R.I.P. Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr... dies in Utah
 

Sad news.saw him and layne stanley (rip) play live back on 06/27/1991 Middletown, NY Orange County Fair Speedway with antrhax,megadeth,and slayer:Oh crap


Starr appeared on the third season of "Celebrity Rehab" back in 2009 -- and was arrested last month for felony possession of a controlled substance. Salt Lake City cops say he had 6 Xanax pills and 6 Opana (painkiller) pills when he was busted.

Starr was 44 years old.

Mike's dad tells reporters, "It's a terrible shock and tragedy."

UPDATE: Police tell us Starr's body was found in a Salt Lake City home today. Cops say they were called to the house at 1:42PM

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Wow...R.I.P.

links pilled

Wow - I was listening to their latest album "Black gives way to blue" at this exact moment I read this. Great album.

Saw them in concert last summer. Decent show. Sounded awesome.

RIP.

That's too bad,it looked like he had his life back in order somewhat.RIP Mike

Damn .......

DEA, did you grow up around Orange County, NY? I went to junior high and high school there and went to the Orange County fair many times especially for demolition derbys and a few concerts including Judas Priest, Whitesnake and others as a teenager back in the 80's.

Truly sad news. :(

As I understand it, the cause of death has not been determined yet, although I suspect it is probably drug related.

Like so many others, Mike Starr tried shaking his addiction, but drug addiction is a hard beast to defeat.

"Dirt" is one of my favorite albums of all time. I'll have to put it on now...



Drug abuse kills kids! :(

RIP Mike Starr

ADG

I knew him back in the day. Sad news - RIP Mike.

He recently showed up on the latest Celebrity Rehab and encouraged them to stay clean, but it had been revealed that he had had relapses since he was on the show.

I lived in Warwick from 18-22ish.

RIP

remember when layne died in 2002 :(

R.I.P he left some great music

R.I.P. :(

how many original alice in chains are alive now?

Damn thats too bad...

he probably took the paycheck from that stupid show and shot it into his veins...

They don't get paid to be on that, they just receive free treatment. When he appeared a couple months ago he looked really good and said he'd been sober for six months.

oh puhleeeaze... you work in their accounting dept or what? :1orglaugh

of course they get paid, AND need the money. You think those losers just do it because they actually WANT rehab? LOL LOL LOL

yeah and like Heidi Fleiss, she was just there cause she wanted to be.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ the name of the game.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

dude said he was the last person to see layne alive. seemed to fuck him up (moreso). too bad. alice in chains are legendary.

I was jamming some AIC today after I heard the news in loving memory and after awhile I wanted to die too.

I never realised how many of their songs are about dying.

Listening to Unplugged right now, in his honor.

To die in Utah, that has to be the worst part ...

sad shit... but whoever dies like a rockstar deserves respect

possession of 12 prescription pills is a felony now a days?! :helpme

how is it a terrible shock?

he had a drug problem...

this is what happens very often when you have a drug problem... :2 cents:




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possession of 1 pill without a prescription is a felony depending on where you live:Oh crap

Sad news. Still miss Layne and his voice....

Yes, my brother is a controller for Viacom, you're wrong again.

What a bummer. One of my favorite bands.

Homegrown Video salutes AIC with proper devilhorns and a bic
 

Saw AIC with "Mooky Blailock" (became Pearl Jam) and a band called Sweetwater that a friend of mine played in at the Offramp in Seattle back when AIC had just been signed.

Amazing show, you could tell they were going to be huge rockstars with model girlfriends and expensive drug habits sooner than later... and later, the night was commemorated with a plaque at the EMP... probably needs to be replaced at this point with a commemorative tombstone.

yeah a real pity. it was kinda coming. like tupac etc, you live by the sword, you die by it. self fulfilling prophecy.

link to story?

I guess the rehab didn't go too well

Sad... :(

ADG

Seems appropriate.

yes grew up in middletown and monroe...lived in warwick too with some friends who had a rolling stone's cover band:thumbsup

Seen ALOT of concerts at the speedway...and the stock car races used to keep me awake every saturday nite as i lived right down the road from there.:Oh crap

Monroe for me, from 12 years old to 18 and summers while off from college 18-22 years old.

R.I.P. Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr.

wow thats fucked up...... never heard of that before.

Rest in Peace