experiences with addiction, the listener can almost feel what the artist is feeling. Many songs glamorize drug use and drug culture. I tried to find some songs that illustrate the down side of drug use and abuse. In the song Nutshell, lead singer Layne Staley shares the feelings of temptation, hopelessness, and abandonment of heroin addiction. In the song Amphetamines by eve6, he describes some of the unpleasant side effects of taking uppers and compares it to a girl that didnt treat him right. In 40oz
Morello and frontman of Soundgarden, Chris Cornell, formed another big group called Audioslave (“ Without Rage, Just Music” 1). After Cobain’s death in Nirvana, they released some more albums, and even played some live shows for MTV. The death of Staley, of Alice in Chains, they began playing with a new singer, William Duvall. They continue to release albums and go on tours even today. Like Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam still play and release albums today. Despite all of the success all these bands
With this love of music, Layne wanted to try a musical instrument so he tried trumpet and switched to drums at age twelve and was reported that he was a pretty decent drummer but never was able to get bigger than a few friends to play with. Layne eventually explained how he got into singing and stated “ I was playing drums and I wanted to sing one song, and the singer said ‘No, you’re
their debut album, Ten, and it became one of the most popular and best selling albums of the 90’s. Layne Staley was born in Kirkland, Washington on August 22nd, 1967. In 1984 he created his first band Sleze, which eventually turned into Alice in Chains. In 1990 they released their album, Facelift, and soon after became platinum and then it went on to become double platinum. In April of 2002 Staley died of an overdose to a mix of heroin and
the depths of Layne Staley’s heroin addiction, and one of the most harrowing concept albums ever recorded” (Brown, 2010, p.43). The musical elements of Dirt chronicled Staley’s addiction and recovery process. “Junkhead” off Alice in Chain’s album Dirt is the epitome of heroin use as can be seen in the following verses: “A good night, the best in a long time/ A new friend turned me on to an old favorite/ Nothing better than a dealer who’s high/ Be high, convince them to buy.” Staley is describing
INTRODUCTION David Carson is a person, who broke the mold of traditional design, without having a proper graphic design education, not knowing the rules of design. He forced typography to change and inspired many creators to redefine what design is. David had an interesting way of creative development, through his design career which he started in 80’s. He commenced his activity as an editorial designer for a very limited audience, and then took his career further, and became highly demanded in