| Subject: Re: Layne Staley |
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Panda
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Date Posted: 13:45:09 08/06/08 Wed
In reply to:
Gracie
's message, "Re: Layne Staley" on 08:33:53 07/31/08 Thu
>>>>>>She's looking for old stories from back in the
>day.
>>>>>
>>>>>Yea, someone had to have gotten with him and we are
>>>>>just curious what he was like.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I never hooked up with him but the last album AIC
>>>>made, my friend was dating Mikey Inez. We got to be
>>in
>>>>the studio alot. She and I and their manager used to
>>>>go over to Layne's house in Queen Anne (neighborhood
>>>>of Seattle) and knock on the door. If he didn't
>>>>answer, we slipped a note in the mail slot and then
>>>>would go to a near by park, smoke a joint, go back
>>and
>>>>knock on his door again. Layne would then come
>>running
>>>>out dive into the back seet of the car with me and
>>put
>>>>his head into my lap. Then we would head to the
>>>>studio. This was the ritual if Layne decided to come
>>>>out. There were times when he wouldn't. He was
>pretty
>>>>reclusive in the end...never recovered from loosing
>>>>Demri.Once in the studio, Layne would come round and
>>>>get some things done. Looking back on that time...it
>>>>felt like the last album...something hung in the
>air.
>>>
>>>
>>>Panda, thanks for posting. I'd love to hear any
>other
>>>stories that you may have about Layne. What was he
>>>like in person?
>>
>>He was actually very nice. And could be quite funny.
>>When he was briefly sober I almost saw happiness in
>>his eyes.
>>Knowing that most fans see the fact that Layne had
>>been dead for a couple of weeks when he was found is
>>horrible. The reality is that Layne didn't answer his
>>phone or door very often. He was very with drawn at
>>the end and usually would return calls and such a
>>couple of weeks later. No one that knew him found it
>>unordinary that no one had heard from him. Sad
>>mistake...but that was the norm.
>>I am sad to this day he is not with us but happy he
>>and his love Demri are always together now.
>
>
>
>I love how so many people have this distorted
>perception of him and Demri. The truth is, she was
>arrested for prostitution while with him, and would
>have sex with women knowing he would be coming home
>any minute to make him jealous. She also used him to
>pay for her medical bills, then went out and did more
>heroin, essentially reversing the procedures he paid
>for.
>
>He broke up with her for a reason.
That is not completely untrue...but the fact is, they were both heroin addicts and what the drug makes one do is not necessarily what one would do as a person. I do know they had an up and down relationship and broke up several times. However, I do believe they were a couple when she passed away. He was heart broken to know the only woman he loved was gone...no matter what. That is from Layne's mouth!!! I heard him say this several times during the recording of that last album.
Layne was fucking groupies and Demri was fucking who ever...went both ways and you are not in a position to judge them. And as for the women...Layne had a thing for threesome's...if she did it with out him, then who wouldn't be pissed? He did things to piss her off as well! Like fucking girls on the road when she was there. It was a merry go round!
I am sure that when they first got together in high school, Layne could not pay ANY bills for Demri or buy their heroin...one of them got the $$ somehow. Layne paid for rehab for himself a couple of times as well. So what if he wanted to help her get sober...rehab doesn't work for every one on the first, second or third try. Sobriety is for those that want it. And, in a effort to get him off herion and keep him sober, he was not allowed access to his own accounts for a while (during Lolapalooza in 1990 something)and had a baby sitter on tour. I was there, that is what I was told by one of the other guys in the band and their manager. But then again...in the end, Demri didn't die of an overdose, yet a bacterial infection in the heart and LAYNE DIED OF A SPEEDBALL OD!!! Yeah, I bet you are pissed off that he took his money and wasted it on himself as well. Neither of them stayed sober...that is the fact.
From what I knew of the situation, the sex for money was for BOTH of their heroin fixes. So don't go criticising what only those two knew about their life together.
I simply stated they were together forever now and hopefully happy there. I wasn't trying to glorify anything...just be discreet and nice. They asked what Layne was like...and in the end, he was a funny, sweet, talented man.
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