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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-05-12 11:16:33

  I saw some random interview with Jerry via a Google alert where he is talking about playing in Scotland. I'm sure he has said this before, but I still LOL'd when I read it:

  Are you looking forward to getting back to Scotland? I can't wait. We always have a great time in Scotland. I'll have to pack my kilt up. The last time I was over I bought a kilt and wore it on stage, so I am going to have to bring it back perhaps for an encore performance. I wore it like a true Scotsman, bareunderneath. It felt a little breezy, which was nice on a hot, sweaty stage. Everybody is down below you so that foot on the monitor thing doesn't work so well.

  有关jerry在苏格兰的演出：

  记者：还想再去苏格兰演出吗？ jerry：等不及了。在苏格兰度过的时光总是很愉快。我会穿苏格兰短裙的。上次去我买了一件穿着上台了，下次可以带去加演时穿。按着当地的习惯，没穿内裤。台上很热汗流浃背，但那里感觉很凉爽，观众都在台下朝上看，因此脚踩监听那招儿反响不太好。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-05-12 11:17:20

  Upon the retirement of Alice in Chains' manager, Susan Silver, in 1998, The Rocket published an article asking the question "But who's to wipe and clean Alice in Chains now?", supposedly a jab at the rumors of Staley's addiction.Joe Ehrbar, the editor of The Rocket at that time, said, "A few days later, we received a package containing a jar of piss and a bag of shit, with a note attached saying, 'Wipe and change this, motherfuckers!' It had to be from Layne. What a classic response.'"

  1998以后，susan silver （chris cornell 前妻）不再担任aic的经纪人，火箭报刊载的一篇文章中有这样一句话“那么谁来为囚徒爱丽丝遮丑呢？”这显然是基于layne吸毒传闻的中伤。当时火箭报的主编joe ehrbar回忆到，几天后他们收到了一个包裹，里面装有一瓶尿和一包屎，还附了一张字条“遮丑吧，混蛋们！”。这肯定是layne干的，多么经典的反击。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-05-12 11:17:47

  Cantrell's father, Jerry Sr., is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War. He was the main subject in the song "Rooster" which Cantrell wrote as a tribute to his father. Jerry's first childhood memory is meeting his father for the first time after he had returned from war. Due to the strain of war, his parents divorced and Jerry lived with his mother, Gloria.Cantrell's mother, Gloria Jean Cantrell, died in 1987. His close friend Andrew Wood (of Mother Love Bone) died in 1990, leading Jerry to pen the song "Would?" for AIC's second album Dirt in Wood's memory. He also dedicated AIC's debut album Facelift to Wood, as well as his late mother.After residing in Seattle for many years, Cantrell moved to Los Angeles, California in mid 2003 by which time he had stopped his heavy drug use. The peculiarity of this transition would be expressed in the song "Check My Brain".

  Jerry的父亲Jerry Sr参加过越战,他其实就是“Rooster”这首歌的主角，当然这首歌也是Jerry献给他的。Jerry有关童年最初的记忆是第一次见到从战场回来的父亲。因为战争对父亲的影响，Jerry的父母离婚了，他与妈妈Gloria生活。Jerry的妈妈Gloria Jean Cantrell于1987年去世，好朋友 Andrew Wood (Mother Love Bone)于1990年去世，这两件事促成了Jerry对第二张专辑“Dirt”中“Would？”的创作。他还把AIC的首张专辑“Facelift”献给了 Andrew Wood 和妈妈。在西雅图生活多年后，Jerry于2003年年中搬到洛杉矶，那段时间他戒除了自己严重的毒瘾，“Check My Brain”描述了这个过渡期。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-05-13 16:05:51

  From 1999 to 2002, Staley became more reclusive, rarely leaving his Seattle condo; little is known about the details of his life during this period. It was rumored that Staley would spend most of his days creating art, playing video games, or nodding off on drugs. Staley's mother owns the last known photo of Staley, taken in November 2001, which features him holding his new-born nephew, Oscar, although the photo has never been published. Other than this rare incident, Staley was not seen often by family or friends. In his last interview, Staley stated, "Don't try to contact any AIC (Alice in Chains) members. They are not my friends."Kinney has commented on Staley's final years and isolation period:

  "I kept trying to make contact...Three times a week, like clockwork, I'd call him, but he'd never answer. Every time I was in the area, I was up in front of his place yelling for him...Even if you could get in his building, he wasn't going to open the door. You'd phone and he wouldn't answer. You couldn't just kick the door in and grab him, though there were so many times I thought about doing that. But if someone won't help themselves, what, really, can anyone else do?"

  In his last interview, given in early 2002 months before his death, Staley admitted, "I know I'm near death, I did crack and heroin for years. I never wanted to end my life this way." Staley's physical appearance had become even worse than before: he had lost several teeth, his skin was sickly pale, and he was severely gaunt.In the same interview Staley spoke of the damage caused by his heroin addiction:

  "I'm not using drugs to get high like many people think. I know I made a big mistake when I started using this shit. It's a very difficult thing to explain. My liver is not functioning, and I'm throwing up all the time and shitting my pants. The pain is more than you can handle. It's the worst pain in the world. Dope sick hurts the entire body."

  As far as published reports are concerned, such as Blender's "We Left Him Alone", close friends such as Matt Fox have said, "If no one heard from him for weeks, it wasn’t unusual." Further in the article, reporter Pat Kearney provides a glimpse into Staley's daily life and public routine:

  "It appears that Staley’s last few weeks were typically empty. According to an employee of the Rainbow, a neighborhood bar close to Staley’s condo, the singer was a frequent patron, stopping by at least once a week. 'He minded his own business,' said the employee, who wished to remain anonymous. Staley would never buy anything to drink, the employee said, but would simply sit at a small table in the back corner of the bar and 'nod off. We just left him alone'."

  Staley's close friend Mark Lanegan had much of the same to say with respect to Staley's isolation: "He didn't speak to anybody as of late… It's been a few months since I talked to him. But for us to not talk for a few months is par for the course."

  1999到2002年，layne更加离群索居，几乎寸步不离他西雅图的公寓。对于那段时期的生活无从得知。据说他大部分时间消磨在艺术创作，电子游和吸毒后昏沉地打盹上。layne 的妈妈保留着他的最后一张照片，layne抱着他刚出生的侄子oscar，但那张照片从未被公开过。其实layne的家人和朋友也很少能见到他。他在最后一次采访中说，“我不想和他们联系（队友），他们不是我的朋友。” sean这样评价layne的那段时期：我一直试着联系他，一周三个电话，像时钟一样，可他就是不接。每次经过他的住处我都喊他，可哪怕你走进了那栋楼，他也不给开门。打电话也不接。总不能踢开门一把抓住他吧，虽然我想这么做不是一次两次了。自己都不想救自己，他人又有什么办法呢？ 在最后一次采访中，也就是02年初layne死前的那几个月，他说“我吸了很多年毒，离死不远了。我从没想过会是这个死法。”layne的健康每况愈下：牙齿脱落，皮肤苍白，明显的憔悴。 他这样描述自己： 和人们想的不同，我吸毒不再是为了那种快感。我清楚当初用这玩应儿是个大错。这不是三言两语能解释清的。我的肺完了，总是呕吐还会拉裤子。这是世界上最痛苦的煎熬，让人生不如死。毒品对身体的损害是全方位的。” 按媒体的报道，比如blender“我们由着他去”，好朋友matt fox也说过，“几个星期没他的消息这种情况再正常不过了。”记者Pat Kearney对layne的日常生活给出了一点信息：

  layne的最后几个月十分空虚。 Rainbow的员工称layne经常光顾住处附近的一家酒吧，一周至少一次。“他不太和他人交流，”这位不愿透露姓名的员工说，他从不买喝的，就坐在后面角落的小桌旁瞌睡，我们也不去打扰他。”这些与layne的好友Mark Lanegan 的说法吻合：“他一直不和别人说话……我上次和他对话还是几个月前了，不过这对我们很正常。”

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-05-14 18:59:01

  What happened to Mike Starr?

  The press releases said "Amicable departure... rigors of touring... wanted to spend more time with his family," etc. The rumor mill has produced stories of drug use and illegal sales of laminates, etc. Use your imagination. Mike Starr was also later arrested and convicted of misdemeanor theft and possession of marijuana in Houston, TX for stealing luggage at a Texas airport. He was sentenced and served 90 days in a Lewis County jail. He later formed a "traditional" metal band called Sun Red Sun, which released only one album before breaking up due to the death of their singer, former Badlands vocalist Ray Gillen. Mike Starr left Alice In Chains in January of 1993.

  Mike Starr为什么要离队？

  媒体给出的说法是友好分手，因为巡演的强度太大，Mike需要多些时间陪陪家人。但有传闻称真正的原因是吸毒和非法贩卖盗版等。不久Mike在因休斯顿盗窃和藏匿大麻，在德州机场偷行李被捕。他被判于Lewis县监狱服刑90天。后来Mike组建了一支叫Sun Red Sun的传统金属乐队，不过因主唱（前Badlands主唱Ray Gillen）的去世，只发行一张专辑便解散了。Mike于1993年离队。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-05-15 09:28:34

  Death

  On April 19, 2002, Staley's accountants contacted Staley's mother Nancy McCallum and informed her that no money had been withdrawn from the singer's bank account in two weeks. McCallum then placed a call with 911 to say "she hadn't heard from… [Staley] in about two weeks."[32] The police went with McCallum and her husband to Staley's home, where Staley was found dead.[8] As reported by Rick Anderson of the Seattle Weekly, his body was surrounded, needle in arm, by various drug possessions and paraphernalia: Staley's mother asked police if she could move things off of the couch and spoke to the remains of Staley. "When police kicked in the door to Layne Staley's University District apartment on April 20, there, on a couch, lit by a flickering TV, next to several spray-paint cans on the floor, not far from a small stash of cocaine, near two crack pipes on the coffee table, reposed the remains of the rock musician." The article also stated that the 6'1" Staley weighed just 86 pounds when his body was discovered.[33] The autopsy report later concluded that Staley had died after injecting a mixture of heroin and cocaine known as a "speedball".

  2002年4月19日，Layne的妈妈Nancy McCallum接到会计的通知Layne的账户已经有两个星期没有提款记录，于是Nancy拨打了911说Layne已两个月没有消息了。警方与Nancy夫妇赶至Layne处发现了他的死。西雅图周报的记者Rick Anderson 报道，Layne死时胳膊上还插着针管，身边满是各式吸毒用具。Nancy问警察她能否挪动沙发上的东西，以便和儿子的遗体说几句话。“4月20日，当警察打开Layne的大学区公寓的门时，沙发上安息着这位摇滚音乐家，他的身上跳动着电视画面的光，不远处的地板上的有几个喷漆罐，私匿的一点可卡因，咖啡桌上有两根破了的导管。”文中称被发现时身高6'1"的Layne体重只有86磅。尸检报告显示，Layne死于speedball注射，一种可卡因和海洛因的混合物。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-05-16 11:00:58

  In an interview on VH1's Celebrity Rehab with McCallum, former Alice in Chains bass player Mike Starr said that he spent time with Staley the day before he died as Starr's birthday was April 4. Starr claims that Staley was very sick but would not call 911. The two ex-bandmates briefly argued, which ended with Starr storming out. Starr stated that Staley called after him as he left "Not like this, don't leave like this". Since Staley is believed to have died a day later, on April 5, Starr has expressed regret that he did not call 911 to save his friend's life; Starr reported that Staley had threatened to sever their friendship if he did. Starr was the last known person to see Staley alive. The interview ended with Starr apologizing to McCallum for not calling 911, but McCallum was insistent that neither she nor anyone in her family blamed Starr for Staley's death. She also told Starr: "Layne would forgive you. He'd say, 'Hey, I did this. Not you.'" With that said, Starr still blamed himself for the death of Staley, possibly even until his own death on March 8, 2011.

  前Aic贝斯手Mike Starr与Layne的妈妈Nancy一起参加了VH1的一档电视节目Celebrity Rehab，Mike在节目中称，Layne在去世的前一天（4月4日），也就是mike的生日还和他在一起。Layne病得厉害但不想拨打911。两人后来吵了几句,Mike夺门而出。Layne在后面喊“别这样，别就这么走！”次日Layne去世。Mike很后悔自己没有拨打911救Layne的命，因为Layne威胁他如果报警两人就绝交。Mike是已知的Layne生前见到的最后一个人。节目结束时，Mike向Nancy致歉，但她说她们全家没有一个人怪罪Mike。她还对他说:“Layne也会原谅你的，他会说，嘿，都是我的错，不怨你。”尽管如此，Mike仍自责不已，这份悔恨也许一直持续到2011年3月8日，他自己去世那天。

  "Not like this, don't leave like this".也可以理解为，“不是这样的，别就这么走！”但如今谁也不可能知道当时他们都说些什么了。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-05-17 09:10:35

  Part of the Last Interview

  Staley talked about his relationship with his family. He stressed that he's always been close to his mother Nancy McCallum, sister Liz and stepsister Jamie, but that when he was eight years old his father walked out on the family and Staley's life faded to black.

  "My world became a nightmare," he said. "There were just shadows around me. I got [a] call saying that my dad had died, [but] my family always knew he was around doing all kind of drugs. Since that call I always was wondering, 'Where is my dad?' I felt so sad for him and I missed him. He dropped out of my life for 15 years."

  Staley insisted he always knew he had the talent and creativity to be rock star, and thought that if he became a celebrity his dad would return. So he started writing songs in his teens and jamming with other musicians. At the same time, he did a bit of research to find out where his father was living and what kind of a man he was.

  "When I was 16, I tried to find him without saying a word to my family," revealed Staley. "I did it for a long f---in' time, and what I found over the years was not good, so I changed my mind about wanting to see my dad again."

  At that point, Staley focused all his energy on music, reveling in it as a cathartic outlet.

  "I was about 20, and music became my only obsession to stay alive," he said. "I had the chance to throw out all this anger by the music in order to help others. It was therapeutic and worked [for] me for a while until my dad saw my picture printed on a magazine."

  Just as Alice in Chains started to take off, the man Staley expended so much energy and anguish thinking about suddenly wanted to become a part of the rocker's life. The then 21-year-old singer was wary, but he still hoped seeing his dad again would help fill the hole in his heart.

  "He said he'd been clean of drugs for six years," Staley related. "So, why in the hell didn't he come back before? I was very cautious at first. Then the relationship changed. My father started using drugs again. We did drugs together and I found myself in a miserable situation. He started visiting me all day to get high and do drugs with me. He came up to me just to get some sh--, and that's all. I was trying to kick this habit out of my life and here comes this man asking for money to buy some smack."

  Being used by his father was one of the forces that contributed to Staley's downward slide.

  Layne谈到了与家人的关系，他强调和妈妈Nancy McCallum, 妹妹Liz 和异父妹妹Jamie的关系很亲密，但8岁那年，自从爸爸离开家，他的生命陷入了黑暗。

  “我的世界变成了一场噩梦，”他说，“被阴影笼罩。我接到一通电话，说爸爸死了，可我的家人一直知道他就在附近吸毒什么的。接到电话后我一直想知道，‘我爸爸在哪里？’我那么伤心，很想念他。他在我生命中缺席了15年。”

  Layne说他清楚自己具备成为摇滚明星的天赋和创造力，他以为只要出了名，爸爸就会回到身边。于是十几岁时他开始写歌，和其他音乐人交流。那时，他还调查过爸爸的下落和各种信息。

  “我16岁时试着去找他，但没让家人知道，”Layne说，“找了那么久，得到的令我失望，所以我改变主意，不想找下去了。”，于是音乐成为了他的沉迷其中的宣泄口。

  “那时我20岁左右，音乐是我活下去的唯一意义，”他说。“我还能藉此发泄愤怒和帮助他人。这段痊愈的时间不长，后来我爸看见我登上了杂志。”

  Aic正处于发展期，Layne朝思暮想，为之痛苦不堪的人突然出现了。这名21岁的歌手很谨慎，但他还是希望能见见爸爸，以填补心中的空缺。

  “他说他戒毒六年了，”Layne说，“那六年前怎么不回来，早他妈干什么去了？刚开始我很小心，后来关系就变了。我爸又开始吸毒，我也加入了，我发现自己的处境很可悲。他三天两头来找我，只是为了吸毒和要钱，就是这样。我想戒除可他总来要钱买毒品。”

  被父亲利用是layne走向覆灭的重要原因之一。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-05-18 10:05:50

  In the summer of 1987, guitarist Jerry Cantrell walked in a raucous Seattle party and saw a man at the center of it all, with bright pink hair pilled atop his head by means of fire poker. "He had a big smile on his face, and he was sitting with two gorgeous women," Cantrell recalls of the moment he met Layne Staley. Cantrell didn't have a place to live, so Staley took him back to what passed for his residence - a dumpy, piss-smelling rehearsal studio where both would live for the next year. And when Cantrell heard Staley sing, he was convinced their friendship would be a lasting one: "I knew that voice was the guy I wanted to be playing with. It sounded like it came out of a 350- pound biker rather than skinny little Layne. I considered his voice to be my voice." Sometime in the first week of April, that oversize voice - which fueled a half-dozen radio hits and helped sell millions of albums - died along with Staley."

  1987年夏天，吉他手Jerry Cantrell 参加了一场乱糟糟的西雅图party，刚走进去就看见场子中间坐着个笑的正欢的家伙，顶着火钳烫出来的粉色头发，两位美女傍身---这就是Jerry对初次见到Layne时的记忆。Jerry没地方住，Layne把他带了自己的住处—--一间骚哄哄的破排练室，两人在那住了一年。听过Layne的歌声后，Jerry确信两个人的友谊会持续下去：“这正是我梦寐以求的主唱，听声音这哪里像是骨瘦如柴的Layne，简直是位350磅的车手！他发出了我想发出的那种声音。”这个声音，创造了半打电台热门歌曲，卖了数百万张专辑，在那个四月的第一个星期，随Layne一起远去了。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-05-19 09:35:56

  Last night’s Alice In Chains reunion show at the Bowery Ballroom in New York started with the crowd chanting “Jerry! Jerry!” for their hero, founding AIC guitarist Jerry Cantrell. But after an hour+ set of grunge hits, new singer William DuVall won them over to the extent that they began a chant for him too. They yelled, “New guy! New guy!!! New guy!!!” I swear, I’m not making this up…

  这是G4一位歌迷发表于06年5月24日的帖子： 昨晚我参加了Aic在纽约鲍厄音乐厅的重组演出。开场时，观众们为表达对心目中英雄的敬意，齐声喊着吉他手的名字“Jerry! Jerry!”。演出一小时左右的曲目后，新主唱William DuVall得到了大家的认可。大家又开始齐声喊了，“New guy! New guy!!! New guy!!!”我发誓，这真不是我编的……

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-05-20 10:41:46

  Part1.

  Layne didn't graduate, he missed it by two credits.he did not graduate in 85 but went to school most all of the time, his favorite class was wood shop. If anyone has a year book from 1985 they will see him I believe standing in the front row of the cabinet making class. We attended Meadowdale high school（Meadowdale High School in Lynnwood） and hung out in the same "fringe" group of people...such as we would all go down and smoke at the fence at the bottom of the school together (which still exists just like 20 years ago, for I went there last year and took photos just because it felt like I was in a time warp) Our little smokers in the hole group would be considered "rockers/stoners/Goths" whatever, (though the term goth didn't exist back then though black was our color of choice!) The one thing we all had in common (besides wearing black) was that we were into heavy metal and went to every rock concert that came to Seattle. I'd save my money, wait in line to get tickets etc. we'd also party hardy. This is what our fringe group was about. There were also many levels to fringe, groups who hung out together etc. - I was not a part of Layne's group, as in we didn't hang out together, though one close friend of his , Mark, was also a pretty good friend of mine, he was into music and had all kinds of instruments and I had bought a guitar off of him. I know Layne hung out and played music with him. One of my best friends was going out with a guy who was a guitarist, and his brother a drummer, they lived on the same block as Layne, I think he'd go over there and play his drumset.

  这是Layne一位校友的回忆。原文很长，所以每天只翻译一段。

  Layne没能高中毕业，差了两学分。他是85届的，虽然没毕业，但是没怎么缺过课。他最喜爱的课程是木工，有85年年鉴的可以翻开看看照片，我相信他就站在橱柜制作班的前排。 我们那时一起在Meadowdale高中上学，同为边缘少年，大家经常混在一起，比如去学校后面的围栏那抽烟（我去年回去拍了几张照，一切还与二十年前一样，有种进入了时间隧道的感觉），我们这些烟民—你也可以叫我们摇滚青年，扔石子儿的，哥特……什么都行，那时候大家还不知道哥特是什么，但都爱挑黑的穿。 我们唯一的共同点（除了爱穿黑的）就是都喜欢重金属，不放过西雅图的每一场演出。为了买票，攒钱排队不在话下。我们经常开派对，这个边缘小群体主要就是干这些。边缘也要分很多层次，人们往往物以类聚。我和Layne不属于一个圈子，所以没一块出去玩过。不过我们有个共同的密友，Mark，他是个乐迷，什么乐器都有,我有一把吉他就是从他手里买的。这两个人常一起玩音乐。我的一个好朋友当时与一名吉他手约会，他的哥哥是鼓手，和Layne住在同一个街区。我猜Layne肯定去他那打鼓。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-05-21 20:56:06

  Do the guys in the band have any tattoos?

  Absolutely! Jerry has a large Voodoo doll on his left arm, along with a creature wearing a Medusa mask. On his right shoulder, he has a big colorful skull. Layne also had a tattoo, on his back, representing eyes sewn shut, similar to the way he looks himself in the Man In The Box video. Sean has a nose-ring (which he secretly uses to communicate with Uranus, rumours say).

  成员们有纹身吗？

  当然！Jerry的左臂上纹了个巫毒娃娃，还有一个戴着美杜莎面具的不明生物，右肩上是个不小的彩色头骨。Layne的后背纹了个双眼被缝合的人，看上去酷似Man in the box MV里的他本人。Sean有个鼻环（传闻他靠这个能与天王星取得联系。）

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-05-22 10:54:55

  Alice In Chains lead singer Layne Staley is described as having a 3-4 inch penis, and a sexual disappointment. Not too surprising since he's an admitted hardcore heroin addict and heroin makes you lose your sex drive. Lead guitarist Jerry Cantrell has earned high praise for his sexual skills and knowing how to work his big penis. One lady who had an on-again, off-again relationship with him said that Jerry is "imaginative" and great in the oral sex department, but he sometimes liked to "gross her out with burping and farting." Another lady who encountered bassist Mike Inez says he's a great lover.

  囚徒爱丽丝的主唱Layne Staley的阴茎只有3-4英寸，性功能有点弱。原因不言自明，海洛因剥夺了他的性欲。吉他手Jerry cantrell因其技艺非凡，天赋异禀而颇得好评。一位与他有过一段时断时续的关系的女子称，Jerry不循常规，口技尤佳，但有时候打嗝和放屁很扫兴致。还有一位同贝斯手Mike Inez 有过交情的女子称其是位好情人。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-05-23 09:16:57

  Layne also used to practice at my girlfriends house whose brother was also into music, this only two blocks from my parents house where I grew up in Edmonds. His name was Jason and strangely enough he died the same weekend as Layne (his death was by prescription drugs in a mental hospital) A close high school friend called me to let me know about Jason and Layne's death and we just sat on the phone in a sort of shocked silence for a time trying to grasp this "coincidence".

  Back in the mid 80's I remember seeing Layne and Jason at my friends house, and my girlfriend whispering to me that Layne was singing now, which we of course thought was really funny - who do these guys think they are gonna be, the next AC/DC? Phfffft! Yeah, we thought they were freaks! But I also remember hearing that they were "getting pretty good" that they had some songs.. Back in the 80's with the huge superstar glam rock bands like Van Halen and Judas Priest touring the world and all of us thousands in line at the Key Arena at Seattle Center to get in to see them, you can imagine how small and pointless starting a band looks like, especially since this was Seattle - not L.A. - nothing happens in Seattle, and what did happen (Jimi Hendrix) is a fluke of nature. Growing up in this place at that school, I can see why Layne lied on that video of how he said he grew up in Bellevue - he totally wanted to disassociate from the whole Lynnwood-Meadowdale area， I'm sure

  I teach art classes in Lynnwood now for the past five years, maybe because Lynnwood needs to wake the fuck up and there are a lot of little geniuses out there who are going to get squashed if they don't get some support!

  At my 10 yr. reunion (1998) when I ran into Mark (Layne's good friend in high school) he said he still spoke to him and saw him on occasion and confided that Layne had told him he missed all of us, that we were his real friends. Of course I wasn't included in this personally but I believe he meant the whole "fringe" group we were a part of.

  When I think back I believe getting high is a way to rebel against the straight thinking blue collar run of the mill road which the Lynnwood mentality wanted to pigeon hole us into, but also it was for mind expanding exploration, to see out of the box.

  Pot of course, was the drug of choice in high school, but the idea of H in high school and the contemplation of it loomed about as a truly dark and rebellious and cool thing, like a dark cloud waiting to show us another world. It was hardcore, the real serious high. H always had an aura of something very bad but very good at the same time. It messes you up, but the high is so great it's worth it. All I'm saying is I am truly not surprised Layne got into H, and that I am glad I never went there. No high is worth fucking up your temple, that is your body.

  P.S. I was listening to Alice n' Chains for years before I realized who he was. In school his last name was "Elmer". I also abandoned my shameful Lynnwood-Meadowdale roots right after graduation and spent my time traveling and then going to art school in Seattle. When my close high school friend told me who Layne was now it took a very long time to for it to sink in. All these years and I didn't even know! It was like what I'd read about Jim Morrison's parents who'd been listening to "Light my Fire" on the radio for months before realizing it was their son singing! Anyway, I was so proud of him, this kid I barely remember, I couldn't believe he'd managed to scratch out of that terrible Lynnwood loser stereotype and stay true to his dream. I'm still in awe and he has made my memories of those terrible high school 'daze' into something else entirely now. I remember the energy now around us as it truly was underneath the surface, boiling and intense, yet free .

  Thanks Layne for being who you are in life and in death.

  我有一位女性朋友，她的哥哥是摇滚乐迷，因此Layne也去他们家排练。他叫Jason，与Layne在同一个星期去世，死于精神病院医生开的处方药。一个当年的高中密友给我打了电话，我们在电话两端哑口无言，对这个巧合惊愕不已。

  80年代中期，我在朋友的家里见到了Layne和Jason，女朋友悄声告诉我，Layne现在唱歌了，这听起来有些滑稽—为什么有人会觉得自己能成为下一个AC/DC？不是怪物是什么？我记得有人告诉我，他们有几首歌还真不错。那时Van Halen 和 Judas Priest等超级华丽摇滚乐队全世界到处巡演，我们在西雅图市中心的钥匙球馆排着千人长队等演出。这里是西雅图，不能和洛杉矶比，在这里组建乐队没什么希望，Jimi Hendrix也不过是大自然的侥幸。

  成长于这种地方，我能理解Layne为什么在接受采访时撒谎，说自己是在Bellevue长大的。他无非是想与Lynnwood-Meadowdale这块地方彻底决裂，我明白。

  我在Lynnwood当美术老师有五年了，这地方该他妈的苏醒了，这儿的孩子中不乏天才，可缺乏机会他们只有被埋没的份儿。毕业10年聚会（1998）时我见到了Mark（Layne高中时的好朋友），他说和Layne还有联系，时常碰到说几句话，Layne说他很想念大家，他真正的朋友们。我当然不算他的朋友，但我的确属于他所指的这个边缘群体。回想起来，嗑药无非是为了反抗Lynnwood这个小地方里，工人阶层那种惯有的直线思维引导的生活方式，同时也是为了打开眼界，了解外面的天地。

  那时，大麻是高中生们的首选。药物带来那种真切的黑暗与反叛感好像很酷，它好比一片能把我们带入另一个世界的乌云。那是种直截了当，真正的快慰。那是种美好与败坏共存的感觉，侵蚀你的身体，但愉悦得让你心甘情愿。Layne那么做我毫不惊讶，我只是庆幸自己没有走上那条路。没什么快感是值得用自己的身体去交换的。

  另外，意识到Aic是Layne的乐队前我听他们的歌已经有很多年了。他在学校时的姓氏是Elmer。毕业后，我撅弃了不体面的老家Lynnwood-Meadowdale，花了些时间旅游，随后进入了西雅图艺术学校。从高中的密友那得知Layne的成就后我半天没缓过神来。这么多年了我毫不知情。那感觉就像就我在书里读到的，Jim Morrison的父母听到收音机里放了几个月的Light my Fire却不知道唱歌的是他们的儿子！不管怎么说，我为他自豪，尽管我都快把他忘干净了，他走出了Lynnwood这片不毛之地，凭己之力实现了梦想。我内心满是钦佩，他完全扭转了我对那所烂高中的印象。我仍然记得我们当年内心拥有的那种精神，激昂，横冲直撞，无拘无束。

  Layne，不论身前身后，谢谢你做出的一切……

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-05-24 09:14:44

  Yes, his name was Layne Elmer at Meadowdale. His last year there was 1985, he was a senior. I know because I had a major crush on him and I was a junior. He was shy and funny. He also worked at the town burger joint, "Burger Master". He was not appreciated at all at Meadowdale. Most of the students at Meadowdale were Ass's to him. He would wear bleached out Levis, and a long black trench coat. I thought he was hot then, but I was too shy to tell him. I wrote his mom when I found out about his death. She sent me a few pictures of herself and Layne when he was young, miraculously one of Laynes old guitar picks happened to appear in the package and I treasure it. He was quiet and shy and had the most piercing blue eyes and naturally white-blonde hair. He was in a garage band called Sleeze and he was the bass player, not lead vocals. I remember the black Levi jacket he had with the band's name hand painted on the back. All the little Jr High girls loved him and he had a following of such.

  I ran into him at the Seattle Center Colliseum (now the Key Arena) in June or July of 1986 or '87 (my memory fails me sometimes, lol) At a Van Halen concert. It was before the show started, I was out near the concessions and t-shirt stands and I kept hearing someone call my name. About 50 feet away was Layne Elmer! He had his trademark bleached jeans and long leather trench coat on, long white hair and make up of that times' glam bands. I almost didn't recognize him! We hugged and he said he was in a new band called Alice in Chains and I remember thinking it was an odd and kind of stupid name for a band. Then he told me he was their singer and I should check them out. I never saw him after that - I mean close enough to talk to him.

  上一篇回忆录的跟帖。

  是的，他那时叫Layne Elmer，85年毕业于Meadowdale高中。我知道这些是因为当时我在读初中，正暗恋他。他很害羞，但是特别幽默。他在镇里的汉堡店打过工。本校的大多数学生看他不顺眼。他总是穿着掉色的levi’s牛仔裤，和一件长款的防水服。我觉得他特别帅，但不好意思表白。得知他的死讯后，我给他的妈妈写了信。她寄给我几张她和年幼时的layne的合照，还有一枚layne用过的拨片，我至今珍藏着它们。

  他安静而害羞，长着一双无比清澈的蓝眼睛，满头天生的白发。他当时组了个叫Sleeze的车库乐队，但不是主唱而是贝斯手。我记得他穿过件后背印有乐队名的黑色夹克。初中的小姑娘们都喜欢他，他那时有了不少拥簇。

  我在钥匙球馆看范海伦的演出时碰见过他一次，那是86年还是87年的六七月份（记不清了），演出还没开始，我听到有人喊我。大概五十英尺远的地方，站着layne，穿了条商标洗白了的牛仔裤与长款的皮风衣，白色长发，画着那个年代华丽金属乐队特有的妆。简直没认出来。拥抱后他说他加入了一支叫Alice in chains的新乐队,我当时想这个乐队名真是又怪又蠢。然后他说自己是主唱，我应该去听听。之后我们再没见过—我是说能近距离交谈那种。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-05-25 07:44:31

  Have Alice In Chains appeared in any movies?

  Yes. You can see the band perform live in the Cameron Crowe film Singles, in which the guys play a small role as themselves. Jerry also has a small speaking role in the 1997 hit movie Jerry Maguire, starring Tom Cruise. Jerry plays the "Kinko's Copy Guy" in this film, also by Cameron Crowe.

  乐队触过电吗？

  在 Cameron Crowe 执导的电影Singles（http://movie.douban.com/subject/1298251/，would？的MV开头就是这张海报）中，AIC扮演了他们自己，但角色不大。Jerry在Tom Cruise主演的电影Jerry Maguire里，扮演了一个复印东西的小配角，台词只有一句：‘That's how you become great, man. Hang your balls out there! ...’该片的导演同为Cameron Crowe 。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-05-26 07:07:34

  Did Layne take voice lessons?

  Nope. In a former band, it has been said that the other band members couldn't get Layne to stop singing. However, he never had any formal training. Nevertheless, Susan Carr apparently has a web page where she claims to have given lessons to Chris Cornell (Soundgarden) and Layne Staley.

  layne接受过声乐训练吗？

  没。那些早期乐队的队友曾阻止layne唱歌，但未遂。layne从未接受过声乐训练。不过Susan Carr 在她的网页中声称曾给Chris Cornell和 Layne上过声乐课。（她好厉害！）

  去Susan的网页翻，赫然看到了 Layne Staley,Jerry Cantrell,Natalie Portman等名字，她还参加过博鳌论坛。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-05-30 11:10:52

  Possible future album

  As of September 2010, according to DuVall, Alice in Chains has not begun writing their next album yet, but "there's plenty of riffs flying around." He added, "That was the case when we first started back up. We would just stockpile these fragments, and then some time later we would sift through the mountain of stuff, and that's what became Black Gives Way to Blue. The same thing has been happening since we've been touring Black Gives Way to Blue, so it would be only natural to at some point say, 'Hey, we've got a lot of stuff. Let's sift through and see what we've got this time.'" DuVall also mentioned that it is possible that the new album will feature songs that were written for Black Gives Way to Blue.

  Since then, the band has announced that they will begin recording a new album at the tail end of 2011.

  有关新专辑：

  早在2010年9月，Duvall称Aic还未开始筹备下一张专辑，但已积累了很多riff.他说：“这些素材积少成多，留作日后去糙取精，Black Gives Way to Blue（《黑不胜蓝》）就是这样完成的。为《黑不胜蓝》巡演时，我们已有了一些灵感，所以只需等到某天自然而然地提起‘嘿，我们已经攒了不少东西，筛选一下看看能做出什么。’”Duvall还说新专辑中将收入几首原计划为《黑不胜蓝》制作的歌曲。

  乐队表示，他们将于2011年年底开始新专辑的录制。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-05-30 11:11:22

  Mike got into music at a young age. He did not start out playing the bass, though. He first played the guitar.He plays the bass now because, simply, the band he was in needed a bassist. (He still plays a little guitar, though.Mike still plays a little guitar, and he has an associate's degree in music, for saxophone and keyboard. Other than music, his main interest is scuba diving. In 1989，when Ozzy Osbourne announced that he needed a new bassplayer, Mike was one of the many hopeful young men who found their way to Frank Zappa's place in LA, called "Joe's Garage", where Ozzy held his audition. "There must've been 50 bass players there, all in leathers and with the boots and stuff. I was in Levi's' and an old hockey jersey..." remembers Mike. He wasn't nervous though, he didn't think he'd get the gig. Some three weeks later the results from the final elimination came: "Quit your job, you're going to Ireland and then playing London's Wembley Arena in a few weeks! Learn 20 songs and here's your flight information". That was the first time Mike had left the country.

  Mike Inez接触音乐很早，但刚开始学的并不是贝斯，而是吉他，后来转行的原因很简单--乐队需要（现在偶尔也弹吉他）。Mike取得了萨克斯与键盘的副学位，除了音乐，他最大的爱好就是戴水肺潜水。1989年,当得知Ozzy Osbourne 的乐队招募贝斯手时，Mike与很多小伙子一样，满怀希望地赶至Joe's Garage（ Frank Zappa的录音室）参加Ozzy的试音面试。“当时大约去了50多个贝斯手，一水儿的皮衣和靴子，就我穿着Levi's 的牛仔裤和一件旧的曲棍球运动衫……”Mike回忆道。因为没报什么希望，也没什么好焦虑的。大概3周后，捷报传来：“把工作辞了，跟我们去爱尔兰，几周后要在伦敦温布利体育馆演出。学20个曲子，这是你的航班信息。”那是Mike第一次出国。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-05-30 11:12:04

  The recording of Dirt began in the spring of 1992. Producer Dave Jerden, who had previously worked with the band on their debut, Facelift, wanted to work with them again. He admired vocalist Layne Staley's lyrics and voice, and lead guitarist Jerry Cantrell's guitar riffs. For the songs "Them Bones", "Rain When I Die," "Down in a Hole", "Dirt," and "Would?", Cantrell brought in his black Gibson Les Paul and an amplifier he had bought when he was seventeen which had much heavier distortion than any amplifier he had used in the past. Dirt was recorded at Eldorado Recording Studio in Burbank, California, London Bridge Studio in Seattle, and One on One Studios in Los Angeles from March to May 1992.

  When recording the album, Staley had previously checked out of rehab in Portland, Oregon and quickly went back to using heroin. Drummer Sean Kinney claimed in a 2005 interview that Staley had told Kinney that he was extremely high on heroin and marijuana during the recordings of "Down in a Hole" and "Angry Chair" as well as taking Oxycodone for back pain. Cantrell had also agreed with Kinney's report, saying that Staley, Jerden and the rest of the band would smoke marijuana in the studio room, even saying that Staley would shoot heroin in front of everyone. Jerden later said that he was told Staley felt animosity toward him dating back to the Dirt sessions due to Jerden repeatedly recommending to Staley that he get sober at the time. Jerden said, "Apparently he got all mad at me [during the Dirt sessions]...And what's my job as a producer? To produce a record. I'm not getting paid to be Layne's friend."

  Staley was not the only one who went through heavy drug use; Sean Kinney and bassist Mike Starr were also struggling with alcohol addiction. Cantrell was also going through severe clinical depression from the deaths of his mother and his friend, Andrew Wood, and used Xanax, an anxiety medication prescribed by his doctor to ease his depression as well as his heavy drinking on tour... "I was going through a tough time, everyone was, but that's what made the album stronger and more intense, I look back on that period of time as the longest four years of sex, drugs and alcohol we all went through," Cantrell said in a 2007 interview with The Seattle Times.

  专辑Dirt录制于1992年春，制作人Dave Jerden曾经担任过AIC的首专Facelift的制作。Dave对Layne的词作与嗓音，以及Jerry的吉他十分推崇。在录制"Them Bones", "Rain When I Die," "Down in a Hole", "Dirt," 和 "Would?"这几首歌时，Jerry使用了一把黑色的GLS，和他17岁那年买的扩音器，这保证了出来的音色比以往任何设备带来的更加沉重和扭曲。Dirt的制作从1992年3月到5月，完成于加州的Eldorado录音室，西雅图的伦敦桥录音室和洛杉矶的一对一录音室。

  因录制专辑，Layne提前从俄勒冈的波特兰戒毒所出院，并很快复吸。Sean在05年的一次采访中称，Layne曾告诉他，录制"Down in a Hole" 和"Angry Chair"这两首歌时，海洛因与大麻让他嗨到了极点，治疗背痛的羟可酮同样使他飘飘欲仙。Jerry肯定了这一说法。Layne，Dave和其他乐队成员经常在录音室抽大麻，Layne甚至当众注射海洛因。Dave得知Layne有些敌视他，因为他多次奉劝Layne在录制过程中应该保持清醒。“很显然，他在生我的气，可制作人是干什么的？制作专辑。做Layne的朋友又得不到什么好处。”

  当时，Layne并不是唯一陷入药物依赖的，Sean和Mike（Starr）正承受着酒精成瘾的煎熬。Jerry因母亲和好友Andrew Wood的去世患上了严重的抑郁症，医生为他开了赞安诺，以缓解症状，并辅助戒除酒瘾。“对每个人，那段时期都很难熬，也正是因为这一点，专辑更加强劲有力。回头看，我们挺过的那漫长的四年充满了性，毒品，酒精。”2007年，Jerry在西雅图时报的采访中如是说。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-05-30 11:12:30

  Staley later expressed regret about the lyrical content of some songs on Dirt, explaining, "I wrote about drugs, and I didn't think I was being unsafe or careless by writing about them...I didn't want my fans to think that heroin was cool. But then I've had fans come up to me and give me the thumbs up, telling me they're high. That's exactly what I didn't want to happen."

  Layne曾表达对Dirt这张专辑中的歌词创作的懊悔：“我写了很多有关毒品的歌词，但没有考虑到这种粗心的做法会带来隐患。我不希望歌迷们认为海洛因是种很酷的东西。可有的歌迷冲我竖大拇指，说吸毒的感觉真好。这正是我最担心看到的。”

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-06-06 23:30:14

  1991，Jerry, while hunting in the woods with his brother, mistakenly believes that November has 31 days and misses the December first concert with Van Halen. Columbia buy shim a pocket calendar for Christmas. AIC is voted Best New Band in readers' polls in RIP Magazine and Guitar for the Practicing Musician.

  1991年，Jerry和弟弟在林中打猎期间，因误以为11月有31天缺席了12月与范海伦的首场演出。哥伦比亚公司送给他一本袖珍日历作为圣诞礼物。同年AIC被RIP杂志和 Guitar for the Practicing Musician杂志的读者评选为最佳新晋乐队。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-06-06 23:31:20

  DECEMBER 1993

  Power fails at Jerry's house. He is trapped in home for two days because automatic garage door fails to open. Guitarist nearly starves to death because electric can opener also not working. He writes 20 more songs. Cantrell later rescued by ski patrol.

  1993年12月，因家中停电车库门无法打开，Jerry被困在里面两天，电开罐器也用不了，这位吉他手险些被饿死。期间他创作了20多首歌，后被滑雪巡逻队解救。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-06-06 23:31:46

  The band used to call themselves "Fuck", and word says they handed out condoms to the audience with the phrase "Fuck the band" on the wrappers :)) AiC is a Seattle band and although they prefer to call themselves a plain rockband they often get the label "grungeband" right along with Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Nirvana. Even if AiC has got a great number of fans they never got a big breakthrough, like for example Metallica or Nirvana. Maybe that's good in a way, since going commercial often means that the quality of the music takes damage.

  乐队有一阵子名叫Fuck，据称是因为他们在演出时给观众发放包装上写有"Fuck the band"字样的避孕套。AIC起家自西雅图，但他们更认可自己摇滚乐队的身份，而不是像Pearl Jam, Soundgarden 和Nirvana一样被贴上Grunge的标签。AIC拥有庞大的歌迷群，但从来没有多到Metallica和Nirvana那个地步。这未尝不是一件好事，因为一旦商业化，音乐的质量难免要打些折扣。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-06-06 23:32:36

  Cantrell said he wrote "Them Bones" about "mortality, that one of these days we'll end up a pile of bones.” Cantrell was inspired to write "Dam That River" after a fight he had with Kinney in which Kinney broke a coffee table over his head.” Down" was written by Cantrell to his "long-time love" and commented that "it's hard for us to both understand...that this life is not conducive to much success with long-term relationships." "Sickman" came together after Staley asked Cantrell to "write him the sickest tune, the sickest, darkest, most fucked up and heaviest thing [Cantrell] could write.” Rooster" was written by Cantrell for his father, who served in the Vietnam War. His nickname was "Rooster”. Cantrell described the song as "the start of the healing process between my Dad and I from all that damage that Vietnam caused.” Discussing the title track "Dirt", Cantrell stated that "the words Layne put to it were so heavy, I've never given him something and not thought it was gonna be the most bad-assed thing I was going to hear.” Cantrell cited "Junkhead" and "God Smack" as "the most openly honest" songs about drug use.” Iron Gland" was developed out of a guitar riff that Cantrell would play that annoyed the other band members, so he created the song (adding in a reference to Black Sabbath's "Iron Man") and promised to never play the guitar riff again. It features Tom Araya of Slayer on vocals. "Hate to Feel" and "Angry Chair" were both composed solely by Staley, and Cantrell has expressed his pride in seeing Staley grow as a songwriter and guitarist. The album's final track, "Would?", was written by Cantrell and concerns the late lead singer of Mother Love Bone, Andrew Wood Cantrell said the song is also "directed towards people who pass judgments.

  有关专辑Dirt

  Jerry 说Them Bones讲的是死亡，总有一天我们都会变成一堆白骨。Dam That River受启发自他与Sean间的一次争吵，Sean甚至把茶几扔过他的头顶摔碎。Down in a Hole写的是Jerry与相处了很久的恋人的分手。“这很艰难，但双方都意识到这种生活无法使关系维持下去”。Rooster是Jerry为参加过越战的父亲创作的，他说这首歌弥合了战争造成的他与父亲间的裂痕。Sickman是Layne的想法，他让Jerry卯足了劲儿写一首最变态，最黑暗，最操蛋，最沉重的歌。同名曲Dirt，Layne作的词够份量，“我没有给他任何提示，但他填的词让我惊艳不已”。Junkhead和God Smack被Jerry称为描述吸毒最诚恳的歌。Iron Gland的前身是Jerry专门用来骚扰队友的一段riff，成曲引用了Black Sabbath的Iron Man，并由Tom Araya （Slayer）献声，Jerry已保证再也不弹这段riff了。Hate to Feel" 和Angry Chair均由Layne创作，Jerry为他在作曲和吉他上的进步感到骄傲。最后一首歌，Would?，是Jerry献给已故的 Mother Love Bone主唱Andrew Wood的，还有那些经受审判的人。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-06-06 23:33:23

  Martin added, "My best memory of Layne was when we were making the Above album. He was in the studio lounge reading Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. I had read it a few years earlier so we started talking about what it meant to be an artist and have a spiritual message...suffice it to say Layne Staley felt as though he was on a spiritual mission through his music. Not a rock mission, a spiritual mission."

  Barrett Martin（Screaming Trees和Mad Season的鼓手）说，“Layne给我最深刻的印象是在制作Above这张专辑的时候。他在休息室读纪伯伦的《先知》。那本书前几年我看过，所以我们谈了些关于身为艺术家意味着什么及精神信息为何物的问题。可以说Layne觉得他在用音乐完成精神上的使命，不是摇滚使命，是精神使命。”

  River Of Deceit 第一句出自《先知》。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-06-06 23:33:57

  In 1993's crazy summer, Alice in Chains headlined Lollapalooza. The band performed with some of the greatest groups of the "new rock age," Primus, TOOL, Rage Against the Machine and others. Layne Staley decided hair sucked and shaved his head down to a buzz cut and wears tailored suits during the show. When Lollapalooza was finished, Alice in Chains went back to their home to find out they were evicted. It seemed that Staley thought Jerry paid the rent, while Jerry thought Mike...etc. so the band moved into London Bridge Studio. Fairly bored and a little depressed over being quasi-homeless, Alice in Chains records their third EP "Jar of Flies" in seven days.

  1993年那个疯狂的夏天，AIC在lollapalooza音乐节出尽风头。乐队与Primus, TOOL, Rage Against the Machine 等许多所谓的新摇滚乐队共同演出。Layne剃了平头，演出期间一直穿着定制的西装。音乐节结束后，一行人回到住所却被赶了出去。原来Layne以为Jerry付过了房租，而Jerry以为Mike付了房租……于是他们搬去了伦敦桥录音室。无家可归的日子无聊又有些郁闷,AIC用了7天的时间完成了第三张EP 《苍蝇罐》。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-06-06 23:34:40

  Who is Demri Parrott?

  Demri was Layne's ex-fiancée and close friend. Demri was a very sweet, beautiful person, interested in philosophy, poetry, and art. She loved to collect vintage clothes, make decoupage, write poetry and play in front of the camera. She supposedly was the love of Layne Staley's life. They met sometime between the years 1991 and 1992. Layne and Demri were described by their friends and family as perfect for each other, however, they drifted apart sometime in 1993 or 1994. Sadly, Demri passed away on October 29th, 1996, due to an inflammation of the heart caused by an unclean needle.It was a very upsetting moment in Layne's life, but his friends and family stayed close to him and supported him through this terrible time.Demri was also an inspiration to Layne as he wrote a few songs about her. You can read her obituary as printed in a Seattle newspaper.

  Demri Parrott是谁？

  Demri是Layne的前未婚妻和好朋友。她甜美可人，热爱哲学，诗歌和艺术。她喜欢收集复古服装，剪纸，写诗与表演。Demri也许是Layne一生的挚爱。他们大概结识于91或92年，亲友眼中他们十分般配。但93到94年两人渐渐疏远了。96年10月29日，Demri死于因针头不洁引发的心肌炎。这对Layne是个不小的打击，但家人朋友的不弃不离帮助他渡过了那段艰难的时光。Demri是Layne许多创作的灵感之源。西雅图一家报纸刊登了她的讣告。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-06-10 13:17:23

  Written and recorded in one week in September 1993,Jar of Flies was produced by the band members themselves, and marks the first studio recording with bassist Mike Inez. Guitarist Jerry Cantrell said, "That was the first time we'd written with Mike Inez...The whole Jar of Flies EP proved to both us and the fans what a talented and valid part of the band Mike was. He plays the nastiest, darkest shit but he's got the sweetest heart in the world."

  According to Staley, the title for the album came from a science experiment Cantrell conducted in third grade: "They gave him two jars full of flies. One of the jars they overfed the other jar they underfed. The one they overfed flourished for a while, then all the flies died from overpopulation. The one they underfed had most of the flies survive all year. I guess there's a message in there somewhere. Evidently that experiment had a big impact on Jerry."

  1993年9月，AIC的成员们用一个星期完成了Jar of Flies的录制，这也是Mike首次参与AIC的专辑制作。Jerry说：“这是我们第一次与Mike一起写歌，他通过这张专辑告诉我们，他是多么才华横溢，不可或缺。他用一颗甜美无比的心弹出了最肮脏最阴暗的贝斯。Layne说：“专辑的名字来自Jerry三年级时做的一项科学实验。他们给了他两罐苍蝇，一罐喂食过量，另一罐喂食不足。喂食过量的那罐苍蝇很快死于繁衍过剩，喂食不足那罐存活了一年。我想这一定是有道理的，很显然，这件事对Jerry产生了很大的影响。”

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-06-10 13:17:49

  Name: Date/ Place of birth: Height: Sean Kinney:May 27, 1966; Seattle, WA 6'1'' Layne Thomas Staley: August 22, 1967; Kirkland, WA 5'11'' Mike Allen Inez: May 14, 1966; Los Angeles, CA 5'9'' Jerry Fulton Cantrell, Jr.: March 18, 1966; Tacoma, WA 6'1'' Mike Starr:April 6, 1966; Honolulu, Hawaii (unknown)

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-06-10 13:18:56

  Layne was okay until the last night of the tour. Personally, I have no idea exactly what happened, but I got a lot of stories. Layne was always really quiet about it. One of his more moronic friends told me that he had actually died, but what little I did get from Layne told me this wasn't true. He always kept saying that he had "slipped." Most of what everyone heard then was nonsense. I know he did get an infection because of his very, very stupid way of not looking after things. He became sort of ashamed and let it go longer than he should have. That's where all the "gangrene" rumors started. He went into rehab after that. Then there was some stuff with his mother that I just can't share here. Suffice to say that she got the wrong ideas about some things, Layne was hurt by her assumptions and they parted ways for a while. I understand that Jerry started doing cocaine again around this time. Mind, I never knew him entirely well and I never saw him do it, but it's what people were saying. Layne was trying to quit EVERYthing at this time (he even attempted quitting smoking) and Sean was still bringing pot around everytime they would get together. Jerry started to stay away from Layne though. By '96 or so, Jerry was fed up with Layne's fear of touring. Layne had admitted that he was mostly finished with show business. From then on, he said, he just wanted to do art and make music for his friends. Jerry loved the rock star lifestyle and didn't want to give it up and he was pissed at Layne. But he never said so outright. Jerry would make these stupid, hazily spiteful remarks like "we're standing by Layne" and "I love him anyway." Who wants to be loved "anyway?" And the thing was that Layne was really bouncing back at this time. In spite of all the rumors he WAS clean. He was getting more and more into one of his favorite hobbies too, which was anime (which he helped get me into. Thank you again, Layne. :D ) His anime of choice back then was Vampire Princess Miyu. Late '96, Demri started backsliding and this was around when I finally met her. Now whether or not Layne ever knew just how much I liked him, I don't know, but Demri knew. We got along at first. Demri was sweet and helpful and fun. Then she moved in with Layne because she had nowhere else to go. They weren't dating at the time, just sharing the apartment. Layne had told her that if she started using drugs again he'd have to make her leave. But Demri did start using drugs again, and instead of asking her to leave, because then she would really be in trouble, Layne took a hike. I don't know where he went though, and even the people who he rented from thought he was still living there. He just didn't tell anyone that he was leaving.

  巡演结束那晚，Layne变得不对劲了。我也不知道具体发生了什么，但有所耳闻。Layne对此三缄其口，他的一个蠢货朋友说他已经心死了。Layne告诉我不是这样，但反复说自己在走下坡路。这话谁听了都不以为然。我明白，那种不管不顾的生活方式让他受到了感染。他自惭形秽欲罢不能，外界传闻他得了坏疽。后来Layne进了康复院。他妈妈参与的部分我不便透露，只是她并不了解实情，她的臆断伤害了layne，也使母子间渐渐疏远。

  我听说Jerry那段时间又开始用可卡因了。注意，我和Jerry并不熟，我也没亲眼见他用过，但大家都这么说。Layne那时竭力戒除一切（甚至包括烟），而Sean走哪儿都带着大麻。Jerry和Layne渐行渐远。

  96年左右，Jerry受够了Layne对巡演的恐惧。Layne说他再也不想做商业表演了,只想艺术创作，和朋友们做音乐。Jerry热爱摇滚明星的生活方式，当然不肯放弃巡演，因此很生Layne的气，只是不肯明说罢了，只好讲些“我们支持Layne”，“他怎样我都爱他”闪烁其词。谁愿意自己“怎样”都被爱？Layne又走到老路上，尽管外界传他已经康复了。他越来越痴迷最爱的动漫游戏anime（受他影响我也喜欢玩了，谢谢你Layne），选择的角色是吸血鬼公主美优。

  96年末，Demri故态复萌，我终于见到她了。我有多喜欢Layne，他本人可能不知道，但Demri知道。我们相处了一阵子。Demri甜美，乐于助人，还很风趣。她搬去和Layne住是因为无家可归。那时他们已经不是情侣了，只是住在一起。Layne告诉她，一旦复吸就赶她出去。但Demri没有做到，而且变本加厉。Layne没有赶她走，而是选择远行。没人知道他去哪儿，房主以为住在里面的仍是layne。谁都不知道他要离开。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-06-10 13:19:27

  Demri made a mess of the house and the living situation in Layne's absence. She turned really different, and believe me when I say that she was not truly the person that she was becoming. When she was herself she was a very sensitive and fun girl. Around October 20th or so she made some phone calls and wrote some letters to some people. Sparing the details, I ended up having a stupid fight with her about Layne. I was somewhat envious of her because Layne always seemed to forgive her each time, and there is something TO that, but at the same time I felt I was right; she was making a mess of things and she was in big trouble. She said something to me, I said something back, and that was it. When I spoke to Layne I was pissed off and crying, and told him what was going on at the house, but he pretty much already knew. That's when he came back and Demri left. Demri died on Oct. 29th of '96 of a heroin overdose. She was made weaker by the fact that she'd contracted heart problems from the use of dirty and used cotton when she used heroin. At 26 she was wearing a pacemaker. I remember a few months after she got the pacemaker that certain "friends" of Layne's were blaming her illness on him. Why? Because she'd been staying at his apartment at the time that she got sick (when he had gone on tour,) and according to them, he hadn't thought to leave her enough money to buy new bags of cotton for, what, ninety nine cents? Just how much sense does that make? She had her own connections for buying heroin and she could afford that, but it was LAYNE'S fault that she got sick b/c he hadn't bought her cotton before he left. This is the kind of ridiculous talk he put up with from people who claimed to like him. RIght before Demri died she had been about to move to Hawai'i with her father (or stepfather, I forget which.) She was also seeing this new guy that her family hadn't met. He was a coke dealer. She went out one night with the new bf of hers and she had shot heroin before they left. They went down to QFC and he asked her to wait in the car while he ran into the store to buy a few things. When he came out, he assumed that she was asleep. He drove around town for a while after that not even aware that Demri was dying in the passenger seat. By the time he tried to wake her she was in a coma. That was the night of the 28th. Demri didn't die till the morning of the 29th, in her mother's arms at the hospital. I think that Layne always sort of blamed himself for not looking after her, because she did need looking after. Nice she was, but not very independent. Demri never grew up. I have some copies of her poetry. She once called herself "an alien waiting for a ride home."

  Layne走后，Demri把房子弄得一团糟，变得判若两人，其实她的本性敏感而有趣。10月20号左右，她给很多人打了电话，写了信。省去细节，我和她为Layne吵了一架。Layne总是原谅她，这让我妒忌，而我坚信自己的猜测，她就要有大麻烦了。我们你一句我一句的，就是这样。他回来后，Demri离开了，我哭着告诉Layne我的愤怒，还有屋子里发生的一切，可他早就知道了。

  Demri因吸毒过量死于96年10月29日。吸毒时使用了不洁的棉纸毁了她的心脏，这让她26岁就戴上了心脏起搏器。几个月后，Demri的那些“朋友”责备Layne，因为Demri是在Layne的家中患病的（layne巡演去了）。他们认为Layne没有留给Demri足够的钱买99美分的新棉花。这不荒唐吗？是她自己联系的毒贩子，而且她买得起毒品为什么买不起棉纸，怎么就成了layne的错了？对那些胡说八道甚至扬言要杀了layne的人，Layne忍气吞声。

  Demri死前曾说要和父亲（好像是继父，我记不清了）搬去夏威夷。她背着家人和一个毒贩子约会。有天晚上她和这个新男友外出，走之前打了一针。他们去了QFC，他说要去买点东西，让她在车里等。他回来时，以为她睡着了。他绕城开了半天才发现Demri已经奄奄一息。他想叫醒她，可她已不省人事，那是28号晚上。29号早上，她死在医院中母亲的臂弯里。我想Layne一定在为此自责不已，因为她需要照顾。她什么都好，只是不够独立。她有一次说自己是等待回家的外星人。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-06-10 13:20:15

  Around '97, Layne had moved to the U Dist. He hardly ever saw Jerry anymore, but Mike Inez was still kind of close with him. As for Mike Starr, if you're wondering, he was living in a crappy old apartment (same building that I used to live in,) with his father. One night he and his father were shooting heroin together and his father OD'ed. He lived through it, but they were kicked out of the apartment. Gah, Mike Starr was a weird one. I never met him, but that's according to people who did. (At the time, Layne didn't know what happened with MS. I'd heard it from one of the people I knew who also lived there.) Jerry was totally dogging out then. He seemed to think that because he never shot heroin he was better than Layne. Jerry did do some heroin but he was all about coke, girls, money and fame. I started to dislike him then. You know what he was like? He was like Layne's pimp, only he couldn't get Layne to work. Layne was tired of it and didn't want to do it anymore, and Jerry became very devious in his words and his actions. He's a different person on coke. He walks around flipping his hair and trying to hump everything he thinks might have a vagina. He's got this "I'm Jerry Cantrell and you're not" sort of attitude. He started doing this whole big martyred thing in the press - "I'm standing by Layne, even though it's making me sufferrrrrrr!" but in private he was slipping the knife in. God. Just thinking about it. >:( Around '98, Mark Lanegan was living with Layne. Mark and Layne were really cool together. Lanegan was struggling to quit heroin and I would swear to this day that he's here because of Layne. Layne helped him a lot in a lot of ways. He was always fighting someone else's battle when he thought he had his beat. Lanegan was really sick for a while and Layne was like a Florence Nightingale. Oh lord, the jokes... ;D They would go out together and a lot of people thought they were gay. Which didn't bother them though because they took it like one big joke. "Yeah we're gay, wanna join us?" LOL! I just don't know what happened after '98 - '99. Things were mellow, Layne was doing really well. He had his cats and a nice place to live and his art and his hobbies. I know that he was at Jerry's '98 Halloween concert, and had thought about making an appearance there. He was dressed as a monster that night and no one recognized him. I don't know what happened after '99. I left Seattle because I was very stupidly stuck on Layne and I knew that probably nothing was going to come of it. I looked a little bit like Demri back then and I always had the feeling that Layne was a little weirded out by that. He only ever made one reference to the fact though, and that was after she was gone. I moved thousands of miles away, he changed his email address and, though we spoke on the phone a few times since then it was only about little things. During this year I hadn't heard a thing. But then I was never much more than a witness. For Layne to die was just sad and wrong, but for him to die alone was just an abomination. By blaming Jerry and the rest of Layne's "friends" I also have to blame myself for moving so far away and losing touch. On the other hand I also don't flatter myself that I could have done something for him; I just don't know if I was that important. But I will say this: Jerry saw this coming. Now you may say that he was just fed up with waiting for Layne to find solid ground once and for all, and I could totally understand that, but you'd be missing the point. Jerry's almost entirely about money, or at least he was 3 years ago. I'm sure that he's sad, I'm sure he feels it. But god, if he isn't just a little gratified also. Jerry always had this "I told you so" thing going on. When Layne would relapse or even admit to weakness in the last few years that I knew them Jerry would get very patronizing and very smug. I'm sorry, but I just can't stand the man. I hate the way he made people feel, so worthless and small. I remember looking out your window at the docks one time while you were on the computer, and I was making you listen to some stupid old song because I thought it was cool. You were making fun of it and you crooned the line "you are so superduper bravissimo" to me like the big goofball that you were. Layne, I was yours for the asking, but you never asked. I love you still, sweetheart, and I'm so sorry. Always, your brave Koa

  97年左右，Layne搬去大学区住。他和Jerry极少见面，但和mike Inez还很亲密。至于Mike Starr，如果你想知道的话，他和他爸住在一间破旧的老公寓（我在那栋楼住过）里。有天晚上他和他爸一起扎针，他爸扎过量，死了。他倒是没事，但被赶出来了。他挺怪的。我没见过他，但很多人都这么说。那时Layne也不知道这件事，我是听住在他附近的人说的。

  Jerry 以为他不扎针就比Layne强了。但他的生活也不过是围绕着可卡因，女人和名利。那时起我不再喜欢他。你们知道他像什么吗，给Layne拉皮条的。可Layne不听他的。Layne不想巡演烦得要命，他就换套说辞。可卡因足以把他变成另一个人，频频露相，摆弄头发，是个带阴道的他就想上,一副“我是Jerry Cantrell而你不是”的嘴脸。媒体面前他表现得像个烈士：“我永远站在layne这边，无论要承受多少！”可背后捅刀子。天哪，想想吧。

  98年左右，Mark Lanegan和Layne住在一起。他们俩关系很好。Mark正在竭力戒毒，我发誓，他活到今天多亏了Layne。Layne帮了他很多忙,朋友的事他一向责无旁贷。Mark病得厉害，Layne就像南丁格尔那样照顾他。哈哈，开个玩笑。他们形影不离，好多人都以为他们是同性恋。但他们不在乎，还拿这件事打趣：“对，我们是同性恋，想加入吗？”哈哈！

  98-99年以后的事我就不清楚了。事态好转，Layne恢复的不错。他养了只猫，住得像样，可以搞艺术创作和爱好了。98年Jerry的万圣节音乐会他也去了，打扮成一只怪兽，当晚谁也没认出他来。

  99年以后一概不知。我离开了西雅图，我爱Layne到无法自拔，只好离开。我长得有点像Demri，这大概让Layne觉得有些古怪。他说过一次，那是在她去世之后。

  我去的地方有几千里远，他换了邮箱，我们打过几次电话，谈的都是些小事。 Layne的死是个令人伤感的错误，孤身死去更让人无法容忍。Jerry他们这些“朋友”责无旁贷，我自己也不应该搬去那么远又断了联系。我没自以为能做些什么挽救他，我不知道自己有没有那么重要。但要说的是，Jerry心里有数。你也许会说，Jerry只是对Layne的推脱忍无可忍了。我理解，但Jerry特别认钱，至少三年前是这样。他的伤心是真的，但他也志得意满。他总是一副”我就知道”的样子。Layne 毒瘾加重，承认身体大不如前的最后几年，Jerry摆出那种自以为是，待朋友有恩的姿态。对不起，我实在是受不了这个人。他让Layne显得渺小，一钱不值。

  我忘不了站在你的窗前眺望码头，你在玩儿电脑，我非让你听一些自以为很酷的愚蠢的老歌。你拿它们取乐，装疯卖傻的低声对我唱"you are so superduper bravissimo"。Layne，如果你问我那个问题我一定答应你，可是你没问过。

  永远爱你，甜心，原谅我。

  你勇敢的koa

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-06-15 09:21:47

  Staley playing with Alice in Chains in Boston in 1992.Alice in Chains was added as openers to Ozzy Osbourne's No More Tears tour. Mere days before the tour began, Layne Staley broke his foot in an ATV accident, forcing him to use crutches on stage.While on tour, Starr was kicked out of the band and was replaced by former Ozzy Osbourne bassist Mike Inez.During the summer of 1993, Alice in Chains joined Primus, Tool, Rage Against the Machine, and Babes in Toyland for the alternative music festival Lollapalooza, which was the last major tour Alice in Chains played with Staley.

  92年layne与乐队在波士顿演出，后受邀为Ozzy Osbourne的No More Tears巡演暖场。出发前没几天，Layne脚部骨折，只好架拐上台。期间，Mike Inez代替了Mike Starr.1993年夏,Aic与Primus, Tool, Rage Against the Machine, Babes in Toyland等乐队参加Lollapalooza 音乐节。这也是Layne与乐队做的最后一次巡演。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-06-15 09:22:18

  Was Jerry really sick for the Unplugged show?

  Indeed. Cantrell mentioned in an interview that he got food poisoning from a hot dog. He had to leave the stage a couple of times during the performance. The same thing happened at Lollapalooza 93, in Washington. From Guitar School, August 1996: "I was ill that whole week. I got food poisoning from a hot dog I bought from a street vendor -- bad move. I was puking right up until the gig and immediately afterward, but while I was playing I felt fine.

  表演不插电那天Jerry病了吗？

  是的。Jerry说当天他吃了个热狗，因此食物中毒。期间他不得不数次离台。这与93年在lollapalooza的遭遇如出一辙。1996年9月，他在吉他学校里说：“我病了整整一星期。害我生病的热狗是从街边买的———不智之举。吃完没一会儿我就吐了起来，但演出时就没那么难受了。”

  我看了一下不插电，Jerry身边确实有个长方形的垃圾桶。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-06-15 09:23:09

  Following the tour for Facelift, Alice in Chains entered the studio to record demos for its next album, but ended up recording five acoustic songs instead.While in the studio, drummer Sean Kinney had a dream about "making an EP called Sap."The band decided "not to mess with fate", and Sap was recorded in 1991 with producer Rick Parashar.

  The EP features guest vocals by Ann Wilson from the band Heart, who joined vocalist Layne Staley and guitarist Jerry Cantrell for the choruses of "Brother" and "Am I Inside". The EP also features Mark Arm of Mudhoney and Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, who appeared together on the song "Right Turn", credited to "Alice Mudgarden" in the liner notes.The song was featured in the 2001 film Black Hawk Down.

  Facelift 巡演结束后，AIC走进录音棚录制新专辑的小样，最后面世的却是5首原声歌曲。录音期间，鼓手Sean梦见制作一张叫SAP的EP。乐队决定不“忤逆天意”，91年SAP录制完成，制作人为Rick Parashar。

  Heart乐队的Ann Wilson 为在Brother 和Am I Inside两首歌中担任Layne和Jerry的和声。Mark Arm（Mudhoney ）和Chris Cornell （Soundgarden）为 歌曲Right Turn献声，内页中歌手名显示为Alice Mudgarden。这首歌还出现在2001年的电影《黑鹰坠落》（Black Hawk Down）中。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-06-26 09:38:35

  Regarding the lyrical content, Cantrell said he wrote "Brother" about his relationship with his younger brother. The song specifically refers to the time period after Cantrell's parents divorced when his younger brother went off to live with his father while he stayed with his mother, and Cantrell said that the song "was a way of trying to build a bridge." Commenting on "Got Me Wrong", Cantrell said he wrote the song about a relationship where one person thinks he or she can change the other person, and added that the song speaks of "the different ways that men and women see each other."

  Brother 讲的是Jerry和弟弟（MTV Cribs 里见到了，长得和他一样，叫David）间的关系。Jerry的父母离异后，弟弟跟了爸爸，Jerry留下和妈妈生活。这首歌的创作初衷是“试图建起一座桥梁”。Got Me Wrong 描写的是一段恋爱关系，其中一方自以为能够改变另一方，Jerry认为它道出了“男女看待对方的不同方式”。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-07-20 16:51:40

  Alice in Metal-Land

  by Layne Staley

  I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. My dad's friend had a drum set, and every time I went over there, I was attracted to it. I'd been listening to rock 'n' roll since I could remember - reading the magazines. It just seemed like a glamorous life, and I wanted to be a part of it. I started singing when I was about 15. I'd been playing drums in a band in this band with some friends from my high school, and the singer was terrible. I wanted to sing backup on a song, and he said, "You play drums; you can't sing." I got pissed off and sold my drum set. I actually traded it for a delay and a microphone. I plugged it into my stereo at home and just started singing to tapes - Black Sabbath and whatever else.

  I have two sisters, a brother, and my parents. They weren't very musical. My mom kind of was. She used to sing. I'd say my first influence would be Black Sabbath, then Ozzy, then Ian Gillan with Deep Purple and Black Sabbath. The first record I ever picked up was Black Sabbath. It was either my mom's or my dad's album! I just picked it out of their collection.

  I was in a band before, when I was 15, for two years. We were a glam band. Then I couldn't afford to buy makeup. At the time that was the thing. Poison had just come out, and a lot of bands like that were coming out. I was kind of into that. It originally started out with me and a bunch of friends. It was a glam band that played Slayer and Armoured Saint covers, kind of a glam/thrash band. Now most of the bands I listen to are from Seattle or the old stuff. I like a lot of different stuff - Ministry, Lords of the New Church, Skinny Puppy.

  As far as the Seattle scene, there's always been great bands - great metal bands, great alternative bands - as long as I can remember. The reason being is that I don't think people are too worried about who they impress, really. Everyone just likes to play music. They don't do it with a gimmick. Other places, where there's so many bands to compete with, sometimes you have to have a gimmick to outdo the other bands. It's not like that in Seattle. There are not as many bands as there are in L.A. or New York. It's a lot smaller. There's a big difference. A lot of power-pop comes out of L.A., a lot of speed metal comes out of New York, and then a lot of the stuff we're doing is coming out of Seattle.

  There were a lot of drugs. We kinda just passed the time that way. For a couple of years we were all doin' anything we could get our hands on. I think we just got tired of living like that. Andrew Wood's death changed things, maybe, for a few weeks. I probably got even heavier into drugs after that happened.

  One of the first bands to break out of Seattle was Heart. After Heart I'd say Queensryche. Then probably Soundgarden. Mother Love Bone pretty much broke the ice in this genre, I guess. We played the Seattle scene for a couple years. There's three placed to play, and we just kind of played 'em each a couple of times a month. We did that for two years, played these three bars over and over and over.

  It wasn't competitive at all. We all (Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone, etc...) went and saw each other's bands and jammed together. It's just that type of scene; it's more supportive. All the bands come out to see all the other bands. We're all friends, so there's really no need for competition. Everyone has their own sound and their own style, so there's really not anything to compete with. 。

  I think we've been successful because people are starting to accept this style of music. A lot of bands broke the ice - Faith No More, Jane's Addiction. It's not grunge, it's just not your typical band - eight rock songs, two ballad albums. There's a lot of experimentation, doing different stuff and not really worrying about sticking to one theme or one way of writing. I'm more concerned with writing good music and putting out good music.

  I don't really like doing videos, but you kind of have to today. We really like the finished products, we just don't like the making of the video - singing the same song over and over and over for 24 hours. It's cool to be able to take some of our ideas - how we picture the song to be portrayed in the video - and see that come through. That's what's cool.

  We've been out on tour in support of Facelift for 17 months. At this point we're exhausted. We're all pretty tired. The road's very grueling. It's not what I thought it was. Well, actually, it is what I thought it was going to be, but I just don't take part in it the way I used to - the bimbos, the free beers, free drugs, and all that. That's still there if you want it, but I don't really seek that out anymore. I concentrate on singing the songs, then I don't do much else but stay in my hotel room.

  Originally with Facelift, I figured we could sell 100 000 albums. That was pretty much our goal. We thought that would be pretty cool. Maybe 200 000. We didn't think it would sell as well as it did.

  We're getting ready to do our second album, and we're looking at some studios in California. Not in Los Angeles. I don't like that town. Too decadent, and it's slimy. I kinda attract people that I don't want to attract - drug fiends, scenesters - and it freaks me out. We're thinking of somewhere in Sausalito.

  We recorded the EP - it's called Sap - in two days. Four songs. It'll be released about the time we'll be going into the studio. It's lighter material. It was actually a dream that Sean, our drummer, had that we did this EP of mellow acoustic songs and called it Sap. He woke up, told us what he dreamed, and we said it sounded like a good idea.

  我12岁开始打鼓。我爸爸的朋友家有一套，每次去玩都迷得要命。从能读杂志那天起，我就开始听摇滚乐了。那种风光的生活让我神往不已。15岁时我开始唱歌。那时候我和高中的同学组了个乐队，我是鼓手，主唱衰透了。有一次我想跟着和声，他来句，“你打鼓就行了，不用你唱。”我一气之下把鼓卖了，买了一个延迟和一支麦克。回家以后插上音箱，就对着磁带开唱——Black Sabbath之类的。

  我有两个妹妹，一个弟弟，我父母对音乐没什么感觉。我妈还行，她以前很爱唱歌。最初影响我的是Black Sabbath，然后是Ozzy， Ian Gillan和Deep Purple。我的第一张唱片就是Black Sabbath的。反正不是我妈的就是我爸的，我是从他们的收藏里翻到的。

  我15岁时在一支Glam乐队里呆过两年。我买不起化妆品，那时候都化妆。以Poison为首的很多乐队开始涌现，我很迷他们。于是我和几个朋友组了支glam/thrash 乐队，专门翻唱Slayer 和Armoured Saint什么的。但我听的主要还是西雅图和一些老乐队的作品。我对音乐的涉猎很广，Ministry, Lords of the New Church, Skinny Puppy都听。

  西雅图那时可不缺好乐队——我记得都是些伟大的金属或者Alternative乐队。我想原因可能是人们并不想取悦谁，而是把注意力都集中在做音乐上，没那么多噱头。而其他地方的乐队想方设法的彼此竞争。西雅图就不这样。这里的乐队没有洛杉矶和纽约那么多。可是小地方，大不同。洛杉矶盛行Power-pop ，Speed metal在纽约大行其道，我们这种乐队则在西雅图崭露头角。

  毒品泛滥，我们都用过，后来厌倦了。Andrew Wood的死惊醒了我们，但清醒了几周后，就变本加厉地复吸了。

  那时西雅图先出现的是Heart，然后是Queensryche.，再然后可能是Soundgarden ，Mother Love Bone 对这个风格有所突破。我们在西雅图做了几年的现场表演，地点只有三个，一周上台几次，然后再来一轮，就这么过了两年。

  没有竞争可言。我们（Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone, etc...)互看演出，一起鬼混，相互支持。都是朋友，没什么好争的，各有各的声音，各有各的风格。

  我们的成功是因为大家接受了Grunge。很多乐队走的更远，像Faith No More, Jane's Addiction。那已经不是Grunge了，也不是那种典型的乐队——8首摇滚歌曲，两张民谣。他们更具实验性，广泛尝试不拘一格。创作好音乐才是目的所在。

  我不喜欢录MV，但又没办法。做出来了也很喜欢，但就是讨厌那个过程，一天24小时周而复始的唱同一首歌。能自己出创意是不错的选择，这是倒很酷。

  facelift发行后我们巡演了17个月，直至筋疲力尽。路上这份累我倒是从没想过。刚开始那一切投我所好，免费的姑娘，啤酒，毒品，诸如此类。想要就有，但我厌倦了这些。我只是一门心思唱歌，然后在旅馆里呆着。

  我开始对Facelift的期望值是能卖100，000张，我们觉得那样就不错了。结果卖了200，000张。真是意外。

  我们开始着手第二张专辑了，目前正在寻找加州的录音室。不想在洛杉矶，我不喜欢那，颓废又腻歪。我吸引了很多不想吸引的人，毒品贩子，虚伪的人。这让我措手不及。我们想去Sausalito。

  我们录了EP-名字就叫SAP。花了两天的时间，一共四首歌。这其实来自我们的鼓手Sean的梦。他梦见我们做了一张原声专辑，名字叫SAP.他醒来以后讲给大家听，大家都觉得这主意不错。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-07-29 12:28:22

  Cantrell says he'll choose to remember his late friend from an act of generosity in his pre-addiction days. In 1990, Cantrell and Staley visited New York and were put up in a ritzy hotel by their record company. That night Staley befriended two homeless men. "It was Layne's idea to invite them up to the room," Cantrell says. "We fed them room service and sat up and talked to them all night. That was the kind of guy Layne was - a guy with a huge fucking heart."

  Jerry说他永远不会忘记layne的慷慨，那时layne还没有染上毒瘾。1990年，两个人去纽约演出，公司安排他们住在一家豪华酒店。当晚layne帮助了两个无家可归的人：“那是layne的主意，”Jerry说，“把他们请进房间，享受客房服务，然后坐下来彻夜长谈，layne就是那种人-他有颗超大号的心。”

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2011-07-29 12:28:38

  The first time he mentioned this was during an interview for Playboy. It wasn't in the magazine but in a video online. He told the girl who was interviewing him that he was at the Moore Theater show and he wished he was on stage and was feeling jealous. He also told her he had never talked about that before.

  Jerry 在接受playboy的在线视频采访时说，Mad Season在moore 演出时，他也在场，当时他满是妒意，真希望自己是在台上，他还告诉女主持，这件事从未向别人谈起过。

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  蚂虾街 (http://weibo.com/damaxia) 管理员 2012-03-30 10:52:11

  今天才看到这贴...为什么没人回复.....翻译完了没？我要复制打印出来，弄个封皮儿~ 还有 感谢LZ

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2012-03-31 23:42:35

  这是以前从好多网站上找的八卦，翻译的挺水的，等有了好时间好网速一定会继续下去的

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  蚂虾街 (http://weibo.com/damaxia) 管理员 2012-04-02 22:24:27

  期待~

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  hido (万物静默如谜) 管理员 2012-08-29 21:33:51

  基于对那个layne staley的喜欢

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  verve+vc (硬话好说 硬屎难拉l。) 2014-03-10 10:26:56

  楼主再来点翻译续上！

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2015-02-12 13:30:09

  In the spring or fall of 1984, James Bergstrom, the drummer in a garage band called Sleze, was walking between classes at suburban Seattle's Shorewood High School when he ran into Ken Elmer, a friend from the school marching band. Elmer knew that Bergstrom and his band mates were looking for a singer, and he had somebody in mind for them.

  "Hey, my stepbrother Layne plays drums but he wants to be a singer," Elmer told Bergstrom. "You should give him a call." Bergstrom agreed, and an audition was eventually set up.

  1984年的春天或秋天，James Bergstrom，Garage乐队Sleze鼓手, 当时正在西雅图郊区的Shorewood高中上课，课间他遇到了Ken Elmer，两人结识于校乐队。后者知道James正在物色一位主唱，对此他有个人选。“嘿，我有个同父异母的哥哥叫Layne，他是个鼓手，但现在想唱歌。”“你给他打个电话吧。”随后James安排了一次试唱。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2015-02-12 13:30:24

  The tryout took place at Bergstrom's parents' house, where Sleze had their jam room set up in the basement. They were young—still in early high school and still learning how to play their instruments and perform covers. Layne eventually arrived. Before playing together, the band members noticed his tall stature, soft-spoken demeanor, and that he was very much dressed for the part of a rock musician, with band names like "Ozzy" or "Mötley Crüe" written on his pants in bleach. "He came to our jam room and was really shy, real timid," guitarist Johnny Bacolas says. "And just as we expected, we were like, 'Fuck, yeah! This is what a lead singer should look like!'" After initial introductions were made, the group started jamming. Bergstrom, guitarists Johnny Bacolas and Ed Semanate, and bassist Byron Hansen are all fairly certain that the first song they performed with Layne was a cover of Mötley Crüe's "Looks That Kill." They immediately knew they were onto something.

  试唱是在James父母家进行的，地下室被James改造成了排练室。真是青葱岁月——他们那时都是高中生，还在摸索着学习演奏和翻弹。Layne到了以后，大家很快注意到了他的细高个儿和温和的举止。他打扮得颇有当时摇滚音乐人的风范，正如他发白的牛仔裤上写的"Ozzy" 和 "Mötley Crüe"之类的字样。 “他刚进排练室时有点害羞，挺腼腆的，”吉他手Johnny Bacolas说。 “Layne 果然不负众望，我们集体觉得，操！这他妈才叫主唱呢！” 互相自我介绍以后，乐队开始排练。James，吉他手Johnny Bacolas 和 Ed Semanate，贝斯手Byron Hansen都十分清楚地记得Layne加入后他们排练的第一首歌是Mötley Crüe's 的 “Looks That Kill”。他们随即有了一种大有可为的感觉。

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  MontyVera (Life is peachy) 组长 楼主 2015-02-12 13:31:24

  The tryout took place at Bergstrom's parents' house, where Sleze had their jam room set up in the basement. They were young—still in early high school and still learning how to play their instruments and perform covers. Layne eventually arrived. Before playing together, the band members noticed his tall stature, soft-spoken demeanor, and that he was very much dressed for the part of a rock musician, with band names like "Ozzy" or "Mötley Crüe" written on his pants in bleach. "He came to our jam room and was really shy, real timid," guitarist Johnny Bacolas says. "And just as we expected, we were like, 'Fuck, yeah! This is what a lead singer should look like!'" After initial introductions were made, the group started jamming. Bergstrom, guitarists Johnny Bacolas and Ed Semanate, and bassist Byron Hansen are all fairly certain that the first song they performed with Layne was a cover of Mötley Crüe's "Looks That Kill." They immediately knew they were onto something.

  试唱是在James父母家进行的，地下室被James改造成了排练室。真是青葱岁月——他们那时都是高中生，还在摸索着学习演奏和翻弹。Layne到了以后，大家很快注意到了他的细高个儿和温和的举止。他打扮得颇有当时摇滚音乐人的风范，正如他发白的牛仔裤上写的"Ozzy" 和 "Mötley Crüe"之类的字样。 “他刚进排练室时有点害羞，挺腼腆的，”吉他手Johnny Bacolas说。 “Layne 果然不负众望，我们集体觉得，操！这他妈才叫主唱呢！” 互相自我介绍以后，乐队开始排练。James，吉他手Johnny Bacolas 和 Ed Semanate，贝斯手Byron Hansen都十分清楚地记得Layne加入后他们排练的第一首歌是Mötley Crüe's 的 “Looks That Kill”。他们随即有了一种大有可为的感觉。

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