Noticias sobre "Grassroots" (Película en la cual aparecerán canciones inéditas de Layne Staley)

News on “Grassroots” (film in which will appear previously unreleased songs by Layne Staley)

“Grassroots”, la película sobre un periodista de Seattle que pierde su trabajo y a regañadientes tiene que ayudar a su amigo con su intento de ganar un asiento en el Consejo de la ciudad de Seattle, tendrá tres proyecciones en el próximo mes. La película está dirigida por Stephen Gyllenhaal y protagonizada por Jason Biggs, mejor conocido como “the pie fucker.” La película presenta dos canciones inéditas del gran Layne Staley de Alice In Chains.

Junio 22, 2012- Seattle, Washington- Landmark Theatres Harvard Exit
Junio 29, 2012- Portland, Oregon- Regal Fox Tower Stadium 10
Julio 17, 2012- New York City, NY- Village East Cinema

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Grassroots, the film about a Seattle journalist who loses his job and reluctantly agrees to help his oddball friend with his bid to earn a seat on the Seattle City Council, is set to have three screenings in the next month. The film is directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal and stars Jason Biggs, better known as “the pie fucker.” The film features two never before heard songs from the late great Layne Staley of Alice In Chains.
June 22, 2012- Seattle, Washington- Landmark Theatres Harvard Exit
June 29, 2012- Portland, Oregon- Regal Fox Tower Stadium 10
July 17, 2012- New York City, NY- Village East Cinema

2 canciones inéditas de Layne Staley aparecerán en una nueva película

2 previously unreleased songs by Layne Staley will appear in a new movie

Credit: Paste Magazine

Layne Staley trabajó en solitario desde 1996 y parece que parte de ese material saldrá en la nueva película “Grassroots”

“Grassroots” (Base), una película centrada en Seattle del director Stephen Gyllenhaal, contará con dos canciones nunca antes escuchadas del fallecido cantante de Alice In Chains, Layne Staley. La película está protagonizada por Jason Biggs como crítico de música que de repente decide hacer campaña en un lugar altamente competitivo en el Consejo de la ciudad de Seattle.

IN ENGLISH

Layne Staley worked in solo material since 1996 and it seems that some of this material will be in the new movie “Grassroots”

Grassroots, a Seattle-centric film from director Stephen Gyllenhaal, will feature two never-before-heard songs from deceased Alice in Chains frontman Layne Staley. The film stars Jason Biggs as an alt-weekly music critic who suddenly decides to campaign for a highly competitive spot on the Seattle City Council.

Vídeo del tributo italiano a Layne Staley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYXtCD4h4OQ

En un día como hoy pero de...

In a day like today but in…

En un día como hoy pero de 1988 Mudhoney hace su primera presentación ante el público, abriendo para Das Damen y Blood Circus en el Vogue (Seattle)

En un día día como hoy pero de 2002, Layne Staley, cantante de la tremendamente popular e influyente banda Alice in Chains, es encontrado muerto en su apartamento en Seattle. Se fue con 34 años.  Un memorial se celebró en el Center International Fountain al día siguiente.

IN ENGLISH

In a day like today but in 1988, Mudhoney makes their first public performance, opening for Das Damen and Blood Circus at the Vogue in Seattle.

In a day like today but in 2002, Layne Staley, singer of the wildly popular and influential supergroup Alice in Chains, is found dead in his Seattle apartment. He was 34. A memorial is held at the Seattle Center International Fountain the next day.

La madre de Layne Staley no ha hablado con Alice In Chains en 10 años

Layne Staley’s mother has not spoken with Alice In Chains in 10 years

“No tengo ninguna conexión con la música de [Layne y Alice In Chains], no tengo ni idea, porque simplemente no estoy metida en ella. Así que cuando llegaba a casa yo quería una relación normal con mi hijo, yo no estaba interesada en cómo otras personas lo vieron en absoluto y era muy humilde. Nunca habló para decirme que tenía una vida interesante.”

“Me he mantenido he contacto con los fans, ha sido muy importante para ellos y me ha abierto los ojos al mundo de Layne. No me creía eso de la depresión, fue tranquilo y fue intenso, y no sabía de que él probablemente estaba luchando con la depresión”.

“El entrevistador preguntó que si la muerte de Demri Parrot (novia de Layne y el amor de su vida) en octubre de 1996 es lo que hizo Layne estuviese realmente mal y apagado y Nancy dijo:”No, estaba mal de antes.”

“Entonces [Layne] era huraño, y fue realmente difícil mantener un sentido de lo que estaba pasando con él. Yo no tenía intención de fijar ningún ultimátum que le empujase a Layne lejos de mí. Es derecho de una madre poder estar con su hijo y mantener una buena relación con él

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“I had no connection to [Layne and Alice In Chains'] music, I had no idea, because I just didn’t get it. So when he came home I wanted a regular relationship with my son, I wasn’t interested in how other people saw him at all and he was very humble. He never talked about it other than to tell me he had an interesting life.”

“Frankly they never disbanded the band, it’s a business. It took me awhile to figure some of these things out. I felt for the fans’ sake they might want to move on with a different name just so people didn’t criticize them for moving on using Layne’s name. But I also understand that they are the musicians and there is no Alice In Chains without them. They had every right to do what they did. Do I hear from them? No. Do I care about what happens to them? Absolutely. I have invited them to come to the house many times. As Layne’s friends I would just want them to tell me funny stories that they remember, so for 10 years that has never happened. I’d love it if somebody picked up the phone, and said Nancy, I’ve got to tell you something funny that happened when Layne was in Berlin. I would love if that would happen, they were his friends first and I think the industry keeps them from pursuing some kind of connection with their friend’s Mom, and they’re moving on.”

“I have kept connected with the fans, it’s been very important to them and it has opened my eyes to Layne’s world. I didn’t think about depression, he was quiet and he was intense, and I didn’t know that he was probably struggling with depression.”

“The interviewer asked if Demri Parrot’s death (Layne’s girlfriend and the love of his life) in October 1996 is what made Layne get really bad off and Nancy said, “No, it was bad before that.”

“Then [Layne] became reclusive, and it was really hard to keep a sense of what was going on. I had no intentions of laying down any ultimatums that would push Layne away from me. That’s a mother’s right is to hold that place in her life with her child.”

“Let’s not forget that Layne and Kurt Cobain both passed away on the same day, April 5th, 8 years apart. And we won’t forget that Layne lost his dear friend Mike Starr and many other wonderful and talented musicians, and fans. I hear from parents who have lost their children, I hear from friends who have lost their parents, I hear from people who have lost their friends. There is just no good thing that comes out of drug addiction.”

18 años de la muerte de Kurt... 10 de la muerte de Layne... pero ellos aún siguen en nuestros corazones

18 years without Kurt… 10 years without Layne but they are still in our hearts! RIP

Un Día En La Vida

Un homenaje radial al fallecido Layne Staley // A radio tribute to  Layne Staley

Primera parte del especial de Alice In Chains en Un Día En La Vida.

Recordando a Layne Staley

Remembering Layne Staley

Debido a que dentro de nada se cumplirán de 10 años de la muerte de Layne Staley, ex cantante de Alice In Chains, David Bronstein está haciendo unas retrospectivas de Layne, recordando algunas curiosiosas del mismo. Son bastante largas, por lo cual lo dejo en inglés… ya lo siento, pero tampoco quiero entretenerme demasiado en traducirlo y dejar de poner noticias

REMEMBERING LAYNE STALEY PART 3: THE SAP SESSIONS

WRITTEN BY DAVID BRONSTEIN & EDITED BY BRETT BUCHANAN

Layne Staley has been here before, but in the tiny voice booth that accommodates the London Bridge Studios, he is filled with frustration. Alice in Chains will be here for an entire week recording their second EP, Sap. Four songs are planned but the record will eventually end up with five.

Staley and the band know this studio well. It’s where Alice’s first demo and debut album Facelift were recorded.  But on a late Friday afternoon Layne is struggling to hit the right notes on one of the most haunting tracks that the group would ever record. The house engineer, and now co-owner of the studio, Jonathan Plum recalls: “The first time I heard Layne sing was on the song Am I Inside.  He was struggling with his pitch; in fact it took a lot of work for him to sing the song correctly.” With Ann Wilson of Heart fame having already laid down her vocals and the music being complete the pressure was on Staley to deliver. “Rick Parasher who was the studio owner and producer on the record kept asking Layne to sing certain parts over and over again, I was struck by how difficult it was for him,” says Plum. Parasher believed he knew where the problem lay. “When the band left, I later asked Rick about it, and he told me that for the screamy style Layne was much more comfortable and accurate with. He just ‘belts it out’. A few days later I heard Layne belting and Rick was right, he nailed that style in a take or two.  By the time the band were recording Dirt he was simply a one take guy, spot on.”

On late Saturday afternoon Layne Staley arrives at the studio a bit tired, but in an upbeat mood. Early in the morning he had helped his father chop wood.  Jerry, Sean and Mike are busy laying down their tracks and rehearsing, so Layne decides to hang out in the lounge.  He grabs breakfast and switches on the television, hoping to catch his favorite cartoons.  “Okay so there’s Layne just hanging out on the couch watching cartoons and eating kids breakfast cereal from the box,” recalls Plum.  ”He flips it over and notices there is an activity on the back of the box. Layne filled out the activity in a very sick way. I remember one of the questions was ‘Where to put something?’  His answer: Urethra. After he cut out the box and put his answers on the fridge.”

Plum says of Staley, “He was by far the most laid back guy in the band. He was very down to Earth with me and kind.  For example one morning he asked me how long I had worked at the studios for, and if I liked my job.  He was one of the very few musicians who took the time to ask about me and share some of his normal life.  By contrast Jerry Cantrell never acknowledged my presence unless he needed something. At the same time I also understood that he was in a very intense creative mode when he was at the studio. He was not unkind, just focused on his work.  Thinking back Jerry was the creative force in the band with a much more intense personality than Layne.”

The Sap sessions were an oddity in the fact that no one really knew if these recording sessions would ultimately bring a release. “Jerry would just keep on throwing down ideas,” says Plum. “The sessions were certainly off the cuff, a lot of fucking around and experimenting going on.”  A few clues that the recordings would see the light of day were some of the chosen guest singers on the EP.  Soungarden’s Chris Cornell and Mudhoney’s Mark Arm (Cantrell’s request) were brought in to sing on Right Turn, which created the shortest lived supergroup in history, ‘Alice Mudgarden’.  The aforementioned Ann Wilson sang backing vocals on Brother and Am I Inside. There was talk of having Kurt Cobain come in, but Nirvana were in Europe and Nevermind had just exploded.

Plum recalls that having the band in the studio for a week could be quite the task, “It was a little nutty, I was the assistant engineer but I was also responsible for cleaning the studio and really anything else that was needed. I was the only employee back then and in those days the studio was not set up well for big major label projects. I remember even running to the store and grabbing Thai takeaway for the band.”

On the second to last day of recording, with music laid on tape and the studio shut off just past 8PM, the members of Alice in Chains decided to throw a party after a 9 hour session. It would not be the last one. “One night it was 3AM and I had to wait until the band wanted to go home.  They had some friends over and threw a party. Though it was very interesting to watch the band party, I didn’t like having to simply hang out and wait. It wasn’t like I was invited to party with the band,” says Plum.

Sap wound up having five songs: Brother, Got Me Wrong, Right Turn, Am I Inside, and the unlisted track Love Song (Sean Kinney’s baby). Sap would be quite a departure from anything Alice had recorded in the past, but the EP was released the following February and went Gold despite a lack of promotion.  Photographer Rocky Schenck took a telling picture for the EP’s back cover. Members of the band urinating on their own pictures, one from the Facelift sessions and the other a promo picture from the previous summer’s Clash of the Titans tour. The band had moved on, and were ready to begin a new chapter.

"Sing For Layne"

El cantó por nosotros, ahora nosotros cantaremos por él

Descripción:

Cadazor. Afectivo. Crudo. Honesto.

Layne Staley nos dio sus palabras y su voz; una voz que atraviesa el alma de una generación.

Serán diez años desde su muerte y en vísperas de este aniversario estamos pidiendo a todos los fans, nuevos y viejos, recordar al hombre que nos dio su todo.

Por favor, LIKE en nuestra página oficial en Facebook y seguirnos en Twitter; habrá más detalles por venir.

A continuación, el 05 de abril de 2012 a las 9:00 PM EST, se empezará con todo y podréis cantar con nosotros en vivo desde aquí en http://www.singforlayne.com/

El cantó por nosotros, ahora cantaremos por él

Id diciéndolo por ahí. No sólo a un amigo ; decírselo a 1000

¿Cómo puedo participar?

Muy simple, sólo muéstrate allí a las 9:00 PM EST el 5 de abril y canta con nosotros. Se va a transmitir en directo vía webcam. También tendremos un número limitado de webcams disponibles para aquellos que quieran difundir junto a nosotros.

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He sang for us, now we will sing for him.

Description

Haunting. Affecting. Raw. Honest.

Layne Staley gave us his words and his voice; a voice that cut through the soul of a generation.

It will be ten years since his passing and on the eve of this anniversary we are calling for all fans, new and old, to sing back to the man that gave us his everything.
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Please LIKE our official Facebook Page and follow us on Twitter; there will be more details to come.

Then, on April 5th, 2012 at 9:00PM EST, log in and sing with us LIVE here at SingForLayne.com…

He sang for us, now we will sing for him.

Get the word out there. Don’t just tell 1 friend; tell 1000.

“How do I participate?”
Simple enough, just show up here at 9:00PM EST on April 5th and sing with us. We’ll be broadcasting live via webcam. We’ll also have a limited number of webcams available for those who’d like to broadcast alongside us.

El programa del funeral de Layne Staley está en venta en eBay

Layne Staley funeral program is on sale in eBay 

Alguien en eBay está intentando vender un programa del funeral de Layne Staley por 400 dólares.  Cada uno opina lo que quiera, para algunos puede parecer algo muy triste pero para otros ser algo bueno… En fin, que cada uno piense lo que quiera.

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Somebody on eBay is trying to sell a program from Layne Staley’s funeral for 400 dollars

Confirmado: La foto de Layne es de Halloween de 1998

Confirmed: The photo of Layne is from Halloween of 1998

Grungereport.net

Jimmy Shoaf, quien está en esta foto con Layne Staley, ha confirmado que la imagen es del 31 de octubre de 1998 entre bastidores en el show de Jerry Cantrell en el Showbox en Seattle. Ha habido rumores durante años que Layne fue visto entre bastidores en el show y esto lo confirma. Esto es también en el tiempo en el cual Alice In Chains grabaron “Get Born Again” y “Dead”

IN ENGLISH

Jimmy Shoaf, who is in this picture with Layne Staley, has confirmed that the picture is from October 31, 1998 backstage at Jerry Cantrell’s show at the Showbox in Seattle. There have been rumors for years that Layne was backstage at the show and this confirms it. This is also around the time that Alice In Chains recorded “Get Born Again” and “Died.”

Más sobre la foto de Layne Staley

More about the photo of Layne Staley

GrungeReport.net ha publicado algunos artículos recientemente en una nueva foto de Layne Staley, que ha sido confirmada de por lo menos proveniente del  septiembre de 1998  (cuando la camiseta que Layne lleva en ella salió con un juego). El chico que la envió por correo electrónico me ha revelado la historia sobre la foto de 2001, Scott Farro, ser un mentiroso. Su correo electrónico es scott.farro@yahoo.com.

Parece ser que lo más probable es que la foto puede ser de Halloween de 1998, alguien afirmó que hablaban con el tío Jimmy en la foto y dijo que es cuando fue tomada. Se estableció contacto con Jimmy, pero no obtuve respuesta. La historia es que Layne estuvo entre bastidores en el concierto individual de Jerry Cantrell en 1998 en Halloween en Seattle. Obviamente no hay que tomar esto como un hecho, es  sólo el echo de que 100% de que la foto fuese tomada entre 1998 y 2002

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GrungeReport.net has posted some articles recently on a new Layne Staley photo that is confirmed to be from at least September 1998 at the earliest (when the shirt Layne is wearing in it was released with a video game). The guy who e-mailed me the story about the photo being from 2001, Scott Farro, has been revealed to be a liar. His e-mail is scott.farro@yahoo.com.

It’s looking more likely that the photo may be from Halloween 1998, somebody claimed they talked to the guy Jimmy in the photo and he said that’s when it was taken. I contacted Jimmy myself but got no response. The story is that Layne was backstage at Jerry Cantrell’s solo show on Halloween 1998 in Seattle. Obviously don’t take this as fact, the only 100% fact about the picture we know is it was taken sometime between 1998-2002 because of the shirt.

La madre de Layne Staley quiere las gafas de su hijo

The mother of Layne Staley wants his son sunglasses

Sacado de Grungereport.net // Extracted of grungereport.net

GrungeReport.net había publicado un artículo hace poco acerca de una subasta de eBay de unas gafas de sol de Layne Staley y la revista TV Guide ( y algunas nuevas fotografías que fueron utilizadas como prueba de que eran las gafas de Layne). Las gafas se vendieron por $1.800. la Madre de Layne, Nancy McCallum, había publicado este comentario en el blog de David de Sola. El comentario está comprobado que es de ella

“Esto es macabro. Son cosas de Layne que aún le pertenecen y deben ser devueltos a su finca, donde sus pertenencias son amorosamente cuidadas por su familia en “su cuarto”.

Los objetos pueden devolverse al PO 63, Mukilteo, WA 98275, sin preguntas.”

Parece ser que han sido varias las ocasiones en las que objetos personales de Layne han sido robados, y sin duda este parece un ejemplo totalmente claro.

IN ENGLISH

GrungeReport.net posted an article a few days ago about an eBay auction for Layne Staley’s sunglasses and TV Guide magazine (some new photographs that were used as proof that they were Layne’s glasses). The glasses sold for $1,800. Layne’s Mom Nancy McCallum posted this comment on David de Sola’s blog.  For the record David verified to me that Nancy did indeed leave the comment:

“This is ghoulish. Layne’s things still belong to him, and should be returned to his estate, where his belongings are lovingly cared for by his family in “his room”.

The items can be returned to PO 63, Mukilteo, WA 98275, no questions asked.”

There have been rumors online for years that many of Layne’s belongings were stolen around the time of his death, and this is obviously an example of that. So whoever won the auction, please send the glasses to Nancy!

Más sobre la nueva foto de Layne Staley

More about the new photo of Layne Staley

Sacado de Grungereport.net // Extracted of  Grungereport.net

Scott comentó este artículo original de GrungeReport .net sobre la foto. Obviamente tomad esto con un grano de sal, pero parece muy creíble:

La fotografía incluyr a Layne Staley. Yo era un conocido (que permanecerá sin nombre por el momento) de la chica que tomó esta fotografía (descrita por Layne como alguien que conocía desde “The Rainbow”) y que estaba presente en el momento en que la fotografía fue tomada en Seattle. Fue, de hecho, durante el mes de octubre de 2001. La foto NO fue tomada en o cerca del lugar del que se hablaba

Aunque sólo estuve alrededor del señor Staley  unas cuantas veces durante esa semana, puedo confirmar que llevaba esas gafas, así como la misma ropa (incluyendo esos pantalones de trabajo y las botas negras todo el tiempo. No hablaba mucho porque parecía que estaba perdiendo todos sus dientes delanteros superiores y y le quedaban muy pocos en la inferior. No quiso hacer una sonrisa completa, pero no tenía nada en contra de la fotografía.

No estamos seguros de cómo se han podido filtrar las fotos, ni podemos revelar cómo el Sr. Staley estaba llevando a cabo su vida durante esta semana, pero es importante que los aficionados no presten atención a las “obras” de Adriana Rubio en particular. Mi breve tiempo alrededor de Layne tiene recuerdos de un hombre cansado, pero cálido y amistoso que no fue tan solitario como la gente puede pensar, y parecía disfrutar de la compañía que él guardaba esa semana.

Luego seguí con un correo electrónico y Scott me dio más información:

La razón por la que pasé un poco de tiempo con su grupo de amigos es porque mi persona y yo estábamos involucrados con un estilo de vida similar durante un período de tiempo. Estaba familiarizado con la música de su banda, me dijeron que no mencionase nada de su múisca en cualquier momento durante los días que estaban alrededor de él. Lo encontré como una persona muy agradable y no parecía deprimido. No fue estrictamente empresarial, pero al parecer, él había roto las relaciones y yo intentaba acercarme a él. No fue difícil distinguir a sus pocos amigos de quienes pueden haber sido de otra importancia.  No daré a conocer las actividades que tuvieron lugar durante la semana, excepto agregar que Layne Staley frecuentó un par de lugares por la noche y estuvimos con él.

La razón por la que hemos decidido proporcionar esta información (aunque limitada) a unos medios de comunicación, es debido al hecho de lo pasó con Mike Starr y porque Alice In Chains están haciendo nueva múisca: preguntas de interés sobre el Sr. Staley nuevamente han comenzado a hacerse comunes en distintas comunidades, como personas que pueden o no pueden participar con medios mucho más grandes.  El propietario original de la foto quiere permanecer completamente en el anonimato y ha buscado sólo ofrecer una pequeña cantidad de visión a lo que los fans han ido pensando en medio de diversos rumores desencadenados por medios de comunicación locales y convencionales en el pasado. No se conocen deformidades demasiado importantes en Layne, excepto la perdida de peso y la falta de algunos dientes, no era tan solitario como se dice normalmente.

Aunque creemos que la fuga de esta foto pudo haber sido accidental, esperamos que esta información puera ayudar a la gente a comprender un poco más las cosas con respecto a su último período de tiempo.

IN ENGLISH

Scott commented this on GrungeReport.net’s original article about the photo. Obviously take this with a grain of salt, but he seems very believable:

The photograph is including of Layne Staley. I was an acquaintance (who shall remain nameless at the moment) of the girl who took this photograph (described by Layne as someone he knew from “The Rainbow”) and I was present at the time it was taken in Seattle. It was, in fact, during the month of October, 2001. The photo was NOT taken at or near the place that he spoke of.

Though I was only around Mr. Staley a few times during this particular week, I can confirm that he was wearing these glasses, as well as the same clothing (including grey cargo pants w/black boots) the entire time.  He also did not speak much because he appeared to be missing all of his top front teeth and had few remaining at the bottom front of his jaw. He did not want to make a full smile but had nothing against the picture being taken.

We are not sure how the pictures had ever been leaked – nor can we disclose how Mr. Staley was carrying out his life during this week, but it is important that fans not pay attention to the “works” of Adriana Rubio in particular. My brief time around Layne holds memories of a tired, yet warm and friendly man who was not as reclusive as people may think and seemed to enjoy the company that he was keeping that week.

I then followed up with an e-mail and Scott gave me more information:

The reason I spent time with a small group of his friends is because my acquaintance and I were involved with a similar lifestyle for a period of time. Being familiar with the music his band had made, I was asked by our mutual friend not to mention this at any point during the days we were around him. He came across as a very nice person and did not seem depressed. It was not strictly business, but apparently, he had severed those relations and I was to approach him as I would anyone else. It was not hard to distinguish his few friends from those who may have been of another importance.  I will not disclose the activies that took place during the week, except to add Layne Staley frequented a couple of places by night and that we were present with him.

The reason we have decided to provide this information (even though limited) to a few media outlets, is due to the fact that with Mike Starr’s passing, and of Alice In Chains working on possible new music – questions of interest about Mr. Staley have once again started to make rounds in the community such as people who may or may not be involved with much larger media.  The original owner of the photo wishes to remain completely anonymous and has sought only to offer a small amount of insight to what fans have been wondering amidst various rumours triggered by mainstream and local media in the past. No severe, physical disfigurements were ever known of Layne Staley except for weight loss and missing teeth – nor was he truly known to be reclusive.

Though we believe the leak of this photo may have been accidental, we hope this helps people to have a little more understanding of things regarding his last period of time.