ON THE ROAD

When you're going through hell, keep going

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Layne Staley

Photograph by Danny Clinch at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Majestic Theater for the television series MTV Unplugged (1996).

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Layne Staley

Photograph by Danny Clinch at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Majestic Theater for the television series MTV Unplugged (1996).

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📌 Alice In Chains MTV Unplugged 30th anniversary.

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Layne Staley

Photograph by Danny Clinch at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Majestic Theater for the television series MTV Unplugged (1996).

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📌 Alice In Chains MTV Unplugged 30th anniversary.

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Alice In Chains: MTV Unplugged 30th Anniversary

Recorded at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Majestic Theater in NYC (April 10, 1996).

The album was released on July 30, 1996.

💫 Layne Staley, never forgotten 💫

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Mark Lanegan - 25 November, 2001 - Whelan's, Dublin

📷Conor O'Hara (ins)

OP's descriptions:

Previously unpublished 35mm B&W prints of Lanegan on his birthday playing at Whelan's in Dublin, 25 November, 2001. Great show; his first in Ireland. The Irish Lanegan fans were always a mature, diverse and chilled group of people - no BS artists, just music fans.

The band included Dave Catching, who gregariously invited everyone up to the green room afterwards, and we all hung out for a while in a crowded small space. I earwigged on some young fella asking Lanegan fanboy questions about Screaming Trees, which he patiently - and soberly - answered.

Apologies for the blurred pix - it was low light, no flash, and not easy to photograph, but then this was long before Lanegan embraced the positive aspects of his role.

Prints made last summer by my friend Andy Dawson, who is now dying from Motor Neurone Disease. Cherish your friends, folks, and keep digging the tunes.

[dancingmosquito]

QotSA - 2002.10.17 - Ambassador Theatre, Dublin

📷Conor O'Hara (ins)

OP's descriptions:

Previously unpublished 35mm photo of mine, done in teenage poster style. First time I published a photo of this gig, it ended up on the cover of an Italian QOTSA bootleg. Ciao to residuals but hello being part of the lore. 🥲😂🥰

Anyhoo, this was an incredible gig. I swagged a photo pass and got pit pix for first 8 songs. Was sooo heavy. 1100 crowd. When Oliveri, Lanegan & Homme were lined up, everyone knew this was one of the greatest heavy rock bands ever. For just a little while (QOTSA still great but we all know 1998-2005 years were wildest).

Aftershow, I was talking with Troy who had a full bottle of Bushmills. “Any ice?” He asked. I checked with manager I knew but he said no. Incredible! Chatted with Joey a bit too. Josh was chatting with the Irish support band. Man he was huge from behind. Caught Lanegan in hallway. “Is it packed in there?” He asked me, referring to the aftershow party in the upstairs bar. “Yeah, fairly packed.” I said. Mark muttered a “hmm OK” and turned around back to the hallway heading to the green rooms in the bowels of the old theatre which used to be a cinema.

Then I met Bronagh Gallagher, actor in The Commitments and Pulp Fiction. She’s from Derry and we both were like “amazing gig!” and bantered a moment.

I have more pix from this show and will share more in time.

Meanwhile, to paraphrase Kasey Kasem: keep your feet on the frozen border, and keep reaching for the gospel plow (plough). ✨🫡🎤☠️🖤

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Happy birthday, Sean Kinney

Sean Kinney: born May 27, 1966. Drummer and founding member of Alice In Chains.

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Happy birthday, Stevie Nicks 💫

(Born May 26, 1948)

[dancingmosquito]

Queens of the Stone Age - August 27, 2002 - Amoeba Music. LA (see)

📷Megan Perry (ins)

[asblackfades]

if you run

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Our hopes

Our dreams

For the morrow

Lies broken

and trapped

inside the house, of

Silent sorrow

So you’ll

Pity me

We’ll party not

While our friends

In effort

We forgot

In soothing darkness

With moving air

I quietly creep

Into anything but

Gentle sleep

No longer here

When darkness

blankets Shadows

But soon the sun

And with it comes

The memories, of

being your son

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Mad Season

'Wake Up' ~ Live at The Moore (1995)

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📌 March 14, 1995

Mad Season released their one and only album, 'Above'

💫 Rest in peace, Layne Staley, Mark Lanegan, John Baker Saunders 💫

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Mark Lanegan

(November 25, 1964 ~ February 22, 2022)

Mark Lanegan, never forgotten. 🌹

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🚨Rare pic of Layne Staley at The Vogue Halloween Party, Seattle WA, 1990.

📸from Soozy Bridges shared by Christina King

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"Rotten Apple" ~ Alice In Chains

Innocence is over

Over ...

Ignorance is spoken

Spoken ...

Confidence is broken

Broken ...

Sustenance is stolen

Stolen ...

Arrogance is potent

Potent ...

What I see is unreal

I've written my own part

Eat of the apple, so young

I'm crawling back to start

("JAR OF FLIES"📌 Released January 25, 1994)

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📌 January 14, 1993

Alice In Chains at Morumbi Stadium in São Paulo (Brazil), the day before their first Hollywood Rock show.

Photographs by Joe Giron

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"Man in the Box" Live at The Hollywood Rock, Brazil ‐ 1993