Alice in Chains: The Untold Story

19. Gil Kaufman, “Mike Starr Mourned by Former Alice in Chains Bandmates,” MTV News, March 9, 2011, http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1659488/mike-starr-alice-in-chains-death.jhtml; Facebook, Official Mike Inez Page, March 9, 2011, https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150120611653701&set=a.269811598700.143543.213654063700&type=1&stream_ref=10; Ryan J. Downey, “Mike Starr Remembered by Dr. Drew, Nikki Sixx, Steven Adler,” MTV News, March 8, 2011, http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1659481/mike-starr-alice-in-chains-death.jhtml.

20. Last will and testament of Michael Christopher Starr, December 4, 2004; Peter F. Cowles, “Motion for Appointment of Personal Representative; Adjudicating Estate Solvent; Directing Administration Without Bond or Court Intervention and Issuance of Letters Testamentary,” May 5, 2011, obtained by the author through public records.

21. Regarding the public memorial service at Seattle Center, see Melissa Allison, “Memorial Held for Alice in Chains Bassist Mike Starr,” Seattle Times, March 20, 2011, http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2014556157_starr21m.html.

22. Mike Starr memorial service DVD.

CHAPTER 29

Sources for this chapter include author interviews with Annette Cisneros, Jamie Elmer, Jim Elmer, Gillian Gaar, Jeff Gilbert, Dave Jerden, Mike Korjenek, and Elan Trujillo.

  1. Allen B. Draher, “Verified Application for Order Adjudicating Intestacy and Solvency, Appointing Co-Administrators, and Granting Nonintervention Powers,” April 24, 2002, obtained by the author through public records.

  2. Rick Anderson, “Smack Is Back,” Seattle Weekly, October 9, 2006, http://www.seattleweekly.com/2003-01-08/news/smack-is-back/; Nancy Layne McCallum, newsletter, Layne-Staley.com, http://www.layne-staley.com/?page_id=678.

  3. Susan Silver, deposition transcript, April 23, 2007, obtained by the author through public records.

  4. E-mail to the author from Darren Julien. On the sale of Layne’s original artwork for the Mad Season album, see http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/memorabilia/mad-season-layne-staley-5144945-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=5144945&sid=b3876a3a-2da0-469b-bbcf-2a6407ecc8a4.

  5. Adriana Rubio, Layne Staley: Angry Chair—A Look Inside the Heart and Soul of an Incredible Musician (Evansdale, Iowa: Xanadu Enterprises, 2003), 69–77, 91. On Rubio’s efforts to get an interview with a man claiming to be Jim Morrison, see Adriana Rubio, Jim Morrison: Ceremony—Exploring the Shaman Possession (Evansdale, Iowa: ARTS Publications, 2005), 124–48.

  6. David de Sola, “Setting the Alice in Chains Record Straight,” Icepicks and Nukes, December 16, 2011, http://icepicksandnukes.com/2011/12/16/setting-the-alice-in-chains-record-straight/; David de Sola, “Statement from Liz Coats,” Icepicks and Nukes, January 2, 2012, http://icepicksandnukes.com/2012/01/02/statement-from-liz-coats/; e-mail from Adriana Rubio to the author, December 16, 2011; e-mail from Liz Coats to the author, December 29, 2011.

  7. TEAS Plus application, serial number 85491584, December 9, 2011; “Motion for an Extension of Answer or Discovery or Trial Periods with Consent,” July 9, 2014—both documents were accessed electronically through uspto.gov.

  8. Silver, deposition; Chris Cornell, deposition, September 10, 2008, obtained by the author through public records; Janet George, “Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (FNFCL),” September 22, 2005, obtained by the author through public records; Susan Silver, complaint, May 18, 2007, obtained by the author through public records; Susan Silver, declaration, September 9, 2008, obtained by the author through public records; King County Superior Court records, obtained by the author.

  9. “Motion and Declaration to Appoint Arbitrators and to Strike Order to Show Cause,” July 29, 2005, obtained by the author through public records; Chris Cornell, “Declaration of Chris Cornell in Support of Motion to Enforce Property Settlement Agreement,” June 26, 2007, obtained by the author through public records; Scott Johnson and Aneehal Afzali, “Opposition to Cornell’s Motion to Enforce Property Settlement Agreement,” September 17, 2008, obtained by the author through public records.

10. Bob Gulla, “Into the Flood Again,” Guitar One, June 2001.

11. Fuse, “Alice in Chains Talk New Album and the Band’s Evolution,” May 30, 2013, http://www.fuse.tv/videos/2013/05/fuse-news-alice-in-chains-new-album-interview.

12. Marc Burrows, “No Barricades: William DuVall on Hardcore, Grunge and Alice in Chains,” Drowned in Sound, November 8, 2013, http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4147119-no-barricades--william-duvall-on-hardcore-grunge-and-alice-in-chains.