* if you have photos of Layne, please feel free to post them in the Layne photo thread*

due to popular demand, this is a thread where you all can talk about the amazing layne staley. please feel free to post stories, thoughts, & memories of layne. Try to keep it on topic please.

thanks,

nicole 

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sickness was fixing me some
coughed out my heart in the last stall
now that the damage is done
i never miss it at all

thanx coley

Layne has touched my life more than anyone can ever imagine with his incredible voice and soul, & the music of Alice in Chains and Mad Season......i hope he is at peace now, his legacy lives on.........

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~For little peace from God you plead, and beg~ Layne Staley~Mad Season
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Layne's vocals got me through my "teenage angst" years. I thank him for making them so much more easier. I never knew the guy, but I find it pretty magnificant how artists can touch peoples lives without ever meetin them, as he did mine. There was nothing like having a rough day and coming home and listening to some Alice in Chains. It felt as tho I was letting the pain out. I could feel Layne's pain and somehow it helped me get through mine. The only time it didnt help was when I heard that Layne died. The savior of my teen years had passed. There would be no more helping me through his music, but I thank him for all he had done already. Thank you Layne. AIC 4ever!

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andrew408:

Layne's vocals got me through my "teenage angst" years. I thank him for making them so much more easier. ......It felt as tho I was letting the pain out. I could feel Layne's pain and somehow it helped me get through mine. The only time it didnt help was when I heard that Layne died. The savior of my teen years had passed. There would be no more helping me through his music, but I thank him for all he had done already. Thank you Layne. AIC 4ever!

You summed it up well... :)

I miss Layne.

He had the voice of an angry angel...

 

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andrew408:

Layne's vocals got me through my "teenage angst" years. I thank him for making them so much more easier. I never knew the guy, but I find it pretty magnificant how artists can touch peoples lives without ever meetin them, as he did mine. There was nothing like having a rough day and coming home and listening to some Alice in Chains. It felt as tho I was letting the pain out. I could feel Layne's pain and somehow it helped me get through mine. The only time it didnt help was when I heard that Layne died. The savior of my teen years had passed. There would be no more helping me through his music, but I thank him for all he had done already. Thank you Layne. AIC 4ever!

Ditto

I remember the all nighters I pulled listening to AIC...

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What I see is unreal
I've written my own part
Eat of the apple, so young
I'm crawling back to start

...ROCK ON!!!

I met Layne once, it was at monsters of rock or something

i said 'hi' , he said 'hi' he shook my hand - I said 'bye' and he went back to talking to whoever he was talking to...

 

exciting story, no?

 

yep, he was my hero and now hes gone :( 

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there's a man up on that ledge...
he's only cleaning windows
what a shame, who's to blame for the pain we're missing
I'm gonna lean back on my wall and pray for him to fall

Layne and AIC collectively pulled me through a whole shit storm of bad from age 15 on.I was brought up as a very sheltered child, I listened to rock music but never really payed attention, it just sounded good. And when my parents divorced at that age and I was exposed to everything around me, alcohol, parties, drugs, GUITARS, I didn't know how to handle it. And I sat in my room one night and dropped Jar of Flies in to my cd player and heard the lyrics to Rotten Apple and Nutshell, actually heard them, and that was all it took.

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'Living is hard enough without you fucking up...'

http://www.ditherlive.com

Glad to know that what I wrote sums up how Layen affected them to. RIP Layne.

Angry angel...heh...agreed.

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Thank you, Layne. For everything.

as every1 eles had posted he helped so many ppl and i dont know if he really ever knew the effect he had on ppl.........oh and that hauting voice of his..........nothing but love for the man here........

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"Got no patience to search
For peace of mind" ~ Layne Staley ~

I had a dream of Layne this year, he was with me in white clothes, smiling at my friends. When they asked me who was the friend beside me, I said, Come on, he is LAYNE STALEY.

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"What do you mean, I'm a wild front man! I'm jumping all over, I do the dance moves..."

Layne Staley, 1991

I think what it was was the honesty you could hear in the vocals. It touched many and grabbed them.
-matt

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'...And My Words Will Be Here When I'm Gone...'
www.myspace.com/scatteredlight
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solacematt:

I think what it was was the honesty you could hear in the vocals. It touched many and grabbed them.
-matt

I think it's more of his voice being genuine. He's not faking anything.

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www.laynestaleyfund.com

Layne Staley emcompassed, hands down, the most distinct male vocal in all of music history.

Layne, baby doll...Rest in Peace! Please keep watch over all of your loved ones, and don't ever forget how precious your existence on this planet was to so many people.

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"I was just bull-sh*ttin....and you KNOW DIS, MAYAN!!!!!"

http://www.myspace.com/shannonmichellebrown

I think only someone with the writing abilites like Layne could some up how he made me feel.

His words still shake my core to this day and it still gets my through all the angst even though I am no longer a teenager. Having read as many interviews as I could and seen a few clips of him. He really seemed like a great guy and I am sure anyone who met him will back this up for me.

He just had the ability to somehow write something that connected to me. Even just today while listening to "Shame In You" the words somehow seem to relate so perfectly to a situation that happened last night.

I will miss layne I may never have gotten the chance to meet him and I might just be some guy who listens to his music but he left a presence with his music that only a few guys I know in music history could.

I just can't see why the good youngs die young and somehow evil, sick people can live for what seems forever. Laynes memory will live on forever with me and all I hope is that where ever he is now he's at peace