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. 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. Webpjchik A ccording to press releases the departure was "amicable" and that Starr left because of the rigors of constant touring/wanted to spend more time with family. This was cut short, however, with his sudden death. On March 8, 2011, at 1:42pm, police were called to a home in. The 1990 album Facelift brought them into the light. The expensive campaign didnt stop there when the album went nowhere slowly, Ienner decided to attach 40,000 free concert videos to copies of Facelift. On March 8, 2011, at 1:42pm, police were called to a home inSalt Lake Citywhere they found 44-year-old Starr's body. The purpose was always therapeutic and redemptive. Oops, we were unable to send the email. This was around the same time that Cantrell met Staley and recruited him into Alice in Chains. Former Alice In Chains bassist Mike Starr can be heard begging for drugs in a voicemail left just hours before his death. In 1995, Inez played with Slash on the Guns N' Roses guitarist's side group, Slash's Snakepit. The link is below in the description box. Pearl Jam is a soul thats full of life and invigorating, and Nirvana is kind of beautifully dysfunctional. It's a part of a lot of people's experience. The band reunited in 2005 for a live benefit show, Around the same time, we went out for dinner with some Columbia Records people who were vegetarians. It generally doesn't end good." He met Mike Starr in 1998 while working on a short film and the two began the "Unchained" book project in December 1999. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. WebMichael Christopher "Mike" Starr (April 4, 1966 March 8, 2011) was an American musician, best known as the original bassist in Alice In Chains, with whom he played from the band's formation in 1987 until 1993. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. Inez recorded with the band for their eponymous 1995 release Alice in Chains, which also debuted at #1. The group recorded It's Five O'Clock Somewhere although Inez did not play any live shows during the corresponding tour. He was 44. In fact his high school yearbook would have starr saying he was going to tour with van halen when he got older and it was a dream that would come true. Half of the bands original lineup would be lost to drug addiction and while a lot of hte focus is put on late frontman Layne Staley, today were going to take a look at the life and career of bassist Mike Starr.Born in Hawaii in 1966, bassist Mike Starr was the eldest of two having a sister who was three years younger. When they asked me to leave the band it broke my heart." Hes drunk off his ass, laughing it up, trying to get in on the action while enduring some very real pain himself. Nothing attracts me to it anymore. Most bands would have stopped immediately, but we kept touring., Editors picks I took a fucking long, hard walk through hell. The estates managing the business affairs of late Alice In Chains frontman Layne Staley and bassist Mike Starr have sold their stakes in the bands songs. In 2012, as LA Downtown News states, he accepted the Stevie Ray Vaughan award "for the sober musician who has made the greatest contribution to his own recovery and treating the addictions of others. Inez is the only musician who has been a member of both bands. Cantrell adds that Alices heavier sound and misanthropic attitude initially made it an outcast from the citys alternative scene: Some stuff grabs you right away; ours is really an acquired taste. A statement from Primary ", (also now deceased) as having "such severe addictions. After the gig, the band briefly mingles backstage with fans and Columbia executives before scattering. In 2010, Starr was reported to be working with his new band, which included touring with the bandDays of the New. Year should not be greater than current year. Heres how it works. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. 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. Stay up to date with in depth music reviews, exclusive interviews and widespread coverage of whats happening from your favourite music genre. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. Starr joined the New York City-based ALICE IN CHAINS tribute band FACELIFT on stage on May 9, 2009 at Sullivan Hall in New York City to perform three songs "Man In The Box", "Would?" And Staley? Michael Christopher "Mike" Starr(April 4, 1966 March 8, 2011) was an American musician, best known as the originalbassistinAlice In Chains, with whom he played from the band's formation in 1987 until 1993. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? Returning to the show to help Dr. Drew are drug counselor Bob Forrest and resident technician Shelly Sprague who have each spent years on both sides of the rehab fence. RadarOnline.com reported in early October that Starr was arrested on September 28 in Los Angeles on a drug charge. WebAlice in Chains story is one of tragedy marked by drugs and death. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. 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. Starr goes off to nuzzle his girlfriend, Kinney heads elsewhere, and Cantrell makes his way down to a tattoo and body-piercing emporium. In 2003, Black Label Society's Robert Trujillo joined Metallica; Inez replaced him in Black Label Society, joining for a short two-week west coast tour of the United States and a short tour of Japan for their The Blessed Hellride album. 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. Michael Allen Inez (born May 14, 1966)[2] is an American rock musician best known for his role as the bassist of Alice in Chains since 1993. The resulting Facelift featured violent, tortured Cantrell numbers like We Die Young and Bleed the Freak, as well as several Staley-Cantrell collaborations, including Man in the Box, a song inspired by thoughts of food and fascism. Alice in Chains' Jar of Flies EP was released in 1994 with Inez on bass. Ill always be bitching and moaning about something.. After haggling over deal points with Columbia for six months, the group was finally ushered into a studio by producer Dave Jerden, who had previously worked with the Rolling Stones and Janes Addiction. The band would concur and ditch their manager and sign with Susan Silver, as well as Pearl jam manager Kelly Kurtis and Ken Deans. In early 2008, Inez recorded a "Behind the Player" instructional DVD with the help of John Tempesta. During the Dirt tour bassist Mike Starr was kicked out of Alice in Chains due to his budding drug addiction. Sing too hard about hardships and pain, without some sense of legitimacy of personal experience, and a musician can come across as whiny, fake, or just self-absorbed. Their lead singer, the astonishingly talented Layne Staley, passed away in 2002 after years of falling into a drug-induced shamble of decay, tooth loss, and torment, as related on Guitarworld. In 1993 he left the group. The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time The estates managing the business affairs of late Alice In Chains members Layne Staley and Mike Starr sell their stakes in the bands songs. We all play rock music, so there is some similarity, he continues. A private memorial was held for Starr at Experience Music Project in Seattle on March 20, 2011. The story seems to be that it just sounded good. He was the original bassist of the Seattle grunge band Alice in Chains (1987 to 1993). We wanted to continue intense touring and press, Mike was ready to go home." 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. So why was Mike given the boot but Jerry didn't kick out Layne for the same reason? [9], Inez also played bass and tambourine on Heart's 2004 album Jupiters Darling.[10]. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). [citation needed]. Hes gained some weight, the color has returned to his skin, and a muscleman on tour keeps an eye on him in case the old urges return. (The single is also included on Dirt. For the time being, he is intent on making music that can purge his pain. He said he recognized the man as Michael Christopher Starr and called police. At the age of 9 his father would relocate to seattle and take his son Around the age of 11 or 12 Starr got a job at ihop as a dishwasher and used the money he saved to buy his first bass guitar and started his first band called Cyprus whose name he took from the bible. Flanking himself with guitarist-singer Jerry Cantrell, bassist Mike Starr and drummer Sean Kinney, Staley kept the moniker but changed it to Alice In Chains and the group began to play around the Seattle area. In his own plain and direct words, "I felt emotions when I listened to music. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. This is a carousel with slides. cemeteries found in will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Make sure that the file is a photo. Inez was a guest player on "Under the Gun" from Motrhead's 2006 album Kiss of Death. Alice in Chain's song "Rooster" reveals his father's broken, PTSD state in lines like,"Wife and kids, household pet / Army green was no safe bet / The bullets scream to me from somewhere." But he also welcomes the chance to clear up any rumors and gossip. Where does the band's name come from? Why? Text. A Vietnam veterans son who cut his teeth on old AC/DC, Kiss and Ted Nugent albums, Cantrell had joined up with bassist Mike Starr and drummer Sean Kinney but couldnt convince Staley to join the group. We wanted to continue intense touring and press. He was most often seen playing several variations of aSpectorNS-2bass guitarthrough anAmpeg SVTall-tube head and Ampeg 8x10" speaker cabinets. I really like the wheelchair effect, says bassist Mike Starr, 26. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. People cared about it, it spoke of a time and a place, we really never pulled any punches. For the last four years he has been a news anchor/producer/reporter with NBC-TV affiliates in Illinois and Nebraska. Even if I cant put my finger on it, theres an individual identity to the bands.. ", Cantrell slid into a pit after Staley passed away, which, as he says in an interview on The Fix, you can hear on his 2002 solo albumDegradationTrip. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. 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. Once the buzz began that the region was a fertile territory for new bands, talent scouts from major labels came swarming up in droves. Enter Alice in Chains, one of the leading bands of the '90s Seattle grunge scene. I started writing about censorship, explains Staley. It was just a difference in priorities, lead singer Layne Staley told Rolling Stone in 1994. Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA. It was in this huge warehouse called the Music Bank that had fifty different rooms, Cantrell says. Well, the Alice in Chains singer decided to make a return trip to the Basement. WebBassist Mike Starr interview on the syndicated radio show 'Loveline' with Dr. Drew Pinsky on February 16, 2010. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Everyone has their own opinion. I get more answers from a scientific view; nothing is really destroyed, it's just transformed. So Mike Starr was supposedly kicked out of the band for being an unreliable junkie but Layne was arguably worse. I wanted to create stuff that I could send out into the world that would hit people and give them an experience. The group also participated in the 1993 Lollapalooza Tour. Mike Starr had addiction problems, but was on the road to recovery and didn't commit suicide, two of his friends said Wednesday, the day after the former Alice in Chains bassist was found dead in a Salt Lake City house. Rock Musician. Rock Musician. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. In 1983, Starr formed the heavy metal band SATO, his first group of note. Starr for his part had already met Layne a few years prior telling author Mark yarm how they met i guess i met layne a couple of years ago, but I dont remember it. Bassist Mike Starr would also overdose, in 2011. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. They were snatched up within weeks. WebWhy did Mike leave Alice? Inez toured throughout 1993 with Alice in Chains on the strength of the Dirt album. Inez toured throughout 1993 with Alice in Chains on the strength of the Dirt album. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. BA1 1UA. We werent getting work anyway, so we thought it wouldnt hurt us, says Staley, recalling how the band members would pass around fuck the band condoms as a publicity gimmick. Mike Starr was fired from Alice In Chains because of his drug problem. In 2019, Inez was a guest bass player on Mark Morton's debut solo album Anesthetic. They couldn't kick Layne out he was 50% of the band. Resend Activation Email. We want to hear it. Starr later was hired to play bass for the bandSun Red Sun, which featuredRay GillenandBobby Rondinelli, both former members ofBlack Sabbath. This account has been disabled. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. It came from a real place. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. By the end of the album, its pretty obvious it didnt work out as well as I thought it would., Staley also expresses his current sentiments onstage, introducing one grim number as a song about a hopeless fucking junkie.. Staley, whose aching vocals and frequently haunting lyrics provide Alice with much of its dark, dangerous sound, has been in a cast since late September, when he ran over his foot riding a three-wheel all-terrain vehicle backstage at a show in Oklahoma City. Rock Musician. Back in April 2005, Seattle's KIROTV.com reported that Mike Starr was arrested in Seattle for vandalizing a car. 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. [8] He appears on Heart's 2003 release, Alive in Seattle, a double CD live recording that documents a 2002 concert at Seattle's Paramount Theatre. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. 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. Mad Season, Layne's side projects/art, Jerry's solo work. So I went home and wrote about government censorship and eating meat as seen through the eyes of a doomed calf.. The DVD features lessons of some of Mike's favorite Alice in Chains songs, and a sit down in depth interview. Later they struck a compromise Cantrell would play guitar for Staleys ill-fated funk-rock band, and the singer agreed to howl for the warehouse metal crew. A more personal downer for the band was Staleys drug abuse, which led the singer to a failed rehab visit and, finally, a cold-turkey kick of his own while reading The Bad Place, by horror novelist Dean R. Koontz. Starr, who played bass for the seminal Seattle grunge band from its formation in 1987 to 1993, died nearly three weeks Photos: Alice in Chains Throughout the Nineties. Sorry! As you can see, Cantrell says, Im into some twisted shit. Indeed, he endures a four-hour-plus session, getting a strange array of gruesome faces inked onto his arm, reaching from the wrist all the way up to the crook of his elbow. 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. Please enter your email and password to sign in. The 1990 album Facelift brought them into the light. But it comes with a price. Or why not treat yourself? As Cantrell says in an extensive interview with Kerrang!, he grew up in a musical household where his mother played the organ. He is of Filipino descent. But by 1984 Starr would end up meeting guitarist Jerry cantrell and play in a band called Gyspy Rose, which was a precursor to Alice in Chains. 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. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Just because we play a certain breed of music doesnt mean I cant appreciate a lot of other, lighter feelings or lighter art.. Authorities searched him and found he was carrying marijuana. His parents would split at a young age and Mike would move to Florida with his father. VI. Inez has also been associated with Slash's Snakepit, Black Label Society, Spys4Darwin, and Heart. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. The group also participated in the 1993 Lollapalooza Tour . Crazy how much the bassist in any band is treated as expendable and irrelevant lol. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? No advertising or spamming is permitted. Starr, 43, a founding member of ALICE IN CHAINS, had been in legal trouble before in Seattle, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake City. Inez also appeared on the 1993 Osbourne live album, Live & Loud. Since I quit doing it, I tried it a couple of times to see if I could recapture the feeling I once got off it, but I dont. 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. Primary Wave announced today (February 7) that they have acquired the duos publishing rights and master recording income stream for an undisclosed fee. As it stands now, Staley will be wearing the foot cast well into the new year. Cantrell's relationship with his brother was also damaged, as the song "Brother" states:"You were always so far away / I know that pain / So don't run away like you used to do. Their triumphs may be running concurrently, yet each band has its own soul, says Cantrell, 26, when asked about the Seattle connection. where they found 44-year-old Starr's body. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Mike Starr I found on Findagrave.com. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. based on information from your browser. However, AIC was not the first name the band had given themselves throughout their careers. In the following year, Inez played on the bonus track to Black Label Society's debut album Sonic Brew, a reworked heavy metal cover version of the Osbourne track "No More Tears". Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. March 9, 2011 7:35 am ET. Silver loved the band but noticed the person they had appointed as their manager was dealing illicit substances and could not be trusted and could possibly land them in jail. Mat Hayward/Getty Images. They are best known for the song "Leather Warriors", which According to the members of FACELIFT, Starr "was in great shape and form. All rights reserved. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. 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/ It came from a real place. 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