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TGIF: The Mayor of Seattle Declares August 22 ‘Layne Staley Day’

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From Loudwire:

Seattle, Wash. is one of those cities that is a must-visit for rock fans. It’s loaded with history, museums and iconic locations connected to some of the biggest rockers to come out of the city, from Jimi Hendrix to Soundgarden. Now, the Emerald city has fixed its bond with its musical roots even tighter — Mayor Jenny Durkan has officially declared Aug. 22 “Layne Staley Day.”

Staley was one of the strongest voices to emerge from the Seattle scene, and would go on to have a successful career as the frontman of Alice in Chains and the supergroup Mad Season. Though he had a tormenting relationship with drugs that would eventually take his life, his legacy inspired tons of rock singers.

Today would have been the late vocalist’s 52nd birthday. After his passing, Staley’s parents established the Layne Staley Memorial Fund to provide support and resources to residents of Seattle struggling with addiction. According to KEXP, Durkan’s proclamation of “Layne Staley Day” aims to bring awareness to the fund to continue having a strong support system within the city.

“We support our residents who struggle with substance use disorder, and commend Layne Staley Memorial Fund for providing hope, education, support and treatment funds for heroin recovery in the Seattle community,” the document reads. “The city of Seattle celebrates Layne’s artistry and the promotion of the arts in Seattle as we work toward a more vibrant, healthy and safe city.”

Bravo, Seattle.

This has to be the best news of late! I’m so happy the city of Seattle is honoring Layne with such a day of remembrance. I don’t think you’ll ever hear a voice like Layne’s again and it was that voice accompanied with Alice in Chains that made the Seattle Grunge scene so special and the music they made so enduring even decades later.

Thank you Mayor Jenny Durkan for making such a day possible and thank you Jerry Cantrell for carrying on Alice in Chain’s legacy. Grunge truly changed the world.

TGIF: Soundgarden – Live From the Artists Den

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I got a notification on Spotify this morning, and I just couldn’t believe it! Soundgarden actually released a live album and a limited edition Blu-Ray box set of the performance from Live From the Artists Den.

Some of the details:

The limited-edition Super Deluxe box features the 29-song concert film on Blu-ray in high-definition, more than 30 minutes of band interviews, 4 LPs, 2 CDs, a 40-page photo book, 4 band member lithos, a replica all-access pass, and replica ticket stub.

The Blu-ray is showcased in stunning 1080p 23.98 high definition video with Dolby TrueHD 5.1 surround sound and PCM stereo audio. Bonus material features 30+ minutes of interviews with the band, and all lyrics subtitled.

The nearly two-and-a-half-hour performance encompasses the band’s entire legacy of songs, featuring 17 songs that have never been released on a live album, including “Blind Dogs”, which is the first time the band ever performed the song live.

The 4LP 180-gram audiophile black vinyl concert album features the full performance with a packaging slipcase that holds four individual jackets which link together to form one large image and a two-panel insert.

The 4LP color vinyl packaging features a slipcase that holds four individual jackets which link together to form one large image and a two-panel insert with an array of neon colors.

You can find out more about the ordering information at the site here.

I just can’t believe this. I was literally thinking about a tribute for Chris Cornell and Soundgarden this morning. I haven’t gotten to listen to the whole live album yet, but it sounds so AWESOME. I’m not a big live album guy, but Chris and the guys sounded so incredible. I hope I can buy the box set soon, it’s so worth it.

There isn’t enough I can say about Chris Cornell and Soundgarden. His music literally changed my life and Soundgarden is my favorite band to this day. Happy belated birthday to Chris too. I wish I could’ve did a tribute last Saturday, but hopefully this post will suffice.

Thank you Kim Thayil, the band and everyone who made Live From the Artists Den possible. Never Down on the Upside or Outshined. Thank you for everything!

[Talking about the performance of Blind Dogs and their friend Ross Halfin]

First time for everything. Really we did that for our friend Ross Halfin because he’s been annoyingly asking about it for years everytime we would see him, and he kept reciting the lyrics and I had no idea what the fuck he was talking about because he had it wrong which is normal because if you Google even your own lyrics from an album that you printed your own lyrics on, that everyone can read and you take it off the internet, it’s always wrong, so that one was for you Ross. But hopefully he’ll still always remember it wrong. There is no wrong really in the interpretation of the listener.

LOL