Reflecting on the creative partnership he shared with the vocalist, who passed away on April 5, 2002, aged 34, Cantrell says, Layne was just an amazing talent. He is of Filipino descent. [12], Inez married his fiance Sydney Kelly on May 8, 2010, at the estate of Susan Silver, Alice in Chains' manager.[13]. In mid-August 2001, Inez temporarily replaced Black Label Society bassist Steve Gibb, who was sent home in the middle of their Ozzfest tour. Eventually, the lack of marquee value made them switch their billing to Alice in Chains. He was the original bassist of the Seattle grunge band Alice in Chains (1987 to 1993). He had a real unique and powerful voice, but he had a sensitivity and touch to it as well, the guitarist remembers. Mike talks about Celebrity Rehab, his former band Alice in Chains, his new bands and being the last person to see Layne Staley alive. That night, Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr, who had just been tossed from the band, claimed he actually died and came back as he bounced from shooting up with one famed musician to the other. According to the members of FACELIFT, Starr "was in great shape and form. The band was also featured on Decades of Rock: Heart and Friends where they performed "Would?" Starr, who played bass for the seminal Seattle grunge band from its formation in 1987 to 1993, died nearly three weeks Rock Musician. Mike Starr was fired from Alice In Chains because of his drug problem. A real trouper, Staley has been performing on crutches, bellowing his cathartic anthems of despair as he hobbles around the stage. Make sure that the file is a photo. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Inez was an official member of Osbourne's band during their recording of the No More Tears album. VI. If in doubt, leave it out. In the liner notes Inez was credited as "bass and music inspiration," as he had written the riff to the title track in a jam session. He was 44. This story is from the November 26th, 1992 issue of Rolling Stone. The crowd response was amazing as crowd-surfing and high-decibel applause was present.". I was so high i couldnt dress myself.so i wore my bathrobe with underwear on and my sunglasses and cowboy boots on my honda motorcycle on my way to the beach. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. They fooled around with several incarnations, going glam for a while and even gigging under the name Fuck. Sign up below to get the latest from Metal Hammer, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! In 2003, Black Label Society's Robert Trujillo joined Metallica; Inez replaced him in Black Label Society, joining for a short two-week west coast tour of the United States and a short tour of Japan for their The Blessed Hellride album. In early 2008, Inez recorded a "Behind the Player" instructional DVD with the help of John Tempesta. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. Im sure Ill never be completely 100 percent at peace with myself and the world. The worlds biggest and best metal magazine, (Image credit: Vinnie Zuffante/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images), Metallica tease new 72 Seasons track through series of TikTok duet videos, Here's what Slayer would sound like playing Bon Jovi's Livin' On A Prayer, Puddle of Mudd frontman Wes Scantlin charged with trespassing at his former Los Angeles home, Watch Megadeth perform with Marty Friedman for the first time in 23 years, Every issue delivered direct to your door. 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. There is much speculation regarding the meaning behind the name Alice In Chains. Text. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Alice in Chains were among the loudest voices out of Seattle. 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. The name came from a side project of my old group, says Staley, stroking the remnants of his blond beatnik goatee. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. [8] He appears on Heart's 2003 release, Alive in Seattle, a double CD live recording that documents a 2002 concert at Seattle's Paramount Theatre. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. Where does the band's name come from? Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). 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. For medical advice, always consult your medical doctor. Well, the Alice in Chains singer decided to make a return trip to the Basement. No hidden symbolism for this bunch. Im not shooting dope now, and I havent for a while. A more personal downer for the band was Staleys drug abuse, which led the singer to a failed rehab visit and, finally, a cold-turkey kick of his own while reading The Bad Place, by horror novelist Dean R. Koontz. Alice In Chains Bassist Mike Starr Dies At 44. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. The band would concur and ditch their manager and sign with Susan Silver, as well as Pearl jam manager Kelly Kurtis and Ken Deans. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA. I decided to stop because I was miserable doing it. Cantrell talks about the myth of drugged-up, creative musicians, and says that he'd produced better music without it. Stay up to date with in depth music reviews, exclusive interviews and widespread coverage of whats happening from your favourite music genre. But he also welcomes the chance to clear up any rumors and gossip. A private memorial was held for Starr at Experience Music Project in Seattle on March 20, 2011. Layne Staley with Alice in Chains during filming of one of their videos in Los Angeles, August 1990. For Cantrell, though, this wasn't his first experience with pain not by far. Before recording Dirt, the foursome kept busy by quietly releasing a mellow, guest-laden EP titled Sap and making an appearance in Cameron Crowes recent Seattle-based film, Singles. Ask away and we will do our best to answer or find someone who can.We try to vet our answers to get you the most acurate answers. 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. He has considered Alice In Chains to be "One of the greatest bands he's ever heard" since 1991. After their last live performance on July 3, 1996, Alice in Chains went on hiatus. Mike Starr, the former Alice in Chains bass player who went public with his drug problems on a reality TV show, has been found dead nine years after the band's singer died of an overdose. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. There were roughly 400 people in attendance, including former bandmates, has said that Starr's death was the result of "a prescription-drug overdose. Photos: Alice in Chains Throughout the Nineties. "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. In 1983, Starr formed the heavy metal band SATO, his first group of note. Mike was ready to go home. Starr later claimed that he was fired due to his drug addiction.In 1993 he left the group. Someone reviewed us once and called us The Satanic Everly Brothers, which I thought was pretty cool., Cantrell also acknowledged that his bands 1992 album Dirt is probably our crowning achievement. Later they struck a compromise Cantrell would play guitar for Staleys ill-fated funk-rock band, and the singer agreed to howl for the warehouse metal crew. Starr goes off to nuzzle his girlfriend, Kinney heads elsewhere, and Cantrell makes his way down to a tattoo and body-piercing emporium. In his own plain and direct words, "I felt emotions when I listened to music. But to me they were a diamond in the rough., For Columbia, signing Alice in Chains was a deliberate move to regain the labels foothold in the hard-rock market. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Mike Starr I found on Findagrave.com. 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. His parents would split at a young age and Mike would move to Florida with his father. He was the original bassist of the Seattle grunge band Alice in Chains (1987 to 1993). Pearl Jam is a soul thats full of life and invigorating, and Nirvana is kind of beautifully dysfunctional. A subscription makes a thoughtful gift for both family and friends. They were snatched up within weeks. That's just the reason they gave to the public. I said to myself right there. You can always change this later in your Account settings. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. Back in April 1994, Starr was sentenced to 30 days in the Houston jail formisdemeanor drug possession. RadarOnline.com reported in early October that Starr was arrested on September 28 in Los Angeles on a drug charge. Try again later. ). TMZ reports that police found Starr's body in a Salt Lake City, Utah, house at 1:42 p.m. Half of the bands original lineup would be lost to drug addiction and while a lot of hte focus is put on late frontman Layne Staley, today were going to take a look at the life and career of bassist Mike Starr.Born in Hawaii in 1966, bassist Mike Starr was the eldest of two having a sister who was three years younger. 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. People cared about it, it spoke of a time and a place, we really never pulled any punches. This account has been disabled. (April 4, 1966 March 8, 2011) was an American musician, best known as the original. It was just a difference in priorities, lead singer Layne Staley told Rolling Stone in 1994. The group also participated in the 1993 Lollapalooza Tour . Learn more about managing a memorial . We werent getting work anyway, so we thought it wouldnt hurt us, says Staley, recalling how the band members would pass around fuck the band condoms as a publicity gimmick. 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. Also in the room at the same time was Kinneys girlfriend a women named Melinda. And Staley? Verify and try again. After the gig, the band briefly mingles backstage with fans and Columbia executives before scattering. Mike was ready to go home. Starr later claimed that he was fired due to his drug addiction.In 1993 he left the group. A demo version of the song was included on the box set Music Bank (1999). Most bands would have stopped immediately, but we kept touring., Editors picks where they found 44-year-old Starr's body. I wanna let you guys know ive done a whole video on Alice in Chains glam metal days. This is a carousel with slides. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. He looks and acts nothing like a legendary "rock star," and instead lives for his music, same as he always has. By January 1993 Inez had moved on to his next project. 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). The drug didnt work for me anymore. When the riots broke out, various band members fled to the safer environs of Joshua Tree and Tijuana, bringing work on the album to a halt. cemeteries found in will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Sorry! (The single is also included on Dirt. Starr's work is prominently featured in their albums "Facelift" (1990) and "Dirt" (1992), and the EP "Sap" (1992). Even if I cant put my finger on it, theres an individual identity to the bands.. This was cut short, however, with his sudden death. with Phil Anselmo and "Rooster" with William DuVall. [citation needed] He also briefly rejoined Ozzy Osbourne's band on the Retirement Sucks tour after Geezer Butler resigned due to the pressures of touring. Failed to report flower. 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. So why was Mike given the boot but Jerry didn't kick out Layne for the same reason? Mike Starr had addiction problems, but was on the road to recovery and didn't commit suicide, two of his friends said Wednesday, the day after the former Alice in Chains bassist was found dead in a Salt Lake City house. based on information from your browser. It was just a difference in priorities, lead singer Layne Staley told Rolling Stone in 1994. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Mike caused trouble on tour I remember hearing somewhere. The single was released in vinyl format only. A five-minute video clip featuring highlights from the season's first episode can be viewed below. Starr, 43, a founding member of ALICE IN CHAINS, had been in legal trouble before in Seattle, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake City. 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. In the beginning I got high, and it felt great; by the end it was strictly maintenance, like food I needed to survive. 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. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. 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 Chain's music was deeply personal and vulnerable, and a lot of that comes down to its confessional nature. 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. In 1983, Starr formed the heavy metal band SATO, his first group of note. A private memorial was held for Starr at Experience Music Project in Seattle on March 20, 2011. Negative racial/anti-Semitic, or religious stereotypes are prohibited. In 1993 he left the group. Following Layne Staley's death in April 2002, Inez joined Heart and toured with the band from 2002 through 2006. From the beginning, Ienner turned the building of Alices career into a crusade: I flipped out the first time I heard their demo tape.. , with whom he played from the band's formation in 1987 until 1993. 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. ". WebAlice in Chains bassist Mike Starr had left the group after the release of their album Dirt and Inez replaced him. 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You need a Find a Grave account to continue. 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. Metallica Celebrate Alice in Chains With Tender Cover of 'Would?'. 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. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. Dr. Drew Pinskyhas said that Starr's death was the result of "a prescription-drug overdose." He was the original bassist of the Seattle grunge band Alice in Chains (1987 to 1993). Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. He has written for Rolling Stone, Mojo and Q, hung out with Fugazi at Dischord House, flown on Ozzy Osbourne's private jet, played Angus Young's Gibson SG, and interviewed everyone from Aerosmith and Beastie Boys to Young Gods and ZZ Top. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. However, AIC was not the first name the band had given themselves throughout their careers. The group also participated in the 1993 Lollapalooza Tour. In Dallas, during a moody new song about heroin called God Smack, Staley scoots around in a wheelchair, repeatedly jabbing his arm with the microphone, simulating a junkies needle. Former Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr was found dead Tuesday afternoon (March 8). Sincerity in music can be difficult to portray. Eventually, Staley quit the other bands he was performing with at that time and joined their band as well. At around this time, Inez formed the band Spys4Darwin with Sean Kinney, Chris DeGarmo from Queensrche, and Vinnie Dombroski from Sponge. Months before the official album release, Columbia sent selected retailers free Alice EPs, called We Die Young, which they could sell for pure profit. We all play rock music, so there is some similarity, he continues. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. 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. Oops, we were unable to send the email. That movies soundtrack considerably boosted the groups profile when the crunchy dirge Would? caught on. Ill always be bitching and moaning about something.. A few songs from the Tokyo, Japan show of this tour appear in the bonus features section of their live DVD, Boozed, Broozed & Broken-Boned. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. 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. PAUL STANLEY Blasts MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE After She Complains Of Harassment, DAVE LOMBARDO To Tour U.K. With 'Progressive Grindcore' Band EMPIRE STATE BASTARD, MIKKEY DEE Is Open To Playing With KING DIAMOND Again: 'That'd Be Great Fun For Me'. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. In 1997 Inez played with his Alice in Chains bandmate, Jerry Cantrell, on his debut solo album, Boggy Depot. Bassist Mike Starr would also overdose, in 2011. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. Since I quit doing it, I tried it a couple of times to see if I could recapture the feeling I once got off it, but I dont. Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66660320/mike-starr. 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. 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