Alice In Chains' Mike Starr's Last Interview - Loveline (February 16, 2010)
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- Bassist Mike Starr interview on the syndicated radio show 'Loveline' with Dr. Drew Pinsky on February 16, 2010. Mike talks about Celebrity Rehab, his former band Alice in Chains, his new bands and being the last person to see Layne Staley alive. This was Mike's last interview, he passed away on March 8, 2011. More Alice in Chains videos:
• Jerry Cantrell/Alice i...
Timestamp:
2:30 - Mike comes in
3:20 - how Alice in Chains started
5:20 - Mike talks about his new bands
6:19 - Mike talks about Layne Staley's mom visiting him on Celebrity Rehab
6:40 - on Jerry Cantrell's criticism of Celebrity Rehab (see: • Jerry Cantrell on Layn... )
7:05-17:00 - listeners call in
17:59 - Mike talks about Celebrity Rehab, his struggle with addiction, withdrawal and getting sober
21:30 - Mike talks about his family
21:56 - listeners call in
29:48 - Mike talks about being the last person to see Layne alive on April 4, 2002, a day before his death, and how Layne saved his life in South America in 1993, when Alice in Chains was in Brazil for the Hollywood Rock Festival and Mike had an overdose after shooting coke with Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love (see: • (RARE VIDEO) Kurt Coba... )
32:23 - Mike says he feels naked in life without Layne
32:30 - Mike says he never quit Alice in Chains
33:22 - listeners call in
38:30 - Mike talks about putting a band together to perform at Layne's annual tribute
40:48 - listeners call in
45:54 - Lisa D'Amato on the phone
49:16 - Mike talks about his friendship with Lisa D'Amato
49:40 - listeners call in
53:25 - Mike talks about his relationship with his dad
55:12 - listeners call in
1:04:00 - Mike talks about his new bands
1:05:30 - on if he would reunite with Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney
1:07:00 - listeners call in
1:15:00 - Mike's old friend on the phone
1:17:15 - Mike's new band doing a cover of "Kool Thing" by Sonic Youth
1:19:46 - Mike explains the song
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Way belated, but Mike and I became friends in rehab. He was a gentle, caring person. The two of us briefly led some poetry-therapy sessions.
Lucky you that you got to know him 🙏🏽
I hope you never had to go to rehab again since then and hopefully you‘re doing well now
u r so lucky because rehab is a crock (it never works because it's claiming to cure a condition that science hasnt found a cure for) and for vast majority of people it's a boring, stupid experience but for you it was a once in a lifetime opportunity getting to meet and know a legendary person. Most humans will never encounter anyone who has played a role in changing history.
He was absolutely gorgeous, gotta say it.
Man if he was alive now, definitely a heartthrob, looks like a Greek goddess
Very gorgeous
Yes he was 🥰
starr looked like river phoenix. also, he only looked like that for a short time.
Not wrong
Mike Star wrote/played some of the most memorable bass lines Ever!!!!!! so much talent, I really wish he was still around......
I listen to this periodically just to hear Mike's voice.
I so wish Mike was still here 😢
Mike deserved better
I was at my first concert in 1991, and Alice In Chains was opening up for Van Halen. An amazing show. I didn’t know if AIC at the time, but my friend Jared and I dug them. During the intermission Mike Start came down and just started talking to people. I was in row 7 at the then Rose Garden (now Moda Center) in Portland Oregon. He came up to us as he could see two star struck teenagers looking at him. He offered me a drink of his beer, and I was so Star struck I reached out my hand to shake his, he obliged, and then I ran back to my seat. My friend saw him shrug his shoulders and talk to the next guy. He was very gracious. I was disappointed to hear he left the band, but I was even more disappointed to hear that he died. There are many stories like this when it comes to Mike. He was always interacting with people, always gracious and loving toward others. Let’s not allow his story to fade. This is why you never get hooked on this stuff folks. It’s not glamorous. Just read Layne Staley’s last interviews.
I got to say as an Alice in Chains fan it's pretty heartbreaking to hear this and hear how well Mike was and how happy in himself he was only a year before he ODed. But then again my policy is:
"Don't focus on how they died
but, how they lived. Everyone has to face death regardless. And I got to say this man probably had a great life and his music, which what was his true passion, definitely inspired me in my heart.
He didn't seem to happy after he got kicked out of the band, although at least him and Layne were still friends. Once Layne died, I'm sure things got even worse undoubtedly.
Very sad to hear him talking about how great he was doing knowing that he'd pass away a year later. RIP Mike.
Better to hear him doing good than doing bad at any point.
He got around ppl no good for him.
Even when you get through it what she did his demons are going to crawl back at him every time man cuz you don't deal with the problems that you started using in the first place to remedy those problems never get fixed not knowing how to deal sober at first it's all good but then the boredom comes in but intense boredom the cravings he thinks about what he did the lane he finds himself reaching for that oxy or that Klonopin or that benzo when you do those things in life then you just medicate yourself with drugs to forget about them you can't be sober those kind of people will never be able to live in the reality that they creating for yourself for the sober mindset... and a lot of the times it's an injury that really is painful and the attic mind will say I'm really am hurt I need to take this and that starts the downfall which is probably what happened to Mike Knowing damn well that is an addict you gotta stay away ...
Timestamp:
2:30 - Mike comes in
3:20 - how Alice in Chains started
5:20 - Mike talks about his new bands
6:19 - Mike talks about Layne Staley's mom visiting him on Celebrity Rehab
6:40 - on Jerry Cantrell's criticism of Celebrity Rehab (see: th-cam.com/video/QLdMttRFXY8/w-d-xo.html)
7:05-17:00 - listeners call in
17:59 - Mike talks about Celebrity Rehab, his struggle with addiction, withdrawal and getting sober
21:30 - Mike talks about his family
21:56 - listeners call in
29:48 - Mike talks about being the last person to see Layne alive on April 4, 2002, a day before his death, and how Layne saved his life in South America in 1993, when Alice in Chains was in Brazil for the Hollywood Rock Festival and Mike had an overdose after shooting coke with Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love (see: th-cam.com/video/vHHH-3nu7xI/w-d-xo.html )
32:23 - Mike says he feels naked in life without Layne
32:30 - Mike says he never quit Alice in Chains
33:22 - listeners call in
38:30 - Mike talks about putting a band together to perform at Layne's annual tribute
40:48 - listeners call in
45:54 - Lisa D'Amato on the phone
49:16 - Mike talks about his friendship with Lisa D'Amato
49:40 - listeners call in
53:25 - Mike talks about his relationship with his dad
55:12 - listeners call in
1:04:00 - Mike talks about his new bands
1:05:30 - on if he would reunite with Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney
1:07:00 - listeners call in
1:15:00 - Mike's old friend on the phone
1:17:15 - Mike's new band doing a cover of "Kool Thing" by Sonic Youth
1:19:46 - Mike explains the song
Dude....so helpful. Awesome
Thanks!
Rest in peace Mike💚 you are missed so much
So tragic. Mike seemed like a humble, likable dude. It takes a herculean effort to kick methadone, and the fact that he ultimately lost the battle is just sorrowful.
Mike’s answers to the awkward sex questions were so thoughtful and respectful. ❤️
Which part is that?
THECITYHUNTER They’re scattered throughout. The one where the woman talked about her boyfriend having a small penis, the dumpster fire where her husband was sleeping with his younger sister, the guy who was lactating lol, all of it 😂
@@destructor.93 lmfao, he's like yea that part right there.
Always handsone Mike Starr..
OMG.... I 2 was into the beautiful/ funny / Sweet man that M. Starr was.... this picture of him is So good. He LITERALLY took MY breath away in person. Little me - younger me - I Cud NOT believe it after Caleb/Rehab & Sober House... Shortly after This.... EVEN 2 Dr. Drews shock WE LOST him too... heartbreaking
shock - We Lost him.
R R A quick google search makes your claim lose all credibility
I knew Mike I met him at a bondage wear fashion show in a bar in Lynnwood WA in around 1989/90 that my friend from high school in Eastern WA we were now on the west side, she got me in, I was wearing a couple, two PVC outfits.
He was always super nice, funny af with wry smile, sincere, and very respectful of me. He was a bud. I still don't feel right how he was not in the band anymore. What a godam Aries beauty he was. x x x
He sounded so Lucid quick and clear minded . So fucking heartbreaking that he battled so hard and pushed through one of the worst biological conditions the human body can go through which is Methadone withdrawal. So sad he passed so young with so much talent,love and knowledge to share.
Didn't realise he was on methadone and came off it. Bloody hell wish I could
Mike Starr is my hero, I really appreciate you posting these videos because i’ve watched every interview of him and Chains, so i’m glad to see new ones popping up.
I talked to him multiple times, and he was an asshole. Nevertheless, RIP
Dereck Johnson How he was an asshole to you, share a story or two.
I miss my starman I was really rooting for him I also went through methadone withdrawal from over a hundred mg to nothing and he suffered people trust me but just know that maybe he's in a better place and that he got sober before he died the relapse is so danger so if you're out there and you're doing it people please remember don't ever go back to where you left off cuz it's going to be very dangerous when you use again
Mike Starr I mean self correct from cheating with auto correct
Rest in peace Mike Star.
Alice in chains in their prime were all very handsome
They were the best looking band overall.
That picture is of mike is perfect and kinda scary. Shows a light side and a dark side. The light of sobriety and the darkness of addiction.
OMG.... Out of Alllllllll the thgs I have EVER seen or heard Of = To Do w' Mike Starr (& being a lover of AIC > this one being about him Pacifically our Mr. M.S) hearing - following- anythg.... Ur Awareness (& thts not the right word I FEEL there's Somthg MUCH MORE NEEDED I Sud of come Up w') HERE - (Ur Observation - that I Didn't Pick Up On - & u all are prob uninterested in this as U sud BE) IT Gaveeee Me Chill Bumps !!! Good Ole Fashion Chill Bumpssss.
Looking at it UR Way - knowing him throu So many years & knowing him & how he was... looking at him throu what U noticed.... O heavens - the power that be
Bella Bell Settle down Beavis
Jason G 😆
@@jasong6967 settle down Beavis 😂😂😂😂😂
I hate when a person has addiction issues and every comment about the persons whole life always has to go back and highlight the addiction. No matter what its all ppl ever talk about.
Mike seemed like one of the most genuinely nice people ever! His bass playing was top notch also, liked him more than Inez in many ways, such as stage presence and overall creativeness in metal playing.
God I love Mike Starr! His voice is so awesome. Holy hell. What a shame. Wish he could have beat it. These questions!! Omg! I wonder if Mike was expecting all of this! His answers are so genuine! I’m blushing cause I find Mike so hot!
Thank you for sharing these videos. I love and respect Mike for all he did for us. Layne and Mike were like brothers. They would do what they needed to do for each other.
He was so gorgeous, talented, and sweet. A senseless shame that the demon called drugs ravaged his body and mind, which ultimately took his life. The flesh is weak. RIP Sad......
Mike just mischaracterized what happened in Brazil, after doing drugs with Kurt and Courtney and then not telling Layne about it ... when Mike passed out on Layne, Layne was freaked out that Mike had died on him for 11 minutes. So, of course Mike didn't "die" for 11 minutes... he nodded off and passed out. You have to remember that Layne was high at the time too so seeing Mike passed out and unresponsive when Layne thought he should have been fine...it really freaked Layne out at the time, hence throwing Mike in the shower and hitting him in the face. I'm assuming Layne slapped the hell out of him to get him to wake up, not really punched him.
True, same thing has happened to me. Its probably technically an overdose, just not fatal, like you said you just pass out but your heart is still beating and you're still breathing, just probably very slowly.
OMG i think it is so cool that someone has posted this!
I've been 'trapped' on Suboxone for 5 yrs and I'd love to be free of it but I'm terrified of withdrawal!😳 Rip Mike Starr🙏
I'm with you on that one,been on them for many years but I'm ALIVE.
@@johnstarr8858 are you Mike's Dad?
That' shit Will kill. STOP
Taper very slowly and you can do it.
Every time I watch these videos it makes me go back to a younger time in my life, so, fly high, mike.
What an incredibly nice guy seems what a shame the world needs more of this!!
Mike I meant!
I went to prc years ago to quit. Mike was my reason for choosing to get help..
This interview goes to show that addiction is a nasty beast; its victims may appear fine but will sooner or later succumb to its claws. RIP Mike Starr and Layne Staley.
This is why with recovery we need to keep a constant dialogue of serious honesty with someone that we trust it is so important I am a recovering addict myself and I have seen myself with long periods of sobrietyand we called this mic is experiencing right now in this interview in the program we call this the pink cloud ☁️where your body is just filling itself up with all kinds of natural endorphins again you're extremely positive it is literally like the same feeling of being released from a prison once you get outside those doors the happiness you feeland the positivity that you feel you feel like a god much like with coming off of drugsthis is where we need our support the most because there is a downside to this we do run into a crash and that crash is called life and reality on its terms and a lot of us will go back to the drugs because it will hit us so fast and unexpectedlythis is why it's important to have sponsors this is why it's important to be in touch with people friends and sponsors and lots and lots of hugs
Timestamps for my fellow mobile users:
2:30 - Mike comes in
3:20 - how Alice in Chains started
5:20 - Mike talks about his new bands
6:19 - talks about Layne Staley's mom visiting him on Celebrity Rehab
6:40 - on Jerry Cantrell's criticism of Celebrity Rehab (see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLdMt...)
7:05-17:00 - listeners call
17:59 - Mike talks about Celebrity Rehab, his struggle with addiction, withdrawal and getting sober
21:30 - Mike talks about his family
21:56 - listeners call
29:48 - Mike talks about being the last person to see Layne alive on April 4, 2002, a day before his death and how Layne saved his life in South America in 1993, when Alice in Chains was in Brazil for the Hollywood Rock Festival and Mike had an overdose after shooting coke with Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love
33:22 - listeners call
38:30 - Mike talks about putting a band together to perform at Layne's annual tribute
40:48 - listeners call
45:54 - Lisa D'Amato on the phone
49:16 - Mike talks about his friendship with Lisa D'Amato
49:40 - listeners call
53:25 - Mike talks about his relationship with his dad
55:12 - listeners call
1:04:00 - Mike talks about his new bands
1:05:30 - on if he would reunite with Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney
1:07:00 - listeners call
1:15:00 - Mike's old friend on the phone
1:17:15 - Mike's new band doing a cover of "Kool Thing" by Sonic Youth
1:19:46 - Mike explains the song
Thanks dude
thanks for uploading, strange this was on the 16th, my birthday, my early gift was finding this!!
I mean Jerry didn't say anything fucked up. What he said was truth. Its horrible to put vulnerable people in a situation like that. Mike withdrawing off heroin on TV was the worse detox they have had on the show? Do they get people that aren't full blown addicts? Just people that want to be on TV again? I dunno. Its sad rip Mike.
yeah that was a scumbag move by drew to make it sound like jerry was dogging mike , Jerry was dogging the show Drew is a POS.
Lol......what the fuck....I was not prepared for the callers! I thought they would be questions for Mike about the band or recovery or something but.....😂 this was unexpected.
Some of the listeners that called didn’t know the legend who was on the other side of phone.
I didn't know him tho it hurts he lost the battle. Been a huge fan since Facelift. He'd be 54
Mike humor is awesome
RIP MIKE I'M ADDICTED TO METHADONE AND AM IN THE SAME PLACE AS YOU GOD BLESS. THIS SHOW REALLY HITS HOME.
Sorry to hear this Mike. Good luck to you!
I used to be hooked on methadone too. Now I'm stuck on Suboxone. Going on medical maintenance drugs is going from the frying pan into the fire. I wish I could say something to you, but I have nothing. My dad died from a drug overdose in '88. If you haven't, check out Ryan Donnelly. He's fantastic!
Yeah man me too &benzos I so wish I'd refused methadone &just gone sick like I had so many times b4 I was put on methadone
Been on it for 21yrs. When I first was put on it I was 2 days detoxed off smack, I wish sooo bad I was never put on this shite. In Australia they do not put you on it for a set amount of time and wean you off it and the doctors never want you to reduce. This stuff is so incredibly hard to get off, even after 3 months of a rapid detox I was still withdrawing. Tried around 10 times to get off it.
@@Mollys-lips wish I had pushed through for a couple more days too!
Lol these phone calls are hilarious. Can't take them too serious
6:40 Dr. Drew deliberately lied about what Jerry had said, sadly Mike believed it
Opiates can help you be so creative and care free from pain but addiction takes over and steals all of your passion. So much talent was never discovered because they all died too soon or became a junky.
Ooohhhh I could listen to him talk ALL DAY that voice?omg yes so low &deep. Looking at that pic long enough&it feels like his eyes are following u. I'm stuck on methadone &benzos &can't seem to taper (I can drop benzos in 3 days but methadone? That's a whole other animal) .I really thought he would be the 1 that was going to make it of all the 90's grunge heroin addicts but sadly he became a reality case for how deep this Bitch digs her claws in .I love how he won't say a bad word against anyone he was so sweet. RIP Mike Starr so gracious, so talented, so sweet, so real, so beautiful ,so missed.
The guy who calls in, "Jason" must've been a crank caller. "Uh I'm 16 and I've had 30 chaotic relationships, and I'm not gay, but I don't feel like I'm straight either." Yeah ok... sure.
Sounds good and healthy. What a shame. RIP
I wonder, if in retrospect, Dr. Drew wishes he stayed on Suboxone? I would think so. Mike sounds like he was a really great guy . Not only did the world lose a great musician but a really wonderful person. AIC - one of my favorite bands, ever. RIP- Layne and Mike. As much as I love AIC, sometimes I get sad when I hear Layne’s voice.
Maybe I’m imagining it, but I can hear his pain.
No...suboxone is not good!! Just another drug to get addicted to!!
So ironic that Mike Starr died and Dr. Drew and Mike mention actor Bill Paxton who died a few years later.
Why do I listen to this. It's Nov 12 ,2020 and I'm listening to this again. According to my math, I was coming off methadone the same time he was. I'm on Suboxone now, again. When coming off 'done, I made it 8 days before I cracked and took an opiate. Gonna try kratom thanks to someone commenting in another video, before the NYS overlord bans it. I'm 42 and so fucking sick and tired of being physically dependent. My dad died of a drug overdose, in Seattle where he lived, of course. I've kinda felt better since I've made peace with the fact I'm never gonna be off opioids.
Hi there, just wondering if the Kratom worked or not? I'm 44yrs been on methadone for a long while and like you are pretty much over everything. I picture myself getting old and still on this stuff....
I've been taking Kratom for years now and it's a life saver. I don't take a strong kind, it just shuts my head up thinking I need opiates.
Mike Starr you are going to be missed you wrote some of the best bass lines that were ever written and I personally did not like you being in Drew pinsky's careI feel that if you were still on the Suboxone program you would be alive todayand in my mind that is exactly what you needed to be on not the methadone the Suboxone did you get these people who comment about addiction and saying it's substituting one thing from another the thing about suboxone you don't get high on it but it stops all of the craziness and if anybody who knows about opioid addiction will know that it's hell complete hell with no mercy so people should just not talkif they do not know anything about this kind of addiction because it's like no other addiction out there it's worse than every other addiction out there yes I am saying this
I've been on and off Suboxone programs for 10 years. Trying to get off of it is quite difficult. I haven't made it yet, but I've cut waaaaaaay down.
That drug Will kill you
@@jessiejeanne9717 are going bald I see every person with a widow peak
@@joelmiller6315 whats your point?? I was born with a widows peak, so was I on suboxone in utero? I get you don't agree with suboxone treatment BUT it SAVES lives! People are able to lead productive lives and maintain their responsibilities. Please do more research and not just "I know a person who was on it and it did this" but actual research. Research what long term opiate use does to a person's brain. Suboxone has saved more lives than it has taken.
Those listeners made me realize how fucked of a world this is
15 minutes in and where are the music questions damn it?!
Dr. Drew is a joke...if he feels like Layne saved him..then that's what happened, becuz that's what he believes and all that matters. I don't see why anyone calls into the show. It's all sarcastic jokes made about the callers..
Shannon Marie... How did Mike die? I'M new to *AIC*
I disagree, Dr. Drew has helped a lot of addicts become sober + telling someone the truth is better than gratifying their false belief.
Shannon Marie I agree. Dr Drew may have managed to help some people, but overall he’s exploitive and rude. He’s taking advantage of addicts at their most vulnerable, and he interrupts these callers and belittles them nonstop. And why couldn’t he just let Mike have that mistaken memory of Layne? Yes it was very likely incorrect, but who was that hurting?
@@wandaburgess9400 first, Mike died of heroin OD or was knocked unconscious in '93. Mike finally died of prescription OD in 2k11
He didn't want him to feel guilty is why he said technically he didn't save him! Also been an addict & people die All the time! The odds r addicts will die from it...
I hate that the interviewer said : Layne didn’t save your life.
Yes he did
his father was the death of him.
How so?
So he's (DP) admitting he put Mike in Sober House before he was ready to be in there then. Says it all doesn't it. Anything for ratings. Disgusted.
I just wanted to hear Mike talk not this stupid talk show. lol
And don't get me wrong quotes I'm not saying thatDrew Pinsky is a bad doctor or anything like that I'm just saying that I don't agree with what this doctor prescribed Mike was this kind of addict that needed to be on Suboxone is addiction was too strong yes they tried him on methadone methadone is worse than heroin there's a lot of people who got their life back on the Suboxone and I need supervised don't let him take anything home with him he has to go everyday to take
It was just a matter of time for this poor dude once you are hooked its fucking to hard keep clean forever on that shit this guy was in the trenches for year's and it a battle for your life and withdraw is painful your just so sick "n" dirty more dead than alive depressed and anxious and think your going to feel like this forever there for your suicidal thoughts start racing it's fucking awful
It seems Kurt was a bad company to be with hahaha
Listen your own drug use is your own no one else's .this blame BS is weak af .
Everybody was shooting up back then
Birds of a feather flock together. Very sad for all the geniuses we have lost to heroin/opiates. They do NOT inspire creativity. Sensitive folks use them to numb out.
Crazy questions😂😂😂😂
What radio station is this?
Deny your maker!....
It hurts beyond painful I'm dead serious it's opiates benzos and alcohol detox it's real not in your mind because nobody until it happens believes that mental pain while in such physical pain but mental pain becomes physical and again it's not in our minds I couldn't believe it how is it possible it can't be real and we fight it because our brain says " we've never been in this amount of pain and about to cross over the line of what I know I can get us through you can't let anymore pain happen all I can say is I can't tell you what is going to happen I can only guarantee I can probably keep your heart beating but nothing else I'd you can somehow get better do it now because your legs aren't going to work " and no matter how hard you try the mental becomes so physically painful I still can't stop I hate opiates but I would do terrible things to never feel that pain again ever it takes you to a place so dark god won't even go there he's unbelievable I love him so much he's so kind and met with him and never knew so much or how bad and definitely never ever would have tried heroin but let me be clear pain pills that come from pharmacies they are the same thing if you take and take them and stop your going to withdraw from heroin I was so naive I had no idea what was happening when I started getting so sick after my prescription ended heroin was my only option because it was so much cheaper than when I found out how much pills cost illegally ..... also Mike would not know about any girls that he's had to tell they have a " bad oder" at least not after the age of 14 because I didn't know him then and had limited conversations about him with girls back then. I feel so guilty I know it will be why I die eventually I just hope I see him when it does I feel guilty and want to apologize for doing this to myself I lost my shit for weeks when he and Layne passed but especially Mike ( I have the hottest mouth) Starr I can't listen to his voice anymore it he's always made me vibrate with his voice it literally vibrates if you're close to him
Wait, a second, somebody giving medical advice Gardisil? And besides, it isn’t safe.
What is up with this dude Jason man🎀
Ikr! Extremely random
Lmao pee while puking lol I did that when I was in rehab
Back in my heavy drinking days my friend still reminds me of when we were outside drinking smoking a cigarette I was pissing puking and carrying a conversation.
S'hweird
How is dr drew at fault cuz addicts died of their addictions? If u know addicts it happens all the time!!
Seems like their problems would accelerate when they'd go on that Celebrity Rehab show.
notyourname777 Dr drew can kiss my ass!!phony celebrity doctor
Dr drew is a POS just wanting fame. No doctor would think it's a good idea to put people in a rehab house and have their misery shown to the world. They took advantage of weak drug addicted minds for that dollar
@@Xxmeca421xX well said
Drew's a fucking charlatan.
mile sucked...rip tho