layne staley

Watch a pre-Alice in Chains Layne Staley rock with his high school band Sleze.

Alice in Chains invited late frontman Layne Staley's father Phil onstage with them in Burnaby, British Columbia during the July 1 date of their tour, which was the "Fox Fest" date. Mr. Staley was met with a massive chorus of cheers from the crowd, which had to warm his heart.

Before Mad Season broke up in 1999, the Seattle supergroup began work on a collection of songs that was to follow their lone album, 1995's Above.
As Blabbermouth.net reports, those tunes will finally see the light of day, and a decade after the death of singer Layne Staley -- best known as the frontm…

In the 14 years since Alice In Chains' last album, a lot has changed -- not the least of which was the sad decline and eventual death of original vocalist Layne Staley. While his spectre hangs over the band seven years later, their forthcoming album, 'Black Gives Way to Blue,' serves …