Just came out with a new album: “Ranier Fog.” No Layne Staley, of course, but still very good.
His replacement isn’t too bad, but he isn’t Layne Staley.
The combination of Layne Staley and Jerry Cantrell can’t be matched. Layne was too far gone with heroin. It messed up the band’s touring schedule. He knew it was going to kill him. He was so far gone that even rehab would have killed him.