ALICE IN CHAINS Frontmann Layne Staley wurde offiziell für tot erklärt nachdem der King County Gerichtsmediziner seine Leiche gestern noch identifiziert hat. Genauer Zeitpunkt und Grund des Todes stehen noch nicht fest, die laboruntersuchungen können noch Wochen dauern.

Einige Details von Staley's Tod, wie sie auch auf MTV berichtet wurden: “Police responded to a call to check on a person's well-being at Staley's address in Seattle's University District at 5:41 PM PT on Friday, according to the police report. Upon discovering the body, which is presumed to have been there for several days, officers called investigators from the medical examiner's office, who arrived on the scene at approximately 7:30-8:00 PM, a spokesperson said. The body couldn't immediately be identified as that of Staley, whose longtime battle with drug dependency was a central component of his band's music — a dark and bombastic sound that continues to influence artists some 15 years after the group first formed.”