the man and the wasp the female, and how they are proclaiming their love for one another literally willing to die side by side.walk through fire to get to a place in eachothers arms. man its so rad! Kari Cantrall
kcsixpak 2 years ago
layne, i still love you, i still burn!
Anneterd 2 years ago 2
weird I just read this...
"someday above you, I'll fly" - Layne Staley
I didn't know he said that till just now. I think coinsidence is Gods way of remaining anonymous! Great tribute btw.
B3adCreative 2 years ago 3
watch love hate love live vid. itll blow your mind.
TheSpurswin5 2 years ago
R.I.P Never be another like you, never can be replaced.
TheSpurswin5 2 years ago 4
:_( the voice of our sorrow, our fears, our demons, our sometimes self-loathing.
jas22 2 years ago 2
well said
siamesemilkman 2 years ago
he looks so in peace and nothing can bother him inthat last pic
elvensungoddess 2 years ago
Fucking drugs , hendrix, lane, morison, Too many greats taken from us. Breaks my heart. We all feel the things he felt and wrote about with out the god damn drugs. Johnny rotten lost Sid to them. Fuck drugs
voltsrevengeXX 2 years ago 2
You forget, drugs by themselves can't do anything, a person has to be willing to take them and lose control.
There is a such thing as responsible drug use, but when you lead the life of a rock musician responsibility is something you forget.
dk2853 2 years ago 2
Damn right, people tend to forget about personal responsibility. Layne probably had a depressive personality, so drugs made that worse.
Nebachudnezzar 2 years ago
Feel his pain. Got the same heroin demon layne had, never has anything(music) touched my soul sooooo deep. Layne is fuc••n amazing!!! The truth. Sept 12, AIC in concert here in indpls. The creativity of AIC died in 02 w/mr. Staley. R.I.P. Best ever, did layne have any children? Any1?
braday22801 2 years ago
I dont believe that Layne has any children. He did have that girlfriend (Demri) for a long time, but she actually passed in 1996...also from a heroin overdose. It is very sad, especially when it consumes young peoples' lives. I do hope that you can overcome your demon, friend...I will keep you in my prayers:)
ashbobash85 2 years ago
Layne's girlfriend Demri died from endocarditis (inflammation of the sac around the heart) from using dirty needles & heroin (not necess shared needles, just dirty).
B3adCreative 2 years ago
I too have a soul connection w/layne & I am an addict.Ive never come across heroin n my using days, but Im VERY lucky cuz I am an addict of the hopeless variety & if i ever touched it, I wouldn't stop! I AM an opiate addict (norco & soma). EVERYTHING he wrote, his upbringing & his past w/his dad (if its true), EVERYTHING about him, I can either relate to, or has happened in my life. I truly feel hes an angel & he watches over us! Hes part of my Hghr pwr! RIP Layne & God bless U w/ur recovery!
B3adCreative 2 years ago 4
I too am a opiat addict, but i dont consider it a disease, i look at it as an opening to the other side of life good and bad and the ability to feel pain and hurt but most importantly a gift to see the things in life we must teach are children about. my disease doesnt handicap me, it opens my mind and heart to others.
kcsixpak 2 years ago
I see my addiction as a disease, a spiritual malady, an allergy, & selfishness. I never use my 'disease' as a handicap. We wish to never close the door on the past, but to share it with & help others. An addict is the 2nd most selfish person on the earth (the 1 who commits suicide being the 1st), but an addict walking in recovery is the least selfish person walking the earth. We are to give back to society what we have taken & we live in harmony w/others doing w/them what we can't do alone!
B3adCreative 2 years ago 2
no offense dude but u wont be teaching yur children shit if u OD on opiate. quit it man u'll save urself and ur family especially ur children the heart ache of ur passing
strust007 2 years ago
I saw first hand a few weeks ago what you are talking about. I hope I never have to witness something that sad again in my life. It's a pointless death. He left behind 2 very young boys. A father who's world revolved around them. Started with pain killers and moved up to heroin. What a waste.
souldiver101 2 years ago
Soma is not an opiate, and norco is weak shit. You are lucky you are not addicted to something like heroin, or oxycotin.
dk2853 2 years ago
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B3adCreative 2 years ago
I am VERY lucky to never have come across heroin! I think its a God thing because I am a VERY self-destructive person & I like opiates way too much that I wouldn't stop!!
B3adCreative 2 years ago
If you really liked opiates you would find some and do it. Trust me thats what I did, but I was smart enough not to become addicted.
dk2853 2 years ago
Whether you become an addict, or not, it has absolutely nothing to do with intelligence! LOL
B3adCreative 2 years ago
Please take care of yourself. I don't even know you, but I was sad to see your post.
When you destroy yourself, you destroy people who barely know you. Love love love love!!!
McKellster93 2 years ago
thx for your response! thats really caring to say. I'm in a recovery program now thanks
B3adCreative 2 years ago
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You're such a loser.... and are probarbly gonna die soon
Totalmachine09 2 years ago
thank you !!!
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h0ll0h 2 years ago
RIP, you magnificent bastard.
gandalf802 2 years ago 2
Wow. I feel somewhat emotional. I am one of those people who is extremely passionate about their music. I feel each of my favorite singers to my heart. Layne was top on my list. I listen to his songs every day. He is one of my obsessions.
The pictures, the music... got to me. Music is in a sad state today and I'm sick of wishing for him to come back and revive my happiness. lol
Blah blah.
IeatyellowSNO 2 years ago 3
R.I.P. buddy!
PsychoGuppy 2 years ago
layne I Love You , I Love You My best Friend , I Love You .... s2
supersexyemocore 2 years ago
rest in peace my master
MelenasMan1234 2 years ago 2
this song is so fucking beautiful
ktotheb17 2 years ago 3
amazing song from an amazing band R.I.P layne
jasonx101 2 years ago 4
you did a hell of a job, the pics are pure. this song brings tears since the mid 90's. this nut shell and don't follow wil be played at my funeral...hey SHADOW
likme84x 2 years ago
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ajtsok93 2 years ago
watch love hate love pure power and soul
TheSpurswin5 2 years ago 2
well said hurtreliefhurt
blmc18 2 years ago
this song brings back memories of college. WE would get stoned call some girls get drunk and amke love to this song then sleep put song on repaet. Those were the days.
TheSpurswin5 2 years ago
funny thing is i use to do the same by myself though well not the sex part
likme84x 2 years ago
Cantrell is a genius. AIC, as for me, is the best rock band ever. I like what people call 'grunge', but AIC isn't a grunge band, strictly speaking. They are like LedZep in a sense that they have their own style and no frames.
What about Layne... Layne had a gift that no one have never had and there won't be another guy with such a voice and such an attitude. He was a masterpiece himself, a beautiful beautiful human being, a priceless gift for everyone who can appreciate a true talent.
hurtreliefhurt 2 years ago 32
@hurtreliefhurt if they wenrt a grunge band. why would it say they were in the alice in chains essential album...
paulakookz 1 year ago
@hurtreliefhurt
I disagree. I have heard many contemporary singers who are just as talented and good as Stayley. But it was in Stayley's uniqueness and individuality that he stood out. He had raw emotion and sorrow in his voice that Eddie Vedder, and many of his other peers, just couldn't match. Many other singers tried, but Stayley just was.
ccpickre 1 year ago
@hurtreliefhurt AIC is the best band in the world haha at least im not the only one to realize that
fifa1000 1 year ago
@hurtreliefhurt very well said and VERY true!!!
AICMasta 1 year ago
Good video! and good song to!
gonpostal666 2 years ago
i love this song, but the one that makes me feel it is dont follow like he was telling us me you not worth it
lizardking1775 2 years ago 2
dont follow is the best song,the words i believe jerry cantrell wrote,correct me if wrong please, the part where he says forgot my woman lost my friends things ive done and where ive been sleep in sweat the mirrors cold see my face is growin old ,im scared to death of reasons why do whatever to get me by think about the things ive said read that page its cold and dead so take me home,take me home...i yearn for tampa but from n.c. live in new england...lol
likme84x 2 years ago 2
its scared to death no reason why, but yeah, amazing lyrics
breeeegs 2 years ago
OMG..i play this over and over..i just cant get enough..of him..he was the best ..always will miss him..rip...
marina6742 2 years ago 2
This song is tuned funky everytime I hear it I get so depressed it's like a death rattle.
geterpleyer 2 years ago
Beautiful. There is no other word for it. Just... beautiful... Makes me sad when I here it.
Rest in peace, Layne. Rest in peace.
trkka 2 years ago
DAMN he waz so sexxxxxxxxy RIP layne love u forever!!!!!!!!!!
TheREALJudgeJUDY 2 years ago 4
Indeed. Don't ever f*ck around with her. Because she will f*ck your world up.
Calidude80 2 years ago
ya know, i think thats the most coherant reply about opiates ive ever heard.....live long my friend....also, RIP layne my brother
santanalz 2 years ago 4
how did he die
95porter 2 years ago
got mauled by a heroin monster that broke loose
orangeable01 2 years ago
no shit
95porter 2 years ago
jerry cantrell is a fucking genius, and layne RIP
patriciofloyd 2 years ago 5
Great tune and tribute!
Calidude80 2 years ago
I saw these guys on the Facelift tour. It was life-changing. A tragic loss to the music world. Layne was an incredible inimitable singer.
hotr0ck 2 years ago
Its like my best friend that killed himself, youre shocked, you hate them, then you miss them. Anyone can feel that toward Layne. I never met him, but I had the same reaction on that day in April 2002.
gmmakesmehurl 2 years ago
1:32 holy shit layne was ripped
entricicy 2 years ago
really kool man. one of the only slideshow videos i actually like. good job!
ryan9111985 2 years ago
RIP Layne... My hero!
10john01 2 years ago
Musical genius.
Nitrousoxide2k 2 years ago
God speed. Perfect tribute.
7d7e7f7 2 years ago
Alice in Chains FOREVER!
51Phsyco50 2 years ago
this song creeps me out at the beggining and for some reason at the end i about break into tears this is a very emotional song even though it doesnt seem like it... AIC forever!! RIP LAYNE!!
intothevoid34 2 years ago
It's that damn howling that is so scary and the way the arpeggios on the guitar seem apocalyptical and ending. I used to sleep this. I love it.
HammandClov 2 years ago
brilliant, ....thanx
deiderique 2 years ago
a very good song, all alice in chains songs were mad.
footyboyfield 2 years ago
this song...listening to it makes me unafraid of death(if thats a word) cuz it sounds at the beginning your dying or something of the sort then other parts sound kinda pick me up tones like your dying but look..its the light..goddam are layne and cantrell gods in my eyes. they deserve more respect and recognition than they have right now..rip layne
OnlyLivingOnce 2 years ago 5
I have to agree with you. It's like when you die, You first see the light then on and on you go down the dark tunnel
ithinkimdumb 2 years ago
hahah thanks for agreeing with me this is my new acc forgot my pass on onlylivingonce but yea theres the chills goiing thru my body..god i love this song
necrophobic92 2 years ago
you know when music hits your soul; it sends chills down your spine. it's fucking beautiful how this song can sound sad and peaceful at the same time...
mcortez107 3 years ago 16
"Sad and peaceful at the same time" ... that is probably the most simple yet best description I have ever heard about Layne's music. His music sends chills down my spine also, there is something pure about his music that isnt in most songs today.
pitbulllover74 2 years ago 12
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Dharqueblayde 2 years ago
I love Layne's music as much as the next person, as I even named my son after him, but this song was written by Cantrell.
Dharqueblayde 2 years ago 4
wow ) my child is going to bear the same name.
hurtreliefhurt 2 years ago 3
me and shadow my daughter love this he was so beautiful,i cry every time i hear this and few others
likme84x 2 years ago 2
i agree with you. this song is like you said so sad and peaceful at the same time and its got an eerie sort of spooky tone in it to.
OnlyLivingOnce 2 years ago 4
RIP Layne. We love you & miss you.
stackschesterwood 3 years ago 4
This song is..how can I say...transcendental!
AlmaNebula 3 years ago 3
I miss Layne.He was so great person.
barberthefloyd 3 years ago 3
R.I.P Layne your voice moves me in ways that i will never understand
Darkfiredragon666 3 years ago 6
Great band...made timeless music
smallhours7 3 years ago 3
This song is hauntingly beautiful.
RIP
Iydraen 3 years ago 6
thx so much for thiz vid!
raredemos 3 years ago
this was the first time to ever hear this song and it is beautiful.sent chills down my spine
sxrider4700 3 years ago 7
JAR OF FLIES-hard to believe they wrote this and recorded this in 7 days.one song per day,when it debuted at number 1 the band was shocked.i want this song played at my funeral.i love how you can hear the hand moving on the strings.each note pure gold!
cycojay13 3 years ago 11
sandathi i hope u rott in hell and get butt raped by the devil and hitler every night
bam2950 3 years ago
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some people may likethe sound of that, but what are you onabout!?
tektao 3 years ago
If you're going to make a comment direct to me, it's better to use 'reply' otherwise I won't be notified of it.
Re getting butt raped by Satan, likewise I hope you're forced to suck Yahweh's big fat cock for the rest of eternity.
samdathi 2 years ago
...the riff cracked me...TIMELESS
raredemos 3 years ago 8