![]() The news was mentioned in the Lip Service section of The Rocket, which also made the sarcastic comment, “Sources within the company report that Silver will close up the shop near the end of December. That fall, Susan announced she was closing down her management business. ![]() Susan responded to a questioner saying her gender never blocked her progress - “It didn't even enter my sphere of reality.” The report also notes, “She also hinted, with a sigh, that Alice is about to ‘self-destruct.’ ” In October of 1997, according to a report in the Seattle Times, Susan was a panelist during a discussion about rock management at North By Northwest Music and Media Conference. Susan Silver Management and A&M Records issued a joint statement announcing the split. Chris Cornell decided to call it quits shortly after. The band played what at the time was their final show in Honolulu on February 9. Soundgarden broke up in spring of 1997 amidst rising tensions. I felt really awkward Randy Biro, Alice in Chains collaborator ![]() I’m looking past this really skinny, fucked-up looking guy trying to see where Layne is, and it was Layne. Buttino also said Jesse Holt - who declined to be interviewed for this book - had to boost the level on Layne’s vocals in the 1997 version because his voice was so soft and quiet. Jason Buttino, who has recordings of both versions, attributes the change to the fact the second version was recorded more than a year after the death of Demri Parrott, Layne’s longtime girlfriend. The difference is that in the 1997 version, he sounds indifferent, with no real power or feeling in the performance. Stylistically, Layne’s vocals sound very different from any of his previous work. Musically and lyrically, the two later versions are the same. There are at least two recorded versions of this song, the first from the spring or summer of 1996, the second dated November 3, 1997. Layne re-recorded his guest vocal for the chorus of the song The Things You Do, which is musically different from the version he recorded with Ron Holt in 1988. His friend Jesse Holt - known as Maxi when he was the singer/guitarist of Second Coming - was working on a new project under the moniker the Despisley Brothers -the name presumably a play on the R&B group the Isley Brothers. Layne did at least one confirmed guest recording from this period. The one person that would know for sure is his mother, who declined to be interviewed for this book. Jamie, Jim and Ken Elmer are unaware of any solo demos Layne might have recorded during his later years, though he had the means to do so. "I Stay Away" was also featured in an episode of Beavis and Butt-head.Layne Staley performs with Alice in Chains on MTV Unplugged in 1996 (Image credit: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images) The puppets used in the video can now be found in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ![]() The video is available on the home video release Music Bank: The Videos. The band travels to a circus, where things go awry when one character unleashes a Jar of Flies. The music video for "I Stay Away" is entirely stop-motion animation, featuring the band members in puppet form. The music video for "I Stay Away" was released in 1994 and was directed by Nick Donkin, famous for his claymation film The Junky's Christmas. He plays the nastiest, darkest shit but he's got the sweetest heart in the world. The whole Jar of Flies EP proved to both us and the fans what a talented and valid part of the band Mike was. That was the first time we'd written with Mike Inez, which makes this another special song. In the liner notes of 1999's Music Bank box set collection, guitarist Jerry Cantrell said of the song: The song was included on the compilation albums Nothing Safe: Best of the Box (1999), Music Bank (1999), Greatest Hits (2001), and The Essential Alice in Chains (2006). " I Stay Away " is the second single from Alice In Chains ' EP Jar of Flies (1994). ![]()
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