Alice in Chains: The Tragic Van Halen Tour, Layne Staley End, & Eddie Van Halen's Guitars
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- The Tragic Alice in Chains Tour With Van Halen and Layne Staley
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What’s going on my fellow rock n’ rollers. Don’t forget to hit the bell notification icon to be notified every time i put out a new video on my channel. Back in 1991 and 1992 an up and coming Seattle band named Alice in Chains were at the forefront of an explosion of alternative rock music. Their debut album 1990's Facelift had been a slow burn but started to gain momentum in the Spring of 1991 following their hit single “Man in the Box’ blowing up. I’ve done a whole video on Man in the box. The link is down below in the description box.
Alice in Chains got some pretty high profile touring slots opening for metal bands Slayer, Anthrax, and Megadeth in 1991 on the Clash of the Titans Tour despite being poorly received in some markets. One of the other high profile touring slots Alice in Chains got offered was to open for Van Halen. While thetour had a lot of light hearted moments and would create long lasting friendships it also was sadly the beginning of the end for the Seattle band. Stay tuned for the full story.
Following the success of the Man in The Box's music video on MTV, van halen frontman sammy hagar wanted to have the band open for them from August of 1991 to January of 1992 with some breaks sprinkled in between. Hagar would tell the seattle post intelligencer “I Said let’s find a cool new band that needs exposure. I was watching MTV and saw man in the box” video. Layne Staley is one of the greatest new singers today. “ At the same time however, Hagar would admit that band’s like Alice in Chains also made him insecure as he would reveal to Sirius XM here:
do you ever do that? do you ever look back in hindsight and go God i am a little bit freaked out by the new guy or I am a bit nervous about it or are you in a comfortable place. Oh I am in a total comfortable place now. But when you're like in van halen in the 90's when grunge came along you know. Right. That was freaky man you know because i was looking at these guys and we were sort of the glam rock we were dressed up and dressing like girls and stuff you know i mean c'mon you look pretty fin fabulous. And Motley Crue Poison and these guys. More hairspray than me. It was more fun dressing like that than the way i dress right now. I'll tell you that but then when grunge came and they were like down and dirty and funky and Nirvana comes along. They made me nervous. These guys are going to disrespect us. You know they are going to look at you know and say yeah your shit is done buddy, but it didn't happen. I was so insecure about it, that i invited Alice in Chains with their first album, their first single when they had 'Man in the Box' to open for Van Halen. They came out on the whole tour with us and I've been dear friends with Jerry Cantrell since then, but that's how insecure I was, I said no let's get them on the damn show so that way their fans know that we're cool and we're giving them. Holy shit that's kind of genius, yeah, but it came out of fear. Yeah it came out of fear, a little bit but not bad fear, but nervousness. I get it. It came out of a nervousness, but then also kind of an intelligent one because I bet it worked. Oh it did. Oh, they did really good. Business was good and i made a friend out of it. You know Still friends with him? Oh yeah, Jerry come down to Cabo for my birthday bash every year. Every friggin year. Oh I can only imagine.
It was a dream come true for the members of Alice in Chains as according to the book Alice in Chains the untold story by David DeSola, singer Layne staley saw Van Halen between the ages of 10 and 12 and according to his stepfather Jim Elmer that was Layne really took an interest in music.Ready to go on stage opening for his and and he's standing in my pit with Valirie next to him and Wolfie in her arms and he's got his guitiar on and he's like just running scales and he's like like hey dude, what's up and I'm like are you fing kidding me? Eddie Van Halen standing there with Valerie Bertanli and Wolfie and he's in my pit and Iam opening for his band and I was so fing nervous so i came over and said hi to him and he's like oh man you're going to be fine. I think it was prob - Hudba
Here’s the Man in the box video and throw suggestions for future videos below! czcams.com/video/Gs-IM7uHABw/video.html
Been some awesome content lately! Still waiting for Talk Show video
Cover the rise and fall of sublime and how Bradley nowell’s death impacted no doubt and the ska genre
Does anybody have a reference for the radio show with that Hagar interview?(which show, when, etc.)
The chick kinda sounds like Jenny McCarthy but, I don't think that's what her set looks like....
@@crimsonking8746 it's jenny mccarthy on sirius xm it's up on youtube if you search it
How about Betty Blowtorch and 7 Year Bitch stories ? Both founding members died a tragic death.
Eddie sending them a "garage full of amps and guitars" God damn that's a heaven's sent
Watching AIC open for Van Halen was a surreal experience.
Layne hung off the mike stand, missed a few lyrics, and looked comatose.
But, man, when he sang, it was unreal how powerful his voice was.
It was like witnessing Death and Life unfold simultaneously and *everyone* in the crowd could feel it.
RIP Layne
Alice in chains speaks to the darkest part of my soul. There will never be another band like them
I agree, I love both bands. I'm addicted to Layne Staley's voice
I agree I love layne I listen to him alot it's like therapy
I used to go and see him live in Seattle all the time all the bands Soundgarden Nirvana screaming trees Tad Pearl Jam those were the days
I am trying to carry on his dream on my music channel. I have a very unique voice and I sing my way
Two words...
"Mad Season'
August 31, 1991. My buddy and I were 15 years old and went to this show in Milwaukee (Shout out to JM if you come across this). To this day we still talk about the guys in front of us who kept asking who the hell AIC were, even joking saying they thought they were there to see Madonna. I was an MTV junkie so I knew Man in the Box, but didn’t realize at the time I was seeing one of the great bands to come out of Seattle.
I didn’t like a lot out of the Seattle movement, but AIC and Stone Temple Pilots always struck a chord with me. I’ve always been thankful that I can say I saw them as newcomers and of course with Staley at the helm.
Saw em a couple years ago live and they still hold up. William DuVall is an incredible singer and doesn’t get the credit he deserves.
According to the late assistant to Alice Cooper, Brian "Renfield" Nelson, when Alice was in Seattle on a promo tour for TRASH in 1989, there was a little weird dude that kept following them around town. Finally this guy gets the gumption to go up to Alice and hand him a tape. It was Layne Staley handing Alice Cooper a demo of Alice In Chains.
Haha there was a story Jerry told of meeting Axl rose from gnr in late 80s and giving him a demo tape which he later threw away
@Melkor Morgoth he was an asshat!!
“Eddie Van Halen liked to hang out more with us than his own band!”
Well, considering just how troublesome Eddie was with his own band, it comes as no surprise...”
it was most likely Those Retards from Seattle that got Eddie hooked on Heroin
@@MetalHeart8787
EDDIE...got Eddie
hooked On heroin.
@@MetalHeart8787 it's most likely that Van Halen introduced cocaine to those "retards" from Seattle.
@B luv Sims
I think it was Meth, not Heroin.
it probably helped jerry was a coke head just like eddie....
LAYNE. MAY YOU REST IN PARADISE, AND MAY YOU FINALLY FIND PEACE! YOUR SO MISSED AND SO LOVED!
You damn right he is big influence on my singing style
& Eddie of course 💯
I saw this tour, December '91, Baton Rouge, La.. Have an unbelievable story to tell, in two parts. Part 1: You have to remember the musical climate of the time. Nirvana hadn't blown the musical doors off the hinges for alternative quite yet, so an alternative band opening for a glam band was highly unusual for the time. Alice In Chains would have their breakthrough with next album "Dirt", were mostly unknown at this point, so nobody was there to see them. My friend that I went with and I had great seats: first-level pullouts, stage right. Except for the first few rows in front of the stage, the entire arena was sitting down, my friend and I included. As stated, nobody was there for this(at the present) unknown band. My friend told me:"When they do 'Man In The Box', I'm goin' nuts!" I wanna' say they played it 4th. True to his word, he stood up(we were right in back of the railing), started stomping along and headbanging in place. THE BAND NOTICED HIM. Jerry Cantrell was on our side of the stage. He headbanged with my friend. Then, he walked across the stage, to where Mike Starr was playing on the left. He pointed over to my friend, they both walked back over, to headbang with my friend. Layne Staley was center stage, at the lip, singing in a crouch. He kept the position, but turned in our direction, singing to my friend. Sean Kinney pointed his drumstick at my friend. Part two: I don't remember how much later it was, but Layne addressed the crowd between songs. "So, this is Duke country, huh?".(Or something to that effect. To those who don't know, former KKK head David Duke was running for governor of Louisiana. Fortunately, he lost.) The crowd ERUPTED in applause. For the first time all night, the crowd was behind AIC. Then, he replied:"Well, fuck Duke!" Just as quickly, the crowd turned on them. They were booed offstage, with butterfingers, to match. One moron was even heard to yell:"Go back to California!" Layne risked(and lost) the crowd's approval by standing up for what was right. I didn't become an Alice fan that night, but they had my respect from that point on.
I believe it! My sister caught this same tour, but in Mountain View , Ca. She was actually there to see "Alice" . Most of the crowd hated seeing AIC! Layne, egging them on pretty much throughout the entire set. Sounds like a hell of a good time though. The Van Hagar fans were literally trying to "Boo" them off the stage. No encore, sadly.
To this day, I've never been to a concert where anything like that happened, before this show, or after. But, yes, good time, indeed.
How tragic indeed! A garage full of Amps and Guitars from Eddie Van Halen, and Amps and Bass Guitars from Michael Anthony, and then becoming friends with the members of Van Halen.
These goofs that make these don't know what they are talking about. Tragic.
Your Alice In Chains videos are always a treat. Thanks
Thanks this is the last one in my backlog of aic videos, but I’ve got a bunch more stories planned and a very BIG release in 2021
hey do you think you'll cover Jerry's solo career? He's actually supposed to have a new solo record coming out soon.
Ending on a happy story with Eddie and Alice In Chains was a nice touch.
Layne staley, the most unique voice in music, R.I.P man
the most powerfull too
You mis-spelled Chris Cornell? But they both kicks Hagar ass!
@@kiko3228
Nope
Enters the chat 🤘
@@travzimmerman1340 yes
I saw AIC at university of MD back in the early (way early) 90’s. I was maybe 14 or 15 and was with a male friend who went to school there. Somehow I got tossed up for a crowd surf right as a huge mosh pit opened up. I lost my breath and had a massive panic attack!!!! Then, I lost my friend. It was insanely scary at the time but damn did they put on a good show in the TINY TINY auditorium. It was absolute magic. I was so devastated when Layne passed. Great channel ♥️
It seems that in every single rock and roll story, Eddie Van Halen suddently shows up drunk.
Or David lee Roth is in the corner doing coke Lmaooo
@@drewroycroft Motley crue tells a story of David Lee Roth hanging out with them and fans at the Motley house in 81 after a motley gig at the whisky in which David was doing coke without sharing (as usual, according to them) and suddenly the only mirror they had in the house fell on top of DLR' head while he was talking to a girl. The mirror breaks in his head, spreading all around him and DLR continued talking normally because he was so high he didn't realized what happened
@@drewroycroft he wasn’t with VH in 92!
Eddie started drinking when he was 12, courtesy of his father suggesting it as a way of coping with being on stage in front of an audience.
LOL
Layne is from Seattle he didn’t need the VH tour to find heroin.
This is very to the point, And very true. Its very sad how Layne went out
no.... but.... like kurt, he may have despised it early on, only to be turned on by it through sheer curiosity. i once slanged merch for a local punk band here in el paso YEARS ago... these guys would open up for all types of people. from agnostic front, ring worm, supersuckers... either way, the band may be clean... but there are LOTS of drugs floating around the crew, the fans, anywhere. and here's layne touring with hundreds of crew playing shows with tens of thousands of fans every night. it's easier than you think falling victim to that shit.
Treeeuuuueeeeee true true true
@@joeyclemenza7339 Yep. That's exactly how it happened to Dewey Cox
Love that pic at the end with Vedder, McCready, Cantrell, Kinney, and the two Van Halens. Thanks for making me aware of it!
I borderline worship original AIC. Like, if I think about it, my mom kinda owes them child support... Listening to them was all I did was a child.
Edit: Sammy Hagar might look like a hairy fire truck, but he has taste and is honest, and self aware. Good for him!
Hairy fire truck! Lol. you sir are poet
Cringe
Just a tip for future videos, if these videos are meant to be enduring chronicles of stories, don't say "a couple of weeks ago" when referencing things like EVH's death. Use the actual date so your video doesn't seem dated to someone watching it in 2025. I'm not trying to be mean; I just thunk the stories told here are cool and deserve a wide audience.
Nice hint for sure!
I see "Alice in Chains" or "Layne Staley" you know I'm clicking
Same
Same dude
All I wanna see is 'Layne Staley returns from the dead and the depths of the dark abyss in a fiery rage of glory and light to save the world from mediocrity and bullshit'. 🙏
YEAH!!!!
@@inbloom08 if that happens I'll be right behind you!
Saw these guys open for VH on this 91 tour. Both bands kicked ass.
Same, it was a great show.
Me too, saw them in Biloxi, Miss. Great night
I saw them in Toronto. I was not impressed. Don't get me wrong; the music was great, but their look and stage presence was not what I was into.
They were rock stars. If they didn’t discover H on this tour, it would have come eventually.
Saw this tour in Albany NY the night before I signed up to go into the ARMY back in November 1991. Amazing show!!!! How was this almost 30 frigging years ago???!
Layne's dad was a junkie. He knew about heroin way before the Van Halen tour.
“All these times I swore I’d never be like my old man “
The bass players dad also I think? Was addicted to H as well.poor guys don't stand a chance.
I hope the person who introduced it to him & all those who supplied him are ridden with guilt to this day ..if they are still alive that is.
I hate the word junkie. Addiction is more preferable but that just my opinion.
You don’t see a morbidly obese guy and say “ah he is just a junkie”. Sugar is just as devastating as heroine in the big picture of world wide disease.
@@user-ci8gj4ex5o Very well stated friend.
Glad I was there. Saw the Van Halen/AIC and AIC/Slayer/Megadeth/Anthrax Clash of the Titans tours both at the Coliseum Hampton, Virginia and both in 1991.
Saw that tour in Toronto.
Incredible to learn about. I never even knew AIC and VH were associated! Alice is perhaps my favorite band, and I've got a photo with Sammy Hagar when I saw him at a restaurant in southern California. So this video was so great for me to see! BTW this channel does some of the best work I've seen anywhere around CZcams. Keep it up, brother!
Nirvana, Alice in chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden and The Cranberries lost their voices too soon.
Blind Melon as well.
Limp Bizkit too
Who did cranberries lose
@@OGGOAT23 lead singer Delores O’Riordan....drown in a tub from alcohol poisoning....sad
@@OGGOAT23 Is it a serious question?
That was a great video, brother. Been loving these stories. Keep it up. All the best! :)
Really enjoying your content, great channel!
Your covering of the humanity of so many individuals that many of us grew up/ came of age to worshiping as gods of rock and roll is refreshing and wonderful to see!
Another great vid. Thank you :)
GREAT GREAT GREAT, Oh man that was HILARIOUS. You really did an outstanding job on the video.
Thanks for this amazing vid! Love Alice in Chains , and Van Halen's a great band. The photo in the end is everything!♥️
I got to meet Jerry back in 1997 (I believe) when I was 14 when he was solo touring and opening for Metallica on the Re-Load tour. Super nice guy, but I wasn't listening to AIC way back then. They're my second favorite band ever now, but back then, I didn't really fully appreciate the opportunity. 😔
Was days of the new also on the bill? I saw the three bands in summer slam
@@CoreyT127 It's been forever, so I can't remember. I do believe there was a band with a badass female violin player that opened the show?
Another great vid! Thank you so much!
great vid, really had me smiling. needed that. thanks!
Me being a product of 80s rock, but also loving the new sounds of the 90s, seeing VH and Alice on tour was heaven.
Great video as always, man!
That was an uplifting vid, great job!
I saw Alice in Chains open for VH on the F.U.C.K. Tour in 1991 at Pine Knob, I wish I knew how big Alice in Chains would go on to be🤔
I seen Van Halen 3X's before the1990t tour but was the 1st time seeing Alice In Chains & been a fan ever since. Sadly we lost a very talented & unique singer but who left us some awesome music thst imo is still better then most music released today.
~RIP Layne Staley~
These videos are awesome keep up the good work
Eddie and Layne are sorely missed
Great content as always.
For all the awful things that might have happened, this story was pretty wholesome. I'm glad to hear about a bond between two bands from different generations instead of having bitter rivalries that go until the grave.
Please do as many AIC videos as you can. I love this band so much ❤
Awesome, thanks for sharing
Thanks for another interesting video
Glad to Dave Jerden is still doing ok...thanks for helping me with my car in Malibu Dave ! Never forget ya ! Phil
I saw the first night of this tour. This tour started in Atlanta at Lakewood Amphitheater. Layne sat down on the front of the stage for almost the entire set.
There was a weird funk in the air for the rest of the night, almost all the way through VH’s set even. Kind of a “WTF was that?” Layne had chopped all of his hair off so he looked completely different than he did in the Man in the Box video.
He and Jerry Cantrell were practically motionless the entire set. I thought it was weird for VH to have such a great band opening up for them because most of the time their openers are either terrible or washed up.
One of the most entertaining videos yet good stuff
This tour was the one and only time I got to See AIC live. It was at the Skydome (now the Rogers Centre) in Toronto. What a great show.
Much respect to Jerry Cantrell, Who wouldn’t be nervous in the presence of the greatest rock guitarist that has ever lived!
Jerry met Randy Rhoades?
I was front row for that tour. 1st night in the bay area at Shoreline. My chair was 1of 7 chairs. Crazy and so good. Stil one of the best shows I ever saw.
I recall a great fan reaction to AIC in the Miami Area on the Van Halen Tour. Certainly there was a buzz and curiosity around AIC and their unique heavy sound at that time. Man in the box video just hot MTV not too long before I caught them in '91. Their '91 setlist was balls to the wall with heavy distortion guitars but you couldn't hear much because it sounded like razor blades being chucked at your ears. I think this tour was an eye opener for them because they stripped down their sound and became a much more dynamic band going forward.
saw this tour in Denver @Fiddler's Green...outstanding...
Can you do a segment on the rift between the Jane's Addiction guys in the original Lollapalooza tour? The first fight on stage, Navarro puking from heroin, etc..Anything Janes Addiction would be great, besides the one you have already. Thanks.
Got to see them on this tour. August 25, 1991. This opened my world up to the music of Alice In Chains!
I've seen both of these bands live - saw AIC at Lollapalooza '93 and VH in 2012. Really wish I could have seen THIS tour.
Rip layne and eddie
And former Alice In Chains bassist Mike Starr.
@@kylehegedus5498 yes
I saw that show at the Cap Center “DC”. It was right before Dirt came out. They played Would as an encore
Oct 17th...1991..Missed Alice though
I saw them on that tour. Alice in Chains were great. Still have the ticket.
That end story.... Made me smile!
I would've loved to have seen that show! 2 extremes of Rock in one concert. Sounds fun.
I saw this tour in California on the September 11 date and it was only my second concert ever. The crowd treated Alice In Chains well, despite, like me, probably only knowing "Man In The Box". I liked the other material I heard and thought they definitely had something there. I went out and bought "Facelift" on cassette, my first purchase of music ever.
I saw this tour in January 1992 in Tacoma, Washington, my first concert ever. The original tour date was supposed to be in October or November 1991, but Sammy Hagar was sick when they left Portland so they postponed the date to January. I was familiar with "Man in the Box" but none of Alice in Chains' other stuff. I was very well aware of Alice in Chains because they played all the stoner house parties and keggers in the area when I was in high school--but I wasn't part of that scene, I just heard everyone talking about them in school. I was of course there to see Van Halen, so I didn't pay much attention to Alice in Chains....I wish I would have been more into them since they were a local band that had just gotten national recognition. I never got another chance to see Alice in Chains again.
That’s a killer first concert! My first concert was Black Sabbath/Blue Oyster Cult on the black and blue tour. But you’re concert rivals mine for classic lineups!
@@meangenedrlove I was at that show too! Still have the ticket stub. Excellent show, I was on the floor about 30 feet from the stage🎸🎶
"The Seattle Post"? He must have meant the Seattle PI (Post-Intelligencer -- what a name!) Anyway, really good mini-doc. We still miss Layne so much.
What a line up! Van Halen and Alice in chains! Both groups had some really cool guys and they all we're amazing artists!!! 🎸
Awesome vid, can you do one on Paul Kossof from the band Free?
Well done brother!
I was at that show in Phoenix,Arizona..."Blockbuster Amphitheater"...
Love this!
I saw them in CT in 90-something? I know I was there but couldn't tell u what happened? Have a hard enough time remembering last week.
Lol..
AIC did great on this tour. I saw them. They were getting huge. When they played “ Man in the Box” people went nuts. It was the only song everyone knew. But Nashville loved them. No boos . Nothing thrown at them. Great show .
I saw the Van Halen "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" tour with Alice and Chains opening. I was stationed at Barksdale AFB and they stopped in Shreveport, (Dec. 1991). Layne Staley punched some dude in the crowd during their set. Lights went off. Lights came back on. Show continued. Layne told the crowd "you guys are all right." Then he pointed at someone and yelled , "But You! you make me sick!" Good show.
Hey I'm so glad these interview things are back on and talking about rockstars and dead rock stars and everything else that I miss. It seems like I'm always testing myself and daring myself to do something so fantastic like to sing for Alice in chains audioslave or Stone Temple by that someone major because I've had so many years of experience playing in bands a lot of bands and seeing a lot of bands. I still listen to their old music in the 70s 80s and 90s it really seems like it was the best of times of music. I don't care what anyone says it would be so fun and so honorable to be playing for a band yeah maybe the work gets tiresome but you're an artist you know? Nowadays it seems like these younger kids are like superhuman they know how to play all this in their sleep God where does that put us I just sit at home all the time wanted to be a rockstar I sing pretty good at least I know I don't have to do a lot of takes and I live my life like a fairy tale chasing dreams I'm going again to Italy to chase someone I've never met I'm going on a whim and I wish it was so true this time I'm not out of my mind but I just believe in this stuff I don't know what else to do. I need an endless supply of money to do what I want I don't want to just travel to another country and be out of money because that's what I'm going to do I'll be stuck and I know it. I really hope she picks me up this time and kidnaps me the love of my life and then she takes me and drops me off so I can go on and do my career singing coming back home to her. I dream like this all day and I get mad if it doesn't happen blame it on everyone LOL. My dream woman so bad I dream of her every night thank you for the great stories 😻😹🙏👍
I saw AIC live for the first time on The Clash of The Titans tour. My friend and I left that concert with their songs hammered into our brains. People in the grandstand were shouting Slayer over and over during the first song of their set and Layne just said "Shut the fuck up you losers". I immediately had respect for him.
That tour sounds like it was a blast!
And some really great stories
Seen that tour! It was awesome!
Sammy wearing Cobain on his shirt...
Nice.
The Facelift/Dirt line up of AIC was the best...🦎
For someone who has played rock n roll. There were some funny stories there. All good stuff
Love Jerry Cantrell. He’s got such a great personality and attitude.Love Sammy ❤️Sammy warms my heart
That photo of the band in pigtails & G-strings is priceless! Skinny boys! 😆❤❤❤❤😂
Love you rocking brother.
I love this channel...anything on saigon kick or emo dashboard confessional or TBS???
Did you reupload this or something? I'm 99% sure I seen this video on here bc I remember Hagar saying he hired them out of fear and that Cobain shirt he has on
I saw the Clash of the Titans tour at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland Maine. At the time nobody knew who AIC was, sadly, the place left the house lights on the entire time the band played.
I saw the show on this tour when they came to Shreveport, La. Some people actually booed, but AIC really rocked, of course.
I saw this lineup in St. Louis. The only tragic thing was half the audience wasn’t in their seats for AIC.
Awesome 👍😎
This tour was my first concert i attended. Alice in Chains for my first live performance, no complaints 👌
This is very sad and I love Jerry so much for being a true friend and bandmate to Layne and also for keeping AiC alive through his dear friend and fellow artist Will Duvall. The stuff they made together is now CLASSIC AiC in my opinion.
It's not AiC without Staley.
@@folksurvival listen to Check My Brain, Your Decision and Black Gives Way To Blue and practically all of Dinosaurs and Rainer Fog then come talk that stupid shit
I saw them open for Van Halen. It was an amazing concert. So grateful I got to see them both.
I did too. Sept 1991 New World Music Theater Tinley Park, Illinois. Been a fan of both bands since...
@@JrGoonior sept 11, 1991 Costa Mesa California it was a great concert.
@@jackiejackiebootysmackie I have to ask. Did Sammy get over his cold he claimed he had (he announced it on stage) when I saw him about a week before? His voice wasn’t bad but you could tell it was a little rough.
@@JrGoonior oh my gosh I don’t remember. Im sitting here trying to recall any interactions and nothing is jumping out at me. My brain doesn’t work like it did back then. Fml I’m old. Lmao
@@jackiejackiebootysmackie Understood. I wasn’t quite 21 yet when I saw this concert. You saying you saw them so soon after I did just brought that memory up to the surface.🙂
I saw them on this tour in Shreveport, Louisiana. I remember Layne jumped into the audience to fight someone. They were killer that night.
All I gotta do now is search "Tragic" and all you're videos pop up lol
Or Creepy
We're losing to many people it breaks my 💔
Adrienne Reyes I agree! It’s been a horrible year in so many ways. The passing of Neil peart and Eddie vanhalen gutted me! I wasn’t too surprised when Layne Staley passed and Scott Weiland seemed to kinda sort of have it under control. They were two of the greatest rock singers of all time!
@@drumgk I know this sucks all kinds of ass
@@drumgk remember frankie banelli too ... quiot riot .
The story, probably too good to be true, is that one day after Eddie V had sobered up, he listened to one of the Hagar-led VH records, and called up Hagar and fired him on the spot.
I went to the show in Providence RI to see AIC in particular. We got there a few moments late and they were already playing. Two songs later and they were done. VH were of course great but I was hugely dissappointed at the three song set AIC put down. It was the only time I got to see AIC one of my favorite bands of all time.
I saw this tour. It was awesome. 91 Nashville TN. Nothing looked to tragic to me. They fucking rocked.
I said it before Eddie's guitar work inspired 3 generations This is one of the best stories you've done.
He will inspire every generation after him.
@@mumbles215 which are 3 now 4 generations of guitarist
5:27 can anyone tell me which performance this was? Is it on CZcams?
Can't you type into the search bar as easily as you did the above question?