After a decade of battling drug addiction, Layne Staley was found dead in his condominium on April 19, 2002.
and the band returned to the recording studio on April 12, 2002. Hetfield was required to limit his work to four hours a day between noon and 4 pm, and to spend the rest of his time with his family.
The autopsy concluded that Staley died on April 5, two weeks before his body was found.
In April 2002, a DVD of some of Motörhead’s performances from the 1970s and 1980s along with some stock footage of the band was released as The Best of Motörhead . Two weeks earlier, the Hammered album was released and supported by the “Hammered” tour, which kicked off in the…
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it was delayed in April 2002 when Stapp suffered a concussion and vertebrae damage after being involved in a car crash .
Thayer again performed with the group in April 2002, when Kiss performed “Detroit Rock City” (with pre-recorded music and live vocals) for an appearance on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand 50th Anniversary show,
On March 19, 2002, the group, still unnamed, was confirmed for the seventh annual Ozzfest . A few days later, reports surfaced that the band had broken up before they had played for a public audience. Cornell’s manager confirmed that he had left the band, with no explanation given.
On March 6, 2002, Kiss performed a private concert at a resort in Trelawny , Jamaica. Frehley, who was no longer under contract, did not perform with the group. He was replaced by Thayer, who donned Frehley’s Spaceman makeup and costume for his first live appearance with Kiss.
However, in March that year, Cantrell commented, “We’re all still around, so it’s possible [Alice in Chains] could all do something someday, and I fully hope someday we will.”
In March 2002, Osbourne’s Emmy -winning reality show The Osbournes debuted on MTV , and quickly became a worldwide hit.