Layne Staley
Title Album details Band Notes
Desire Walks On Released : November 16 , 1993 Label : Capitol Heart Guest vocals on the song Ring Them Bells
Above Released : March 14 , 1995 Label : Columbia Mad Season U.S. # 24 , Gold
Working Class Hero : A Tribute to John Lennon Released : October 10 , 1995 Label : Hollywood Mad Season Vocals on I Do n't Wan na Be a Soldier
L.O.V.Evil Released : December 15 , 1995 Label : Red Rocket Second Coming Guest vocals on the song It 's Coming After
The Faculty : Music from the Dimension Motion Picture Released : December 8 , 1998 Label : Sony Class of '99 Vocals on Another Brick in the Wall Part 1 , Part 2
Discography -- Other appearances
Layne Thomas Staley (born Layne Rutherford Staley, August 22, 1967 - April 5, 2002) was an American musician best known as the original lead singer and co-songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains. The band rose to international fame in the early 1990s during Seattle's grunge movement, and became known for Staley's distinct vocal style and tenor voice, as well as the harmonized vocals between him and guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell. Staley was also a member of the glam metal bands Sleze and Alice N' Chains, as well as the supergroups Mad Season and Class of '99. From mid-1996 onwards, Staley was out of the public spotlight, never to perform live again. Staley struggled for much of his adult life with depression and drug addiction, which resulted in his death at the age of 34 on April 5, 2002. Staley was ranked at No. 27 on Hit Parader's list of Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists in 2006, and at No. 42 on Complex's magazine list of The 50 Best Lead Singers of All Time in 2012. The city of Seattle officially declared August 22, 2019, as Layne Staley Day.