Mike Starr
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Michael Christopher Starr (April 4, 1966 – March 8, 2011) was an American musician best known as the original bassist for Alice in Chains, which he performed with from 1989 to January 1993.
He was also a member of Sato, Gypsy Rose, and Sun Red Sun.
On March 8, 2011, the actor died as a result of a prescription drug overdose at the age of 44.
Personal life
When Alice in Chains was on tour in January 1993 with Nirvana in Brazil, the actor claimed that Layne Staley saved his life. Both Staley and Kurt Cobain gave him shots of heroin one night on tour, according to Starr. Right after Staley fired him up again, the actor died, but Staley revived him by giving him CPR. The star of Staley hysterically cries when awakened.
Starr was arrested in April 1994 for heroin use at Houston's Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas. Authorities at the airport searched him and discovered he was carrying marijuana as he was trying to check in for a flight to Los Angeles with a suitcase he took from the baggage claim area. In Houston, he was sentenced to 30 days in a prison. After finding that his own luggage had been stolen, the actor confessed to stealing the luggage.
Nancy McCallum, Layne Staley's mother, said he spent time with Staley on April 4, 2002 (the day before Staley died). Staley was extremely ill, refused to call 911, and would break their relationship if Starr called 911, according to the actor. The two ex-bandmates argued for a brief moment, but Starr stormed out, and the two ex-bandmates argued. Staley called him after he left: "Not like this, don't leave like this." Staley is thought to have died a day later, on April 5; the last person known to have seen Staley alive. Starr apologised for not calling 911 during the interview, but McCallum did not say anything. McCallum was adamant that neither she nor anyone in her family blamed Starr for Staley's death. "Layne would be sorry," she told Starr. 'Hey, I did this,' He'd say.' "Not you," says the narrator. Despite being blamed for Staley's death, the actor still blamed himself. Until his appearance on Celebrity Rehab in February 2010, the actor kept this news a mystery. "I wish I hadn't been high on benzodiazepine [that night]; I may not have left the door, not having walked out the door," Starr said. Both Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney slammed the show Celebrity Rehab, calling it "disgusting." However, they fell short of blaming their ex bandmate and expressed despair that Starr would turn his life around.
In 2003, the actor was found guilty of criminal drug use, and a bench warrant was issued on August 25, 2003, when he failed to appear for sentencing.
On a Southwest flight from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City in 2003, Starr and his father, John Starr, were arrested for reportedly doing heroin. At the time, John Starr said he was taking his son to drug rehab in Seattle. The Starrs were discovered to be wearing a syringe and balloons filled with heroin, according to investigators. Mike Starr had additional medications in his purse, and the Starrs had drug paraphernalia in their luggage. According to the actor, his father ordered him to fire the plane.
After being arrested in Seattle in April 2005 for vandalism, Starr was arrested for yanking the hood ornament off a vehicle. He had been convicted of DUI, reckless driving, and various drug offences, according to reports.
On September 28, 2009, the actor was arrested in Los Angeles on drug charges. The arrest was on suspicion of unlawful drug trafficking. He was detained at the Bauchet Street Jail with a bail value set at $100,000.
In the third season of the VH1 reality television series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew in 2010, the star's recovery from methadone use began in August 2009 at the Pasadena Recovery Center. On the spinoff Sober House, his subsequent stay in a sober living environment was then chronicled. Mackenzie Phillips and Tom Sizemore, two recovering addicts, appeared in the eighth episode of Celebrity Rehab's fourth season to give testimonials about their return to that season's patients. During this appearance, Starr celebrated six months and seven days of sobriety.
Starr was arrested in Salt Lake City in February 2011 for a drug detection and a outstanding warrant from 2003. The passenger was arrested in a van for a normal traffic infringement. According to jail papers, the starr was unlawfully in possession of prescription drugs.
Career
Starr formed the Sato heavy metal band in 1983. Their song "Leather Warrior" appeared on Northwest Metalfest, a compilation album containing a number of metal acts released by Seattle's Ground Zero Records in 1984. Tim Branom, a producer for early Alice N' Chains, appeared on lead vocals and guitarist Jerry Cantrell on guitar for a short time. Cantrell, a singer and guitarist, left Gypsy Rose and began to perform in other bands. Cantrell wanted to form a new band and his roommate, Layne Staley, gave him the phone number of Melinda Starr, drummer Sean Kinney's girlfriend, so that Cantrell could speak with him. Kinney and his mother accompanied Cantrell's at the Music Bank and listened to his demos. Cantrell said they wanted a bass player to jam with them, and he had someone to blame: Mike Starr, with whom Cantrell had performed in Burien's Gypsy Rose. "I'm curious cause it's his sister," Kinney said of his girlfriend. Kinney was a celebrity, and Cantrell and him jammed together at the Music Bank a few days later. However, the band did not have a singer. The trio then began staging what Cantrell and Kinney later described as fake auditions in order to coerce Staley into joining their band. Eventually, Staley left the other bands he was in to at and joined their band on a full time basis.
This band gained traction in the Seattle area under various monikers before deciding on Alice in Chains, which they had inherited from Staley's previous band Alice N' Chains. The band later signed to a Columbia Records exclusive deal and enjoyed a lot of success in the early 1990s grunge rock movement.
When touring behind the album Dirt in 1993, the actor departed with Alice in Chains, just as the band was achieving its highest commercial success. According to Layne Staley, the band's lead vocalist, Starr's departure from Alice in Chains resulted from "just a change of priorities." Mike was ready to go home as we continued our intense touring and press. This account was debunked on an episode of Celebrity Rehab, however, the singer claimed that he was kicked out of the band due to his increasing drug use.
Ray Gillen and Bobby Rondinelli, both former Black Sabbath members, were recruited to play bass for the band Sun Red Sun. By Gillen's death in 1993, the scheme was cut short. Starr played music for the first time after the dissolution of Sun Red Sun, but he didn't get to perform properly until 2010, when his opioid use spiraled out of control.
Starr produced a cover of Sonic Youth's "Kool Thing" with singer Leanna in 2010. During Starr's last interview, which was for Dr. Drew Pinsky's show Loveline, aired on February 16, 2010, the song premiered on radio. Starr was reportedly assembling a new band that had secured a spot opening for the band Days of the New in the same year.