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Tech Blog: http://tech.shantanugoel.com/ Secure Programming Blog: http://www.safercode.com/blog/ Blog: http://blog.shantanugoel.com/ -->{"id":1109,"date":"2012-06-29T06:19:11","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T13:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2014-01-08T02:58:34","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T10:58:34","slug":"darin-lamb-guest-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/darin-lamb-guest-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Darin Lamb &#8211; One of Layne Staley&#8217;s Best Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- rememberlayne top post 2 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:468px;height:15px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6173441909460537\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5290871788\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Darin Lamb &#8211; One of Layne&#8217;s Best Friends and our Guest Poster<\/h2>\n<p>Recently I asked an old and very dear friend of mine Darin Lamb to please be a guest on this website because I knew that he of all people had a lot to share about the REAL Layne Staley. \u00a0He has been more then gracious to write the following post and he welcomes you as Laynes friends and fans to please ask him whatever you would like&#8230;<em><strong> the only thing he promises to be is BRUTALLY\u00a0honest.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>~ Barbara<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Well&#8230; its been 10 years since Layne passed and I&#8217;ve kept silent. My name is Darin Lamb but most people know me as D-ROCK. At the time of Layne&#8217;s passing and many years before that I would have considered us best friends. There are many reasons for this but the #1 reason is because of our LOYALTY to each other as a friends!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve basically kept silent all these years out of respect for his family and because I just wasn&#8217;t ready to break the silence.<\/p>\n<p>But today I am ready to talk&#8230; through the years I&#8217;ve &#8220;thrown up&#8221; a little in my mouth at a lot of the shit I read about Layne that was supposed to be &#8220;factual&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Layne showed me the meaning of what &#8220;unconditional LOVE&#8221; was and that&#8217;s why he is and forever will be a part of me. I&#8217;m <strong>brutally honest<\/strong> and I&#8217;m ready to answer some of the questions you might have about Layne.<\/p>\n<p>I can tell you so many stories. Layne is a\u00a0legend.\u00a0 He wore his heart on his sleeve but that slowly faded when people started to try and run his life. Which is sad for a lot of people whom he could have touched. But I would be honored and blessed to set things straight and I know in my heart Layne is probably saying &#8220;what the fuck its about time&#8221; so on the behalf of my BEST friend for years and his soul&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>May you &#8220;REST IN PEACE&#8221; brother&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Darin Lamb aka&#8230;D-ROCK&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/darin_2012_july-007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 3px solid black;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/darin_2012_july-007.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/darin_2012_july-017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Darin and Me (Barbara)\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/darin_2012_july-017.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1118\" style=\"width: 363px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/547428_454924217853204_983736371_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1118\" class=\" wp-image-1118  \" style=\"border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Candles Red I have a Pair.... Darin Lamb Tattoo\" alt=\"Candles Red I have a Pair.... Darin Lamb Tattoo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/547428_454924217853204_983736371_n.jpg\" width=\"353\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/547428_454924217853204_983736371_n.jpg 720w, http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/547428_454924217853204_983736371_n-262x350.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candles Red I have a Pair&#8230;. Darin Lamb Tattoo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 3px solid black;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/darin_2012_july-013.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pictures of the\u00a0<em>private<\/em>\u00a0Memorial\u00a0Program shared by Darin Lamb on his Facebook recently&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1109 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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Darin Lamb Tattoo\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1118\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1118'>\n\t\t\t\tCandles Red I have a Pair&#8230;. Darin Lamb Tattoo\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<h2>IMPORTANT:<\/h2>\n<h2>Darin&#8217;s Personal Stories will be shared in the Comments<\/h2>\n<p><strong>If you&#8217;d like to subscribe to the comments on this post then you must leave at least ONE comment and then click the boxes to subscribe to comments and then you&#8217;ll get an email\u00a0every time\u00a0someone comments.. and&#8230; well&#8230; It might just be worth it if\u00a0you&#8217;re\u00a0a real fan&#8230;..because that is what this post is all about.. a conversation about Layne with his Fans. Please try to not ask\u00a0redundant\u00a0questions that have already been answered. You can ask for clarification but try to be specific.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\"    class=\"btn\" id=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=Rememberlayne&amp;loc=en_US\"><span>Subscribe to RememberLayne.com by Email<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\"    class=\"btn\" id=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/RememberLayne\"><span>Follow Us on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>All text content on this website is copyrighted by \u00a9\u00a0<a title=\"RememberLayne.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/contact-us\/\">RememberLayne.com<\/a><br \/>\nText and\/or comments may not be reproduced on or offline with out permission.<\/small><\/p>\n<p>1\/8\/2014<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve turned comments back on for this post but don&#8217;t be shocked if I don&#8217;t respond and don&#8217;t be shocked if I do&#8230; I at one point closed it because I was getting so many emails every day it was overwhelming but it&#8217;s been a year so things have cooled down so I&#8217;m turning it back on&#8230;<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- rememberlayne top post 2 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:468px;height:15px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6173441909460537\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5290871788\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=Rememberlayne\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/subscribe-button.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- rememberlayne top post 3 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:320px;height:100px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6173441909460537\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9721071389\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well&#8230; its been 10 years since Layne passed and I&#8217;ve kept silent. My name is Darin Lamb but most people no me as D-ROCK. At the time of Laynes passing and many years before that I would have considered us best friends. Many reasons for this but the #1 reason is because of my LOYALTY as a friend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,160,6,9,161,13,16,19,20],"tags":[28,179,163,180,48,184,115],"class_list":["post-1109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alice-in-chains","category-darin-lamb","category-demri","category-featured","category-guest-posts","category-layne-staley","category-mike-starr","category-personal-stories","category-pictures","tag-aic","tag-alice-in-chains","tag-darin-lamb-2","tag-demri","tag-demri-parrot","tag-layne-staley","tag-seattle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1109"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1578,"href":"http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions\/1578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rememberlayne.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}