Since the late 1980s, his career has consisted of the role of bass guitarist in popular hard rock bands. He is of Filipino descent. Inez recorded with the band for their eponymous 1995 release Alice in Chains, which also debuted at #1. "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. The estates managing the business affairs of late Alice In Chains members Layne Staley and Mike Starr sell their stakes in the bands songs. Considered a commercial long shot compared with other local heroes, Alice in Chains signed with Columbia in 1989 after Nick Terzo, a rep involved with the bands music publishing, joined the labels A&R team. Failed to remove flower. Jar of Flies debuted at #1 on album sales charts, the first EP ever to do so.[7]. However, AIC was not the first name the band had given themselves throughout their careers. During the Dirt tour bassist Mike Starr was kicked out of Alice in Chains due to his budding drug addiction. [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. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. The group recorded It's Five O'Clock Somewhere although Inez did not play any live shows during the corresponding tour. 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. Although its the night after Sadistic Sunday, Staley is having a grand time. 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. Inez is the only musician who has been a member of both bands. In addition, he sends his signal direct to the mixing board with a Tech 21 SansAmp Bass Driver DI.[14]. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. Back in April 1994, Starr was sentenced to 30 days in the Houston jail formisdemeanor drug possession. According to the members of FACELIFT, Starr "was in great shape and form. Mike Starr, the original bassist for the band Alice in Chains, was discovered dead at home in Salt Lake City. 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. Inez has also been associated with Slash's Snakepit, Black Label Society, Spys4Darwin, and Heart. Starr briefly joined another band by the name of Gypsy Rose, which included earlyAlice N' ChainsproducerTim Branomon lead vocals and his future bandmateJerry Cantrellon guitar. In 2019, Inez was a guest bass player on Mark Morton's debut solo album Anesthetic. They released the microfish EP, and played radio festivals in the Northwest. Layne didnt break his voice, and he doesnt do any high kicks or dance moves, Kinney says. All rights reserved. He was the original bassist of the Seattle grunge band Alice in Chains (1987 to 1993). A lurid T-shirt hangs on the wall, picturing an EC Comics-type cannibal and the motto Jeffrey Dahmer says, Remember KidsTattoos Taste Great! Some twisted shit indeed. Prior to the classic lineup of Alice in Chains forming 1987 guitarist Jerry cantrell played some demos he was working on for drummer Sean Kinney. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. For Cantrell, though, this wasn't his first experience with pain not by far. Try again later. His past charges include DUI, reckless driving, and various drug charges. Once it got really big with Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, there wasnt much mentioned about us, says Staley. He was the original bassist of the Seattle grunge band Alice in Chains (1987 to 1993). Everybody thought I was getting the worst of the bunch, says Terzo. Naturally, there were many rumours of the "real" reason he left. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. At around this time, Inez formed the band Spys4Darwin with Sean Kinney, Chris DeGarmo from Queensrche, and Vinnie Dombroski from Sponge. 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. Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA. Months before the official album release, Columbia sent selected retailers free Alice EPs, called We Die Young, which they could sell for pure profit. Former Alice In Chains bassist Mike Starr can be heard begging for drugs in a voicemail left just hours before his death. Layne Staley said that Starr left because he didn't want to keep up with the band's hectic touring and press schedule, while Starr later said that he was straight up fired because of his addiction issues. By 2006 Inez, along with the surviving members of Alice in Chains, Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney, set out for a world tour with various guest singers to fill in for the late Layne Staley. Starr and Cantrell left Gypsy Rose and the two of them began working together to form a new band. They told me how veal was made from calves raised in these small boxes, and that image stuck in my head. These are just words Im pulling off the top of my head. But he also welcomes the chance to clear up any rumors and gossip. Starr was arrested at Houston's Intercontinental Airport while trying to check in for a flight to Los Angeles with a suitcase he had stolen from the baggage claim area. Alice in Chains formed during the late eighties when Staley, then singing in a different band, offered aimless Tacoma guitarist Jerry Cantrell his rehearsal studio as a place to crash. The 1990 album Facelift brought them into the light. 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. In the clip Starr can be heard saying, "In the heyday of ALICE IN CHAINS, I was the best bass player/entertainer there was. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. As Cantrell says in an extensive interview with Kerrang!, he grew up in a musical household where his mother played the organ. Im not shooting dope now, and I havent for a while. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. Crazy how much the bassist in any band is treated as expendable and irrelevant lol. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. The group emerged in 1990 with its debut album, Facelift; that LPs single Man in the Box garnered both Grammy and MTV award nominations last year. 7:37 PM. First, they contacted drummerSean Kinney, who coincidentally was dating Starr's sister Melinda at that time and had exchanged phone numbers with Cantrell's roommateLayne Staley. They were snatched up within weeks. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends). Layne Staley with Alice in Chains during filming of one of their videos in Los Angeles, August 1990. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. This was Mike's last interview, he passed away on March 8, 2011. As it stands now, Staley will be wearing the foot cast well into the new year. His final show with the band, before he was replaced by Ozzy Osbourne bassist Mike Inez, was at the Hollywood Rock festival in They are best known for the song "Leather Warriors", which appeared onNorthwest Metalfest, a compilation album featuring various metal acts released in 1984 by local Seattle label Ground Zero Records. with Phil Anselmo and "Rooster" with William DuVall. These projects represent the greatest works from one of the best artists of the iconic Nineties Seattle-based grunge era. I dont know, it somehow makes Layne look more evil. The bands stringy-haired beanpole of a drummer, Sean Kinney, 26, feels Staleys determination to perform right after his accident is a sign of Alices fortitude. Nothing attracts me to it anymore. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Its really messed up, held together by pins, Staley says later, cracking a small smile as he talks about visiting a specialist who works with the Seattle SuperSonics basketball team. Well, the Alice in Chains singer decided to make a return trip to the Basement. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. (April 4, 1966 March 8, 2011) was an American musician, best known as the original. A man named Phillip told KIROTV.com that he spotted a man pulling the hood ornament off his vehicle. Mike was ready to go home. Starr later claimed that he was fired due to his drug addiction.In 1993 he left the group. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. So why was Mike given the boot but Jerry didn't kick out Layne for the same reason? Primary Wave Music announced that it has acquired the music rights from the estates of Layne Staley and Mike Starr of the Grammy-nominated Seattle band Alice In Chains. The purpose was always therapeutic and redemptive. Louder is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? They came to us at a time when we were hungry for music, says label president Don Ienner, who has since taken the band especially guitarist Cantrell, whom he refers to as a future guitar god under his wing. I really like the wheelchair effect, says bassist Mike Starr, 26. In 2004, Inez recorded the track "Crazy or High" with Black Label Society for their studio album release Hangover Music Vol. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Sign up below to get the latest from Metal Hammer, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! 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. No advertising or spamming is permitted. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Be respectful even if you disagree. This was cut short, however, with his sudden death. But as the years passed, Staleys musical style began to develop into something much darker and heavier. It was in this huge warehouse called the Music Bank that had fifty different rooms, Cantrell says. The band was later signed to a record deal withColumbia Recordsand enjoyed extensive success via record sales and radio play in thegrunge rockmovement of the early 1990s. The metaphor for this for me is the beginning of the MTV session where they all walk out. Columbia made Facelift a top priority, hoping to prove the company wasnt merely a stable for fresh-scrubbed pop acts like Mariah Carey, New Kids on the Block and C&C Music Factory. 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. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. Ill always be bitching and moaning about something.. There was a problem getting your location. Bassist Mike Starr interview on the syndicated radio show 'Loveline' with Dr. Drew Pinsky on February 16, 2010. Sorry! Ironically, when the full-scale media blitz hit western Washington earlier this year, Alice in Chains was virtually lost in the shuffle. So I went home and wrote about government censorship and eating meat as seen through the eyes of a doomed calf.. (i.e. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Rock Musician. In 1983, Starr formed the heavy metal band SATO, his first group of note. Having previously written books on Lemmy, Dave Grohl (the Sunday Times best-seller This Is A Call) and Metallica (Birth School Metallica Death, co-authored with Ian Winwood), his Eddie Van Halen biography (Eruption in the UK, Unchained in the US) emerged in 2021. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Primary Wave Music announced that it has acquired the music rights from the estates of Layne Staley and Mike Starr of the Grammy-nominated Seattle band Alice In Chains. Although its the night after Sadistic Sunday, Staley is having a grand time. Year should not be greater than current year. 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. based on information from your browser. 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. He's parsimonious with his words, and picks more than eats. 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. WebAlice in Chains story is one of tragedy marked by drugs and death. A system error has occurred. Alice in Chains officially disbanded on April 20, 2002, after the news of the death of Staley. Resend Activation Email. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. GREAT NEWS! where they found 44-year-old Starr's body. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. WebBassist Mike Starr interview on the syndicated radio show 'Loveline' with Dr. Drew Pinsky on February 16, 2010. Enter Alice in Chains, one of the leading bands of the '90s Seattle grunge scene. ", At this writing, Cantrell has never been married and has no kids; he's a support network of one. We wanted to continue intense touring and press, Mike was ready to go home." Starr's work is prominently featured in their albums "Facelift" (1990) and "Dirt" (1992), and the EP "Sap" (1992). An MTV-hyped clip for Man in the Box, with its macabre image of a monk with his eyelids sewn shut, helped push the single into the Top Twenty. Staley says he deals with those feelings now through his music, especially Dirt tracks like Angry Chair and Sickman, as well as more overt tunes such as Junk-head. More than anything, hes upset by comments that suggest the music advocates drug use: From song to song, the album changes from glorifying drugs to being completely miserable and questioning what I thought once worked for me. More Alice in Chains videos:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9PnF5M5bSl31Dh7JvTjj6cbA9tVLrkjKTimestamp:2:30 - Mike comes in3:20 - how Alice in Chains started5:20 - Mike talks about his new bands6:19 - Mike talks about Layne Staley's mom visiting him on Celebrity Rehab6:40 - on Jerry Cantrell's criticism of Celebrity Rehab (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLdMttRFXY8\u0026t=708s )7:05-17:00 - listeners call in17:59 - Mike talks about Celebrity Rehab, his struggle with addiction, withdrawal and getting sober21:30 - Mike talks about his family21:56 - listeners call in29:48 - Mike talks about being the last person to see Layne alive on April 4, 2002, a day before his death, and how Layne saved his life in South America in 1993, when Alice in Chains was in Brazil for the Hollywood Rock Festival and Mike had an overdose after shooting coke with Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHHH-3nu7xI )32:23 - Mike says he feels naked in life without Layne32:30 - Mike says he never quit Alice in Chains33:22 - listeners call in38:30 - Mike talks about putting a band together to perform at Layne's annual tribute40:48 - listeners call in45:54 - Lisa D'Amato on the phone49:16 - Mike talks about his friendship with Lisa D'Amato49:40 - listeners call in53:25 - Mike talks about his relationship with his dad55:12 - listeners call in1:04:00 - Mike talks about his new bands1:05:30 - on if he would reunite with Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney1:07:00 - listeners call in1:15:00 - Mike's old friend on the phone1:17:15 - Mike's new band doing a cover of \"Kool Thing\" by Sonic Youth1:19:46 - Mike explains the songTwitter: https://twitter.com/ShirleyCobainFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShirleyCobain1/ Mixing board with a Tech 21 SansAmp bass Driver DI. 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