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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
so after such a long layoff after Layne Stanley's death, they finally get the band back on track and release a great new album, and now another one of them kicks it. that sucks
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Mike Starr hasn't been in the band for nearly 20 years. He was the original bassist. Mike Inez replaced him soon after the release of Dirt. Starr was kicked out because he couldn't stay sober.
He was on celebrity rehab last year and you could tell that this was a person whose addiction was so powerful that this could happen at any time. I didn't have much faith that he could beat it.
Drugs ruined his music career and eventually took his life. RIP Mike.
Here's an appropriate youtube video featuring Starr shortly before the band moved on. Appropriate because it features another band member who died of a heroin overdose and is about another brilliant musician who died of a heroin overdose.
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Last edited by Displaced Flames fan; 03-08-2011 at 07:14 PM.
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