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Yeah, it was crazy that its called "The Day Seattle Died" because I di — Layne Staley

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"Yeah, it was crazy that its called "The Day Seattle Died" because I didnt mean it to be that. I meant it to be as far as those two losses in Seattle [Kurt Cobain and Layne Staleys deaths] - to me thats the day Seattle died. I wasnt putting that together and thinking about the exact dates. I had met Layne Staley before when he was really sick. We were on tour with Jerry Cantrell, and Jerry knew I was a giant fan of Alice in Chains. It was Halloween night, we were in Seattle, and all of a sudden, a little dude comes up and hes got an old fishing hat on and hes kind of dressed up like an old dude - he is dressed for Halloween. I guess he didnt want people to see him because hes Layne Staley walking into a club in Seattle, and that would draw a lot of attention, so he got a little costume. He came backstage with me, and it impacted me so deeply to see him in that condition, because he was one of my biggest idols of all time. We opened a bottle of Jack Daniels and drank it, and I just talked to him about everything for a long time. But the condition that he was in at the time affected me deeply - to see him look years older than what I thought he was. I knew when he left that night, that was the end - that he was going to go. Im so thankful I got to spend that time with him. So that affected me, and I was like, "Thats my hero, Im going to write a song for him." And then the Kurt thing came in too. He was just as influential, but Layne I just felt more of a connection to - he was way darker, and Ive always gravitated towards that stuff. Layne Staleys mom actually reached out to us to thank us for the song, and it was really beautiful. So, it had some impact. People really feel that song."
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Layne Thomas Staley was an American singer-songwriter. He was the original lead vocalist of Alice in Chains, which rose to international fame in the early 1990s as part of Seattle's grunge movement. He was known for his distinctive vocal style as well as his harmonizing with bandmate Jerry Cantrell. Before his success with Alice in Chains, Staley was also a member of the glam metal bands Sleze and

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