Layne Staley

The original lyrics for the song were nothing like what was later recorded in the studio.

Blow out the candles, all you rock stars celebrating birthdays in August.

Which era of Alice in Chains was the best? Vote for either the Layne Staley or the William DuVall period and tune in to hear the winner on 'Loudwire Nights.'

A new book featuring Layne Staley's lost journals titled 'This Angry Pen: The Lost Journals of Layne Staley' will be out later this year.

See how we ranked all of Alice In Chains' songs with Layne Staley from worst to best, from 'Facelift' to 'Get Born Again' and 'Died.'

Here are the reasons we love late Alice In Chains frontman Layne Staley, who died on April 5, 2002, just eight years after Nirvana's Kurt Cobain.

One of the greatest.

Get the history behind these two tragedies.

Late Alice in Chains frontman appears in traded VHS from 1996 concert with Kiss.