Mad Season - Wake Up (Live at the Moore, Seattle, 1995) 

The raw power of Layne vocals alone make this song haunting, they should make a documentary about this man, is long overdue

For me, this was Layne's last song that he gave in his full spirit. While I love the _Tripod_ album, it is only dark. Layne could be dark, but he was fundamentally bright. This song captures the darkness, but more importantly the brightness. He lost his battle one day, but more importantly, he won many of his battles. We all lose that battle one day. But if you are reading this, you have won a battle to get here.

There needs to be more comments about Mike Mcready's solo. That was god damn insane that was un real that was a MONSTER solo.

The last "wake up" lines at the end kills me. It's like he's desperately telling himself to wake up but part of him knows he can't. Sad sad sad. What an artist What a band! Perfection.

I always found the line “slow suicide’s no way to go” so sad as that’s ultimately how Layne left us

Layne Staley was the greatest vocalist of my generation. I'll die on this hill.

I don't care what anyone says, Mike McCready is a guitar God

Thank God for RU-vid I'm 70 years old play never even heard of this band

Layne could sing the instructions on the back of a frozen pizza box and would still blow most of the singers of today away.

The mixing engineer deserves a fucking Grammy, superb sound.

“For a little peace from God you plead, and beg.” Telling.

Eddie Vedder once was Quoted ( in the Pearl Jam video “ 20” ) that Mike can reach down inside himself & just play something totally outrageous, and his solo here is proof of that. Layne’s vocals and Mike’s playing , along with all the other members this performance was the stuff of legends . How lucky were those who witnessed this live ……. God Bless those who are no longer with us for one reason or another …. Life is short , and moments like these are fleeting , so enjoy everything and everyone whenever you can …. 🤞

The guitar work on this album is unreal. I don’t think the audience understood what they were witnessing on that day.

Mike McCready, one of Grunge’s best guitarists... and of course Layne Staley, THE BEST voice in Grunge

Listening to Mad Season just tears my fucking chest open man, the pain Layne must have been going through is absolutely fucking insane, I've never felt the pain of another through their music in such a way. Some of Cornell's music does it but not to the same level of heartache as Laynes

This is music. This is what it's about. Everyone on that stage was pouring their souls out. Artists are sensitive vulnerable people and feel deeply. It's a shame our society is making it so hard for pure artists to make it.

I was in a meeting the other day and someone said “moving onward” I had such a strong urge to scream SO AN INFECTION NOT A PHASE YEAAAAA

Mike McCready is a damn rock star.

GOD when Layne starts singing.....chills!!!

As one who survived that slow suicide, I want to thank Layne and Chris Cornell for keeping me alive during that epic struggle. I've been clean for years now but would not have made it if not for the music. You are truly missed and hopefully you know the people you touched and the lives you saved.

Layne: *breaths* Audience: yeAaaaAAAHHH WOooOOOoooho00OO Can't blame them

The live version is somehow even better than the album version. The quality of the audio is impressive. The guitar work and Layne's vocals are insane.

I don’t think the xylophone guy gets enough credit for the amazing performance shown in this song. You can truly feel the emotion he plays with.

“For ten long years. Your love affair has got to go.” I used to think of heroin as my first love. I remember even telling my then-girlfriend (now-wife) that she would always be my second love. That heroin would always be first in my heart. What a thing to say to someone. I imagine those words were hurtful. It just goes to show you that type of mind state. Thankfully, she stuck with me and saw me through. She is and will always be the love of my life. Wish Layne could have found something to replace his “love affair” with heroin.

He knew the truth but he couldn’t awaken, he sang his truth for others.

Can't believe how perfect this live performance is. Jesus Christ.

God, I can’t even express how much I love this song and Layne. He is my absolute favorite singer of all time. His voice was such a power house. Soothing and powerful at the same time. The amount of talent this man had was amazing. It breaks my heart we lost him way too soon. Layne you are missed dearly by so many.

2024! Still here!

McCready absolutely shredded that solo... Entire performance is absolutely perfect.

I lost my son to an overdose in November 2019. He wrote constantly in journals. The lyrics to this song were in his final writings. My son was a musician, talented guitar player and writer. We had always bonded with music and had talked about this song not long before he left this world. If people want to be outraged about something, be outraged that there are few options for addicts.

We had Layne for such a short time. There will never be a voice like that again. Forever missing this enormous talent.

Everyone on this stage deserves to be in hall of fame for this one performance

My God, what a band. Talk about a super group. Could Layne sing a wrong note?! The older I get, the more I realize how important he is. In my opinion, the most original of all the Seattle singers. And that rhythm section is as good as you get, and THEN Mike Mccready's guitar?!?!! Super group indeed. I only wish I had more than one album to wear out.

McCready is a legend

The only man I know of that sounds better live than in a studio. Artists these days need to take a lesson from the greatest vocalist ever!

He was just a kid. LORD have mercy.

Can we just take a moment to appreciate Barrett Martin. Truly great drumming.

McCready going off on that solo. Nice!! Love ya Layne

This song breaks my heart and restores it at the same time 💔❤️‍🩹❤️‍🔥

I’d rather listen to Layne live over any of his studio recordings. Dudes voice was unreal. Rip Layne.

Damn. His voice always gives me chills. We miss you Layne

This song is so painfully beautiful that just the “ohhh, yeaaah” parts alone are so full of raw emotion. Layne’s ability to bring that level of pure emotion to every song he sang was beyond exceptional. ❤

This song is amazing... If only Layne listened to his own words His voice still gives me chills

4:07, just look at that. No fancy light show, no nothing. Those guys are so good, the music is so good. They can just play...... and that's enough.

So painful. It's like you really can hear Layne's agony. Wonderful performance.

guitar solo is str8 beastmode

Fuck, that was possibly the best solo I've ever heard from McCready - and he's even managing to bounce around the stage making it look borderline effortless.

McCready's solo was professional and it hurts a little listening to Layne being so truthful.

One of the great losses of rock

Sorry you had to go, Layne, but this song saved my life!!! Thank you brother

i havent seen someone shred a strat like that since Frusciante. amazing.

This song gives me chills every time. Especially this live version. Walking away from drugs 5 years ago was one of the hardest things I ever did. Very grateful Layne Staley wrote these lyrics and I took his advice. Holy fuck

im 62 yrs old and into all sorts of music,i cant stop listening to this haunting song,an absolute masterpiece.

Heartbreaking to hear a young man singing to his own soul like that, but I love hearing him do it. God Speed Brother

Some people live for 90 years and do nothing that touches anyone's soul. Then you have the ones like Layne who don't stay for long but leave a legacy created during their suffering that still leaves us bereft 20+ years after their passing.

Just wish Layne left more music, because every damn song is so beautiful

There has never been anyone like Layne. His voice, stage presents, raw emotion, and the uncanny ability to make the most unpleasant, dark, and most disturbing things, beautiful, in a way you just can't help but to feel his pain and understand it. Just insane.... I wish I could have met him. God I miss this dude...

90’s take me back no cell phones or jerkoffs with cell phones in your way

You wanna watch a man sing his own funeral song, Its here, Rip Layne🔥 Your fire still burns

Weird seeing layne standing still in one place for a whole concert.... quite sad how much H got to his body... poor guy I hope he finally found the peace he deserves

Super rare... this is awesome that the official vevo posted it.

Layne and Mike get all the hype here, and justifiably so! but can we recognize Barrett Martin on drums? dude killed it!

Fuk, to be able to go back and behold in all its glory …. If only eh fellas? Landmark era, time , persons, mindset, chain wallets, vans , hemp necklaces, car stereos…. Didn’t know how good we had it……. Rip Layne

I can't believe this video have a few visits... this is a fucking masterpiece

It was one of the deepest concerts in human history to date.

His voice here is just unreal. So clear and powerful. I miss his sound so much.

Mike Freakin McCready is the one that got all these most talented guys together, Mike thought he could help Layne and John Baker Saunders on the straight and narrow. But of course it didn't work, Mike really tried. So sad, I love this band so very much!! RIP Layne Staley and John Baker Saunders and Mark Lanegan and Chris Cornell 😇 We love you and miss all of you 😔 FOREVER REMEMBERED AND NEVER EVER FORGOTTEN 💝🌹

Best song ever that most people have never heard. I feel Layne's pain every time I hear it.

I remember back when the grunge scene hit I was in a death metal band playing drums..we hated the grungers..lol....if you weren't listening to cannibol corpse or death or suffocation or napalm death, obituary,deicide,morbid angel and the almighty list goes on..you weren't a real metalhead!! Sing? Who sings to hard and heavy music?? You gotta grind and growl and sound like the cookie monster! Lol anyway that all changed when Alice in chains came to Philly for a clash of the Titans tour...but 2 days prior to the show AIC came to town and booked a practice session at the Opera House in Philly...well my death metal band INSATANITY was rehearsing when in between a song I heard man in a box ..I seen it on MTV and that was the only song I liked by them(at the time) I was into dark shit so the video what's the dude's eyes sewn shut kind of appealed to me....I thought someone had a radio on...then out of nowhere the song stopped and I heard someone yell "what the fuck man on my pants!" Well at the time I had no idea what was going on but I found out later that AIC roadie spilled a beer on Layne .....he wasn't mad just yelling at him....so Man in the box started up again and I'm like who the fuck is covering that song already...and it was good...damn good...I left my room and went to the room next to me (back then bands watched over bands jam,and everyone was in everyone's room,it was a party and a musical family) and low and behold Layne Staley was the first guy I seen,then Jerry Mike and Sean.....they finished the song and I was like holy fuckin shit...to hear laynes power in your face through the massive pa system in a room no bigger than 20x20 was crazy.....anyway I congratulated them on how great it sounded...and we shot the shit for a few before I went back to my room...I told the guys that Alice in chains is in the next room....they didn't care they weren't fans of them....so we started one of our songs and our stuff was very moshy...got you into kicking walls and shit..lol in the middle of the song Layne comes in our room headbanging and standing off to the side....then Jerry came in..and the other guys....so basically we were giving AIC a death metal show..lol....now even though my band wasn't fans of theirs they were still kinda starstruck...we were underground and chains were mainstream (now)....my singer gave Layne the mic in the middle of our song....and he belted out some crazy shit that I wish I recorded it...it was something that noone to this day came up with...death metal music with Layne Staley singing...we were in awe...we were having so much fun...after the song we all introduced ourselves to each other...and the rest was history...we wind up going to their show a couple nights later and we got backstage...we hung out with anthrax.van halen.megadeth...it was pretty cool...to this day I'm still friends with Jerry..We get together every few years...when Layne died it was a horrible thing... I met Chris Cornell from those guys a few years later..he was a cool dude...I'm grateful to have known them...and I became a major fan of Alice in chains after that night

Of course Layne & everyone on stage are amazing, but the audience are also great. You can hear their enthusiasm and positive energy. Now when I watch concerts from the 2020's half the audience seem asleep and bored. No excitement emanating through the screen...Miss you so much Layne, wish I was able to see you live!

This music touches my soul in a way nothing else can, I am an addict , and have been my whole life, I am 52 . If my soul could sing it would sound like Layne, GOD bless you Layne for putting into words what most of us addicts wish we could.

Beautiful song, beautiful moment in time captured in this video. This is what RU-vid was made for.

Voice of an angel...

Damn these guys were tight. The mix is 100% spot on. I think Mad Season is probably McCready's best work

This is one thing I LOVE about all the "grunge" bands: the musicians from different bands could mix and match with each other and create a whole other band with its own unique and beautiful sound. You could have Eddie Vedder, Kim Thayil, Krist Novoselic and Sean Kinney get together and create their own band that would work, just like Mad Season and Temple of the Dog. No other rock sub-genre since the early 70s could do this,

Layne managed to capture the deepest and saddest feelings in any human being. Rest peacefully

I was blessed to have been at this show. Some shows are powerful..this one changed my life. It has taken years to try to watch this set as it just tears me up to see. The world is darker without his talents. He just couldn't live without his woman by his side after her death. Tragic...just tragic

The line about “ slow suicide”, tho… 😢 Layne, I wish you had waken up… you are so missed but still loved May you rest in peace, beautiful soul

Hauntingly melodic & just so darn surreal. Layne we love you. Sorry you couldnt "wake up." Mike is such a god on that damn guitar. Holy fuck. And Barretts drums are to die for. AiC & Mad Season are still ahead of their time, all of these years later.

I love how McCready Marty Mcfly's the shit outta that solo!

"slow suicidal no way to go" Layne 😢❤

7 years clean from heroin but this song still resonates. It's cathartic to listen to whenever you think you're craving that lifestyle. RIP Layne

That voice will never be replaced!!

Going beyonnd it being a great song, as far as just musical moments, the swell when Layne first sings 'so an infection not a phase!' is just one of the most powerful bars in any song ever.

" so an infection not a phase" always gives me the feels.

I think this was one of Laynes very best performances. I do realize that he wasn't physically well at this point, and lacked some of the energy put forth in his earlier years... but his voice was on point and what he lacked in energy he more than made up for in raw passion... his every pain transformed into organic, raw art. I feel somewhat guilty as a consumer of said art... knowing the pain that went into creating it, tbh, although I do believe that Layne would want us to have his art as both his legacy and a stark message to everyone who listens. RIP Layne... NEVER forgotten... LOVED forever.🙏❤❤❤

It's 2023 and I still jam to primarily AIC or Mad Season. I can listen to this priceless, never fading, genius, talented, I could go on and on and on.....Layne is truly the GOAT of his Era hands down. The world lost its best talent. RIP Layne Staley ❤

This is most haunted tune I've had the grace to hear

Layne Staley the BEST EVER!!😎😎😎 Never forgotten....

No matter how many times I watch this and nutshell MTV unplugged I can’t keep it together! I know the outcome and it’s beyond sad! Iam a recovering addict and know that what’s my outcome could have been! I miss you so much Layne I wish I could have saved you I’m no body special just a fan who really loves you for the beautiful amazing brilliant man you were! True Legend Layne Thomas Staley!

Layne forgets a whole line in the song then picks right back up lol you can see in his face expression like fuck i cant remember 😂

ever start listening to Layne sing and you find out you just can't stop.

Layne has one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard & he sings every lyric so easily, without any effort at all & it's beyond perfection. Layne is by far one of the most talented people to walk this earth. I wish he was still here. I would love to hear what music he would be making today. RIP Layne ~ We all love & miss you dearly.

"For a little peace from God you plead"🥺😭

So amazing and so sad, 2 out of 4 are dead. Thank you Mcready for putting this band together, at least we have 1 album. And Martin is an amazing drummer, don't stop playing.

I love Alice in Chains so much but man I think the Mad Season album is my favorite thing Layne's been apart of. I really like the blues and jazz influence on it. It showed how versatile Layne was as a vocalist. I heard Layne say in an interview that the Mad Season album was the album he was most proud of and he very well should be. It's a classic.

Mike mccready got to be the most underrated guitar player imho

@1:40….just something about the way Layne sings “For10 long years.” I love it so❤

I love Mike's energy on this one! Laynes vocals are one of a kind! This album is so hugely under rated, masterpiece!

Whenever he says "wake up" for the third time in a softer tone it gives me chills, the way he always looks down its like he's trying to say it to himself but he knows he's not gonna listen