Found this great footage of Layne Staley taking care of some kid in the audience who was making some nazi gestures in the front row. There will never be another voice like Laynes…ever. My run in with Alice In Chains happened when they opended up for Van Halen in Vancouver in November of 1991. The audience not so much hated them…they just couldnt figure out what noise was coming from the stage. Every time they would finish a song, there would be silence in the audience as they did not know what to make of Alice In Chains. At the time I never heard anything remotley close from a singer then what Layne was doing with his voice. It was sad, melodic, & desperate all at once.

The new AIC singer William Duvall is a great soulful vocalist, but Layne’s haunting voice will never be replaced. The first two albums Facelift & Dirt are sort of like the first four Sabbath albums for AIC fans…both classic masterpieces that have stood the test of time almost twenty years later. Long may you live Layne.