Pantera and Damageplan guitarist Dimebag Darrell expressed his admiration for Cantrell's guitar work in an interview for Guitar International in 1995, saying that "the layering and the honest feel that Jerry Cantrell gets on [Alice in Chains' Dirt] record is worth a lot more than someone who plays five million notes". I can't quantify it really in words. . There are beers all around, a bevy of exotic dancers smother him with affection, and listen closely theyve even got Man in the Box playing on the clubs speakers. [99] Cantrell stated that he was ill during the performance as a result of food poisoning from a hot dog consumed before the gig. Perhaps the labels most valuable contribution was providing the group with a touring bus. The last straw for Staley was when they auditioned a male stripper he decided to join the band after that. "[180] On July 28, 2021, Cantrell posted a teaser trailer in his social media announcing that a new song and video titled "Atone" would be released on July 29. Cart 0 Embroidered Logo Beanie. Mark Kozelek was cast instead. [39] During that time, he had a band with Vinnie Chas (from Pretty Boy Floyd), called Sinister. Now I've got to step up to the plate and take a few swings. Look forward to setting it free upon your ear holes sometime soon. A Vietnam veterans son who cut his teeth on old AC/DC, Kiss and Ted Nugent albums, Cantrell had joined up with bassist Mike Starr and drummer Sean Kinney but couldnt convince Staley to join the group. Alice in Chains 2023 tickets will be sold on Friday 11 March at 10 local time. It's overwhelming. This story is from the November 26th, 1992 issue of Rolling Stone. Use this setlist for your event review and get all updates automatically! I miss him tremendously. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. I'm just thankful to have a tour and work - something I can focus on. It was in this huge warehouse called the Music Bank that had fifty different rooms, Cantrell says. "@type": "BreadcrumbList", [153] The title comes from the ghost town of the same name in Oklahoma, which is the area that Cantrell's father grew up in. with vocalist Phil Anselmo of Pantera and Down and bass player Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver, then they played "Rooster" with Ann Wilson and Comes with the Fall vocalist William DuVall. A few feet away, taking this all in, sits Layne Staley, the troubled, enigmatic twenty-five-year-old lead singer of the Seattle hard-rock band Alice in Chains. .ai-viewport-2 { display: inherit !important;} It takes a few deep bites to get what its all about. Faris was nominated for a Grammy for a song she co-wrote with DuVall. 1", "Exclusive Interview: Shawnee Smith - SMITH AND PYLE", "RICHIE KOTZEN To Release '24 Hours' in November", "DUFF MCKAGAN To Release 'How To Be A Man' EP Featuring IZZY STRADLIN, JERRY CANTRELL", "Alice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell Speaks About His Deftones Cameo, Chino Moreno Calls New Album "A Challenge", "Deftones - Phantom Bride Featuring Jerry Cantrell (Official Audio)", "Pantera feat. [21] Cantrell also played bass on the last track, "Love Song". They told me how veal was made from calves raised in these small boxes, and that image stuck in my head. } "item": { [187] He also appears briefly with Warren Haynes in the documentary Rising Low, which documents the work of the band Gov't Mule following the death of bassist Allen Woody. We want to hear it. After reading the about the songs deep connection to his fathers experience in Vietnam, I hope all combat veterans draw inspiration from the chorus: Yeah here come the rooster, yeah You know he ain't gonna die So the next time you need to rock, crank up this grunge anthem from 1993. What a crazy journey always is. Happy birthday Jerry! He also departed from Columbia Records during this time and had trouble finding a new label. [40][41] Friends recalled that Cantrell fell into depression and became a completely different person after losing both his mother and grandmother within a short span of time. Studio X was the same studio where the band recorded their self-titled album, Alice in Chains (1995),[139][140] Recording was completed in January 2018. 10 on Total Guitar/MusicRadar's "15 best rock guitarists in the world right now" poll. Cantrell attended high school at Spanaway Lake High School,[33] and, before owning his first guitar, he was a member of the high school choir which attended many state competitions. Listen online or download the iHeart App. After the show, ALICE IN CHAINS bassist Mike Inez shared a couple of Instagram photos taken at the gig, and he included the following message: "Awesome first show after 3 years. [207], Cantrell made several guest appearances with the supergroup Camp Freddy,[208][209][210] (a covers band featuring Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro, former Guns N' Roses drummer Matt Sorum, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and Billy Idol guitarist Billy Morrison),[211] performing with them for the first time at The Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2004.[212]. Did you know that mile for mile, Oklahoma offers the nation's most diverse terrain? [222], On April 18, 2013, the Seattle band Heart was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Cantrell joined the band onstage for a performance of "Crazy On You". Jerry's a really solid blues-rock guitarist, very tasteful and emotive. The experience with Camp Freddy inspired Cantrell and The Cult guitarist Billy Duffy to form their own covers band,[211] the rock supergroup Cardboard Vampyres (named after Cantrell's cats). They encouraged him to pursue music so when Alice in Chains first album went gold, he sent them both gold records. It's also effective when you slow something down and then slam 'em into the dash. The drug didnt work for me anymore. Cantrell adds that Alices heavier sound and misanthropic attitude initially made it an outcast from the citys alternative scene: Some stuff grabs you right away; ours is really an acquired taste. [196] Aday stated that she thought Cantrell would be a good person to put in some "heartbroken, haunting, crying guitar" on the track. Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. (born March 18, 1966)[1] is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. They came to us at a time when we were hungry for music, says label president Don Ienner, who has since taken the band especially guitarist Cantrell, whom he refers to as a future guitar god under his wing. [345] In 2018, Cantrell named the league's trophy after his friend Vinnie Paul, who had died recently. He is best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and main songwriter[9] of the rock band Alice in Chains. Jerrys first job was delivering newspapers. Cantrell hopped on stage to close out the night with the guitar solo on "Alive". [320] Cantrell also stated that he's sick of the hypocrisy that's taken over many facets of organized religion. "[314] William DuVall, who performed Staley's vocals during Cantrell's solo concerts, elaborated on this emotional period saying: "I lost my grandfather in the same week, so Cantrell and I both hit the road with immense personal losses dogging us. I had these mystery migraines, intense physical pain, and I'd even gotten a spinal tap to test for certain things. Staley is reluctant at first to discuss his heroin problems, especially in light of a recent Rolling Stone article about the drugs revival, which mentioned him. 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"[118], Cantrell canceled the show that he was scheduled to perform at 98 Rock's Livestock Festival in Zephyrhills on April 28 in order to attend Staley's funeral in Seattle in the same day. Cantrell performed his solo material along with Alice in Chains' songs and covers of other artists such as Elton John and Creedence Clearwater Revival. [221], Cantrell performed with Duff McKagan's band The Walking Papers during the band's concert at The Crocodile in Seattle on December 15, 2012. Before Alice in Chains, Jerry was in a funk band with future Alice in Chains drummerSean Kinneyand bassistMike Starr. [334] He also supports Road Recovery, an organization dedicated to helping young people battling addiction. Staley, whose aching vocals and frequently haunting lyrics provide Alice with much of its dark, dangerous sound, has been in a cast since late September, when he ran over his foot riding a three-wheel all-terrain vehicle backstage at a show in Oklahoma City. Cantrell's early influences made Alice in Chains' heavy metal tones stand out among their fellow grunge/alternative rock-oriented bands of the Seattle music scene. [131] He told Guitar World, "I got deathly ill. Cantrell was unable to attend the recording session and was replaced by Saliva's Josey Scott. The whips come down hard at the Basement in Dallas, an underground club where the last night of every weekend is celebrated as Sadistic Sunday. [92] It has been certified triple platinum by the RIAA. [24][25], After Cantrell learned to write, he documented his goal on Dr. Seuss' book, My Book About Me, filling in the sentence "When I grow up I want to be a" with the words "rock star". "@type": "ListItem", We're just figuring out how we work as a team. Each participant puts up an item for an online auction and all of the proceeds goes to the charity chosen by the champion of the league. }, } He also has a solo career and released the albums Boggy Depot in 1998 and Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2 in 2002. I didn't intend to get here but I'm very grateful I am here, and it took a lot of people to help me get here. He was such a good singer that his senior year he became choir president. [41], Cantrell's debut solo album, Boggy Depot, was released on April 7, 1998,[152] and published by Cantrell's Boggy Bottom Publishing company. [213] "This band is really just about having fun and playing tunes that we were fans of growing up," Cantrell stated. .ai-viewports {--ai: 1;} They fooled around with several incarnations, going glam for a while and even gigging under the name Fuck. Nothing attracts me to it anymore. [88] The opening track, "Brother", featured Cantrell on lead vocals. [291], In the early 1990s, Cantrell and his Alice in Chains bandmates Layne Staley and Mike Starr were featured on the music video "Never a Know, But the No", from the Seattle thrash metal band Forced Entry. [55], When Cantrell was 20 years old, he was working several part-time jobs to pay his rent, one of which involved throwing boxes of frozen fish in a warehouse. [192], In 2007, Cantrell played guitar on Glenn Hughes's rendition of Led Zeppelin's "Misty Mountain Hop", featured on Hughes' solo album Music for the Divine,[193] and played on the track "Soul Ecstacy" off the Stevie Salas's album The Sun and the Earth: The Essential Stevie Salas, Vol. Similar artists to Alice in Chains on tour. The song was about Cantrell's relationship with his younger brother, David. Eventually, the lack of marquee value made them switch their billing to Alice in Chains. Cantrell also acted in the Alice in Chains mockumentaries The Nona Tapes (1995) and AIC 23 (2013). Cantrell made a name for himself in rock but was raised on country music. [239] They feature a maple body, maple neck and ebony fingerboard. Later they formed another band called Raze. [58], Cantrell met Layne Staley, then Alice N' Chains' lead singer, at a party in Seattle around August 1987. [254][255] Also a Gibson Custom Shop Jerry Cantrell SG,[256][254] a 1952 Goldtop Les Paul,[257] an Ernie Ball Music Man EVH[258][259] that was a gift from Eddie Van Halen in the 1990s, but has been stolen from Cantrell,[260] a dark blue Mosrite Ventures model,[261] a Dean Michael Schenker USA V,[262] and Dean Soltero guitars. [56] He spent his time outside of work playing guitar and jamming with any band he could find. The band rose to international fame in the early 1990s during Seattle's grunge movement, and is known for its distinctive vocal style[10] and the harmonized vocals between Cantrell and Layne Staley (and later Cantrell and William DuVall). They never could find anything wrong with me. A real trouper, Staley has been performing on crutches, bellowing his cathartic anthems of despair as he hobbles around the stage. [62] The band had names like "Mothra", "Fuck" and "Diamond Lie",[63][65] the latter being the name of Cantrell's previous band. April 26th, Before recording Dirt, the foursome kept busy by quietly releasing a mellow, guest-laden EP titled Sap and making an appearance in Cameron Crowes recent Seattle-based film, Singles. "I think there's overwhelming evidence that things aren't working right now. Do you take the Led Zeppelin approach and never play again, because the guy was that important? We found no local events. Cantrell was born in Tacoma, Washington, on March 18, 1966,[2] to Gloria Jean Krumpos and Jerry Fulton Cantrell. Although the band has changed, we've lost Layne, we've added Will, and there was no master plan. [235], In February 2017, Cantrell released the song "A Job to Do", the end-title song to John Wick: Chapter 2. In a 2015 interview with Loudwire discussing five of his essential guitar albums, Slayer guitarist Kerry King said about Cantrell: Cantrell did the harmonies with Layne, and they were haunting, especially on Dirt. Click above to change location. I took a fucking long, hard walk through hell. at the Gibson Summer Jam 2008. [26], Cantrell's father, Jerry Sr., is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War. "[34] His choir teacher and drama teacher were, early on, his two greatest motivators toward a career in music. @media (max-width: 767px) { The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time To celebrate the. Shortly after the show, Staley was found unresponsive after he overdosed on heroin and was hospitalized. However, this album still has not been released. [66][63][67], Cantrell attended a Guns N' Roses concert at the Seattle Center in 1988,[68] and took an Alice in Chains demo tape to give to the band. Love Among Freaks- Clerks. These are just words Im pulling off the top of my head. As you can see, Cantrell says, Im into some twisted shit. Indeed, he endures a four-hour-plus session, getting a strange array of gruesome faces inked onto his arm, reaching from the wrist all the way up to the crook of his elbow. [285][286], In 2011, Cantrell appeared on a spot for NADCP, the National Association of Drug Court Professionals. Everybody thought I was getting the worst of the bunch, says Terzo. No hidden symbolism for this bunch. [52] While working at the store, Cantrell bought what he described as his first "real guitar", a 1984 G&L Rampage. The only reason I did those two records is because we weren't working as a band. [231], On December 8, 2017, Cantrell joined The Hellcat Saints (a supergroup featuring members of The Cult, Velvet Revolver, Weezer and Apocalyptica), to open for Jane's Addiction at the third annual Rhonda's Kiss benefit concert at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. 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Alice in Chains formed during the late eighties when Staley, then singing in a different band, offered aimless Tacoma guitarist Jerry Cantrell his rehearsal studio as a place to crash. [159], In 1998, Layne Staley almost performed live again since Alice in Chains' last concert in July 1996,[160] when Cantrell went to Seattle on his solo tour for Boggy Depot. 1 hits,[145] and eleven Grammy Award nominations.[146]. Cantrell mentioned that they needed a bass player to jam with them and he had someone in mind: Mike Starr, with whom Cantrell had played in a band in Burien called Gypsy Rose. .ai-viewport-1 { display: none !important;} Cantrell wrote the lyrics from the perspective of Keanu Reeves' title character. Im glad we didnt get lumped together with them, because were not those other bands.. Cantrell went to the emergency room but they could not do anything for him there, since the bone had slipped back in his hand and he would need a reconstructive surgery, but he had to wait for a couple of weeks for that to happen. [37], Cantrell is featured in the 1992 movie Singles, along with the rest of Alice in Chains performing the songs "It Ain't Like That" and "Would?". [161] Cantrell reportedly asked Staley to join him onstage, but Staley declined. [267] In 2013, a limited edition of the pedal was released in black and red featuring the cover artwork for the album The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, and the lyrics to "Stone" on the bottom. Alice in Chains is an American alternative metal band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1987. Off-time stuff is just more exciting it takes people by surprise when you shift gears like that before they even know what the hell hit 'em. .ai-viewport-2 { display: none !important;} However, his musical range also extends into elements of blues and country as heard on his solo debut album. [265] He has most recently been using a signature amp called the, 'JJ100' made for him by Friedman Amplification. [240] The guitars feature a single-bridge humbucker wired to a volume control. After the gig, the band briefly mingles backstage with fans and Columbia executives before scattering. I'll take care of you like you took care of me.' [99][100] The show featured some of the band's highest charting singles, including "Rooster", "Down in a Hole", "Heaven Beside You", "No Excuses" and "Would? } [98], On April 10, 1996, Alice in Chains played their first concert in two and a half years for MTV Unplugged, a program featuring all-acoustic set lists. [266], In 2010, Jim Dunlop introduced the "JC95 Cantrell Signature Cry Baby", Cantrell's signature Cry Baby wah pedal,[267][268] based on the original Jimi Hendrix Wah pedal that Cantrell used since his early days. [51], In 1985 or 1986, Cantrell moved back to Tacoma and began a band called Diamond Lie, which included singer Scott Damon, drummer Bobby Nesbitt and bassist Matt Muasau. [32] At that time he played clarinet, and his mother was dating a guitar player who handed his guitar to Cantrell and taught him a couple of chords. [75][76][77] Cantrell stated that it was Staley who encouraged him to sing. Hes drunk off his ass, laughing it up, trying to get in on the action while enduring some very real pain himself. [27], Alice in Chains' second acoustic EP, Jar of Flies, debuted at No. Alice in [84] Speaking with Spin magazine in January 1991, Cantrell confirmed that the song "Sunshine" from Facelift was written about his mother's death. "@context": "http://schema.org", [27] Cantrell would later pay tribute to Cornell during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony on April 14, 2018, joining singer Ann Wilson for a rendition of Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun". Cantrell owns a hard rock bar with his buddy,AnthraxsScott Ian. April 26th, [300], Cantrell lived in Monroe, Washington from the mid 1990s until the early 2000s. [69] Years later, Guns N' Roses chose Alice in Chains to be the opening act of their 2016 reunion tour. Cantrell has been most famously seen playing a G&L Guitars' Rampage model. Cantrell joined Metallica on backing vocals during their performance of "Nothing Else Matters" at the Download Festival in Dublin on June 11, 2006. [15] Guitar World also ranked Cantrell's solo in "Man in the Box" at No. [241] The second is a guitar called the 'Superhawk'. It's a tough thing to go through. [292], In 1995, Cantrell played journalist Nona Weisbaum on the Alice in Chains mockumentary The Nona Tapes. But fuck, I guess we're going to be talking about this for awhile". Around the same time, we went out for dinner with some Columbia Records people who were vegetarians. [91] The album's fourth single, "Rooster", was a tribute to Cantrell's father. [321] Cantrell reported that breaking his hand was the worst physical pain he ever had. [284], Between 2009 and 2010, Cantrell co-owned a hard rock bar called Dead Man's Hand in Las Vegas with Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian. [26] Jerry Sr. was the main subject of the song "Rooster", which Cantrell wrote as a tribute to his father,[27] and his mother Gloria is also mentioned by name in the song. Alice Caviness Vintage 1940s Key Brooch in Sterling Silver, featuring a Deep Blue Glass Accented Crown with Filigree Finial. Can't wait to see it!". [108], Between 2006 and 2007, Cantrell played in a number of concerts with Alice in Chains featuring guest lead singers such as Ann Wilson,[109] Mark Lanegan,[110] James Hetfield,[111] Phil Anselmo,[111] Billy Corgan,[110] Scott Weiland[112] Sebastian Bach,[113] and William DuVall. [102], Although never officially disbanding, Alice in Chains was plagued by extended inactivity from 1996 onwards due to Staley's substance abuse, which resulted in his death in 2002. L-R: Mike Inez, Sean Kinney, unknown, Dionne Farris, Donnie Ienner (then-president of Columbia Records), Layne Staley, Mike McCready, and Jason Finn (of the band Presidents Of The U.S.A.). [63] Diamond Lie gained attention in the Seattle area and eventually took the name of Staley's previous band, Alice N' Chains, and was quickly renamed as Alice in Chains. tour.[168]. [35] Besides singing, Cantrell also played guitar, piano, clavinet, organ, and steel drums on the album. 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Columbia made Facelift a top priority, hoping to prove the company wasnt merely a stable for fresh-scrubbed pop acts like Mariah Carey, New Kids on the Block and C&C Music Factory. [216], On October 6, 2009, Cantrell joined Pearl Jam during their concert at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles. 7. [196], Cantrell sings background vocals and does a lead vocal ad-lib in the final chorus of "Love Is Blind" from Richie Kotzen's 2011 album, 24 Hours. [98][102] Still in 1999, the band released a 15-track compilation titled Nothing Safe: Best of the Box. ( OK 66660). His first concert after the surgery was at the Key Club in West Hollywood on July 1, 2001. The band reformed in 2005 when drummer Sean Kinney had the idea to reunite the surviving members[103] to perform a benefit concert for the victims of the tsunami disaster that struck South Asia in 2004. [200][201], Cantrell performed a snippet of "Man in the Box" followed by a cover of Motrhead's "Ace of Spades" alongside Pantera during their concert at the Seattle Center Coliseum on March 1, 1992. I started writing about censorship, explains Staley. [80], Alice in Chains was one of the most successful bands of the 1990s, selling over 20 million records worldwide,[81] and over 14 million records in the US alone. [327] The surgery postponed the recording sessions of The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here as Cantrell could not play guitar for eight months while he was recovering. We've been friends a long time. It was boring., Aside from his busted foot, Staley appears to be in fine shape these days. Since I quit doing it, I tried it a couple of times to see if I could recapture the feeling I once got off it, but I dont. But to me they were a diamond in the rough., For Columbia, signing Alice in Chains was a deliberate move to regain the labels foothold in the hard-rock market. [213] Under the moniker of the Jerry Cantrell-Billy Duffy Band, they debuted during the three-concert series for Sweet Relief Musicians Fund at The Troubadour in April 2004. Meanwhile, guitarist Jerry Cantell will embark on a solo tour that will start on March 24. "@type": "WebPage", They played "Would?" [190], Cantrell was the lead guitarist in all of the tracks[191] from Ozzy Osbourne's 2005 album of cover songs, Under Cover. [123] The band didn't have a record label at the time and the album was funded by Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney. A more personal downer for the band was Staleys drug abuse, which led the singer to a failed rehab visit and, finally, a cold-turkey kick of his own while reading The Bad Place, by horror novelist Dean R. Koontz. The tattoo parlor is cluttered with designs of skulls, gargoyles, dragons and other Goth images. [346], On May 15, 2015, Cantrell performed at the second annual Acoustic-4-A-Cure concert in benefit of the Pediatric Cancer Program at the University of California, San Francisco. The EP also features Mark Arm of Mudhoney and Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, who appeared together on the song "Right Turn", credited as "Alice Mudgarden" in the liner notes. "" denotes a release that did not chart. Those two guys really had their thing figured out. I really like the wheelchair effect, says bassist Mike Starr, 26. His third solo album, Brighten, was released in 2021. [127] The album includes songs which Cantrell described as "the heaviest he's ever written",[128] and has Cantrell singing lead vocals on most of the songs and William DuVall as co-lead vocalist. - S1 E3 Poker Night Live! Its calledDead Mans Handand is in Las Vegas. 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