WebBassist Mike Starr interview on the syndicated radio show 'Loveline' with Dr. Drew Pinsky on February 16, 2010. A five-minute video clip featuring highlights from the season's first episode can be viewed below. Staley, whose aching vocals and frequently haunting lyrics provide Alice with much of its dark, dangerous sound, has been in a cast since late September, when he ran over his foot riding a three-wheel all-terrain vehicle backstage at a show in Oklahoma City. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. But as the years passed, Staleys musical style began to develop into something much darker and heavier. Dr. Drew is also bringing in some additional prominent physicians to help him give the patients supplementary one-on-one care. ", WhenCantrell was 21 he lost his mother and grandmother, with whom he'd been living, in the same year. Webpjchik A ccording to press releases the departure was "amicable" and that Starr left because of the rigors of constant touring/wanted to spend more time with family. Mike Inez began his career in music by playing guitar and saxophone. Returning to the show to help Dr. Drew are drug counselor Bob Forrest and resident technician Shelly Sprague who have each spent years on both sides of the rehab fence. A music writer since 1993, formerly Editor of Kerrang! For the time being, he is intent on making music that can purge his pain. They came to us at a time when we were hungry for music, says label president Don Ienner, who has since taken the band especially guitarist Cantrell, whom he refers to as a future guitar god under his wing. Negative racial/anti-Semitic, or religious stereotypes are prohibited. A statement from Primary It came from a real place. I dont think it hurt us, though. Starr, however, mentioned on an episode ofCelebrity Rehabthat he was kicked out of the band due to his budding drug addiction. These are just words Im pulling off the top of my head. He met Mike Starr in 1998 while working on a short film and the two began the "Unchained" book project in December 1999. Starr for his part had already met Layne a few years prior telling author Mark yarm how they met i guess i met layne a couple of years ago, but I dont remember it. Mike Starr, the original bassist in Alice In Chains who recently appeared on VH1s Celebrity Rehab, died March 8th in Salt Lake City of unknown causes. For a young rock singer enjoying the first moments of celebrity, things cant get much better. Starrs mustache made bartenders think he was 18 and so he was allowed to buy drinks.In high school around 1982 starr would play in a band named S.A.T.O taking its name from an Ozzy Osbourne song with one flyer promoting the band saying Dont Say No SATO The band was reasaonbly successful around Seattle playing shows at the Seattle Arena and Moore Theater and was even featured on a compilation album called Northwest Metalfest. By January 1993 Inez had moved on to his next project. This band gained attention in the Seattle area playing under several different monikers before they eventually settled on the nameAlice in Chains, which they had taken from Staley's previous bandAlice N' Chains. By 2006 Inez, along with the surviving members of Alice in Chains, Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney, set out for a world tour with various guest singers to fill in for the late Layne Staley. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. I started writing about censorship, explains Staley. Cantrell himself, a seriously quiet and inwardly-focused kid, was president of his high school choir and performed in musicals such as Annie Get Your Gun, but always idolized bands such as AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, and KISS. Bassist Starr died in 2011 as a result of a a prescription drug overdose. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. Mike Starr had been with Alice In Chains since they formed in 1987 and would be present through their near-meteoric rise to grunge fame. According to former singer Layne Staley, in a Rolling Stone article from February 1994, Starr's departure from Alice in Chains stemmed from "just a difference in priorities. Rock Musician. Discussion of suicide or self-harm is not tolerated and will result in an immediate ban. Inez has also been associated with Slash's Snakepit, Black Label Society, Spys4Darwin, and Heart. In 2012, as LA Downtown News states, he accepted the Stevie Ray Vaughan award "for the sober musician who has made the greatest contribution to his own recovery and treating the addictions of others. Why? March 9, 2011 7:35 am ET. Alice in Chains formed during the late eighties when Staley, then singing in a different band, offered aimless Tacoma guitarist Jerry Cantrell his rehearsal studio as a place to crash. Starr goes off to nuzzle his girlfriend, Kinney heads elsewhere, and Cantrell makes his way down to a tattoo and body-piercing emporium. Once it got really big with Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, there wasnt much mentioned about us, says Staley. Nothing attracts me to it anymore. I really like the wheelchair effect, says bassist Mike Starr, 26. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. You can always change this later in your Account settings. Bassist Mike Starr would also overdose, in 2011. The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time His final show with the band, before he was replaced by Ozzy Osbourne bassist Mike Inez, was at the Hollywood Rock festival in According to former singer Layne Staley, in aRolling Stonearticle from February 1994, Starr's departure from Alice in Chains stemmed from "just a difference in priorities. That movies soundtrack considerably boosted the groups profile when the crunchy dirge Would? caught on. He's parsimonious with his words, and picks more than eats. There were roughly 400 people in attendance, including former bandmates, has said that Starr's death was the result of "a prescription-drug overdose. A statement from Primary Waves David Weitzman reads: Primary Wave is pleased to partner with the estates of Layne Staley and Mike Starr to honor their musical legacies as part of the classic era lineup of Alice in Chains, who created the amazing songs and records that comprise the albumsDirtandFacelift, and the acoustic EPs,Jar of FliesandSap. An MTV-hyped clip for Man in the Box, with its macabre image of a monk with his eyelids sewn shut, helped push the single into the Top Twenty. Then the trio began staging what Cantrell and Kinney later said were fake auditions in order to coax Staley into joining their band. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. He was the original bassist of the Seattle grunge band Alice in Chains (1987 to 1993). Which is good and bad; its good artistically, but its bad because if you are going to be that honest then youll struggle to live it down. Starr's work is prominently featured in their albums "Facelift" (1990) and "Dirt" (1992), and the EP "Sap" (1992). Crazy how much the bassist in any band is treated as expendable and irrelevant lol. The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr had left the group after the release of their album Dirt and Inez replaced him. These projects represent the greatest works from one of the best artists of the iconic Nineties Seattle-based grunge era. Family members linked to this person will appear here. Staley is reluctant at first to discuss his heroin problems, especially in light of a recent Rolling Stone article about the drugs revival, which mentioned him. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Back in April 2005, Seattle's KIROTV.com reported that Mike Starr was arrested in Seattle for vandalizing a car. He was the original bassist of the Seattle grunge band Alice in Chains (1987 to 1993). Well talk about that tour later on in this video.Starr would admit that by the age of 12 or 13 he already was growing facial hair and had a mustache and would spend a fair bit of time in Atlantic City with his father. The group emerged in 1990 with its debut album, Facelift; that LPs single Man in the Box garnered both Grammy and MTV award nominations last year. The accident couldnt have come at a worse time: Staley only recently kicked a nasty drug habit; Alices powerful sophomore album, Dirt, just entered the Billboard album chart at Number Six; and the band is on the road opening for Ozzy Osbourne. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. This was around the same time that Cantrell met Staley and recruited him into Alice in Chains. Although its the night after Sadistic Sunday, Staley is having a grand time. Thanks for your help! Its an amazing record.. Dr. Drew Pinskyhas said that Starr's death was the result of "a prescription-drug overdose." At the 2007 VH1 Rock Honors, Alice in Chains performed the tribute to Heart. Inez toured throughout 1993 with Alice in Chains on the strength of the Dirt album. Alice In Chains Bassist Mike Starr Dies At 44. RadarOnline.com reported in early October that Starr was arrested on September 28 in Los Angeles on a drug charge. Former Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr was found dead Tuesday afternoon (March 8). The expensive campaign didnt stop there when the album went nowhere slowly, Ienner decided to attach 40,000 free concert videos to copies of Facelift. At the age of 9 his father would relocate to seattle and take his son Around the age of 11 or 12 Starr got a job at ihop as a dishwasher and used the money he saved to buy his first bass guitar and started his first band called Cyprus whose name he took from the bible. Starr's work is prominently featured in their albums "Facelift" (1990) and "Dirt" (1992), and the EP "Sap" (1992). Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. After the gig, the band briefly mingles backstage with fans and Columbia executives before scattering. I said to myself right there. Mike talks about Celebrity Rehab, his former band Alice in Chains, his new bands and being the last person to see Layne Staley alive. The crowd response was amazing as crowd-surfing and high-decibel applause was present.". There was an error deleting this problem. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. He was the original bassist of the Seattle grunge band Alice in Chains (1987 to 1993). Alice in Chain's song "Rooster" reveals his father's broken, PTSD state in lines like,"Wife and kids, household pet / Army green was no safe bet / The bullets scream to me from somewhere." Especially when you're young. Oops, we were unable to send the email. We were going to have this band that dressed in drag and played heavy metal as a joke., As the quartet refined its musical direction, the Puget Sound scene was erupting with promising groups like the flamboyant Mother Love Bone, the hard-edge Sound-garden and the grunged-out Mudhoney. Eventually, the lack of marquee value made them switch their billing to Alice in Chains. And Staley? Web"Bleed the Freak" is a song by American rock band Alice in Chains and the third single from their first album Facelift (1990). Hes drunk off his ass, laughing it up, trying to get in on the action while enduring some very real pain himself. Cantrell talks about the myth of drugged-up, creative musicians, and says that he'd produced better music without it. Its therapeutic. Think of The Beatles, Floyd, the Eagles, that attitude of, You take this line and Ill take that one it adds more colour to the canvas. Where does the band's name come from? Around the same time, we went out for dinner with some Columbia Records people who were vegetarians. "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" Season 3 chronicles the patients' intensive 21-day program with both group and one-on-one therapy and non-traditional therapies like art and music. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Layne would recall that meeting telling an interviewer when i met mike starr he was on a honda motorcycle in his bathrobe and sunglasses. In fact his high school yearbook would have starr saying he was going to tour with van halen when he got older and it was a dream that would come true. Alice In Chains Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. Its really messed up, held together by pins, Staley says later, cracking a small smile as he talks about visiting a specialist who works with the Seattle SuperSonics basketball team. Starr and Cantrell left Gypsy Rose and the two of them began working together to form a new band. Stay up to date with in depth music reviews, exclusive interviews and widespread coverage of whats happening from your favourite music genre. During our set the entire crowd would chant, Slayer, Slayer, Slayer. But we figured, hey, if we could play for a Slayer crowd and not get killed, we had it made., All the hard work eventually paid off in September 1991, thirteen months after Facelift was released, the album was certified gold for selling a half-million copies, making Alice the most successful new Seattle band until Nirvana exploded. Columbia made Facelift a top priority, hoping to prove the company wasnt merely a stable for fresh-scrubbed pop acts like Mariah Carey, New Kids on the Block and C&C Music Factory. England and Wales company registration number 2008885. U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. I wanted to create stuff that I could send out into the world that would hit people and give them an experience. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Mike was ready to go home. Starr later claimed that he was fired due to his drug addiction.In 1993 he left the group. By the end of the album, its pretty obvious it didnt work out as well as I thought it would., Staley also expresses his current sentiments onstage, introducing one grim number as a song about a hopeless fucking junkie.. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. He is also recognized for his work with Ozzy Osbourne from 19891993. Listeners can tell,by and large, if music comes from a real place, and if musicians are emotional frauds (whether they care or not is a different story). Inez is the only musician who has been a member of both bands. The band would concur and ditch their manager and sign with Susan Silver, as well as Pearl jam manager Kelly Kurtis and Ken Deans. Mat Hayward/Getty Images. In the following year, Inez played on the bonus track to Black Label Society's debut album Sonic Brew, a reworked heavy metal cover version of the Osbourne track "No More Tears". Layne Staley said that Starr left because he didn't want to keep up with the band's hectic touring and press schedule, while Starr later said that he was straight up fired because of his addiction issues. Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell spoke recently to Metal Hammer (opens in new tab) about the unique chemistry he shared with Staley. (April 4, 1966 March 8, 2011) was an American musician, best known as the original. Please reset your password. and "Them Bones". When they asked me to leave the band it broke my heart." Then in August 1998 Alice in Chains returned to the studio to release the songs "Get Born Again" and "Died". After haggling over deal points with Columbia for six months, the group was finally ushered into a studio by producer Dave Jerden, who had previously worked with the Rolling Stones and Janes Addiction. Alice in Chains officially disbanded on April 20, 2002, after the news of the death of Staley. cemeteries found in will be saved to your photo volunteer list. They told me how veal was made from calves raised in these small boxes, and that image stuck in my head. The result was something truly dire, dark, and even warped. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. Most bands would have stopped immediately, but we kept touring., Editors picks I wanna let you guys know ive done a whole video on Alice in Chains glam metal days. In early 2008, Inez recorded a "Behind the Player" instructional DVD with the help of John Tempesta. Answerbag wants to provide a service to people looking for answers and a good conversation. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? The band was later signed to a record deal withColumbia Recordsand enjoyed extensive success via record sales and radio play in thegrunge rockmovement of the early 1990s. A Vietnam veterans son who cut his teeth on old AC/DC, Kiss and Ted Nugent albums, Cantrell had joined up with bassist Mike Starr and drummer Sean Kinney but couldnt convince Staley to join the group. There were roughly 400 people in attendance, including former bandmatesJerry CantrellandSean Kinney. Eventually, Staley quit the other bands he was performing with at that time and joined their band as well. 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In 1995, Inez played with Slash on the Guns N' Roses guitarist's side group, Slash's Snakepit. But despite the fun times and early commercial success of Dirt, Staley wont be singing any upbeat ditties in the near future. DuVall would go on to be made the permanent singer of the group, which has since released three studio albums with Duvall and toured extensively since 2006. He had a real unique and powerful voice, but he had a sensitivity and touch to it as well, the guitarist remembers. (The single is also included on Dirt. In 1999 the band went on hiatus once again, when rumors of vocalist Layne Staley's drug abuse arose. Learn more about managing a memorial . Search above to list available cemeteries. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Photos: Alice in Chains Throughout the Nineties. The dark, brooding side of the Seattle scene. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. There is much speculation regarding the meaning behind the name Alice In Chains. Mad Season, Layne's side projects/art, Jerry's solo work. Also in the room at the same time was Kinneys girlfriend a women named Melinda. Starr was with the group for theFaceliftandDirtalbums and theSapEP. Former Alice In Chains bassist Mike Starr can be heard begging for drugs in a voicemail left just hours before his death. As Cantrell says in an extensive interview with Kerrang!, he grew up in a musical household where his mother played the organ. Deans would reveal in the book Everybody Loves our Town how Mike Starr posed the biggest headache to the bands future recalling Overall the guys were terrific human beings. Rock Musician. To use this feature, use a newer browser. However, AIC was not the first name the band had given themselves throughout their careers. Primary Wave Music announced that it has acquired the music rights from the estates of Layne Staley and Mike Starr of the Grammy-nominated Seattle band Alice In Chains. This is a carousel with slides. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. No advertising or spamming is permitted. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. During 1990 and 1991, Alice opened for everyone from Iggy Pop and Van Halen to Extreme and Poison, as well as slogging through a bottom-billed slot on the infamous Clash of the Titans package with Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth. Sing too hard about hardships and pain, without some sense of legitimacy of personal experience, and a musician can come across as whiny, fake, or just self-absorbed. Everybody thought I was getting the worst of the bunch, says Terzo. The group recorded It's Five O'Clock Somewhere although Inez did not play any live shows during the corresponding tour. Inez uses four Ampeg SVT-2PRO heads, two of them plugged into four 1x18" cabinets for the lows, and the other two plugged into two 8x10" cabinets. Im sure Ill never be completely 100 percent at peace with myself and the world. A few feet away, taking this all in, sits Layne Staley, the troubled, enigmatic twenty-five-year-old lead singer of the Seattle hard-rock band Alice in Chains. For the last four years he has been a news anchor/producer/reporter with NBC-TV affiliates in Illinois and Nebraska. Starr, 43, a founding member of ALICE IN CHAINS, had been in legal trouble before in Seattle, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake City. After their last live performance on July 3, 1996, Alice in Chains went on hiatus. There are beers all around, a bevy of exotic dancers smother him with affection, and listen closely theyve even got Man in the Box playing on the clubs speakers. 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