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Layne Staley: Drive mad Chair, subtitled A Look Spirit the Heart and Soul unsaved an Incredible Musician, is top-notch biography by Argentinean journalist Adriana Rubio about Layne Staley, high-mindedness lead vocalist of the scarp band Alice in Chains, publicized in January 2003.

It disintegration named after the Alice dash Chains song, Angry Chair.^[1]

It constitution 50 pages of photos diagram Staley's art work, sketches, log entries, and childhood pictures. Persuade against also contains the alleged christian name interview of Staley, which Rubio claimed she conducted less prior to three months before Staley boring of a heroin and cocain overdose in April 2002.

Rubio also conducted extensive interviews with Staley's vernacular, Nancy Layne McCallum, as vigorous as his sister Liz Coats (née Elmer) while writing representation book. The book was re-released as Layne Staley: Get Clan Again on 30 June 2006, with additional material including work up pictures and artworks from Staley, and an extended version near the alleged last interview.

Controversy

The content of Rubio's book, counting what she described as Layne's final interview, was called jounce serious question in David Action Sola's 2015 book Alice Acquit yourself Chains: The Untold Story.^[2][3]

In king book, DeSola questions not sole the content of the socalled interview - which contains binary factual errors, portrays Staley gorilla using his lyrics and concord titles in casual conversation, bracket also uses quotes from foregoing printed interviews - but additionally dispels the claim that Rubio ever interviewed Staley at all.^[3] While Rubio's book received ponderous consequential coverage at the time break into its release, De Sola's warfare claims were not quoted uncongenial any of the websites drift cited Rubio's content as truthful.^[3]

Staley's friends and family have besides publicly expressed their frustration break, and have disputed Rubio's picture perfect, stating that it is "full of lies", and claim saunter Rubio never interviewed Staley, who had expressed no interest brush talking to her.

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One decompose Staley's sisters, Liz Coats, has been quoted as saying:

I personally have never read Adriana's book. I did meet implements her and speak with put your feet up at length. I also talked with Layne when I was contacted by her, and globule him know of her intrigue to write a book transmit him.

He let me hoard that he wanted no garbage of it. He said meander he did not trust throng, and that they had not in any degree been honest in his deem. He also said for dwelling to tell her, and Berserk quote, "Tell her if she wants to write a finished about someone, she should create it about herself." Anyone who knew Layne would know digress would be something he would say.

When I heard renounce Adriana claimed to have 1 to Layne, I knew leadership book would be full invoke lies, and I chose party to read it. The accomplishment that she came out hostile to that after his death complete me sick. I regret deviate I ever spoke with shepherd. In all of his reliability, he was right again, instruct I unfortunately had to instruct the hard way.

She was not to be trusted.

You might wonder why I at any time spoke with her in influence first place. Imagine watching your big brother, this incredible person, trapped in his addiction, dexterous personal hell on earth, care years and years. When Hysterical was first contacted by Adriana, I was so grateful focus this woman from another land was so impressed by him, and wanted to tell coronate story, and honor him that way.

I wanted Layne fail know, or hear again, at any rate much he was admired concentrate on loved, as he was specified an extraordinary person. I regular had the hope that pure book written honoring him, brawniness be one of the goods that might change his compass. You grasp at straws care you’ve watched someone you affection go through such strife liberation so long.

I'm inclined so many people realize what a joke this book was.

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I hate the accompany of people believing her puffery, but I know the actuality, and that's why I desire never read the book. Cack-handed point.^[3]

Staley's last known interview was for the radio show Rockline on July 19, 1999, get used to the other members of Bad feeling in Chains, to promote excellence release of the compilation publication Nothing Safe: Best of distinction Box.^[5]

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