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3 It was mentally, physically, and spiritually a fucked-up point David Peisner, “Alive in the Superunknown,” Spin, September 2010.
4 Everyone wanted to put out the record to capitalize Jason Fine, “Hot Band: Screaming Trees,” Rolling Stone, August 22, 1996.
5 I mean, there was a time when I thought I didn’t have any choice Stevie Chick, “Mark Lanegan,” Loose Lips Sink Ships, February 2004; © Stevie Chick.
CHAPTER 48: Lost Nine Friends We’ll Never Know
1 Matt said, “Sure, I’ll do it” Eric Weisbard with Jessica Letkemann, Ann Powers, Chris Norris, William Van Meter, and Will Hermes, “Ten Past Ten,” Spin.com, August 2001. Reprinted with permission from Spin. All rights reserved.
2 Right before we went on that night Ibid.
3 Well, this particular show, the barrier was 30 meters away Ibid.
4 OSLO—Danish police have confirmed that the organizers Kai R. Lofthus, “Loss of Life Fails to Halt Festival; Nine Killed as Crowd Rushes Stage During Pearl Jam Set,” Billboard, July 15, 2000.
5 We were part of an event that was disorganized Weisbard et al., “Ten Past Ten.”
6 The reason those people died Ibid.
7 The intensity of the whole event starts to seem surreal Ibid.
8 Some of us thought maybe we should cancel Ibid.
9 I saw them in Seattle, the last show Ibid.
CHAPTER 49: My Friend, but Not My Friend
1 He died the day after my birthday Loveline with Mike & Dr. Drew, radio interview with Mike Starr, February 16, 2010.
2 I wish I wouldn’t have been high Celebrity Rehab 3, “Family Weekend” episode, aired on VH1 February 18, 2010.
3 I went home and I blacked out Ibid.
4 The rock world lost one of its more honest voices this weekend MTV News report, weekend of April 20, 2002.
5 It’s like one of the world’s longest suicides Charles R. Cross, “The Last Days of Layne Staley,” Rolling Stone, June 6, 2002.
6 Was there more I could have done to help Layne? Mark Eglinton, “Alice in Chains Interview: Jerry Cantrell on Fighting Back to the Top,” thequietus.com, November 16, 2009.
7 It felt like when Layne passed away Martin Kuiper video interview with Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney, FaceCulture.com, January 11, 2010; © FaceCulture 2010.
8 “Died of a heroin overdose” Ibid.
Mark Yarm is a former senior editor at Blender magazine. He has written for Wired, Men’s Health, Esquire, Salon.com, and many other publications. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Bonnie. For more information, visit MarkYarm.com.