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Layne Staley

American singer-songwriter and lead vocalist of Alice in Chains, influential in the 1990s grunge scene.

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Layne Staley is best known for Original lead vocalist of Alice in Chains, known for his distinctive vocal style and harmonizing in the grunge movement. On Dead or Alive, Layne Staley is listed in the 90s Rock Legends category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Layne Staley is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Original lead vocalist of Alice in Chains, known for his distinctive vocal style and harmonizing in the grunge movement.
Listed under: 90s Rock Legends

About Layne Staley

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 Alice N' Chains. He was also a part of the supergroups Mad Season and Class of '99. "Man in the Box", the second single from Alice in Chains' debut album, Facelift (1990), garnered Staley critical recognition for his vocal style. Alice in Chains' EP Jar of Flies (1994), debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, making it Alice in Chains' first record—and the first-ever EP—to top the chart. However, Staley's deteriorating condition due to heroin abuse led him to enter a rehabilitation clinic. He began to work on a side project with several Seattle musicians, Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees, and John Baker Saunders of the Walkabouts, which came to be Mad Season, while Alice in Chains went into hiatus.

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