Layne Staley

1a. Lead singer and main lyricist for prominent 90's alternative rock and heavy metal band Alice in Chains, as well as side projects Mad Season and Class of '99. (8/22/67- 4/5/02) b. Largely noted for powerful, throat style singing, which became a model for later singers. 2a. Born 8/22/67 in 3a. Popular example of the toll drugs take. b. Showed frightening and rapid physical change (including, but not limited to, loss of body mass resulting in a gaunt look, shortening of vocal range). c. After the death of hi girlfriend, Demri Parrot, his condition deteriorated, and was forced by drug-induced sickliness to seclusion from 1996 until his overdose death in 2002; rarely seen publicly from 1996 to 1998, and never seen publicly after 1998. d. Had, reportedly, over ten unsuccessful rehab stints.