Mad Season - Long Gone Day(click on the link above to download this song)
Quite a few side projects containing members of renowned Seattle-based rock bands appeared through the '90s. Most failed to expand past a small cult following comprised mainly of fans of their main bands (
Brad,
the Rockfords,
Three Fish,
Tuatara, etc.), but there were a few exceptions to rule, especially
Temple of the Dog and Mad Season. The latter outfit included members of
Alice in Chains (vocalist
Layne Staley),
Pearl Jam (guitarist
Mike McCready), and
the Screaming Trees (drummer
Barrett Martin), as well as the only non-Seattle based musician, bassist
John Baker Saunders (who previously played with such blues artists as
Hubert Sumlin and
the Lamont Cranston Band, among others). The band's roots go back to the summer of 1994, when
McCready checked himself into a Minneapolis, MN, rehab center to battle a drinking/substance problem. It was there that
McCready met local musician
Saunders, and when he returned back to Seattle, called up
Staley, who was also at the time attempting to battle problems with substances (all music guide)
For Me April 19th of 2002 was a very sad day , layne staley after 100000 years of silence was dead , he was a singer , a brother , a friend to all his fans , we loved him , and after few days the details of his death was even worse "On April 19, 2002, an unidentified person placed a call with 911 to say "she hadn't heard from… [Staley] in about two weeks."
[29] Staley was found dead in his home after his mother and stepfather went to his condo with the police.
[7] As reported by Rick Anderson of the
Seattle Weekly, his body was surrounded by various drug possessions and
paraphernalia: "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.
[30] The autopsy report later concluded that Staley had died after injecting a mixture of heroin and cocaine known as a "
speedball". The King County Coroner's Office estimated Staley to have died on April 5, 2002, meaning Staley's body was not discovered for two weeks."
He Was Dead For 2 Weeks Before They Found Him :( so fuckin sad ...so freakin sad...so after andrew wood , after kurt cobain , it was layne's time to finaly rest if peace ,thanks god that eddie vedder is still alive , i was so sad that i will never hear a new song with his amazing voice , voice of a broken winged angel , so few years back , i was listening to a grunge radio on winamp and then i heard his voice again , yes he used be a part of a super band called mad season that i didnt knew about , this song made me so happy and full of joy that it was one of the greatest moments of my music life ....so i upload this song to all alice in chains fans as a gift ...hope u enjoy it (nobody)
PS: R.I.P Layne , ur always in out hearts!
